商业与金融
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在伊朗战争导致全球市场动荡并推高能源价格后，美国最大的石油公司报告了创纪录的季度业绩。A1
在伊朗战争导致全球市场动荡并推高能源价格后，美国最大的石油公司报告了创纪录的季度业绩。 在埃克森美孚，利润比一年前增加了一倍多，达到 2022 年以来的最高水平；而雪佛龙则报告了其有记录以来最高的季度收益。 埃克森美孚表示，高产的油气生产及其从德克萨斯州到新加坡的近二十家炼油厂将收益推高至 145 亿美元 billion。 该总额是自俄罗斯入侵乌克兰引发能源危机高峰期以来的最高值。 雪佛龙报告收益为 121 亿美元 billion，在创纪录的油气生产和炼油吞吐量的推动下，比去年同期增长了近五倍。 随着伊朗和阿曼之间的霍尔木兹海峡水路长期关闭，切断了全球大部分燃料供应，两家公司均赚得盆满钵满。 该季度美国油价一度攀升至每桶 $112.95，汽油价格飙升至最高水平。 请转至 A8 页
英国石油将其英国北海业务挂牌出售，为在该国结束超过半个世纪的石油生产铺平道路。B10
周五的交易将道琼斯指数在本月推入正值区间，而标准普尔500指数和纳斯达克在 7 月分别下跌 0.1% 和 3.2%。B11
霍尔木兹海峡的关闭正促使公司提高许多产品的价格，以抵消更高的商品和运费成本。A1
美联储主席向同事提出减少会议频率的可能性，这将标志着该央行运作方式的重大转变。A2
KKR 即将达成一项协议，将总部位于德克萨斯州的医疗设备外包公司 Integer Holdings 私有化。B11
库舍-塔德计划以约 87 亿美元 billion 收购波兰便利店 Zabka，以在中欧和东欧扩张。B10
纽威品牌提高了收益预期，预计关税退款将有助于抵消不断上升的供应成本。B10
全球动态
在特朗普宣布加沙地带取得突破（将导致哈马斯解除武装）的一天后，该武装组织与以色列在实际达成一致的内容上存在分歧。A1
特朗普下令对伊朗发起新一轮攻击，旨在迫使德黑兰投降，攻击最早可能在本周末开始，他预测该国领导人将会屈服。A8
面对全球愤怒，国际足球联合会主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺放弃了将部分世界杯商业权利出售给私人投资者的计划。A14
在关于税收收入和客户保护的谈判破裂后，纽约州起诉 Kalshi，指控该公司经营非法赌博业务。A3
前国会议员乔治·桑托斯将支付超过 $35,000，以解决监管机构的一项指控，该指控称他在 Kalshi 上操纵关于他是否将出席国情咨文的投注。A3
本期《华尔街日报》最初在美国出版，并为地区发行而在当地重印。
华盛顿特区美国检察官办公室撤销了对一名三届奥运选手的起诉，此前该选手被指控破坏林肯纪念堂反思池。A3
根据联邦政府的一项旨在保护资源的提案，亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州和内华达州将减少从科罗拉多河取水的量。A3
佩吉·努楠 (PEGGY NOONAN) 安东尼·法乌奇揭开面纱。A13
目录 书籍....................... C7-12 商业与金融. B10 装备与小工具... D11 街谈巷议.. B12 市场...................... B11 讣告................... C6
观点................. A11-13 体育.......................... A14 风格与时尚..... D2 旅行............................. D8 美国新闻.............. A2-4 健康................... D3-4 世界新闻........ A6-9
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混乱场面：在西班牙士兵采取行动确保休达（Ceuta）安全后，移民们跑回摩洛哥。周四和周五，多达 60,000 名移民涌入西班牙在北非的领土，但当局表示其中大多数人已经离开。A6
特朗普的筹款行动
华盛顿——在白宫的几乎每个夜晚，特朗普总统都会给他的筹款人梅雷迪思·奥罗克（Meredith O’Rourke）打电话了解最新进展。
特朗普询问奥罗克哪些公司和捐赠者已经开了支票，哪些还没有，以及金额是多少。他经常要求她提出比原计划大得多的资金请求——对于某些捐赠者，请求金额是 $5 million，而对于其他人则是 $50 million。
据知情人士透露，总统还会给她提供需要致电的名单，其中经常包括最近与他见过面的人。
“这对总统来说非常重要。他让我给你打电话，请求这笔捐款，”奥罗克在与公司的电话沟通中这样转达，并坚持进行跟进。在某些通话中，她将特朗普称为“老板”，并表示“老板想要这笔钱”。相应地，据听到过他评论的人称，特朗普称她为“黑暗公主”，因为她在面对捐赠者时是个如此高效的“杀手”。
由 Josh Dawsey, Dana Mattioli, Annie Linskey 和 Emily Glazer 报道
且让场面变得尴尬
