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How One Online Investor Made the Score of a Lifetime on GameStop
Everyone is talking about GameStop. The physical games retailer that was left for dead has been one of the hottest stocks of the year, surging well o…
5 years, 2 months ago
Dan Wang on China's Mission to Be a World Leader in Semiconductors
We've been talking a lot on the podcast about semiconductors. The stumble of Intel. The general troubles with US manufacturing, and, of course, the r…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Story of How TSMC Came to Dominate the World
In every conversation about computer chips, it always comes back to the dominant player: TSMC. Founded in the 1980s, it's far and away the biggest an…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Important Lesson a Quant Manager Learned in 2020
It goes without saying that 2020 was a year like no other when it comes to the markets. A historic crash, and then a raging recovery, all set against…
5 years, 2 months ago
Why the Cost of Shipping Goods From China Is Suddenly Soaring
The coronavirus crisis snarled global shipping in early 2020 as borders were closed, but lots of people expected it to improve as vessels returned to…
5 years, 2 months ago
How the U.S. Lost Chip Dominance and How It Can Be Regained
The U.S. was once a manufacturing leader in semiconductors. That's no longer the case, given the rise of contract manufacturing and outsourcing, the …
5 years, 2 months ago
Cowen's Co-President on Why SPACs Are Having Such a Moment
One of the surprising developments in the last year was the boom in SPACs. The so-called blank check companies raised more money in 2020 than they ha…
5 years, 2 months ago
Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura on Twitch Streaming and “The Queen's Gambit”
We're in a rare moment where chess is popular in the United States. There are two big factors driving it. One is the smash hit Netflix show "The Quee…
5 years, 3 months ago
What Happened to Europe's Economy After the Black Death
It's been pointed out that, after the Black Death in Europe, real wages surged because there was such a shortage of labor in the aftermath. But what …
5 years, 3 months ago
This Is How Prejudice Can Hinder the Economy
Economics is all about improving living standards, but rarely does the dismal science deal with social justice or talk about how a lack of it could a…
5 years, 3 months ago