Axios Edge: Jack Bogle — Larry Fink — DJ D-Sol

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Felix

1 big thing: Jack Bogle’s misunderstood legacy

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The Bad Deals Edition

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money remembers Jack Bogle, discusses constant Brexit drama, and looks at bad deal-making.

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Axios Edge: De-branding — Direct listing — Ultimatums

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Felix

Historically, companies were proud to name themselves after brands they had managed to elevate to a place of global name recognition.

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The WeBurnout Edition

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money on millennial burnout, odd rebranding efforts, and the World Bank.

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Trump’s test at the World Bank

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Felix

The presidency of the World Bank — the most powerful job in international development — is up for grabs, in the wake of the surprise resignation of Jim Yong Kim.

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Axios Edge: Apple — Mega-mergers — Stitch Fix

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Felix

What we learned this week is that Apple looms unrealistically large in investors’ imaginations.

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The God Save Texas Edition

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Felix

Slate Money talks Texas: tech and entrepreneurship, affordable housing and zoning, and the long history of oil in the state.

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Axios Edge: Sovereign debt — Market volatility — Chinese IPOs

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Felix

Here’s to a great 2019 for all of us, including Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos, who will earn a base salary of $18 million next year.

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The Valley of Genius Edition

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on an oral history of Silicon Valley; from outrageous VC funding and juvenile bros to society-altering tech and billion-dollar business decisions.

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Axios Edge: Central bank insouciance — shutdown — buybacks

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Felix

We seem to have come to the end of one of the most astonishing bull runs in stock-market history, and there’s very little indication that Fed chair Jay Powell particularly cares.

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The Panic Edition

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on a new documentary about the financial crisis, the state of business and finance news, and a look at the duopoly.

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Why the Fed was right to hike

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Felix

In the 50 years before the financial crisis, the real Federal Funds rate was positive more than 80% of the time.

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Axios Edge: Impunity — Chutzpah — Derisking

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Felix

“Corporations are people,” said Mitt Romney in 2011, famously, but if they are, they seem to have an impressive degree of impunity.

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The Liquid Assets Edition

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Huawei and the trade war, ride-share companies and IPOs, and Harvard stocking up on water.

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Robinhood’s new checking account runs into legal trouble

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Felix

It looks like a new checking account that pays 3% interest is not going to fly.

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Axios Edge: Trade war — UltraJunk — Chinese zombies

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Felix

You might have missed the huge market rally last week.

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The Yellow Vests and Golden Passports Edition

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on Facebook in Europe, Sandberg and Harvard Business School, the “Yellow Vest” protests in France, and a look at the yield curve.

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Zuckerberg’s new enemy: European lawmakers

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Felix

Mark Zuckerberg this year reportedly told Facebook officials that the company is at war. He’s right.

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Axios Edge: A win at the G20 — Earnings beats — Capitalism vs. democracy

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Felix

The G20 summit in Buenos Aires exceeded all expectations.

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The Car Talk Edition

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money on GM’s plant closures, Carlos Ghosn in hot water, Trump trash-talking the Fed, and whether or not we should care about Apple and Microsoft’s market caps.

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The American car is becoming obsolete

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Felix

Welcome to the modern car industry, which is full of bad news.

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Axios Edge: Gifts — Japanese scandals — Stock market good news

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Felix

This Tuesday, I’ll be giving to the Committee to Protect Journalists, whose work is more urgent than ever.

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The Cryonics Special Edition

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Felix

Two of the world’s experts on sovereign debt talk about the past, present, and future of debt default.

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Axios Edge: Brexit chaos — Facebook’s executive trainwreck — GE deflates

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Felix

If you tried to put together a deal guaranteed to appeal to absolutely no one in the U.K., you could hardly do better than the 535-page draft agreement unveiled on Wednesday between Britain and the EU.

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The Helipad Edition

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Felix

Slate Money talks Amazon’s new headquarters, mayhem with Brexit, and Steve Cohen getting more billions.

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