Inflation's Stubborn Return: Wholesale Prices Surge Signals Persistent Price Pressures
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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors
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🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Wholesale prices rose sharply in the latest report, pointing to persistent inflation that could complicate Federal Reserve policy decisions. This unexpected uptick in producer prices suggests the inflation fight is far from over, despite earlier optimism about cooling price pressures.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ), Market Wrap, Ball Corporation (BALL), KPP Newsletter, Inflation's Stubborn Return: Wholesale Prices Surge Signals Persistent Price Pressures, Whirlpool Corporation (WHR), Key Benchmark Numbers: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline, ADMA Biologics, Inc. (ADMA), Jobs Report, Nucor Corporation (NUE), AbbVie Inc. (ABBV).
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| 1:19.9 | show topics, but why don't we kick things off by answering a fresh-collar question now? |
| 1:23.6 | Hi there. |
| 1:24.4 | I'm interested in your analysis of Hertz Global, Ticker HTZ, and the turnaround narrative. |
| 1:31.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:32.8 | Tigger HTZ is Hertz Global. |
| 1:35.5 | It is the world's largest car rental brand. |
| 1:40.3 | It's about $1.3 billion market cap way off of its highs back in 2021 of $34 a share, |
| 1:47.1 | now trading down at $4.12, that is. |
| 1:51.4 | And it's not just hurts, right, it's hurts, it's dollar, it's thrifty. |
| 1:54.4 | It's a 500,000 vehicle fleet that has a very airport heavy footprint globally when I was recently in New |
| 2:03.9 | Zealand. We used a Hertz rental car there. Now it emerged from bankruptcy in June of 2021 and it's |
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