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November 5, 2025
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November 5, 2025
How to Plan for a Catastrophe

Knowing that it would be hit by devastating hurricanes, Jamaica uses a financial product to reduce its risk.

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May 25, 2025
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May 25, 2025
When Bond Investors Become Vigilantes

Hearing from a bond vigilante, we can say that a financial market is telling us to watch out for inflation.

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April 20, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and emerging economies
April 20, 2023
How to Identify an Emerging Market

When the press refers to the world's emerging market economies, they could mean a vast array of disparate countries.

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April 1, 2022
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April 1, 2022
The Global Economic Outlook

Through three charts that together illustrate the global economic outlook, we can use the wisdom of the crowd to predict the future.

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March 7, 2022
Russia's debt downgrade
March 7, 2022
The ABCs of Russia’s Debt Downgrade

Reflecting a standardized system, the letters from the major ratings agencies that signaled Russia's debt downgrade indicated a speedy plunge.

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October 31, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and recorded music formats vinyl
October 31, 2021
How Bowie Bonds Connected Music and Finance

Using securitization as an upfront payment to musicians for future royalties, Bowie Bonds were a Wall Street innovation.

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September 3, 2021
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
September 3, 2021
Why Your Stock Ticker Symbol Matters

Much more than a name for trading stock, clever stock ticker symbols can affect how investors feel about companies.

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May 31, 2021
Economic News Roundup and Dow Industrial Average
May 31, 2021
How Stock Markets Have Changed

Celebrating its 125th birthday, we can use the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see how the U.S. economy has changed

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May 11, 2021
S&P 500 bull markets
May 11, 2021
How Stock Market Performance Responds to Social Unrest

While investors are right when they express concern that stock market performance reacts to social unrest, the response varies.

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February 22, 2021
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February 22, 2021
How Free Stock Trades Can Be Expensive

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February 9, 2021
GameStop financial bubble
February 9, 2021
Why GameStop Stock Is Like a Beanie Baby

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January 11, 2021
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January 11, 2021
How to Rescue a Rhinoceros and a Coral Reef

New financial products might be able to boost sustainability projects for the black rhino and a Mexican coral reef.

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