Pros and cons of a US sovereign wealth fund

Yields on UK gilts are skyrocketing. But the UK is not the only country facing rising borrowing costs. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong talk to new Unhedged contributor and former Bank of England employee Daire MacFadden about the new landscape of borrowing. Also ...  Show more

GameStop, the video game retailer and iconic meme stock, has announced an attempt to take over the much larger eBay. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and John Foley talk about how a smaller company can take over a larger company and whether it’s even a good idea. Also, they discu ...  Show more

Follow Prof G Markets: Apple Podcasts Spotify  Scott and Ed open the show by discussing recent inflation data, Oracle’s earnings, Wall Street’s decision to curb working hours for young bankers, and Open AI’s newest model. Then Scott shares his reactions to the President debat ...  Show more

Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the nomination. Just like everyone else, we are trying to quickly wrap our heads around what it means now that Harris is almost certainly going ...  Show more

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.   Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Josh Wingrove dives into what a potential Kamala Harris presidency might mean for business and the economy after the Vice President offered our first look at her econom ...  Show more

Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn, and China’s property sector woes are compounded by tariff worries. Plus, Poland’s new president is going to make life hard for the country’s prime minister, and the FT’s Amelia Pollard explains why ...  Show more