Lots More on What America's Busiest Port is Seeing from the Trade Tariffs
We're about two months on from Liberation Day, and there's still a lot of confusion about what's going on with global trade. Some countries, like China, have been granted delays from tariffs. But othe...
6 Juni 202516min
Jersey City's Mayor on How the City Built So Much Housing
To some extent, at least in big cities, it feels as though the cost of housing is enveloping almost everything else in terms of politics right now. Booming areas that drive GDP have gotten incredibly ...
5 Juni 202539min
Why It's So Hard for Apple to Move Production from China to India
President Trump wants Apple to make iPhones in America. The company itself has talked about — and to some extent already has been — moving more of its production to other countries, like India. But in...
2 Juni 202546min
How Do We Define a Currency?
What is a currency? This turns out to be one of those questions we just kind of skip over because we don't have clear answers to it (and because economists often like to skip over these foundational t...
31 Maj 202557min
Krishna Memani on Wall Street's Very Expensive "Free Lunch"
We're told over and over again that the one "free lunch" in investing is diversification, and that you can improve your returns over time simply by investing in a wider range of assets. This is textbo...
30 Maj 202539min
Michael Cembalest on Why AI Is the Stock Market Bet of the Century
Michael Cembalest has been an investment analyst for almost 40 years and his research notes have drawn a cult following on Wall Street. He's known for going super deep into a wide range of topics, lik...
29 Maj 202558min
Why Asset Allocators Love Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds
Multi-strategy hedge funds have been having a moment with big asset allocators pouring billions of dollars into names like Millennium and Citadel. And given all the growth, multi-strat funds have also...
26 Maj 202549min
Zohran Mamdani, the Socialist Who Could Be NYC's New Mayor
We're just a month away from the hotly-contested Democratic primary for New York City Mayor. And one of the candidates -- Queens assemblyman Zohran Mamdani -- is running on a somewhat unusual platform...
23 Maj 202546min