i i 大胆的装扮出现在商务会议上； “我现在完全不知道该看哪里。”
作者：SUZANNE KAPNER
当詹妮弗·埃普斯坦（Jennifer Epstein）穿着一件能露出内衣的透明蕾丝裙与丈夫共进晚餐时，她的丈夫在恢复说话能力后，反应是：“你衣服剩下的部分在哪儿？”
埃普斯坦是宾夕法尼亚州福特华盛顿的一名药剂师，她说她并不寻求丈夫的认可。“这让人感到充满力量，”这位 43 岁的女性说道，“这是一种现代女性主义，以自己的方式接纳自信和女性特质。”
“裸穿风”（Naked dressing）最初是寻求关注的名人及服装设计师的一种造型。现在，它正从 T 台和红毯转移到普通购物者身上——而且进展并不完全顺利。
人们穿着近乎透明的服装出现在商务会议和婚礼上，引起了其他参会者的震惊和不适。
当克里斯蒂安·埃斯皮诺萨（Christian Espinosa）在亚利桑那州斯科茨代尔的一次网络安全会议晚餐会上走进来时， he did a double take。坐在他附近的是……
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遭受重创
美国公司最大的 1 日市值跌幅
Nvidia Jan. 27, 2025
–5927 亿美元 billion
SpaceX June 22, 2026
–$403.3
Apple 周五
–$357.8
Microsoft Jan. 29, 2026
–$357.4
Nvidia June 5, 2026
–$328.2
来源：道琼斯指数市场数据；FactSet
该公司经历了单日市值最剧烈的下跌。B11
在最新的加沙计划上存在分歧
特拉维夫——在特朗普总统宣布一项突破性进展的一天后，他预测这将使哈马斯在战火纷飞的加沙放弃武器和权力，但以色列和该巴勒斯坦武装组织在实际达成一致的内容——以及谁应该采取第一步行动方面，似乎存在分歧。
由 Feliz Solomon, Suha Ma’ayeh 和 Abeer Ayyoub 报道
周四在社交媒体上，特朗普表示，这个被美国指定为恐怖组织的团体接受了一项将导致其“完全解除武装”的计划。美国官员表示，该计划将包括以色列从加沙撤军。在特朗普政府努力寻找摆脱伊朗战争之道的背景下，这将是停滞不前的和平进程中迈出的一大步。
特朗普的乐观评估在以色列遭遇了质疑，许多以色列人深切地不相信哈马斯会自愿解除武装，这导致白宫与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡之间可能产生冲突。
这位今年面临选举的以色列领导人不愿接受任何低于……的计划。
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在 Anthropic 崛起之后
作者：BERBER JIN
引发 AI 热潮的 OpenAI 公司在竞争对手 Anthropic 面前落后了。现在，它正在努力寻求东山再起。
OpenAI 的旗舰消费级产品 ChatGPT 的增长已经放缓。首席执行官 Sam Altman 的潜在继任者 Fidji Simo 的离职，促使他在高级副手之间重新分配职责。而销售人员则陷入了一场成本高昂的战斗，通过提供批量折扣和其他优惠条件来争取利润丰厚的商业客户。
一些 OpenAI 的最大投资者在私下中对这家初创公司相对于其增长而言的高现金消耗表示担忧，参与这些对话的人士透露；而另一些投资者则通过向 Anthropic 投入资金来对冲风险。
与此同时，Anthropic 的营收增长已超过 OpenAI，其估值也随之上升，在编程工具 Claude Code 的成功推动下，其估值正接近 1 万亿美元。该公司正在加速秋季首次公开募股（IPO）的计划，并开始与潜在投资者举行会议，据熟悉这些谈话的人士透露，Anthropic 在会上强调了其领先于 ChatGPT 制造商的地位。
“过去 12 个月并不是我们表现最好的一年，这主要是我个人的责任，但我们正——”
请参阅 A2 页
软银（SoftBank）向特朗普的总统图书馆捐赠了 $50。据知情人士透露，苹果公司为其白宫舞厅项目开出了一张约 $25 的支票，而微软捐赠了约 $10，亚马逊则贡献了约 $5。Meta Platforms 最近向一个与特朗普结盟的政治委员会捐赠了 $10。
请参阅 A10 页
作者：RYAN DEZEMBER
霍尔木兹海峡的持续关闭开始对美国人的钱包产生影响，其影响已远超加油站。各公司表示，他们正在提高从薯条、啤酒到油漆和包装等各类产品的价格，以抵消自身不断上升的大宗商品和运费成本。
Samuel Adams 酿酒商 Boston Beer、Sherwin-Williams、International Paper 以及 Dove 肥皂和 Hellmann’s 蛋黄酱的制造商联合利华（Unilever），都是近日告诉投资者已提高价格或计划很快提高价格，以补偿原材料成本增加的公司。
价格上涨受到了投资者的欢迎，在涨价通知发布后，投资者推高了数家公司的股价。
制造商、材料生产商和消费必需品制造商股价的大幅上涨，帮助支撑了整体股市，因为对数据中心过度投资的担忧拖累了此前推动市场上涨的科技股。
请参阅 A8 页
