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Alice regularly writes Buttonwood, The Economist's financial markets column. (The precursor to the New York stock exchange was a Buttonwood tree, where traders used to gather).

October 2023

Investors are returning to hedge funds. That may be unwise

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May 2023

What the First Republic Deal means for America's banks

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October 2022

The surprising maturity of the crypto-rave crowd

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September 2022

Why investors are reaching for the astrology of finance

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