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Cyberattacks

June 29, 2023 | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fell victim to a wide-ranging hacking campaign that targeted a vulnerability in file-transfer software known as MOVEit. Congress suggested 100,000-plus people were impacted.

Keepin’ Cool

June 28, 2023 | Air conditioning is critical amid the heat, though they make the world hotter while cooling people off.

Pickleball Fever

June 27, 2023 | President Biden on Monday said more than $42 billion in new federal funding would go to expanding high-speed internet access nationwide, launching the largest-ever campaign to help about 8.5 million families and businesses.

Under Pressure

June 26, 2023 | It’s not 2020 and 2021, but optimism is emerging in the stock market.

Computer Geeks

June 25, 2023 | As young adults, computer geeks Bill Gates and Paul Allen would dive into dumpsters to find old computers. Their mission centered on studying the operating systems to figure out how they worked.

Bon Voyage

June 24, 2023 | Caribbean cruises are many Americans’ go-to trips for international vacations — but cruises aren’t just for retirees.

Shorting The Market

June 23, 2023 | Near-record bets that the S&P 500 will fall (exceeding $1 trillion this month) illustrate traders’ and investors’ lack of faith in this year’s “narrow” 14% rally, where just a few tech companies have fueled gains.

Titaniacs

June 22, 2023 | It's all over the news: Five people aboard a minivan-size, experimental submersible went missing Sunday during a dive to the Titanic site more than 2 miles deep in the North Atlantic Ocean. All five onboard are believed dead after a “catastrophic explosion” on Sunday morning.

High Finance

June 21, 2023 | Private equity firms have largely made a costly mistake in failing to hedge interest-rate risks in recent years.

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.

Big, Little Guys

April 4, 2024 | David — small-caps — isn’t a monolith. Sure, in aggregate, they’re underperforming their S&P 500 peers, but a few winners are claiming greater sway over the market-cap weighted Russell 2000 index for small-cap stocks.

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