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August 2026
Every road this week led back to the bond market — rates climbing, the Fed quiet, the Treasury leaning on buybacks, and gold, crypto, and the dollar all telling on the debasement trade. Should you still own bonds? Do you need inflation protection?
August 2026
Volatility Shares files for ETFs tied to NHL team performance via a new CME index — a lighter-hearted test of how far the SEC's appetite for "novel" products will stretch.
August 2026
Truth Social's new pay-per-month API gives high-frequency traders early access to Trump's posts, raising fresh insider-trading questions as the SEC weighs a wave of "novel" prediction-market ETFs.
May 2026
The Iran war exposes a hidden fuel divide — and an airline goes under as a result.
April 2026
Gold's sharp sell-off reveals an underappreciated truth: liquidity is only valued once it's scarce.
February 2026
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
January 2026
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
January 2026
Skipping the annual list of risks for something rarer: real reasons for optimism heading into the new year.
September 2025
If the U.S. matures like Europe or Japan, here's what a 50-year portfolio might hold.