Amol Sharma
@amolsharma.bsky.social
Financial Editor at The Wall Street Journal (former media & entertainment editor). [email protected]
Elite hedge funds are in a pitched battle for the world’s top traders. The price tag for a young stock picker can now top $100 million. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
The Frenzied Pursuit of Wall Street’s Low-Profile All-Stars
The world’s most elite hedge funds are in a pitched battle for talent. The price tag for a young stock picker can now top $100 million.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Elite hedge funds are in a pitched battle for the world’s top traders. The price tag for a young stock picker can now top $100 million. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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the pacers when the other team has a 99% or better win probability in the final three minutes
June 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
the pacers when the other team has a 99% or better win probability in the final three minutes
Despite wins under Trump, the crypto world is wary of becoming too politicized. Bitcoin’s biggest gathering is becoming “a right-wing rally,” said one attendee. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Bitcoin Goes All In on MAGA, Shedding Its Antigovernment Slant
Despite wins under President Trump, some crypto factions are wary of politicizing the industry.
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June 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Despite wins under Trump, the crypto world is wary of becoming too politicized. Bitcoin’s biggest gathering is becoming “a right-wing rally,” said one attendee. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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WSJ: “.. Nearly $1 in every $7 the U.S. spends goes toward paying interest, more than the country spends on defense.”
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May 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
WSJ: “.. Nearly $1 in every $7 the U.S. spends goes toward paying interest, more than the country spends on defense.”
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The parallel banking world known as “private credit” is booming. Giants like Apollo and Blackstone have harnessed huge pools of insurance money to fuel their lending and now they want to tap into your 401(k) savings. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Wall Street’s New ‘Shadow Banks’ Are on a Tear. They Want Your Money.
A booming ‘private credit’ industry aims to include 401(k) investors; tariff-driven economic stress poses risks.
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May 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The parallel banking world known as “private credit” is booming. Giants like Apollo and Blackstone have harnessed huge pools of insurance money to fuel their lending and now they want to tap into your 401(k) savings. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Goldman Sachs tells countries that tariff negotiations aren’t all about trade. The bank advised South Africa’s president to scale back a law meant to address racial disparities because Trump had described it as a human rights violation. www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
Exclusive | Goldman Sachs Offers Advice on Tariffs to Countries Scrambling to Please Trump
South Africa, Japan and Saudi Arabia are among the nations that have sought counsel from the Wall Street giant.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Goldman Sachs tells countries that tariff negotiations aren’t all about trade. The bank advised South Africa’s president to scale back a law meant to address racial disparities because Trump had described it as a human rights violation. www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
During this month’s market turmoil, professional investors headed for the exits while individuals held steady. It’s upending Wall Street’s conventional wisdom. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
As Markets Swooned, Pros Sold—and Individuals Pounced
Hedge funds have sold a net $1 trillion of shares this year, while 97% of Vanguard 401(k) investors didn’t make trades in early April.
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April 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
During this month’s market turmoil, professional investors headed for the exits while individuals held steady. It’s upending Wall Street’s conventional wisdom. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
“He isn’t slick…he’s charming in a dorky way.” The Morgan Stanley star who is now the White House’s “America First” dealmaker. www.wsj.com/finance/mich...
Exclusive | The Morgan Stanley Star Now Leading Trump’s Invest-in-America Push
Michael Grimes will helm a new initiative brokering investments for ‘America First’ agenda
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April 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“He isn’t slick…he’s charming in a dorky way.” The Morgan Stanley star who is now the White House’s “America First” dealmaker. www.wsj.com/finance/mich...
“According to people who consult with Chinese officials, Beijing’s recent statement that it is done with tit-for-tat tariff responses signals that it might be moving to other, noneconomic methods.” www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Breakdown in U.S.-China Relations Raises Specter of New Cold War
What is at stake as economic ties careen off the rails is overall global security and economic stability for years to come.
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April 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“According to people who consult with Chinese officials, Beijing’s recent statement that it is done with tit-for-tat tariff responses signals that it might be moving to other, noneconomic methods.” www.wsj.com/world/china/...
How Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran, embraced MAGA’s pro-tariff populism and made one of the highest-stakes gambles in modern political and economic history.
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Wall Street’s Best Hope to End Trump’s Global Trade War Is One of Its Own
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a former hedge-fund manager, is trying to execute one of highest-stakes gambles in modern political and economic history.
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April 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
How Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran, embraced MAGA’s pro-tariff populism and made one of the highest-stakes gambles in modern political and economic history.
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As tariffs roil markets, Wall Street’s elite bank CEOs aren’t in contact with the White House to the extent they have been during past disruptions — and when they are, they sense their opinions don’t carry weight. www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
Big Bank CEOs Reckon With Their Lack of Influence on Trump
Bankers are uncertain about Trump’s endgame on tariffs and uneasy about the impact on the global economy and their own businesses.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As tariffs roil markets, Wall Street’s elite bank CEOs aren’t in contact with the White House to the extent they have been during past disruptions — and when they are, they sense their opinions don’t carry weight. www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was a Republican punching bag derided as a woke capitalist. Then he delivered Trump a big geopolitical win. WSJ goes deep on a finance titan who always stays close to power. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
How BlackRock’s Larry Fink Won Over Donald Trump
CEOs the world over are trying to get in good with President Trump. This Wall Street titan found a way.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was a Republican punching bag derided as a woke capitalist. Then he delivered Trump a big geopolitical win. WSJ goes deep on a finance titan who always stays close to power. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Exclusive: The Trump family has struck a deal to get into bitcoin mining, part of its all-out push into every corner of crypto. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Exclusive | The Trump Family Advances Its All-Out Crypto Blitz, This Time With Bitcoin Mining
A business led by two of the president’s sons will invest in American Bitcoin, a new mining company controlled by Hut 8.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Exclusive: The Trump family has struck a deal to get into bitcoin mining, part of its all-out push into every corner of crypto. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
The aftermath of Arnold Haro’s death illustrates, in the extreme, the lack of boundaries in the meme coin world: It is a place where anything can be turned into a coin—even a horrific tragedy. @KevinTDugan on crypto’s darkest corner. www.wsj.com/finance/arno...
