Hacker News with Generative AI: Markets

Gold Is So Popular It's Making People Nervous (bloomberg.com)
Gold is going up because all the bad things that could happen seem to be happening at once.

Finance, Economics, Gold, Markets

59 points by walterbell 12 days ago | 83 comments

Side-Effect of Trump Flip-Flopping on Tariffs (pomogaev.ca)
I think that we can all agree that Trump's latest flip-flopping on tariffs have caused great volatility in the stock market. The VIX, a popular index for measuring the expected volatility of the S&P 500's index options is at a level that hasn't been seen since the COVID pandemic.

Politics, Economics, Finance, Markets

9 points by arrakark 25 days ago | 1 comments

Adam Schiff Calls for Insider Trading Investigation into Trump over Tariff Pause (time.com)
Senator Adam Schiff on Wednesday called on Congress to investigate whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused a sweeping set of tariffs, a move that sent stock prices skyrocketing.

Politics, Insider Trading, Trump, Markets

30 points by ironyman 29 days ago | 0 comments

Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong stocks sink 9% amid tariff war (nikkei.com)
Asia-Pacific stocks fell sharply on Monday amid a global market rout caused by an intensifying U.S. trade war, reminding some traders of a similar slide at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance, Trade Wars, Asia, Markets

10 points by geox 32 days ago | 0 comments

Circuit breaker triggered in Japan for stock futures trading (wsj.com)
Markets Swing Wildly as Trump Holds His Ground on Tariff Plan

Markets, Trade, Japan, Finance, Politics

249 points by perihelions 32 days ago | 319 comments

Finding Signal in the Noise: Machine Learning and the Markets (Jane Street) (signalsandthreads.com)
In Young Cho thought she was going to be a doctor but fell into a trading internship at Jane Street. Now she helps lead the research group’s efforts in machine learning.

Machine Learning, Finance, Markets

184 points by lewiscarson 56 days ago | 146 comments

Wall Street stocks tumble as investors fret over US economic slowdown (ft.com)

Finance, Economics, Markets

153 points by belter 60 days ago | 275 comments

US bond yield slide hits dollar (ft.com)
US bond yield slide hits dollar

Finance, Economics, Currency, Markets

8 points by JumpCrisscross 73 days ago | 1 comments

Making Markets on Kalshi (rlafuente.com)

Markets, Prediction Markets, Finance

56 points by andes314 81 days ago | 26 comments

Tech stocks tank as US AI dominance no longer a sure bet (theregister.com)
Share prices for some of the biggest American tech brands that crested the AI hype waves crashed this morning on the rocks of DeepSeek, a Chinese startup that last week released LLMs that challenges US dominance.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Markets, China, United States

7 points by rntn 102 days ago | 0 comments

The Fannie and Freddie trade is back (bloomberg.com)
The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saga has been going on for, depending how you count, 16 years, or perhaps many decades.

Finance, Real Estate, Business, Markets

90 points by ioblomov 121 days ago | 75 comments

A growing sense among investors that China may not be systematically investable (ft.com)
Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

China, Investing, Private Equity, Markets

16 points by cwwc 135 days ago | 3 comments

The Myth of Bitcoin Liquidity (greyenlightenment.com)
Bitcoin is falling hard again the morning in opposite of the strong or neutral performance of the stock market, the second day of the week this has happened.

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Markets

3 points by speckx 147 days ago | 1 comments

The Dollar Still Has Its Mojo. X, Not So Much (nytimes.com)
“There is a great deal of ruin in a network,” Adam Smith once observed.

Economy, Finance, Markets, Social Media

7 points by lamontcg 171 days ago | 4 comments

The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world (economist.com)
The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world

Politics, Economics, Markets, Global Impact

5 points by leotravis10 183 days ago | 2 comments

Bitcoin breaks above its all-time high of $73,777 (fxstreet.com)
Bitcoin (BTC) broke above its all-time high of $73,777 on Wednesday, fueled by Donald Trump's lead in the polls. Momentum indicators confirmed a bullish bias. BTC's next target could be the 141.40% Fibonacci extension level at $78,777.

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Markets

15 points by vinnyglennon 184 days ago | 17 comments

Economist Eugene Fama: 'Efficient markets is a hypothesis. It's not reality (ft.com)

Economics, Finance, Markets

163 points by Anon84 248 days ago | 166 comments

Wall Street's 'fear gauge's may be lying to you about last week's market turmoil (ft.com)

Finance, Markets, Investing, Economics

15 points by cempaka 270 days ago | 1 comments

Stock-trading apps fall under the feet of stampeding panicking investors (theregister.com)

Finance, Investing, Technology, Markets

8 points by rntn 277 days ago | 0 comments

World markets shaken over fears of U.S. recession as sell-offs deepen (cbc.ca)