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Why investors are unwise to bet on elections

Jul 25 2024

Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala

Jul 25 2024

A combative Marxist economist with White House influence
Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?

Jul 25 2024

All come with their own drawbacks
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?

Jul 23 2024

Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead
How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble

Jul 22 2024

Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration

Jul 21 2024

Moderates want to limit numbers. Radicals want mass deportations. What will be the economic consequence?
Japan’s strength produces a weak yen

Jul 18 2024

Currency meddling will prove futile
At last, Wall Street has something to cheer

Jul 18 2024

Consumer banks, on the other hand, are starting to suffer
Americans are wrong to wish for an era of stable bipartisanship

Jul 18 2024

Even though political instability is an economic threat
Why investors have fallen in love with small American firms

Jul 18 2024

The Russell 2000 puts in a historic performance