In Crypto’s Darkest Corner, a Suicide Becomes Just Another Meme Coin
A 23-year-old man’s dark descent into crypto scams ended with shooting himself on a livestream.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The aftermath of Arnold Haro’s death illustrates, in the extreme, the lack of boundaries in the meme coin world: It is a place where anything can be turned into a coin—even a horrific tragedy. @KevinTDugan on crypto’s darkest corner. www.wsj.com/finance/arno...
“To the surprise of staff, after Trump’s order, a big bouquet of flowers arrived at the firm’s headquarters in Seattle. The anonymous gift had a note signed by the “American people” that read: “Thank you for everything you do.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Law Firm That Decided to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attack
The firm’s biggest clients—including Amazon and Boeing—are staying despite an executive order that targeted the firm, which has Democratic ties.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“To the surprise of staff, after Trump’s order, a big bouquet of flowers arrived at the firm’s headquarters in Seattle. The anonymous gift had a note signed by the “American people” that read: “Thank you for everything you do.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Selling a home right now is a vastly different experience for people depending on where you live in the U.S. @VeronicaDagher on how and why regional disparities are so pronounced in the housing market. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
This 4-Bedroom Ranch in N.J. Tells You Everything About the Lopsided Housing Market
For the past few years, nearly every market was hot and there were few deals to be found. Now, many of the markets that rose the fastest are the ones cooling the most. If that weakness spreads more br...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Selling a home right now is a vastly different experience for people depending on where you live in the U.S. @VeronicaDagher on how and why regional disparities are so pronounced in the housing market. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
Um, this sounds like the plot of a Seth Rogen movie:
The Atlantic's editor was copied into a Signal group chat in which top Trump officials were discussing an impending military attack. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Atlantic's editor was copied into a Signal group chat in which top Trump officials were discussing an impending military attack. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Um, this sounds like the plot of a Seth Rogen movie:
The Atlantic's editor was copied into a Signal group chat in which top Trump officials were discussing an impending military attack. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Atlantic's editor was copied into a Signal group chat in which top Trump officials were discussing an impending military attack. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“It was very likely that our firm would not be able to survive a protracted dispute with the Administration.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Law Firms Scramble to Avoid Being Trump’s Next Target
The president’s latest salvo calls for a harder line with firms litigating against the government in ways he thinks are unfair.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“It was very likely that our firm would not be able to survive a protracted dispute with the Administration.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Why don’t board games with cards include rubber bands to store the cards neatly? Discuss.
March 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Why don’t board games with cards include rubber bands to store the cards neatly? Discuss.
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Here's the full email. Feinman's term ended and he was not reappointed. The Commerce Dept. is still weighing how it will change BEAD, but its stated preference for a low-cost, "tech neutral" use of funds could mean billions more for satellite operators like Starlink.
March 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's the full email. Feinman's term ended and he was not reappointed. The Commerce Dept. is still weighing how it will change BEAD, but its stated preference for a low-cost, "tech neutral" use of funds could mean billions more for satellite operators like Starlink.
The Trump administration’s chaotic mix of tariffs and government budget cuts has jolted everyday investors, leading them to question the assumption that they should buy and hold stocks on autopilot. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
The Days of Set-and-Forget Investing Just Ended for Many Americans
The Trump administration’s chaotic mix of tariffs and government budget cuts has jolted legions of everyday investors, leading them to question the assumption that they should buy and hold stocks on a...
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March 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Trump administration’s chaotic mix of tariffs and government budget cuts has jolted everyday investors, leading them to question the assumption that they should buy and hold stocks on autopilot. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
One potential victim of Trump’s upending of the geopolitical order in a matter of weeks: the U.S. dollar. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Trump’s New World Order Tests the Dollar
Investors are more optimistic about Europe while tariffs cloud the U.S. outlook.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One potential victim of Trump’s upending of the geopolitical order in a matter of weeks: the U.S. dollar. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead. A great read on the hit some of Wall Street’s most sophisticated investors took in last week’s rout. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
The Week the Smart Money Got Whipsawed by the Market
Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead. A great read on the hit some of Wall Street’s most sophisticated investors took in last week’s rout. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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I wrote about how we've improbably entered a new golden age of TV shows about characters in their golden years, including A Man on the Inside, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, and Matlock:
Stand Down, Youngs. Old People Are Taking Over TV
'A Man on the Inside,' 'Hacks,' and 'Matlock' are putting older stars like Ted Danson, Kathy Bates, Jean Smart, and more, back in the spotlight
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January 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I wrote about how we've improbably entered a new golden age of TV shows about characters in their golden years, including A Man on the Inside, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, and Matlock:
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...