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Stockholm’s Capital Markets Success: More Than Meatballs

Stockholm’s capital-market success reflects more than IPOs and PE activity. It offers a case study in how culture, institutions, and incentives shape durable capital formation.

Three Risks of Relying on the S&P 500 in Retirement Planning

Why S&P 500 reliance can undermine retirement outcomes, and how diversification, valuation discipline, and withdrawals reshape long-term portfolio risk.

Book Review: Principles of Bitcoin

A rigorous exploration of bitcoin reveals a new framework for understanding money beyond traditional financial models.

AI Strategy After the LLM Boom: Maintain Sovereignty, Avoid Capture

Yann LeCun’s testimony reframed for investment leaders: why AI sovereignty, platform control, and LLM economics shape organizational risk.

America’s Debt – A New Infrastructure?

US debt increasingly functions as market infrastructure, shaped by who holds it and how systems like stablecoins are reshaping Treasury demand.

Decoding CTA Allocations by Trend Horizon

Decompose CTA returns into fast, medium, and slow trend horizons to reveal true risk drivers, benchmark overlap, and behavior during market stress.

Auditor Specialization: A Signal for Financial Analysts

For financial analysts covering government contractors across defense, healthcare, and IT, auditor specialization signals earnings quality, reporting credibility, and filing timeliness.

Defined Contribution Top Trends for 2026: What Plan Sponsors Need to Get Right

Key trends shaping US defined contribution plans in 2026, from technology and education to investment strategy, regulation, and plan design decisions.

How US State Capital Is Reshaping Strategic Supply Chains

US government equity is entering strategic supply chains. For investors, this is changing how risk, returns, and capital allocation are priced.

What Earnings Explain, and What They Don’t: Insights from 150 Years of Market Data

Earnings and stock prices move together long term, but shifts in their correlation offer little value for predicting future market returns.