A Beginner's Guide to Option Pricing
Part 7 – Gamma: How Fast Delta Itself Changes
What Is Gamma?
Part 6 ended with a question: if Delta is constantly changing, what determines how quickly it changes? The answer is Gamma, the next of the Greeks, and it's a...
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such …
The first blockade in April choked off Iranian exports without causing a lasting price surge. Now global oil reserves are lower, and ships face heightened risks. President Trump’s first naval blockade on Iranian ports in April caused oil prices to rise, but not to the stratospheric levels some …
The first blockade in April choked off Iranian exports without causing a lasting price surge. Now global oil reserves are lower, and ships face heightened risks. President Trump’s first naval blockade on Iranian ports in April caused oil prices to rise, but not to the stratospheric levels some …
When a superpower’s economy lags, hegemony becomes unsustainable. In June 1897, Great Britain, at the apex of empire, organized an elaborate pageant celebrating Queen Victoria’s 60 years on the throne. The industrial revolution had turned a small island nation into an economic and military …
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such …
A rare bipartisan housing bill just became law – but Americans will still struggle with affordability
By Kirk McClure, University of Kansas and Alex Schwartz, The...
Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
By Tim Fernholz, Tech Crunch
Sam Altman and Elon Musk traded barbed social...
Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A
By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin
The 60-day ceasefire...
Trump’s War-Not-War Is Doing Something Odd to the Economy
Businesses and consumers are struggling with a bizarre conflict that is simultaneously happening and not happening.
By Idrees...
It’s a World-Class Investment. It’s a Junk Investment. What Is Going On With SpaceX?
By Bethany McLean, NY Times
Ms. McLean is a financial journalist and co-author...
More than 200 major clean energy projects have been cancelled or downsized since Trump took office, costing nearly half a million jobs and $55 billion in annual GDP growth. It’s been a little more than a year since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act began dismantling federal clean energy incentives—just …
Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.
By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
If Donald Trump ever had any...
China’s submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered
By James Dwyer, University of Tasmania
On Monday, a Chinese navy submarine...
U.S. Strikes Iran and Reimposes Sanctions in Retaliation for Tanker Attacks
The military operation came hours after the U.S. Treasury revoked a waiver allowing global...
What to know about the Iran war today: U.S. Central Command said early Tuesday evening that it began launching a "series of powerful strikes" on Iran …
When managing your money, take a chatbot’s ‘confidence’ with a grain of salt
By Pawan Jain, University of Michigan
Consider the following scenario. Suzy is 63,...
Peter Zeihan: Get Ready for Summer Oil Crunch
Financial Sense and Zeihan on Geopolitics
Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan joins Jim Puplava to break down the fragile...
TORONTO (AP) — Alberta and Ontario proposed a pipeline Monday to carry western Canadian oil east and eventually to Atlantic export terminals as Canada seeks new markets beyond the United States, reviving a project that was abandoned nearly a decade ago. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the …
How Trump is turning NATO into a cash machine
The U.S. president has refashioned the alliance into something far different from its original intention
By Paul McLeary and Stefanie...
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such …
Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy
By Steven N. Durlauf, NY Times
Mr. Durlauf is the director of the Stone Center...
War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution
By Kimberly Van Meter, Penn State and Nandita Basu, University of Waterloo
American farmers are...
Medication abortion: Decisions from federal courts, the FDA or Trump’s Department of Justice could try to end access via telehealth
By Rachel Rebouché, The University...
How cuts to CDC are dismantling its capacity to protect Americans’ health
By Candice Johnson, Michigan State University
Since the Trump administration took office in January...
Glucosamine supplements may speed memory loss from Alzheimer’s, new research shows
By Ramon Sun, University of Florida
People with Alzheimer’s disease who took the common supplement...
What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks
By Nat Lash and Patricia Callahan, ProPublica
For the DNA graphics, go to ProPublica's article here >
The U.S....