The Big Trade Underneath the Strangely Calm Surface of the S&P 500
For much of this year, the S&P 500 has marched steadily higher while measures of stock market volatility, like the VIX, have stayed pretty low. But looking at the headline index only tells you part of...
17 Jun 202450min
What a 'Degen' Crypto Trader Really Does All Day
A few lucky people have made generational wealth trading the ups and downs of the crypto market. And some finance professionals have shifted gears to focus primarily on the space. But what is it like ...
14 Jun 202442min
How Indonesia and China Cornered the Nickel Market
There's been a huge change in the market for nickel, which goes into everything from electric vehicles to steel. Indonesia has grown to absolutely dominate production and now provides more than 55% of...
13 Jun 202445min
Elon Musk Dominates Outer Space Like Nobody Has Before
The company that Elon Musk is most known for, obviously, is Tesla. It's been extraordinarily successful and made him one of the richest people in the world. But his true love may be SpaceX, the rocket...
12 Jun 202448min
This Is How the Food Industry Is Preparing For a Post-Ozempic World
The rise of GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, is a potentially existential threat to the makers of salty, sugary, high-calorie snack foods. But it's obvious that the gigantic food industry will search out wa...
10 Jun 202447min
Lots More with Kyla Scanlon on the Economic Vibes
Kyla Scanlon has a great way of identifying the economic vibes, building up a massive TikTok following with videos about the Federal Reserve, inflation, markets, and more. She also coined the viral te...
7 Jun 202428min
Orsted's Americas CEO on Fixing What Went Wrong in Wind Power
Last year was a bad one for the US wind power industry, with lots of cancelled projects, writedowns, and an overall reassessment of how the math behind these mega projects might shake out in an era of...
6 Jun 202452min
Corporations Learned The Maximum Amount They Can Charge For a Product
What's the price of a hamburger? Well, it depends. Are you making the purchase on the spot? Did you order ahead using an app? Are you a frequent customer of the burger chain? With inflation having sur...
3 Jun 202455min