行业巨头在冲突干扰推高能源价格之际，发布了破纪录的财报
作者：COLLIN EATON
英国石油 (BP) 寻求出售英国北海业务..................... B10
特朗普下令对伊朗发动新攻击.......................... A8
交流 “AI 的诺斯特拉达姆斯”未能预见到这种情况，他需要来自 Citadel 的救命稻草。B1
华尔街日报
资本账户 / 作者：Greg Ip 应通过对资本而非劳动力征税来解决 AI 导致的失业问题
经济学家通常并不担心机器取代人类。毕竟，岗位流失是节省劳动力技术的自然副产品。但人工智能（AI）正开始改变这一局面。
包括 17 位诺贝尔奖得主在内的 1,000 多名经济学家对此深感忧虑，他们签署了最近由斯坦福大学 Erik Brynjolfsson 发起的一项在线请愿书，警告 AI 将导致“大规模的岗位流失”，并恳请采取行动。
但采取什么行动？事实上，有一种政策响应正获得越来越多的支持——至少在经济学家（即便立法者尚未支持）之中：停止对资本采取比对劳动力更优惠的税收政策。
这与美国以及事实上大多数发达国家数十年的税收政策背道而驰。为了吸引投资并促进增长，这些国家降低了对利润、企业投资、资本利得和股息的税收。
在正常时期，降低资本税收是有意义的，但在面对一项可能以前所未有的规模抹杀就业机会的技术时，这或许不再适用。
作者：NICK TIMIRAOS
据知情人士透露，美联储主席 Kevin Warsh 本周向同事们提出了减少会议频率的可能性，这将标志着其运作方式的重大转变。
Warsh 上周主持了由 12 人组成的联邦公开市场委员会的第 2 次会议。该委员会每年在华盛顿召开八次会议，以决定利率水平。知情人士表示，减少会议次数的想法是以讨论议题而非正式提案的形式提出的，简短的讨论集中在每年召开六次会议是否会有益。此前，《纽约时报》已报道过相关讨论。
这一设想揭示了 Warsh 试图打造的那个美联储形象——一个发言频率较低、且不那么吸引市场注意力机构。在他担任主席的前两次会议中，委员会发布了一份较短的声明。
本周，Warsh 表示他预计今年将在每次会议后继续举行新形式的新闻发布会；但他尚未说明这种做法是否会持续下去。
减少会议次数将符合同样的精神：减少美联储成为核心关注点的预定场合。
任何变动都将面临短期内的实际限制。去年 9 月，美联储公布了截至 2028 年 1 月的暂定会议日期。相关活动及其他考量……
注：劳动力包括所得税和工资税。对于商业资产和设备，仅指新投资。定义和方法论可能在不同年份之间发生变化。
商业资产
设备
来源：国会预算办公室
到 2050 年将从劳动力市场中退出，以及 10 百万个岗位的永久丢失。 领先的技术经济学家布林约尔夫森（Brynjolfsson）表示，对于商业领袖而言，用 AI 补充而非取代工人符合其“开明的自利”。“我们现在正将他们引导向错误的方向。” 但该如何引导？如果补充工人比取代工人更盈利，成功的公司将在无需政府干预的情况下选择这条路径。如果取代是更
Barkin 表示利率的下一步行动是艰难抉择。Altman 在 7 月于 X 上发布帖文称，我们将迎来“迄今为止最好的 12 个月”。OpenAI 在试图夺回冠军宝座过程中面临的挑战，根源于公司领导层对 AI 市场走向的误判。其困境揭示了定义 AI 霸权之争的激烈竞争。Altman 将业务增长押注在 ChatGPT 上，赌的是随着 AI 成为生活更重要的一部分，会有更多人订阅该聊天机器人。然而，Claude Code 的一夜成名表明，更大的奖赏来自于向软件开发人员及其雇佣他们的财力雄厚的公司销售工具。当 OpenAI 追求从视频生成器到消费级设备和芯片等抢眼项目时，其规模较小且更专注的竞争对手填补了空白，开发出了一款大受欢迎的编程工具，从而帮助其占据领先地位。在追赶顶级竞争对手的过程中，OpenAI 发布了一系列专注于编程和其他专业工作的新模型，并让其总裁 Greg Brockman 负责对其产品阵容进行翻新。它还与 Amazon.com 达成协议，向这家云巨头的客户销售 AI 工具，并聘请前 Slack CEO Denise Dresser 担任首任首席营收官。“我认为现在我们已经达到了一个感觉像是在运行一台极其高效的机器的阶段，”Brockman 在 7 月的一次媒体午餐会上说道。高管们仍在尝试为 Codex 企业级产品制定最有效的定价方案，包括可能有助于获取市场份额的降价，尽管这冒着在 IPO 前侵蚀受密切关注的利润率的风险。据知情人士透露，OpenAI 现在可能会等到明年才上市。在 Anthropic 上市一周后提交上市申请时，它在时间点上采取了对冲策略，表示“可能需要一段时间”，因为有“一些我们想做的事情，作为一家私有公司可能会更容易实现”。OpenAI 最初在目前正试图开拓的企业业务中处于有利位置。它在 2024 年秋季推出了一系列所谓的推理模型，能够通过逐步分析问题后再给出答案，事实证明这种能力非常适合编写代码。但研究人员训练这些模型的目的是为了在高中竞赛的编程问题中拿高分，而不是处理构建软件时那些更混乱、更开放的任务。Anthropic 及其名为 Sonnet 3.7 的推理模型则采取了相反的方法，一个
