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Student SpotlightMacro21 August 2026
A divided Fed, a still-roaring AI rally and an Iran framework that collapsed within a fortnight pulled markets in three directions across August. The whiplash between them is a live lesson in how risk gets priced.
Interest RatesMonetary PolicyFederal ReserveInflationOil PricesArtificial Intelligence
Aakash Karia12 min read
Read ArticleThe White House and major AI companies meet to finalize the Voluntary AI Framework. With all discussions happening behind closed doors, Americans are left in the dark about the future of artificial intelligence and their government.
PoliticsAmerican AffairsArtificial Intelligence
Geraldine Hernandez3 min read
Read ArticleOffshore law firms have already sold stakes to private equity. US Big Law is watching, waiting for someone else to go first. The legal industry's long immunity to outside capital is ending, but the terms remain deeply uncertain.
Private EquityLegal ServicesMergers and AcquisitionsArtificial IntelligenceUnited KingdomOpinion
Alexander Eklund11 min read
Read ArticleMarkets10 August 2026
Semiconductor stocks have recently fallen despite resilient commercial demand, raising questions about whether the selloff is a temporary correction or an early warning of a broader economic slowdown.
SemiconductorsArtificial IntelligenceStock MarketInvestment
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
Read ArticleBig tech is on track to spend up to $690 billion on AI infrastructure this year alone. History suggests the technology can still win even as many of today's financiers lose everything.
Artificial IntelligenceBig TechCapital ExpenditureMarket Bubbles
Matthew Mahrous8 min read
Read ArticlePolicy2 August 2026
AI data centres promise growth, but infrastructure constraints are creating political and economic resistance.
Artificial IntelligenceData CentresInfrastructureEnergy
Meghana Sivapuram7 min read
Read ArticleOpinion27 July 2026
Silicon Valley wants to escape the power grids, water shortages and zoning laws throttling its data centres by launching them into orbit. But Low Earth Orbit is no frictionless void, and moving servers to space may just trade one crisis for another.
Artificial IntelligenceData CentresHyperscalersSpace EconomyOrbital Debris
Manasvi Kommuri9 min read
Read ArticleMacro23 July 2026
AI capital expenditure has emerged as the last major engine of global demand, propping up growth even as trade wars fragment the world economy. Whether that engine can keep pace with its scale and financing is the open question.
Artificial IntelligenceGlobal TradeCapital ExpenditureHyperscalersGrowth
Daya Kaur Kalher6 min read
Read ArticleMacro20 July 2026
Machine learning can spot economic shifts weeks before official statistics catch up, but its black-box reasoning means the most reliable forecasts still come from economists working alongside AI, not being replaced by it.
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningEconomic ForecastingHysteresis
Meghana Sivapuram5 min read
Read ArticleFrom rocketing IPOs to frothy market sentiment, at face value, today’s AI trade unmistakably mirrors the dot-com bubble – only this time the fallout could be far more destructive.
Artificial IntelligenceIPOsDot-Com BubbleBig Tech
Martim Domingos7 min read
Read ArticleMarketsPrivate Equity4 June 2026
As Bain and GHO rotate into Japan and healthcare, Astorg cannot raise a fund and JPMorgan quietly offloads NAV loan exposure. The private equity industry is not in a slowdown. It is in a shake-out.
Private EquityJapanHealthcareMergers and AcquisitionsArtificial Intelligence
Alexander Eklund8 min read
Read ArticleThe value of a degree is under siege as generative AI threatens to turn academic achievement into a hollow commodity.
Artificial IntelligenceLabour MarketGraduates
Martim Domingos15 min read
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