The Win-Win Edition

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Winners Take All, Silicon Valley’s Saudi Arabia problem, and the alarming IPCC climate report.

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Axios Edge: Weed — Wealth — Warming

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Felix

The best-performing sector of the American stock market this year, bar energy, has been the “consumer discretionary” category — the companies that sell the things we like to buy but don’t have to buy.

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The Culp-able Edition

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Trump’s Taxes, the “big hack”, and shake-ups at GE.

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Axios Edge: Chinese bonds — Nafta — Tesla

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Felix

If this week taught us anything, it’s that being brutally attacked by the billionaire co-founder of your most valuable subsidiary will generate bad press but no real damage. Getting sued by the SEC, on the other hand, hurts.

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The Dissent Channel Edition

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Thinking in Bets with former professional poker player Annie Duke, why Elon Musk should get some sleep, and the thinking behind billionaire disaster planners.

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It’s In Your Best Interests to Become a Wine Snob

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Felix

Your friends might not know much about wine, but you’d be surprised how much they can teach you, all the same.

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Axios Edge: Brexit — Trade war — Scooters

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Felix

The world’s smallest violin is playing for the owners of English Premiership soccer teams.

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The We’re Not Drunk, We’re Multibillionaires Edition

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Billion Dollar Whale, multibillion-dollar heists, sovereign wealth funds, and the trade war with China.

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Impact investment: Private equity puts its money where its mouth hasn’t been

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Felix

Impact investing would seem an unlikely business for avaricious private equity funds. But many are embracing what they see as a new opportunity. Should we be sceptical or see private equity’s buy-in as proof of the impact investment concept?

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Tilray’s valuation has gone insane

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Felix

What you’re seeing here is something between a bubble and a random number generator.

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Axios Edge LAUNCH EDITION!

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Felix

The tech giants’ accountability crisis continues

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The Shaky Ground Edition

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on the financial collapse 10 years later, how it brought on fracking, and a look at the future of the markets.

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How Goldman Sachs facilitated the heist of the century

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Felix

“Billion Dollar Whale,” the gripping new book from the WSJ’s Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, details the way that Jho Low, grifter and social climber extraordinaire, managed to steal billions of dollars from the people of Malaysia He couldn’t have done it alone.

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The Kaep Caper Edition

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Nike and Kaepernick, Les Moonves and Warner Bros., and Modi’s failed cash crackdown.

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Amazon’s unstoppable stock

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Felix

What’s worth more — a company that sells $250 billion of stuff every year at a profit margin of 22%, or a company that sells $200 billion of stuff every year at a profit margin of 3%?The answer: It’s surprisingly close.

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What we’re reading: The University of Chicago’s bogus billionaire

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Felix

Far from being a billionaire, Stevanovich hasn’t even managed to meet his existing pledges to his alma mater.

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The High-Stakes Negotiation Edition

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on new NAFTA negotiations, the state of legal weed, and a look at new labor proposals before the holiday.

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Mom and pop aren’t investors

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Felix

SEC chairman Jay Clayton wants to make it easier for retail investors to put money into private companies. This is a terrible idea.

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Why a conservative social network would fail

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Felix

You can’t create a Fox News for social.

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The Raging Bull Edition

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on white-collar crime, the aging bull market, and Greece’s exit from its bailout.

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The New York Times Shouldn’t Have Built Its Facebook and Anti-Refugee Violence Story Around That One Study

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Felix

It’s an interesting bit of research, but it’s preliminary and mostly focused on methodology.

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Why Did Elon Musk Tweet That T.S. Eliot Screenshot?

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Felix

A few theories.

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What Went Wrong With IBM’s Watson

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Felix

The AI project was supposed to change the state of cancer treatment. Here’s what happened instead.

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The Accountable Capitalism Edition

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on corporate responsibility, Dollar General, and New TV.

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Elon Musk Needs Sleep

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Felix

More than anything else, that’s the takeaway from his jaw-dropping New York Times interview.

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