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Tipflation

September 30, 2023 | While requests for tips by service workers have increased, actual tipping hasn’t kept pace. Learn more about it here.

Hidden Treasure

September 29, 2023 | Yesterday, we covered the looming U.S. government shutdown (which looks almost certain to happen now this weekend). Today, we’re covering it again, with more of a focus on its subtle but meaningful impact on finance markets.

Moody’s Warning To Investors

September 28, 2023 | Moody’s one of three big credit ratings agencies in the U.S., is warning us about “systemic risk” in the leveraged lending market.

Cracks Emerge

September 27, 2023 | If you’ve been under a rock this year, two things have underpinned the stock market’s recovery in 2023 after an ugly 2022: Optimism about AI and a resilient U.S. consumer.

Convertible Cruisin’

September 26, 2023 | Investors and regulators have a new name for private equity’s laggards: zombies.

Amazon’s Next Frontier

September 24, 2023 | In mid-2021, Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon CEO — 27 years after he launched the e-commerce giant out of a garage near Seattle. One of Bezos’ final big questions: What will Amazon’s fourth pillar be?

Can’t Lose

September 23, 2023 | Sometimes, when people first learn about investing, they ask innocently naive questions like, “Is it possible to do this without losing any money?”

Hard Or Soft Landing?

September 22, 2023 | While bond investors worry about a soft landing hurting bond prices, stock investors are selling hand over fist — but for different (and overlapping) reasons.

Striking Gold

May 17, 2024 | The “everything rally” has been in full swing. Everything from bitcoin and tech stocks to home prices to gold, copper, and utilities stocks have been soaring.

Blind Chance

May 15, 2024 | Can random dart throws outperform professional investors? The Wall Street Journal conducted another experiment inspired by Burton Malkiel's "A Random Walk Down Wall Street.”

Baby Berkshire

May 13, 2024 | The Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting is in the rearview, but the Markel Group’s (ticker: MKL) shareholder meeting — what some call “Baby Berkshire” — is up next in Richmond, Virginia, from May 21-22.

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