里士满美联储主席汤姆·巴金（Tom Barkin）表示，美联储目前的利率设定是否足够高以降低通胀，这是一个“非常微妙且关键”的问题；他也不确定自己是否会加入上周投票支持加息的三位地区美联储主席的行列。巴金在周五表示，“我认为有充分的理由”增加限制并收回去年部分降息的幅度。在6月份通胀数据走软后，他表示，“你也可以认为……在下一组会议之前还有时间”来决定当前的设定是否充足。在主席凯文·沃什（Kevin Warsh）领导美联储的第二次会议上，美联储周三将基准利率维持在 3.5% 至 3.75% 的区间，该利率自12月以来一直维持在此水平。
巴金在明年之前没有利率决策的投票权。在担任里士满美联储主席的九年里，他养成了描述从其辖区内的企业、大学和社区团体中了解到情况的习惯，而不是就利率走向发表意见。他表示，如果与主席及其同事私下分享，他对利率政策的看法可能会产生更大的影响，而不是在“公众场合”发表。在通胀显示趋向 2% 目标的迹象中，美联储在过去两年中将利率下调了 1.75 个百分点，以防范劳动力市场疲软的风险。但今年的通胀违背了这些预测，部分压力来自关税、受伊朗战争影响而动荡的能源市场以及人工智能（AI）的建设。
他表示：“这就涉及到了……目前的利率是否仍像你们认为的那样具有限制性？如果你认为目前的利率没有那么强的限制性，那么名义消费或AI投资热潮，或者是银行端健康的贷款需求迹象，都可以成为证明。”他补充道：“是否必须增加一些限制？我认为这就是问题的关键。”
6月份较低的消费者价格报告并未解决这个问题。巴金称基础通胀的下降是“一个积极信号”，但补充道：“在这些岗位上，你必须开明地问自己，目前的限制是否足够，或者是否需要更多限制。”巴金对劳动力市场是否显著增强持怀疑态度。他说：“感觉不像是一个紧俏的劳动力市场。”
更为高效的路径是，一家拒绝裁员的公司将会输给一家愿意裁员的公司。
为那些被AI取代的人进行再培训可能是最受欢迎的政策响应。但目前尚不清楚工人应该被再培训去做什么。耶鲁大学经济学家帕斯夸尔·雷斯特雷波（Pascual Restrepo）表示，五年前，每个人都被告知“学习编程”。“那个职业建议已经过时了。……我们不知道AI将以什么样的顺序推进并实现飞跃。”
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此外，还有一些补偿失业者的想法，例如工资保险或“全民基本收入”。但这些并不能维持就业。
为了真正遏制 AI 驱动的岗位替代，有些人呼吁征收“计算税”或“机器人税”，或许可以针对 token（AI 使用单位）征收。然而，这在设计和管理上可能是一场噩梦，并且会阻碍利用 AI 造福全人类（例如新药研发）。
这就涉及到了税收体系。支持资本低税率的理由是，这能刺激投资，从而提高生产力，并最终提高工资。
两党推动降低资本税的努力可追溯到几十年前，包括 1954 年的加速折旧（即建筑和设备的费用化速度快于其损耗速度）以及 1962 年的投资税收抵免。从 20 世纪 80 年代到 21 世纪初，折旧政策变得更加宽松，而资本利得税和股息税则有所削减。
最广泛的减税出现在 2017 年的税法案中，该法案将公司税率从 35% 削减至 21%，并临时允许……
OpenAI 的 Sam Altman 上周在华盛顿。
几个月后。在 2025 年 2 月的一篇博客文章中，该公司表示其重点是反映企业实际如何使用 AI 的“现实世界任务”。OpenAI 去年让员工提前试用了新版本的 Codex，预期它会立即走红，尤其是那些长期追踪该技术进展的软件工程师。然而，使用率低于预期，这令多次在内部强调该问题的高管们感到沮丧。起初，Codex 面临的挑战似乎只是一个小波动。ChatGPT 的周活跃用户数继续攀升，公司的估值也随之增长。8 月，OpenAI 引进了 Instacart 前 CEO Simo，以帮助其准备一场轰动市场的 IPO。
相反，Codex 的问题被证明是一个早期的预警信号。在 OpenAI 5 月公开宣布该工具后，其表现低于预期。软件工程师们纷纷转向 Claude Code。许多开发者认为 Codex 使用起来太慢且太笨拙，这导致 OpenAI 更改了产品，使其更密切地模仿 Anthropic 的产品。该公司还成立了一个团队，负责确保新模型的设计方式能让客户觉得有用。
但高管们也被其他更紧迫的问题分散了注意力，例如抵御 Meta Platforms 首席执行官 Mark Zuckerberg 发起的人才抢夺战，以及修复与最大投资者微软之间日益恶化的关系。他们将宝贵的计算资源投入到了其他失败的项目中，包括视频生成应用 Sora。当公司重新将注意力转向 Codex 时，已经落后了。高管们在 12 月发布了一个专注于编码和其他专业任务的新模型 GPT-5.2，否决了一些要求推迟发布以获得更多时间进行改进的员工建议。当公司听说 Anthropic 正在洽谈与 Cerebras 合作时（Cerebras 是一家开发了专门用于快速处理编码任务芯片的初创公司），它匆忙签署了一份……
