Reading List: Finance Articles #13
May. 6, 2026 +0900
Last Modified: May. 6, 2026 +0900
Commodity traders lost ‘billions’ in early days of Iran war (Apr 12, 2026)
Short seller Block says widespread AI disruption will open fresh opportunities (Apr 14, 2026)
Rising Vix tells investors it is the right time to buy (Apr 15, 2026)
BlackRock profits jump after it attracts $130bn during first quarter (Apr 15, 2026)
Investors shun US life insurers over rising bets on private credit (Apr 16, 2026)
Credit default swaps
Level 3 assets
Norway’s $2tn sovereign wealth fund has ‘no plans’ to cut American assets (Apr 17, 2026)
Goldman Sachs retains its knack for spinning anxiety into gold (Apr 14, 2026)
African governments turn to total return swaps amid soaring debt costs (Apr 14, 2026)
total return swap
domestic debt
sovereign debt
Low stockpiles of silver mean sector is ripe for price-raising squeeze, study says (Apr 14, 2026)
Is the Halo trade a fad or the future? (Apr 18, 2026)
Wall Street banks bet on strains in private credit (Apr 18, 2026)
credit default swap (cds)
CDX Financials
When staying in cash is the dangerous option (Apr 18, 2026)
채권시장 찾아온 봄바람 … BBB급까지 잇단 흥행 (Apr 17, 2026)
Treasuries’ haven status threatened as inflation expectations erode hedging power (Apr 20, 2026)
AI should not drive today’s interest rate decisions (Apr 23, 2026)
Intel shares surge on AI boom to surpass dotcom bubble high (Apr 25, 2026)
Stablecoin threat to Wall St deposits is limited for now (Apr 24, 2026)
Quant pioneer Lueck warns against handing over trading decisions to AI (Apr 25, 2026)
A golden age of arbitrage has begun (Apr 25, 2026)
UK pension funds face ‘huge’ costs to sell private assets (Apr 21, 2026)
liability-driven investment strategy (Apr 23, 2026)
Blue Owl co-founders are no longer pledging shares for personal loans (Apr 21, 2026)
Risk management must evolve to remain fit for purpose (Apr 20, 2026)
Nest to put £450mn in private credit (Apr 14, 2026)
Advisers reap billions in fees from boom in private funds (Apr 20, 2026)
Hedge fund tax craze takes over Wall Street (Apr 20, 2026)
Insurance sector is moving into riskier assets (Apr 20, 2026)
AI provides Foxconn with a chance to reduce its reliance on Apple (Apr 24, 2026)
HK regulators hand $166mn in fines to PwC for Evergrande audit failures (Apr 24, 2026)
PER 대신 ‘희석조정 PCR’… 코스닥 부실종목 솎아낼 새 지표 나왔다 (Apr 24, 2026)
Subsidies do not explain China’s industrial progress (Apr 29, 2026)
‘M&A is key’ for Berkshire in tie-up with non-life insurer Tokio Marine (Apr 29, 2026)
BoJ holds rates despite fears Iran conflict will raise prices (Apr 29, 2026)
High-frequency trading has meant fatter profits for large firms (Apr 28, 2026)
Lessons from history’s greatest financial crises (Apr 22, 2026)
Mark Twain famously observed that “it ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Finance is a superb example of this truism.
Central bankers warn US dollar stablecoins pose a danger to emerging markets (Apr 21, 2026)
Latin American bonds end an era of ‘original sin’ (Apr 28, 2026)
Former Apollo risk chief says newer life insurers could struggle to stay afloat amid downturn (Apr 28, 2026)
German and Spanish inflation muted (Apr 30, 2026)
Blue Owl draws in $9bn over quarter as private credit market cools (May 1, 2026)
Bond investors braced for ‘volatile’ transition at Fed (May 1, 2026)
Yen gains more than 2.5% against dollar amid reports of intervention by Tokyo (May 1, 2026)
Beijing’s blunt message to its tech sector (Apr 29, 2026)
Investors seek higher yield on $14bn of data centre debt (Apr 28, 2026)
Polymarket weather bets investigated (Apr 24, 2026)
Ackman’s new fund Pershing Square USA slides 18% on Wall Street debut (May 1, 2026)
Over the past dozen years, Ackman has morphed Pershing Square from a hedge fund with investors who could redeem their money in quarterly intervals to a manager of closed-end funds with perpetual capital that pays his investment group hefty fees.
Japanese toilet maker flushed with success on chip unit sales (May 2, 2026)
Successful ‘long-shot’ wagers on Polymarket trigger security fears (May 2, 2026)
First ‘autocallable’ ETF launched in Europe (May 2, 2026)
My latest portfolio finally revealed (May 2, 2026)
BoE set to rein in ‘funded reinsurance’ (Apr 30, 2026)
AI가 찍어내는 中 전기차 ‘무인 혁명’ (May 1, 2026)
[백영옥의 밑줄 사용법] 공을 넘기기만 해도 이긴다 (May 3, 2026)
New ‘Autocallable’ ETFs Offer Yields Up to 14%. Yes, There’s a Catch. (Apr 30, 2026)
This Venerable Stock Pays a 10% Dividend Yield. Why It Looks Like a Trap. (Apr 29, 2026)
Don’t Lose Your Head in This Heady Market. What the Trading Flows Tell Us. (Apr 22, 2026)
A Bond Bear Market Is Brewing. 5 Ways to Make It Work in Your Favor. (Apr 24, 2026)
Intel Stock Was Up 115% in April. How to Play It With Options Now. (Apr 29, 2026)
Retail Investors Keep Getting Burned in the Stock Market. They’re Piling In Again Now. (Apr 15, 2026)
Breaking down duration: a useful concept for bond investors
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