The Wealthy Hunker Down

The super-rich are moving their money to havens like Switzerland – and looking at moving themselves too. – Forbes / April 28

Why You're Zoom-Grouchy

With most office staff's workplace communication deferred to Zoom, many are finding themselves inexplicably tired and frustrated despite its ease of use. Why? – April 22 / Axios

Traders Working From Home

Just how safe are systems and checks on Wall Street and City traders who are working from home? – April 22 / Reuters

Hedge Fund Hits Its Stride

The curious case of Dmitry Balyasny, a Chicago hedge fund founder and Ayn Rand devotee who is hitting his stride in the coronavirus pandemic – but only after a brutal 2018. – April 22 / Institutional Investor

«Holding» Your Staff

What makes a good crisis leader? Often it is not marshalling the troops with a battle cry or making assurances about the future, but giving a full availability that lets employees «go on being». – April 22 / Harvard Business Review

Corona Cash for Crypto

What are Americans spending their $1,200 corona stopgap funding on? A lot of heading into bitcoin. – April 20 / Forbes

Private Banks Get Their Hands Dirty

Wealth managers are increasingly getting their hands dirty with real data. A peek at the team which dismantled – and rebuilt – a Tesla, as well as spinning ball bearings billions of times in search of answers. – April 14 / Euromoney

The Corona Divorce Spike

If your marriage is already strained, the global pandemic will probably break it for good, according to divorce lawyers to the wealthy. – April 14 / Spear's

Gamblers Head for Stock Markets

Absent of sporting events to bet on, professional punters are heading for equity markets. It's not going well. – April 9 / Reuters

Newton's «Aha» Moment

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, large parts of the world are sequestered at home. A look at what is fact and legend around Isaac Newton's productivity during self-isolation in the bubonic plague. – April 6 / New Yorker

Bearish – to a Point

A famous bearish investor turns somewhat less cautious about when to step back into equity and debt markets. – April 6 / Oaktree