使许多资本支出能够 100% 抵税。去年，这一 100% 抵税条款得到了恢复并成为永久规定。CBO 表示，结果是自 2017, 以来，新设备的边际税率从 14% 下降至 4%，而劳动力边际税率从 29% 略微下降至 27%。理论上，对资本征税会减缓 AI 的部署。这也会阻碍非 AI 投资，这是一个潜在的缺陷。在实践中，税率在多大程度上改变投资决策尚不明确。一项研究发现，2017 年的减税确实促进了投资，但从长远来看，对经济产出的提升不到 1%。
尽管如此，即便资本税对 AI 部署几乎没有影响，仍有另一个考虑因素。国家产出中流向资本而非劳动力的份额处于历史最高水平，而 AI 承诺将进一步推高这一比例。只要资本税率保持低位，流入财政部的新收入就会受到限制。缩小资本税与劳动力税之间的不平衡，是解决有记录以来最大的和平时期赤字的一种方式。
知情人士表示，为了排挤竞争对手，OpenAI 达成了一笔自己的交易。但这不足以止血。当 Altman 在 12 月假期期间访问圣巴特岛时，旧金山的程序员们花费数小时研究所谓的“Claude-benders”，对名为 Opus 4.5 的新 Anthropic 模型所实现的功能赞叹不已。随后，Anthropic 进入了长达数月的增长势头，连其领导层都感到惊讶。与此同时，在 Google 自己的消费者聊天机器人受欢迎程度开始激增后，ChatGPT 的增长突然趋于平缓。该公司未能实现年底前达到 10 亿周活跃用户的内部目标，尽管最近已达到了该数字。不久之后，Anthropic 的增长率超过了 OpenAI，其估值也是如此——OpenAI 发现自己陷入了两场截然不同的战斗，其在 AI 竞赛中的领先地位正受到围攻。当高管们向黑石集团的高级领导层推销建立一家公司以向该私募巨头的投资组合公司销售 AI 工具的合伙计划时，对方并未买账。黑石集团转而选择了 Anthropic 来执行该项目。OpenAI 随后与其他私募股权参与者达成了单独协议。最近因健康状况恶化而离开公司的 Simo 表示，公司在追求“支线任务”时迷失了方向，在研究和产品方面都落后于竞争对手。她说，Anthropic 的收入“是衡量他们完成使命程度的指标”，“而且他们正在加速渗透经济如此重要的一部分，这对我们来说应该是一个真正的警钟”。OpenAI 最近发布了一款将 Codex 与 ChatGPT 及网页浏览器整合的“超级应用”，并表示该新产品加上独立的 Codex 应用，用户数已提升至 10 million。
7 月，它发布了一个在开发者中立即走红的新模型——这促使 Anthropic 扩大了其强大的 Fable 模型的访问权限以应对竞争。
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根据周五发布的一项联邦提案，美国西部三个州将减少从科罗拉多河取水的量，以避免这条陷入困境的水道出现危机。 美国垦务局（U.S. Bureau of Reclamation）的提案使其他四个州暂时免于面临强制性削减。该方案旨在保持灵活性，允许在干旱时期进行更深幅度的削减，同时给各州更多时间共同商定如何管理通过水坝发电的日益枯竭的资源（上图为胡佛水坝）。 亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州和内——
由 LYDIA WHEELER 撰写 林肯纪念池案指控被撤销
华盛顿美国检察官办公室正撤销对一名三届奥运选手的指控，此前该选手被指控破坏林肯纪念馆反思池。检方表示，现已获悉困扰该翻新水池的问题是由“安装失误而非蓄意破坏”造成的。 在周五提交的一份法院文件中，珍妮·皮罗（Jeanine Pirro）的办公室请求一名华盛顿特区法官撤销对前皮划艇选手大卫·赫恩（David Hearn）的刑事起诉，称内政部最近出具的文件“显著削弱”了将其指控为破坏财产重罪的证据。 “最后，最近的一次视觉检查显示，反思池各处甚至在池中央都出现了损坏，而破坏者不太可能尝试在那里剥离内衬，”皮罗的办公室在法院文件中写道。“鉴于所有这些新发现的信息，很难将广泛的——
（图注：奥运选手大卫·赫恩及其法律团队在7月份）
由 ANNA WILDE MATHEWS 撰写 由于无保险人数增加，医院遭受冲击
苏珊娜·默瑟（Suzanne Mercer）和她的丈夫基普（Kip）今年失去了他们的《平价医疗法案》（ACA）计划，因为他们无法承受每月超过 $4,000 的保险费用。这对在佛罗里达群岛管理公寓综合体的夫妇已经停止就医。 59 岁的默瑟在12月的一次乳腺 X 光检查发现可疑斑点后，也没有按照医生的要求进行随访扫描。“这太糟糕了，你只能祈祷，”她说。“我现在不想知道结果，因为我也无能为力。” 在维持健康保费低位的联邦补贴结束之后，默瑟是数百万失去医疗保险的美国人之一。这种损失正开始波及到更广泛的医疗经济。 在最近的财报中，包括 Tenet Healthcare、Universal Health Services 和 Community Health Systems 在内的医院公司都提到，由于患者没有医疗保险，成本在增加——就 HCA Healthcare 而言，这导致第二季度利润被拖累了 $400 million。 达芬奇机器人辅助手术机制造商 Intuitive Surgical，以及实验室运营商 Quest Diagnostics 和 Labcorp Holdings 表示，他们的业务也受到了影响。 截至2月，参加 ACA 计划的人数比一年前减少了约 2.6 million。由于增强型补贴结束，部分计划的费用在某些情况下增加了一倍，导致人们放弃了计划。
