Interesting times.
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Beijing might have been ultra-tough on the pandemic, but it has been horizontal in response to the economic shock.
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As the markets bounce in the wake of the US government’s US$2 trillion giveaway, stand by for some (slightly) sunny thinking.
‘Storm someone else’s capital.’
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Bank stocks have taken a hammering in recent weeks. It is all beginning to look very 2008.
Y, as in “yes please”.
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As the sun sets on world markets, rumours of the death of investors’ favourite safe haven have been much exaggerated.
In Rome, a normally packed Colosseum is virtually empty.
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With a global recession looking increasingly likely, a finance scholar offers guidance on how to ride it out.
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The prospects of the Masters of the Universe fixing this problem look seriously in doubt.
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In the week ending February 28, leading stock markets around the world faced their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008. And things could get worse.
Coronavirus seems to be on a collision course with the US economy and its 12-year bull market.
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An economist explains how a virus like COVID-19 could disrupt the US economy – and why it’s too soon to freak out just yet.
Automated for the people.
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Once algorithms go live on markets, they start behaving in ways that programmers could not have foreseen.
Core blimey.
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The iPhone maker’s tremendous stock rally has got nothing to do with fundamentals.
Why is this man smiling?
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An economist unravels the seeming contradiction between stocks flirting with all-time highs and growing fears of a recession.
Wayfair workers protested their employer’s decision to sell beds to immigrant detention facilities.
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A new kind of capitalism is emerging in which companies value communities, the environment and workers just as much as profits. Even the Business Roundtable agrees.
Flash crashes have become more common in recent years.
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Thanks to new trading technology, sudden steep falls may become more common. A new program uses the principles of fluid dynamics to try to predict crashes before they happen.
Sarah Churchill was an adroit investor and savvy political operative.
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While the film introduces viewers to women who were important political figures in British history, it doesn’t quite capture just how much power and influence these women actually wielded.
John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, died in January.
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The index fund revolutionized investing for millions. Its founder died on Jan. 16.
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There are a lot of similarities between the state of tech companies today and when the 2000 dot-com bubble burst.
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.
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Stock markets have plunged in recent months on concerns over Trump’s trade war and the possibility of a recession. An economist explains how stocks are like used cars – and lemons.
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as of Dec. 19.
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The Federal Reserve opted to lift interest rates in a snub to stock investors who have been bleeding red for more than two months.
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Who would you rather work for: Apple or Domino’s Pizza?
The twice-annual time changes affect people similar to the way jet lag does. It’s time to abolish daylight-saving time.
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Research shows that daylight-saving time changes do more harm than good. It’s time to abolish the practice.