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AI Driving Pink Slips at Investment Banks and Hedge Funds

In Morning Coffee: How robots are putting junior analysts on an island. Paychecks are shrinking. Beecher Tuttle looks at the expanding role of artificial intelligence and it’s influence of algorithms in the world of finance, investment banking and research. Nav...

Navigating Distorted Markets

When it comes to uncertainty in the markets, Tactical Asset Allocation has proven its ability to reduce risk no matter the economic storms. As we look out over the horizon, writer Tyler Durden reminds us that now more than ever, it’s not a time to rest on our...

As Goes Consumer Demand, So Goes American Capitalism?

Where American Capitalism once held that companies were responsible to their workers, their customers, their communities and their shareholders, Tyler Durden examines the insurgency of the free market ideology that companies are in fact, only responsible to their...

The Federal Reserve vs Populist Politicians

As Raghuram Rajan observes, the role of monetary policymakers and the Central Banks, historically one of independence, is today challenged by political pressures of populist politicians …those who have to run for office and thus, have a more forward public face...

Disney Up, Netflix Down

As investors await Disney’s new streaming channel launch (Disney+, November 2019), Netflix and the communications sector braces for volatility as competition in video streaming gains ground. Netflix’s stock has sunk 14% since it reported on July 17 that it...

Are Closing Auctions a Threat to Market Safety

In his piece, Killing time: The closing auction is eating the trading day (Market Watch) Samuel Agini takes a closer look at the growing rift over closing auctions. Thanks to passive investing, however, the closing auction — a window of just five minutes — is becoming...