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2025年美国按医疗保险覆盖范围划分的人数
无保险 27 million
63 million 166 million 81 million
联邦医疗保险 (Medicare)
2025年起医疗保险覆盖范围的预计变化
50%
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2025 '30 '35
*儿童健康保险计划 注：2025年的估计值为初步数据，可能会有修订。估计值和预测值为一年内所有月份的年度平均值。部分人员拥有多种保险来源。
ANDREW MOLLICA / WSJ 来源：国会预算办公室 (Congressional Budget Office)
联邦补贴在今年年初到期。
KFF（一家健康研究非营利组织）表示，ACA（平价医疗法案）参保人数的下降在各州之间有所不同。俄亥俄州、俄克拉何马州和亚利桑那州的下降幅度最为剧烈。保险公司和精算师预计，今年的参保人数将进一步下降。医院公司高管表示，几乎所有放弃 ACA 计划的人似乎都完全放弃了保险，这超出了 HCA 及其他一些公司的预期。
“对我们来说，显然这不是一件好事，”HCA 首席执行官 Samuel Hazen 在上周与分析师的电话会议中表示，“我们仍然需要照顾这些患者，而且我们确实在做，我们的员工工作得非常出色，但这确实给”损益表带来了压力。
随着 Medicaid（医疗补助计划）明年增加联邦工作要求，医院面临的问题将进一步增加。
实际上，Medicaid 的参保人数今年已经在下降。国会预算办公室预计，到 2027 年将有进一步 4.1 million 人失去保险覆盖。
对于医院来说，无保险患者带来了财务上的双重打击。他们通常会停止进行选择性手术，从而损害收入。然而，更大的打击发生在没有保险的患者进入急诊室时。医院被要求对其进行治疗和稳定病情，但通常无法获得费用偿还。医院可以提供护理
Medicaid 和 CHIP* 就业基础 保险
ACA 22 million 其他参保者 13 million
2036 预测：
无保险者：+41%
Medicare：+17% 就业基础：+3%
其他：−6%
Medicaid 和 CHIP：−14%
ACA：−33%
内华达州可能被共同强制要求在 2036 年前每年减少高达 3 million 英亩-英尺的用水量——这大约是亚利桑那州和内华达州接收的水量，足以服务每年 25 million 以上的人口。实际的削减额度将
每两年确定一次。 亚利桑那州和内华达州之前就面临过强制减量，但该提案概述了更深幅度的削减，可能会影响农业、城市和部落。这可能会导致水价上涨。 ——美联社
将反思池的损坏范围归结为“蓄意破坏”。
特朗普总统将出现这些问题的责任归咎于破坏者。这些问题出现在他为了迎接美国 250 岁生日，对池底进行重新铺面以将该地标的灰色池底变为蓝色之后。
政府在没有经过完整招标过程的情况下，将重新铺面合同授予了总部位于弗吉尼亚州的 Atlantic Industrial Coatings 公司。
Pirro 的办公室指责内政部在案件初期提供的信息“不够详尽”，并表示，如果该机构能坦诚提供其“显然持有”的信息，就不会寻求大陪审团起诉。
Hearn 的律师表示，此案根本不应该提起，特朗普政府欠他们的客户一个道歉。他们表示：“今天的驳回并不能抹去政府在逮捕和起诉一名没有任何过错的爱国美国人时所滥用的权力。政府的做法是‘准备、开火，然后瞄准’。”
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免费或通过财务援助以折扣率提供服务，或者尝试向患者收费。但通常这些患者无法支付，导致其账单变成坏账，从而侵蚀医院的利润。
“对于所有出现且需要护理的人，我们仍然提供护理，”位于路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的拥有 10 家医院的非营利性天主教医疗机构 FMOL Health 的政府事务首席官 Ryan Cross 表示。他表示，该系统的每月坏账核销额在 2026 年第二季度比第一季度增长了约 23%。
位于亚利桑那州的拥有 33 家医院的 Banner Health 系统发现，今年失去 ACA 承保的患者就诊急诊室的人数增长了 10%，失去 Medicaid 承保的人数增长了 13%。治疗的病症包括糖尿病、充血性心力衰竭和慢性阻塞性肺疾病。
首席执行官 Amy Perry 表示，Banner 发现未参保患者停止了预防性检测和定期体检，该非营利机构预计今年晚些时候对严重急诊护理的需求将会增加。“这些事情可以在一定时间内延迟，”她说，但最终会产生影响。“不幸的是，我们预计今年年底会出现危机。”
