Smooth Seas
May 2026
Teaching a teenager to drive becomes a lens on decades of market crises and the value of staying calm through them.
Soundings
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The Fed
May 2026
A new Fed Chair takes over. What changes, what doesn't, and why independence still matters most.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
May 2026
The Iran war exposes a hidden fuel divide — and an airline goes under as a result.
Canaries
April 2026
A sneaker company rebrands as an AI infrastructure play and its stock soars 600%. What that says about this market.
Integrity
April 2026
Why a credible, well-regulated market is worth more than investors often realize — until it's gone.
Liquidity
April 2026
Gold's sharp sell-off reveals an underappreciated truth: liquidity is only valued once it's scarce.
Democratizing Private Equity – Part II
March 2026
BDCs, evergreen funds, and the push to open alternatives to more investors — at what cost?
Democratizing Private Equity – Part I
March 2026
What Yale's legendary endowment run under David Swensen still teaches about private equity investing.
Watching the Lights Turn Red
March 2026
Conflict in the Middle East pushes oil and gas higher — a region-by-region look at who's exposed.
Watching the Lights Turn Green
March 2026
Markets shrug off a shocking escalation in the Middle East, closing higher within hours.
Las Cucarachas
February 2026
Jamie Dimon's "cockroach" comment reignites debate over hidden risk in private credit.
Gold Math
February 2026
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
Uncorrelated
January 2026
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
A Contrarian Trade?
January 2026
Climate risk hasn't gone away just because "ESG" has fallen out of fashion. A response to a widely-read NYT piece.
Woe is Me
January 2026
Skipping the annual list of risks for something rarer: real reasons for optimism heading into the new year.
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