Dam Disasters: See What We Told Readers in January About the Catastrophic Risks
Thousands evacuated. Homes destroyed. Warning signs ignored for decades. And a surprising connection to the stock market…
Thousands evacuated. Homes destroyed. Warning signs ignored for decades. And a surprising connection to the stock market…
For years, higher education was in an inflationary trend. But the industry faces much greater challenges now that social mood has shifted to negative.
Most sports leagues have closed up shop during the coronavirus pandemic, but professional American football is fighting to maintain business as usual. Beyond the pandemic, football faces a host of vulnerabilities—and opportunities—at the current juncture, and its stakeholders would be prudent to take note when preparing for the sport’s “new normal.”
Dramatic rallies go hand-in-hand with dramatic bear markets. The psychology behind bear market rallies is powerful and tempting, seducing investors to fall feverishly back in love with the market at just the wrong time…
Pornhub, the world’s largest pornography website, has reported an 18% rise in traffic.
Negative mood fuels growing authoritarianism. It also fuels expressions of anti-authoritarianism. For example…
A recent headline said the stock market probably won’t get back to even this year. Another said markets are in the grip of a “grim economic outlook.”
Rhode Island has moved to quarantine New Yorkers who cross its borders. Police in New Orleans are jailing people for minor offenses…
Recently, yields on 1-month and 3-month Treasury bills dipped below zero on their own, without formal action by the Fed.
President Trump is calling the coronavirus the “Chinese Virus.” And a Chinese official tweeted that the U.S. military might be responsible for the disease.