Kudos to the White House for all all-time classic April Fool’s joke, and H/T Richard Metcalf for the spot. Anyway, here’s a ...

But the S&P 500 closed pretty much flat, so everything must actually be fine. Addicted to charting, we decided to raid Bloomberg’s historic open/high/low/close data for the S&P 500, and figure out ...

Email your guesses with QUIZ in the subject line. One correct entry will be drawn at random for the prize of a not-available-to-buy Alphaville chart-quiz-winner T-shirt.

Chart Three is the 10-year Treasury term premium. Commenter Anthony Cheng adds that it’s the Adrian, Crump and Moench (ACM) premia model, which sounds likely but gets no extra credit. Cheng also ...

Compared with the past, the present always feels uncertain. To the attentive analyst — or even human — risks abound. Today certainly feels pretty risky and uncertain. But how does it really measure up ...

Well, first we need to acknowledge that LOOP is an economic theory, not a law of physics. There are all sorts of real-life frictions that can cause near-permanent glitches in markets, and there are ...

Given the descriptions of how certain European countries have had better experience with managing A&E waiting times than the UK, it is odd that the accompanying chart showed that the UK suffered from ...

Every month, during the Monday of “index week”, agents of the Office for National Statistics like our fictional heroine are tasked with collecting a range of hotel prices. Over the internet or via old ...

Big increases in statutory wage floor has raised workplace intensity, shutting some jobseekers out of employment ...

“Before the next election we need to show results on the ground, upgrading the existing network and bringing much better services to old industrial towns and forgotten places like Leigh, Wigan, Widnes ...

Global financial markets experienced a significant downturn, erasing trillions in equity value due to President Trump's ...

Also in this week’s newsletter, more Britons think France is more likely than America to come to UK’s military aid ...