William Cohan

1 week ago | puck.news | William Cohan

There are so many curious things about the recent I.P.O. of Newsmax, the conservative digital media and cable news company, but it all begins with the prospectus. Newsmax, of course, is the brainchild of Christopher Ruddy, the former New York Post journalist and longtime Trump buddy who is a regular presence at Mar-a-Lago. Ruddy founded the company in 1998, two years after Fox News first hit the airwaves, and built it up into a meaningful player in the ever-expanding right-wing media landscape.

2 weeks ago | puck.news | William Cohan

The meltdown in the equity markets continues to get the lion’s share of headlines: four days straight of around 3 percent declines, the worst since October 1987, followed by a buying frenzy on Wednesday after Donald Trump said he was enacting a 90-day pause on his “reciprocal” tariffs, except for China. But forget the equity markets for the moment. The more telling signal of the coming financial calamity can be found in the bond market.

4 weeks ago | sltrib.com | William Cohan

Our stock market is starting to crack. Investor confidence is rapidly dissipating. And changes in the way Wall Street works mean that the impact on your retirement portfolio could be far more severe than you may realize. With the S&P 500 Index down nearly 8 percent from its February peak, the U.S. equity markets are approaching bear-market territory, signaling a growing consensus in corporate America that a recession may be around the corner.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | William Cohan

Our stock market is starting to crack. Investor confidence is rapidly dissipating. And changes in the way Wall Street works mean that the impact on your retirement portfolio could be far more severe than you may realize. With the S&P 500 Index down nearly 8 percent from its February peak, the U.S. equity markets are approaching bear-market territory, signaling a growing consensus in corporate America that a recession may be around the corner.

1 month ago | puck.news | William Cohan

Last week, Bill Ackman, the audacious hedge fund billionaire and scourge of Ivy League presidents everywhere, jumped on X Spaces to share his revised plan to further his ambition of becoming Gen X's own Warren Buffett.