About this episode

This episode discusses Graham Platner's victory in the Maine Primary and covers concerns about inflation affecting stocks and futures, along with new regulatory proposals for prediction markets.

Plus: Stocks, futures slide on inflation concerns. And U.S. regulators are proposing new rules for prediction markets. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Luke Vargas

Topics covered

• Maine Primary
• inflation concerns
• prediction markets
• stocks
• futures

Keywords

• Graham Platner
• Maine Primary
• inflation
• stocks
• prediction markets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. regulators

Places: Maine

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