Chart of the Day: Has Woke Killed Comedy?
Numbers confirm our worst suspicions about big-screen comedies. When was the last gut-busting feature that rocked the box office? Remember the film “There’s Something About Mary.” Sure, animated films are…
Chart of the Day: Half of US Banks Are Underwater
The twin crashes in US commercial real estate, and the US bond market have collided with $9 trillion in uninsured deposits in the American banking system. Such deposits can vanish…
‘American Gigolo’ Makes Jon Bernthal Into a Bad Date: TV Review
With its pulsing burble of Blondie music and its chilly aesthetic, the 1980 Paul Schrader film “American Gigolo” is a showpiece of what would soon be the Reagan decade. Some…
Analysis | Jim Chanos Takes Aim at Data Centers and Their High Valuations
Comment on this story Comment Celebrated contrarian Jim Chanos has a mixed record. Although his prediction of Enron’s demise brought renown, his bet against Tesla Inc. has proved painful. When…
The 2-Step Process That Companies Like Airbnb and Facebook Use to Find Their North Star Metric
I’m a big fan of metrics. Prior to starting my own business, I spent eight years working as a high-frequency trader where literally everything I did was based on metrics. I’d…