Segments From This Episode

• Why there’s a flood of new stock market investors

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  This explosion didn’t happen just because everyone was stuck at home. It started before the pandemic.

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• Institutional investors are stiff competition for homebuyers

  by Amy Scott

  

  A report estimates that 1 in 5 homes sold in the U.S. goes to an institution like a pension or sovereign wealth fund.

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• After a year on the PPP front lines, a community banker is seeing confidence return

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  PPP loans have produced great results, says Seattle banker Laurie Stewart. She’s optimistic about demand rising without inflation.

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• Both passengers and drivers are feeling better about ride-sharing

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Uber just had its best month ever. “We’re seeing ride demand track closely with vaccination rates,” Lyft’s president told us.

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• What happened to America’s public toilets?

  by Chelsea Wald

  

  In an excerpt from her new book, science journalist Chelsea Wald writes on the unintended result of a movement to ban pay toilets.

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• California “Zoom town” grapples with influx of remote workers

  by Matt Levin

  

  Truckee’s newcomers boost the local economy, but long-term residents see rising prices and a culture clash.

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