Repo and Reverse Repo Explained: The Plumbing of Rates
How the US repo market really works: repo vs reverse repo, SOFR, the Fed’s RRP floor and SRF ceiling, and what broke in September 2019.
Aquiline Takes Flourish From MassMutual in Wealthtech PE Deal
Aquiline is buying a controlling stake in Flourish from MassMutual — a wealthtech platform behind 1,300+ RIA firms overseeing $2.6T+ in client assets.
GitLab Q2 FY27: Revenue $286M, +21%, Guide Raised
GitLab beat Q2 FY27 with $286.3M revenue up 21%, DBNR of 117%, and raised full-year guidance. GTLB traded up 22% pre-market on the print.
Fed Funds Futures Explained: How Markets Price Rate Cuts
Fed funds futures let traders bet on the path of the overnight rate. Here is how the contract works, and how CME FedWatch turns prices into cut probabilities.
30-Year Treasury Near 5.3%: Bessent Doubles Buybacks Sep 9
The US 30-year yield closed at 5.28% on Sept. 1, its worst September start since 2006. Treasury doubles long-end buybacks to $4B.
Dell Q2 FY27: $47B Revenue, $95B AI Backlog, Guide Raised
Dell posted record $47.0B revenue (+58%), $16.4B AI server revenue and $95B backlog, then raised FY27 to $192B. What the print actually shows.
How ETFs Actually Work: Creation, Redemption, and APs
ETFs trade like stocks but avoid mutual-fund cash drag by swapping baskets in-kind with authorized participants. Here’s the mechanism in plain English.
Big Banks Team Up on Dollar Stablecoin, Eye 2027 Launch
Goldman Sachs, Citi, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and others plan a joint dollar stablecoin for 2027, targeting the $312B market dominated by USDT and USDC.
Texas Halts Data-Center Power on 474 GW ‘Ghost Demand’
Texas paused new data-center hookups after interconnection requests hit 474 GW — nearly 10x the state’s 2023 total — forcing a reckoning with ‘ghost demand.’
Modern Portfolio Theory and the Efficient Frontier
How Harry Markowitz’s 1952 paper reshaped investing: expected return, variance, correlation, the efficient frontier, and where MPT breaks in real markets.