Finance & economics


Finance & economics

Why commodities are on a rollercoaster ride

Pity Tommy Norris. And his real-world equivalents

Finance & economics

Jane Street’s sneaky retention tactic

It involves the use of an obscure, French programming language

Finance & economics

How to escape taxes on your stocks

Not that American investors need a guide—a booming industry is doing the job for them

Finance & economics

The dream scenario for prediction markets

Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off

Finance & economics

Politicians slashed migration. Now they face the consequences

Across the West the number of new arrivals is plummeting

Finance & economics

Who are the world’s best investors?

The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers

Finance & economics

Japan is obsessed with rice. And prices have gone ballistic

Politicians are reaching for increasingly extreme measures

Finance & economics

Japan’s debts are shrinking. Its troubles may be only starting

Politicians have a yen for handouts

Finance & economics

Investors ignore world-changing news. Rightly

The Nothing Ever Happens Market

Finance & economics

Why today’s graduates are screwed

The bottom has fallen out of the job market

Finance & economics

Can China reclaim its IPO crown?

Hong Kong is hot. The mainland very much is not

Finance & economics

What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices

We investigate possible scenarios