Raymond James 的分析师 Andrew Cooper 表示，医院还面临来自患者的压力，这些患者试图通过转向自付费用更高但保费更便宜的计划来降低账单。免赔额可能是 $6,500 或更高。他说，对于许多人来说，“那是年收入的一大部分，是你无法支付的。”
Kalshi，谈判 破裂
作者：KEVIN T. DUGAN 与 KATHERINE LONG
在关于税收和客户保护的数周谈判破裂后，纽约州通过起诉 Kalshi，加倍投入其遏制预测市场的斗争，指控该公司运营非法赌博业务。
由纽约州总检察长 Letitia James 于周五提交的诉讼，针对的是美国最大的预测市场运营商。在这个新兴行业中，用户几乎可以对任何事情进行投注。今年早些时候，James 还起诉了 Coinbase 和 Gemini，理由是它们提供了预测市场。
总检察长办公室请求法院禁止 Kalshi 在没有赌博许可证的情况下在纽约州运营，并强制其没收所有收益。如果该州获胜，可能会从 Kalshi 处追回高达 360 亿美元 billion 的罚金和非法获利遣返款。
据一名熟悉此事的人士透露，Kalshi 花了数周时间试图阻止该诉讼。从 7 月初开始，该公司提出了几项框架协议，这些协议将使其致力于遵守现有的客户保护——
作者：VICTORIA ALBERT
前国会议员乔治·桑托斯（George Santos）将支付超过 $35,000，以就监管机构的指控达成和解。该指控称，他在 Kalshi (预测市场平台) 上就自己是否出席国情咨文发表而操纵赌注。商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）表示，桑托斯通过对他是否出席总统年度国情咨文发表进行及时投注，获利超过 $17,000。监管机构指责他在社交媒体上进行虚假陈述和隐瞒，从而影响了其持有头寸的价格，并称他对其有权影响的事件进行了不当交易。
桑托斯的律师约瑟夫·默里（Joseph Murray）承认其客户就其是否出席国情咨文进行了投注，但否认这位前国会议员故意操纵市场。
“他选择了一个迅速、实际的解决方案，而不是旷日持久且昂贵的诉讼，”默里表示，“这种选择不应被误认为是对任何错误行为的承认。”
作为协议的一部分，桑托斯被要求返还 $17,570 的利润并支付 $17,500 的罚金。他还将面临为期三年的交易禁令。桑托斯是纽约州的共和党人，于 2023, 年被众议院开除，并在 2024 年承认犯有联邦电汇欺诈和身份盗窃罪。特朗普总统减轻了他的刑期。
根据商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）的说法，桑托斯在 2 月份首次投注他将出席该活动。监管机构称，他在发布关于该穿什么样的西装后，在该头寸上赚了大约 $3,500。
据称，在恶劣天气危及他的旅行计划后，桑托斯购买了超过 $8,500 的合约，押注他将不会出席该活动。商品期货交易委员会表示，他在发布了多条具有误导性的社交媒体帖子后，将这些合约卖出获利。
州法律中的博彩相关条款。 其中一些建议与 Kalshi (预测市场平台) 的做法一致，例如允许用户禁止自己交易——这一选项被称为“自我排除”，赌场必须遵守此规定。其他议题包括关于营销和广告的规则。
该公司还提出了一项类似于北卡罗来纳州的州税收协议，将对预测市场交易征收 6% 的税，远低于传统赌博收益 23% 的税率。据知情人士透露，纽约州的这项提案将在五年内筹集 100 亿美元 billion。
各州通常认为，预测市场提供的是无证体育博彩业务，应受州赌博法规和税收的约束。Kalshi (预测市场平台) 和其他预测市场则认为，各州无权监管它们，因为它们的市场更类似于由商品期货交易委员会监管的华尔街交易。
“各州不能直接关闭一个获得联邦许可的交易平台，”Kalshi (预测市场平台) 发言人伊丽莎白·戴安娜（Elisabeth Diana）表示，并称该诉讼为“政治表演”。
疫情期间美国最著名的医生在听证会上保持沉默
作者：SABRINA SIDDIQUI 和 LIZ ESSLEY WHYTE
华盛顿——安东尼·费奥奇（Anthony Fauci）医生及其律师知道，在上周的国会听证会上援引宪法第五修正案关于禁止自我指控的权利是一场赌博。这位在疫情期间赢得数百万人信任的医生，冒着看起来像是有事隐瞒的风险。
据熟悉其法律策略的人士透露，他的团队认为这是最佳方案，因为其他选择更糟。他的律师认为，如果回答问题，可能会让共和党对手在疫情混乱期间他近乎不断的陈述中寻找矛盾之处，从而使其面临伪证指控。而完全拒绝作证，可能会导致特朗普总统领导的司法部将其移交给国会轻蔑罪处理。
因此，在上周一场激烈的参议院听证会上，费奥奇援引第五修正案超过 100 次。当感到沮丧的共和党参议员对他进行辱骂和指责时，他静静地坐在那里。
“多年来你一直在逃避责任，”领导针对费奥奇攻势的参议员兰德·保罗（Rand Paul，共和党，肯塔基州）表示，“信任的丧失可能是你最破坏性的政治遗产。”
“不可想象”的名声 这一场景标志着这个人的巨大转变。在疫情最严重的时候，他曾对他自己那“不可想象”的名声感到惊叹。
美国人穿着印有他面孔的袜子，摆放着他的摇摇头玩偶。《时代》杂志将他放在封面。现在，尽管得到了前总统乔·拜登的预先赦免，费奥奇仍面临……
