Author: Mark Stinson

BOND MARKETS are unsettled, and so, in turn, is America’s government. On August 19th the Treasury said that from next month it would increase its own purchases of longer-dated debt. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/08/19/why-bond-markets-are-unnerving-rich-world-politicians

On September 19 last year, the husband-and-wife cofounders of e-commerce company Pattern, David Wright and Melanie Alder, walked up together to the NASDAQ podium in Times Square—both dressed in black button-up shirts and custom blue and purple Nike Air Forces. https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2026/08/09/two-divorces-ten-children-and-a-2-billion-fortune-meet-the-utah-couple-behind-an-e-commerce-empire/

Three primaries for the House and the Senate on Tuesday pose a fresh test for the left, this time in a conservative-leaning state where socialism is often seen as a dirty word. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/florida-primaries-democratic-socialists.html