How the Fed’s Inflation Is Driving Stock Buybacks
An explosion in the money supply has driven many corporate managers to turn to stock buybacks as a safe alternative to holding on to depreciating cash. This means many companies are decapitalizing.
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Playing Games with Stocks
The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available.
Playing Games with Stocks
The GameStop saga—can we call it an insurrection?—wants easy heroes and villains. Both are available.
When Is Short Selling Fraudulent?
Shorting more than the total outstanding shares isn’t perverse or fraudulent, whereas naked short selling—depending on the context—might be.
When Is Short Selling Fraudulent?
Shorting more than the total outstanding shares isn’t perverse or fraudulent, whereas naked short selling—depending on the context—might be.
Economists and Psychologists Are Weaponizing Psychology and the Idea of “Rationality”
Behavioral economists and psychologists define as irrational anything that doesn't fit into a narrow model of behavior. Anything "irrational"—like buying the "wrong" stock—must be fixed with government regulation.
Economists and Psychologists Are Weaponizing Psychology and the Idea of “Rationality”
Behavioral economists and psychologists define as irrational anything that doesn't fit into a narrow model of behavior. Anything "irrational"—like buying the "wrong" stock—must be fixed with government regulation.
In the Culture War, Conservatives Turn against Wall Street
For conservative populists, Wall Street now is the Washington establishment, indistinguishable from the oligarchs of Silicon Valley; Washington, DC; and the New York Times.
Jeff Deist on the GameStop Saga
Is there really any difference between what the Wall Street elites are doing and what the Reddit traders did? Jeff Deist joins David Gornoski to find out.
There’s Nothing Wrong with Short Selling
Allowing short selling increases the number of people with an incentive to discover valuable information about firms’ prospects by providing an added mechanism to benefit from information that turns out to be negative. This makes markets more responsive and honest.
