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I tried analyzing cycling accidents around New York City, but it was difficult to draw meaningful conclusions from the data. For example, men die more frequently than women while biking, according to a report on Bicyclist Fatalities and Serious Injuries in New York City.

I’ve recently been tasked with working more with more fixed-income derivatives, so I’m writing this more as a refresher for myself, but I’ve always guaged how well I know something based on how well I’m able to teach others.

One of the most bizarre David vs. Goliath scenarios in modern finance, by far, belongs to the retail investors from Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets versus Hedge Fund space. The story became such a fad that it garnered the attention of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the SEC.

On this blog, I’ve talked about the Mathematics of Pandemics. I’ve even talked about the Politics of Pandemics. I’m long overdue to discuss the “Economics of Pandemics;” however, theorizing the potential effects of an inadequate response was pretty pointless, as anyone who has lived through the Great Recession would tell you.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that 2020 has been a year for the United States economy. Tens of millions were encouraged or forced to remain indoors in an attempt to slow the spread.

We’re all Evergreen now…

We’re all in this together, except when we need to score political points against our political enemies.

When popular narratives fail to capture the reality.

You keep using that phrase, but it’s not clear you understand what it means…