Rents Hold, Tariffs Spike, and the Return of Trade Theater

Rents Hold, Tariffs Spike, and the Return of Trade Theater

The Week in Review – May 2025Before the headlines turned to Vatican smoke signals and Bitcoin’s victory lap, a new U.S.–UK “trade deal” made its debut from the Oval. I use that term loosely. Call it a framework, call it a handshake, but don’t call it clarity.The big...
When the Machines Move the Markets

When the Machines Move the Markets

There was a time when Wall Street’s biggest risk factor was something tangible—oil prices, war, a Lehman moment. But this week, the markets got spooked not by a natural disaster or geopolitical conflict, but by something far more elusive: a passing comment about...