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Rep. Ro Khanna On Why Democrats Should Cut A Stimulus Deal With The White House
With just two weeks until the election, talks over a stimulus deal remain ongoing, with negotiations having picked up between House Speaker Nancy Pel…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Volatility Arbitrage Trader On What Markets Are Saying Right Now
It's been an extraordinary year for traders of volatility. We had the crisis, we had this incredible surge in retail call options buying, and we have…
5 years, 5 months ago
How Tobacco Became One Of The Greatest Investments In History
For over a century, tobacco stocks have been among the greatest investments in history, consistently outperforming other sectors decade after decade.…
5 years, 5 months ago
Michael Hudson On Why The US Risks Becoming The Next Greece
In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, you heard a lot of talk about the US becoming like Greece unless the budget deficit were brought under con…
5 years, 5 months ago
What It Takes To Win At Quant Investing
Interest in quantitative investing strategies continues to grow; however, as the space gets more competitive, making money and winning gets harder an…
5 years, 6 months ago
An IMF Economist On The Challenge Of Finding The Neutral Rate Of Interest
One of the guiding lights of Fed policy over the years has been the so-called Neutral Rate of Interest or R*. It's at this rate, theoretically, where…
5 years, 6 months ago
Volatility Suppression Turned The Entire Economy Into One Big Carry Trade
In a carry trade, an investor borrows money cheaply to buy an asset that yields more. As long as nothing changes overall, the investors get to pocket…
5 years, 6 months ago
How All Financial Markets Turned Into The Same Big Trade
These days it seems like all financial markets are the same big trade. A gold chart looks like a Tesla chart, which looks like an Ethereum chart, whi…
5 years, 6 months ago
This Is What Happened When They Tried To Fix Journalism Using Blockchain
Back in 2017, during the Bitcoin boom, there were a number of different attempts to use blockchain technology to improve a host of businesses and ind…
5 years, 6 months ago
A Top Crypto Exchange CEO Explains Why The 2020 Boom Is Different
Crypto is hot this year again. In 2020, we've not only seen a substantial rally across a lot of different coins, there's been an emergency of new exp…
5 years, 6 months ago