Previewing the Economic Showdowns Coming This Fall
From the size of a second round of stimulus to COVID-19 litigation to reshoring, last week previewed some key economic issues for the months to come.
Tag: The Breakdown
What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer
The editor of the Morning Navigator newsletter discusses a variety of macro topics and how to trade against a very strange market.
How Real Is Bitcoin’s Rally? 8 Interpretations of Bitcoin’s Massive Surge
As bitcoin retraces slightly after reaching a new 2020 high about $11,000, NLW explores what’s driving the rally and how likely it is to continue.
SPACs 101: A Bubble, the Future or Both?
A primer on, and critical look at, one of Wall Street’s hottest trends: special purpose acquisition companies.
Is This China’s Century or the US’s? Maybe It’s Both
This Long Reads Sunday is a reading of Adam Tooze’s recent review of four books on the growing conflict between the U.S. and China.
As Economic Indicators Get Worse, the US Revs Up the Next Multi-Trillion Stimulus
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1-$3 trillion in stimulus.
Could the European Recovery Plan Actually Break Europe Apart?
The EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path.
Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business? Feat. Sahil Bloom
More than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the US are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship?
A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words
A primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance.
What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation?
Why the Fed’s strategy on inflation is changing and why the definition used by America’s central bank may be hurting regular people.
