Plain | Margin
EUR / USD 0.8773 −0.50% w/w
GBP / USD 0.7515 −1.10% w/w
JPY / USD 161.58 −0.17% w/w
CAD / USD 1.4214 −0.18% w/w
CHF / USD 0.8071 −0.75% w/w
US PUBLIC DEBT $39.46T
AVG T-BILL RATE 3.69%

Markets

Markets
6 min

Why interest rates move stock prices

The link between the Fed and your portfolio is not a mystery. It is arithmetic.

Markets
6 min

The yield curve, in plain English

What it is, why an inversion scares people, and what it has actually predicted.

Markets
7 min

Index funds vs. stock picking: what the evidence says

Fifty years of data on active management, summarized without a sales pitch.

Markets
6 min

How to read financial news without being misled

A field guide to headline inflation, survivorship bias, and the daily explanation machine.