{"podcast":{"title":"The Dividend Cafe","slug":"the-dividend-cafe-743128","podcast_index_feed_id":743128,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-dividend-cafe-1/rss","website_url":"https://podcast.dividendcafe.com","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F1619%2Flarge%2F48af26beb80f0b14f33670336b3deb3b55b7d8f7eb33709596c6174394661034%2F2xdKc0oYUrFiUt2IWrXaU2NeDeDB07Lb6zeLd7u4.jpg","author":"The Dividend Cafe - The Bahnsen Group","episode_count":1373,"summary":"The Dividend Cafe is your portal for market perspective that is virtually conflict-free, rooted in deep philosophical commitments about how capital should be managed, and understandable for all sorts of investors. Host David L. Bahnsen is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business. He is the author of the books, Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It (Post Hill Press), The Case for Dividend Growth: Investing in a Post-Crisis World (Post Hill Press), and Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life (Post Hill Press).","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:18:06.946592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dividend-cafe-743128"},"episode":{"title":"Wednesday - May 13, 2026","slug":"wednesday-may-13-2026","published_at":"2026-05-13T20:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dividend-cafe-743128/wednesday-may-13-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dividend-cafe-743128","url":"https://podcast.dividendcafe.com/episodes/wednesday-may-13-2026","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.zencast.fm/the-dividend-cafe-1/4a46e827-688f-4a2a-804c-2075696cb4c6.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Brian Szytel recaps a mixed market day on Wednesday, May 13: the Dow fell about 67 points while the S&P rose nearly 0.6% and the Nasdaq gained 1.2%, led by semis even as many software names sold off; rates and energy prices ticked higher amid ongoing Middle East unrest and uncertainty around a ceasefire. The key economic event was a much hotter-than-expected Producer Price Index, with headline PPI up 1.4% (vs. 0.7% expected) and core PPI up 1.0% (vs. 0.3%), leaving year-over-year headline at 6% and core at 5.2%, driven largely by services and broad demand, with tariffs, stimulus, and lower interest rates also cited. He notes these inflation readings complicate Fed policy as Warsh arrives and Powell’s term ends the 15th. The Ask TBG segment explains time value of money and why longer horizons can justify higher volatility for higher expected returns. 00:00 Market Wrap Overview 00:18 Tech Leads and Rates Rise 00:37 Middle East Tensions and Oil 01:15 Hot PPI Inflation Surprise 02:21 What’s Driving Prices 03:24 Fed Constraints and Policy Outlook 03:48 Ask TBG Time Value Money 04:58 Closing Thoughts and Tomorrow Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com","meta_description":"Brian Szytel recaps a mixed market day on Wednesday, May 13: the Dow fell about 67 points while the S&P rose nearly 0.6% and the Nasdaq gained 1.2%, l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":426,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dividend-cafe-743128/episodes/wednesday-may-13-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dividend-cafe-743128/wednesday-may-13-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}