The average investor watching CNBC sees a market driven by earnings, Fed policy, and economic data. What they don’t see is the multi-trillion-dollar derivatives market operating behind the curtains, where a complex and often misunderstood...
For decades, the public markets were the pinnacle of corporate ambition—the place where companies like Apple and Microsoft achieved global stature and delivered generational wealth to retail investors. That era is ending. A fundamental power...
Since the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944, the U.S. dollar has reigned supreme as the world’s undisputed reserve currency. This “exorbitant privilege” has allowed America to borrow cheaply, sanction unilaterally, and export inflation. But a...
The frantic floor of the NYSE, with traders shouting and gesturing, is a relic. The modern market is a silent, hyper-cooled data center where servers separated by miles fight for million-dollar advantages in microseconds. This...
A strange and unsettling phenomenon is defining the financial landscape of 2025. While headlines warn of slowing GDP growth, persistent inflation, and geopolitical turmoil, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq continue to scale unprecedented heights. This is not a typical...
