The Inventor Of 'Bond Vigilantes' Explains Why They Just Showed Up In Italy
Longtime market analyst Ed Yardeni came up with the term "Bond Vigilantes" to describe the way bond market participants can punish governments who run economically irresponsible policies. When Yardeni...
11 Jun 201831min
This Is How The Chocolate Market Actually Works
When you're eating a chocolate bar, there's a good chance you're not thinking about the complex commodity market that allows cocoa beans to make it into a tasty snack. But obviously cocoa trading is a...
4 Jun 201835min
What the Finance Industry's All-Night Scavenger Hunt Is Actually Like
For years, big banks, hedge funds and other investment firms took part in an epic scavenger hunt in New York. Inspired by the 1980 movie, “Midnight Madness,” teams of quants and traders would stay out...
28 Mai 201833min
This Is China's Plan To Be A Technology Powerhouse By The Year 2025
The recent trade tensions between the Trump administration and China has shone a light on the country's ambitions to become a technology powerhouse, as one of the complaints is that China unfairly ext...
21 Mai 201828min
Inside the Multi-Year Quest to Create a Bitcoin ETF
When Bitcoin first began generating headlines, there were some who thought the cryptocurrency was a fraud and others who thought it was the next big thing. Greg King, CEO of Rex Shares LLC, was one of...
14 Mai 201829min
Bonus: The Pay Check, a New Podcast
It’s a big, expensive, global mystery. Why do women still make less money—a lot less—than men? In the US, the average woman makes 80 cents to every dollar a man makes. Launching May 9, the Pay Check i...
9 Mai 20182min
This Is How The Paparazzi Business Really Works
Everybody probably has some vague idea of what the paparazzi do. They ride around on motorcycles, hounding celebrities, and hopefully snapping photos of them in embarrassing situations. But how do the...
7 Mai 201827min
These Stories Of Horse Racing Gamblers Will Get You Psyched For The Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is coming up in early May, and it's time to get excited. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we talk to Bloomberg editor David Papadopoulos, who in addition to his day job has been bet...
30 Apr 201822min
