Priscilla Chan revealed that she nearly transferred out of Harvard but decided to stay after finding purpose working with underserved children, a turning point that shaped her path to becoming a physician, philanthropist and co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
The general market, as represented by the SPX index, has been healthy and steady in recent days. Prices are holding above both horizontal and trendline support, while the number of new NYSE 52-week lows has remained at harmless levels.
Over the past 12 months, around $68 billion was paid out to investors in a select group of companies. I'll prove that these multibillion-dollar annual payments are very real. I’ll show why they are mandated as part of the Internal Revenue Code.
Tuesday will be a $14 billion T-Bill Settlement date, which should add some tighter liquidity conditions into the mix. If overnight funding rates start to rise this week, that would increase pressure on usage of the Fed’s Standing Repo Facility.
Japanese stocks surged to record highs this week, while the yen weakened and bond yields rose on reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call snap elections soon. Thus, here is a look at two ETFs in the space to consider.
Over the past couple of months, we’ve noticed a relationship between the Europe/US natural gas spread and the prices of LNG stocks. Specifically, we've looked at the differences between the TTF Dutch benchmark for natural gas and the US Henry Hub.
As the calendar turns to January 18, 2026, millions of Americans are opening their mailboxes and email inboxes to find a new kind of tax document. Following the explosive growth of prediction markets throughout 2025—a year defined by massive volume in election contracts, Fed rate cut forecasts, and climate milestones—the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is [...]
The meteoric rise of event-based contracts has reached a legislative boiling point. Following a series of high-profile trades that appeared to anticipate classified government actions, Washington has responded with the "Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026." Introduced on January 9, 2026, by Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), the bill seeks to bring the [...]
As of January 18, 2026, the world of prediction markets is no longer a niche hobby for economists and crypto-enthusiasts—it is a multi-billion dollar information industry. While real-money giants like Polymarket and Kalshi capture the headlines with massive handles on geopolitical events, a quieter, play-money revolution is happening at Manifold Markets. Despite using a proprietary, [...]
As of mid-January 2026, a fundamental shift has occurred in how Wall Street and Main Street digest economic reality. For decades, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s "Nowcast" and other lagging indicators were the gold standard for tracking the economy in real-time. But as the dust settles on the Federal Reserve's December 2025 meeting, [...]
