Higher interest rates will keep the markets volatile When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, financial markets can turn volatile. The hikes in the early 2000s bore this fruit and so did the initial efforts to end quantitative easing (QE) and raise rates in the mid-2010s. Now, the Fed has finished tapering its pandemic-era QE … Continued
Yes, prices are up and GDP is down compared with earlier this year, but the economy isn’t entering a ’70s-style malaise The economic woes of the 1970s, a decade marked by runaway inflation and painfully slow growth of gross domestic product, came to be known as stagflation. Could a similar fate befall America in the … Continued
Jeff Bezos and Amazon are supporting higher taxes—a move that’s less counterintuitive than it appears It’s no surprise that President Joe Biden has introduced sweeping proposals to raise taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals. Biden campaigned for the White House, in part, on the platform of raising taxes to fund infrastructure spending. “A fireman or … Continued
Wall Street is spitting out special-purpose acquisition companies at a frenzied pace—but let the buyer beware By now, nearly everyone who’s interested in finance has heard of SPACs. They’re the special-purpose acquisition companies typically led by someone with a familiar name—perhaps a well-known fund manager or even a famous athlete. Those famous or nearly famous … Continued
