Jason Karaian

Verbatim of the remarks made by Mario Draghi The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...

Happy Whatever-it-Takes Day www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...

My love letter to metal, "the thinking person's music." (In the Quartzy newsletter, 2019.)

RIP Ozzy.

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The euro is ON A ROLL www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...

President Trump Is Making Foreign Stocks Great Again For years, the S&P 500 soared above the stock indexes of other countries. But since Trump’s inauguration, it has fallen 6 percent and is now trailing major markets in Europe and China.

Make RoW Great Again www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...

"I think you used the word dynamic or fluid to describe tariffs and we see it very much the same way." — Rick Gomez, chief commercial officer of Target

"We are watching like all things like tariffs and what that's going to do, the impact that will have. Obviously, that situation is fluid, so it's uncertain how that ends up." — John Stern, CFO of U.S. Bancorp

"The tariffs are very fluid right now. So it's hard to really give any predictions on what we can do, but we are prepared." — Ron Vachris, CEO of Costco

The ebb and flow of Trump's tariffs, a thread...

Sign of the times, Skechers-CFO-on-an-investor-call edition:

"Yeah, I joked with Rick before between when I left my hotel room and I came down, I had to check and make sure there were no new tariffs before I answered any questions."

Achtung BuBa! (Sorry) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

Bonfire of the market cap www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/b...

Trump family memecoins update

It didn't quite hit $1 trillion, but China's trade surplus easily set a fresh annual record www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...

Truly intuitive playing from three masters: Von Schlippenbach / Parker / Lytton at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social

Catching up...

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New Role for Jason Karaian | The New York Times Company

Personal news www.nytco.com/press/new-ro...

Investors Punish France Over Budget Turmoil The country’s borrowing costs have soared over worries that a political showdown in Parliament over spending cuts and tax increases could topple a fragile government coalition.

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Together again...

“Most people know little about the Moog synthesizer except that it’s electronic, it makes weird sounds and actor James Coburn owns one.”

Teis Semey Quintet: “This one is called, ‘Hippity Hoppity, Abolish Private Property.’” (Other tunes were dedicated to mean Facebook comments and sushi.)

Rates down, stocks up

Coruscating riffs w/ Bill Orcutt + co.

Once upon a time, crypto accounted for more than half of Robinhood's trading volume. It was less than 5% last quarter.

$16 billion+ in losses later, WeWork files for bankruptcy www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/b...

What a pumpkin patch in western Pennsylvania reveals about the U.S. economy www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/b...

Oil shock www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/b...