David Merkel @AlephBlogDM

The two main goals: teaching investors about better investing through risk control, and tying all of the markets into a coherent whole. alephblog.com Baltimore, Maryland Joined September 2011

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David Merkel @AlephBlogDM

2 days ago

Churches want to build affordable housing. Why are cities stopping them? vox.com/policy/462799/… It's simple. Cities & counties like rich people, and not poor people. Rich people pay more taxes, & demand proportionately less in services. Opposite for poor people.

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Italy weighs freezing its retirement age at 67 ft.com/content/af2d2b… "just 46 per cent of Italians aged between 50 and 74 actually work — one of the lowest levels in Europe" W/such lousy demographics, it is hard to see how Italy prospers here.

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President Trump is trying to help Argentine President Javier Milei finish the job in the fight against inflation, Capital Account columnist @greg_ip writes wsj.com/world/americas… Would Argentina like to become he 51st state? At least we would get good beef... (not serious)

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2 days ago

AI Agents Arrive at Citi wsj.com/articles/ai-ag… Too vague to be meaningful $C

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The new bill tweaking Social Security’s retirement-age language may be fixing the wrong problem marketwatch.com/story/the-new-… Really doesn't do much; just tweaks language to no significant end...

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2 days ago

Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 from leukemia at the age of 15, was officially recognized as a saint by Pope Leo XIV wsj.com/world/europe/f… Fakery. We pray to God Himself, through Christ. We do not need other mediators.

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2 days ago

With Putin, Vance, Orban and Macron, the cult of Charles de Gaulle is growing, @adwooldridge says bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… I don't get the thrill. He left behind a France that was mostly ungovernable.

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2 days ago

What is hybrid warfare, and how is Russia employing it? bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Hitting soft targets by interrupting information (GPS for example), disinformation in elections, refugee crises, and more -- to intimidate in ways short of war.

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Boeing agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a whistleblower who took his own life last year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Only $50K? A travesty...

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David Merkel @AlephBlogDM

3 days ago

NFL kickoff approaches, but here’s the ethical dilemma about watching washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/… Argues that we shouldn't watch the NFL because of all the significant injuries players get, many of which disable them prior to age 70. Well, I don't own a TV.

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3 days ago

Bond markets aren’t buying inflation fears, even as Trump tightens his grip on the Fed bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Miran is one thing, but past Trump Fed appointees aren't as aggressive.

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3 days ago

A rapid plunge in US interest-rate volatility is heaping pain on a popular Wall Street approach for hedging against financial market turmoil bloomberg.com/news/articles/… MOVE index has also fallen along with swaption vol.

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3 days ago

A unit of China’s sovereign wealth fund has reaped paper gains of more than $50 billion buying local exchange-traded funds, highlighting the scale of government support for the country’s stock market bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Will there be a profit when you sell it?

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3 days ago

Intel has approached Apple about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the US government bloomberg.com/news/articles/… $AAPL will not benefit from a stake in $INTC. Bad idea.

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3 days ago

Best Buy has been making job cuts across the company, including reductions to its Geek Squad team bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Does not make sense. Geek squad is a core differentiator. AI will not be a gamechanger for Best Buy. $BBY

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3 days ago

Measles infections in the US have reached 1,514 this year, as outbreaks continue to spread and routine childhood vaccinations fall bloomberg.com/news/articles/… If this gets a lot worse, the concept of mandatory vaccination will appear.