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Banks Offload Risk from Leveraged ETFs With Exotic ‘Crash Puts’ automated-news
Banks Offload Risk from Leveraged ETFs With Exotic ‘Crash Puts’

Leveraged ETFs that offer the tantalizing prospect of doubling or tripling the daily returns of an individual stock are famously risky for investors who buy them.

02 Aug 2026
What percentage of UK households are net contributors? automated-news
What percentage of UK households are net contributors?

Despite attempts, the figure is virtually impossible to calculate

02 Aug 2026
AI Is Power and America’s Lead Over China Is Shrinking automated-news
AI Is Power and America’s Lead Over China Is Shrinking

The stakes have never been higher for technology in politics, war and statecraft.

02 Aug 2026
Abolish the Senate? No, But Don't Pretend It's Representative Either automated-news
Abolish the Senate? No, But Don't Pretend It's Representative Either

As the Democratic Socialists of America bash the Senate, calling for its abolition, many Republicans and conservatives are bashing the DSA, for daring to question James Madison’s constitutional design. Surprisingly, both are partly right.

02 Aug 2026
This Surgical Robot Could Transform the Operating Room automated-news
This Surgical Robot Could Transform the Operating Room

After spending years and hundreds of millions of dollars, Johnson and Johnson has won FDA approval for its new surgical robot Ottava. Can it challenge the dominance of competitors who entered the race years earlier, or is the market already spoken for? (Source: Bloomberg)

02 Aug 2026
Ugly Month in Emerging Markets May Be a Taste of What’s Ahead automated-news
Ugly Month in Emerging Markets May Be a Taste of What’s Ahead

Investors’ hopes of a stellar year in emerging markets are being tested by a bruising July that may offer a taste of the headwinds ahead.

02 Aug 2026
Wall Street’s Favorite Bet Comes Undone as Chips Whipsaw Market automated-news
Wall Street’s Favorite Bet Comes Undone as Chips Whipsaw Market

The one-way trade in semiconductor stocks that has defined equity markets this year is coming unglued, triggering stomach-churning volatility as investors grow increasingly concerned that the fire-hose of artificial intelligence spending won’t continue.

02 Aug 2026
By The Way: Headlines You May Have Missed the Week of 8/02 automated-news
By The Way: Headlines You May Have Missed the Week of 8/02

Younger Chinese professionals moving away from the traditional baijiu drinking culture, premium bottled water gaining traction with wellness-focused consumers, and historic government buildings across Europe being converted into luxury hotels. Bloomberg News' Nathan Hager joins David Gura and Christ

02 Aug 2026
Bond Traders Flying Blind on Fed See Risk Yields Spiral Higher automated-news
Bond Traders Flying Blind on Fed See Risk Yields Spiral Higher

Bond investors including Brandywine Global Investment Management and Wellington Management say the risk of a deeper Treasury rout is rising as Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh keeps investors in the dark about how officials will respond to the evolving economy.

02 Aug 2026
Why Think Tanks are a Billion Dollar Business automated-news
Why Think Tanks are a Billion Dollar Business

Think tanks bring together experts and shape debates in Washington, but how do you measure the value of an idea? From the Aspen Institute to the Heritage Foundation, this episode explores the business of ideas, the billions of dollars behind America's leading think tanks, and how they measure succes

02 Aug 2026
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