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Margin Compression

April 12, 2024 | Welcome to earnings season, folks. Per usual, the big banks kicked off the onslaught of Q1 corporate earnings reports that will come in the next few weeks. How’d they do?

April 11, 2024 | The unthinkable is now thinkable. That’s the prospect of no rate cuts this year. Predicting no cuts just a few months ago would’ve left you all alone on Wall Street, excluded from the cool kids’ table, which was betting on at least three rate reductions this year.

VC’s Cultural Moment

April 10, 2024 | If you’re an individual investor, you probably don’t have access to investing in hot startups. In recent years, a trendy business model in finance has been trying to change that, “democratizing” access to more types of companies, not just those trading on stock exchanges.

Rearmament Reckoning

April 9, 2024 | War is, unfortunately, a big business. Despite tribal conflict seeming outdated in the 21st century, it remains an enduring aspect of the human experience. This means, unsurprisingly, that the “military-industrial complex” holds significant but often overlooked sway over economic activity.

New Gold Standard

April 8, 2024 | Long struggling to get inflation under control after money printing wrecked the Zimbabwe dollar’s value, the country of over 16 million is taking notes from the past, opting for a new gold-backed currency to restore economic order.

Empowering Investors

April 7, 2024 | Today, we're sharing our interview with Kyle Grieve, our esteemed podcast host and investor. We discuss investing, markets, lessons, life, and more. Spoiler: He doesn’t recommend meme stocks.

The Art Of Studying Markets

April 6, 2024 | Learn from Shawn O’Malley & Matthew Gutierrez what it’s been like creating and writing for We Study Markets, who their biggest influences have been, how they structure their own portfolios, what an average day is like for a newsletter writer, and what future plans they have to offer more value to our readers.

Good News Is Good!

April 5, 2024 | “Good news is good news!” again. That’s Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal commenting on how Friday’s blowout jobs report spurred an upward swing in stocks. This is, of course, in contrast to the “good news is bad news” narrative that occasionally grips markets, where investors root for modestly bad economic news.