The Weekly Edge

Goodbye, Sunshine 

Goodbye, Sunshine 

Goodbye, sunshine Oh, the more I wait, the less the time is mine As new fades to old Watch the truth reveal the less I want to know “Goodbye, Sunshine”, Coheed and Cambria Coheed and Cambria’s recently released 11th studio album, The Father of Make Believe, explores...

Call It 

Call It 

“What the Most You Ever Lost on a Coin Toss?” Spring has barely sprung, but our expectations for wide and choppy ranges in both interest rates and stock prices in 2025 have already been met…and then some. What markets do on a day-to-day basis – and what new policy...

Fear Inoculum 

Fear Inoculum 

Fear the lightFear the breathFear the others for eternityBut I hear them now, inhale the clarity “Fear Inoculum”, Tool When after a thirteen-year hiatus, Tool released their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum, the Internet was aflutter with potential meanings and...

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tariffs 

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Tariffs 

Introduction “Don’t panic.” Investors have now lived through several weeks of heightened market volatility, driven primarily by a combination of disappointing economic data and erratic policymaking. As we’ll point out in this piece, the amount of market churn –...

Bruised 

Bruised 

I swear I didn’t mean for it to feel like this Like every inch of me is bruised, bruised “Bruised”, Jack’s Mannequin Jack’s Mannequin’s debut album Everything in Transit was released 20 years ago (this author vividly remembers finding much-anticipated leaked tracks on...

Heartbreaker 

Heartbreaker 

“Burnin’ out of control…” – Inflation Data Sets a New Tone for Bond Markets It’s never fun to write about disappointment on Valentine’s Day, but Pat Benatar would agree that this week’s inflation data was more “love taker” than “dream maker”. The January U.S. Consumer...

Surprise Surprise 

Surprise Surprise 

Surprise, surprise, the unexpected hits you between the eyesThe unpredictable, that’s the surprise you see, surprise! surprise! “Surprise Surprise”, Cilia Black Surprise Surprise, with Cilia Black as its host and singer of its theme song (which has recently become a...

With or Without You 

With or Without You 

“See the Stone Set in Your Eyes…” Last week began with a bang as an apparent Artificial Intelligence (AI) breakthrough out of China called into question the narrative driving much of the recent U.S. equity market moves. By Friday morning, however, monetary policy,...

The Reason 

The Reason 

I’ve found a reason for meTo change who I used to beA reason to start over newAnd the reason is you “The Reason”, Hoobastank In the hubbub of the inauguration, the bulled-up CEOs at the World Economic Forum, a flurry of executive orders, AI competition, and earnings...