Explore how imperfect markets differ from perfect competition, their characteristics, and their impact on economics, ...

Determining what the S&P 500 will do in 2026 is almost impossible and depends on the fate of the U.S. economy, government policy, earnings growth and other trends. Years of soaring inflation, ...

A new executive order seen by WIRED prohibits New York state employees from using insider knowledge to enrich themselves with prediction market bets. New York has banned state employees from using ...

TRADERS OF OIL futures are a sunny bunch. On April 17th, after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open”, the price of Brent crude fell by 10%, to $90 a barrel. Within ...

Bitcoin’s rally toward $75,000 is running into a wall of supply just as institutional demand is holding steady. The move higher has been driven largely by macro flows rather than a broad surge in ...

Investment firm Bernstein estimates that by 2030, prediction market volumes will surge to roughly $1 trillion. Dollar volumes on the markets surged in 2024, spurred by the U.S. presidential election, ...

The business world has long championed flexibility as a corporate advantage. Diversified firms’ ability to redeploy resources efficiently across businesses can give them an important advantage over ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, a gauge of expected stock-market turbulence over the next month, tumbled after President Donald Trump agreed to a temporary ceasefire in his war against Iran. The index, ...

A merely bad outlook might be good enough for the markets, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and the economy. The war in the Persian ...

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, student groups pushed for curriculum change in economics. They wanted to learn about real-world economics beyond the stylized models that embroil ...

Moody's artificial intelligence (AI) recession model has reached 49% probability -- and historically, once it crosses 50%, a recession has followed within a year. The Iran war has sent oil prices ...

Financial markets extended a sharp sell-off at the end of the week, hitting a new low for the year, as the Iran war continues to drive anxiety among investors, businesses and consumers about how long ...