Some of the most successful and wealthiest people in finance are worth billions of dollars—but they want something more: respect. Those handful of multibillionaires who consider themselves philosophers—are they? Is finance a philosophy?
The market is beginning to look at a slide in inflation, but the story isn’t so simple. Cadence is a crucial and often overlooked aspect of market and economic forecasting—but it is perhaps the most important question in the disinflationary future we might be looking at.
If you want to understand inflation, you first need to define it—but there are many definitions and many ways to track it. Join Zolio as we dig into the biggest and most important metrics—and why they are different.
Many critics attack Wall Street as the seat of corruption and evil—and many suggest a world without finance at all would be a better one. Before we even approach thinking about a world where that is possible, we should first get to first principles. Is finance evil? Are banks evil? Not really—but they aren’t exactly good, either. So what are they? Let’s start by asking the right question.
Stocks are stubbornly staying low, and a bear market continues to loom over many indices. Could we see contagion spread and see a widespread Great Recession due to a blowup of derivatives? Let’s talk about credit default swaps
Federal Reserve economists probably don’t do what you think they do—but the job’s description is more than just surprising. Zolio digs into what these people do day in and day out, and why their work influences the economic lives of just about everyone on Earth.