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Why commodities are on a rollercoaster ride

Jun 26 2025

Pity Tommy Norris. And his real-world equivalents
Jane Street’s sneaky retention tactic

Jun 26 2025

It involves the use of an obscure, French programming language
How to escape taxes on your stocks

Jun 26 2025

Not that American investors need a guide—a booming industry is doing the job for them
The dream scenario for prediction markets

Jun 25 2025

Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off
Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences

Jun 22 2025

Across the West the number of new arrivals is plummeting
Who are the world’s best investors?

Jun 19 2025

The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers
Japan is obsessed with rice. And prices have gone ballistic

Jun 19 2025

Politicians are reaching for increasingly extreme measures
Japan’s debts are shrinking. Its troubles may be only starting

Jun 19 2025

Politicians have a yen for handouts
Investors ignore world-changing news. Rightly

Jun 18 2025

The Nothing Ever Happens Market
Why today’s graduates are screwed

Jun 16 2025

The bottom has fallen out of the job market