Month: August 2024

Market Mayhem, Monopoly, and Missing Jobs

During the first three trading days of this month, the stock market made a lot of noise. Weeks of lackluster economic data culminated in a pair of worrisome job reports that sparked a two-day selloff. On the third day, gasoline was poured onto the fire. Something called the “unwinding of the yen carry trade” (the… Read more »