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What happened when a journalist asked President Donald Trump about chickening out
Will the bond market reign in US federal spending?
Special purpose acquisition companies are back and booming
Tiny stocks are rushing to list on US exchanges. Why?
What exactly did Donald Trump and Keir Starmer agree?
Moderate inflation and tariffs seem to lift markets
What will happen to America’s most famous conglomerate?
Money managers may be slowly moving assets out of the US
Why a surge in imports decimated the first-quarter GDP
Will empty containers mean empty shelves?
Have the titans of the market turned on Trump?
Traders seem to be betting that the US isn’t special anymore
Restrictions on sales to China bring down Nvidia and raise questions about tech
Beijing may have more leverage than President Donald Trump thought
Have Trump’s policies hurt the US’s ability to borrow?
As markets bounce around, China announces its own tariffs
A stunning rollout of new taxes astonishes traders
Spirits are low but indicators seem fine
An unusual company enters an unusual investing environment
To fund tax cuts, the administration wants cheaper money
Is uncertainty about the president already priced in?
Will remilitarisation encourage Europe’s first pooled debt?
As Trump flip-flops, the Unhedged team visits the IE Business School in Madrid
Are Chinese stocks really “uninvestable”?
New plans and their unintended consequences