（图片说明：从左至右，选民克里斯汀·麦克莱伦、乔·托马斯、娜塔莉·布伊、萨姆·凯恩和彼得·黄。黄表示，民主社会主义者正损害该党吸引更多选民的能力。布伊在6月的科罗拉多州众议院初选中投票给了一名民主社会主义者。）
（彼得·黄认为，民主社会主义者因为拒绝在政策上做出妥协（即使这些政策可能并不实用），从而损害了该党吸引更多选民的能力。他表示，民主社会主义者与特朗普总统的支持者太相似，将两组人都描述为“不宽容且教条的”。）
（黄是一名IT专家，他希望民主党能吸引更广泛的选民群体，包括那些可能并不支持每一项进步政策或立场的选民。“我希望看到保守派民主党人，即使他们反对堕胎，也能在‘红区’参选，”他说。）
作者：TERELL WRIGHT 民主党选民在党派身份问题上产生分歧
今年，在全民医疗等民粹主义承诺的吸引下，激进的民主社会主义候选人在初选中击败了由建制派支持的现任议员。
与此同时，许多中间派民主党人担心该党过度向左倾斜，正发起反击，并警告民主社会主义者可能会在11月及以后的选举中导致该党失败。
这场冲突将在8月迎来下一次考验，届时民主社会主义者将在密苏里州、威斯康星州和密歇根州参与投票，其中包括州众议员多纳万·麦金尼（Donavan McKinney），他正试图在底特律击败众议员什里·萨内达尔（Shri Thanedar）。
一些民主党人认为，这些激进分子是该党在选举中与共和党竞争时所需的刺激。
“人们已经厌倦了整个系统，”麦金尼在底特律挨家挨户拜访时说道。
而另一些人则担心，该党正用选举能力（electability）的强调去交换更具风险的政策和候选人，从而疏远独立选民。
“他们是社会主义者，我认为他们非常专注于将民主党作为其极端思想的载体，”众议员乔什·戈特海默（Josh Gottheimer，民主党，新泽西州）表示。
《华尔街日报》在斗争激烈的地区采访了分歧两端的选民。
（图片说明：安东尼·费奥奇医生在上周一场激烈的参议院听证会上援引第五修正案超过 100 次。）
这是对他迄今为止其政治遗产的最大挑战。共和党人指出，在听证会之前公布的私人且有时令人尴尬的日记，旨在证明他在新冠肺炎 (Covid-19) 的起源以及大流行期间限制措施的合理性方面误导了公众。
尽管在日记公布前进行的民调显示，大多数美国人仍然信任福奇，但公众对于他所倡导的疫情健康措施——以及对科学专业知识的尊重程度——已经发生了转变。
“在他不再被视为英雄之前，他一直是个英雄，”接替福奇担任国家过敏和传染病研究所负责人的珍妮·马拉佐 (Jeanne Marrazzo) 博士表示，她在第二任特朗普政府期间被解雇。
福奇的一位发言人拒绝发表评论。
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克里斯汀·麦克莱伦 (Christine McClellan)，72 岁 底特律
麦克莱伦表示，她支持麦金尼 (McKinney) 是因为他希望结束美国在海外的战争。这位退休者的侄子在海军服役，原定于 5 月回家，但由于以色列-哈马斯冲突以及美国与伊朗的战争，目前仍驻扎在海外。
随着战斗再次激化，她无法停止思考他的经历，以及加沙和伊朗的平民死亡人数。
“我的表亲参加过越南战争。我不知道那场战争成就了什么。我真的不知道这场战争究竟是为了什么，”麦克莱伦在法威尔 (Farwell) 社区一个温暖的日子里，站在她的门廊上说道。
“我们需要和平。”
萨姆·凯恩 (Sam Cain)，18 岁 新泽西州 德马雷斯特 (Demarest, N.J.)
凯恩是一名温和派，他表示民主社会主义的兴起使他进一步远离了民主党。作为一名犹太裔美国人，他认为民主党在遏制反犹主义方面做得不够。
他表示，如果民主党转向民主社会主义政策（例如企业公有制，他将其描述为“反美国”的），他将成为一名独立选民。
他赞扬了戈特海默 (Gottheimer)，这位犹太裔温和派民主党议员代表凯恩居住的新泽西州 19 号选区。凯恩表示，民主党
安嫩伯格公共政策中心今年早些时候的一项调查发现，54% 的美国人相信福西能够提供值得信赖的公共卫生信息。约 38% 的人对卫生与公共服务部部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）持有相同看法。尽管如此，福西的信任度已从 2021 年 4 月安嫩伯格一项民调中享有的 71% 支持率有所下降。
据一名熟悉该决定的人士透露，福西在疫情期间和之后多次面临死亡威胁，促使拜登在福西退休后仍授权为其提供联邦安保细节。特朗普在就任后不久就撤销了这项保护。
福西也是少数几位在拜登总统任期结束前的最后行动中获得预先赦免的官员之一——但这并不能涵盖目前的国会证词。
癌症研究倡导者、福西的朋友兼前邻居艾伦·西格尔（Ellen Sigal）表示，如果这位医生认为程序合法，他会回答问题的。“不幸的是，他别无选择，因为这显然不是一场寻求事实的听证会，”西格尔说。
肯塔基州共和党人、参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会主席保罗（Paul）长期以来一直是福西的批评者。他指责这位医生支持一些危险研究，部分科学家认为这些研究可能导致了首批冠状病毒病例；指责其与他人共谋诋毁该理论；试图逃避联邦透明度法律；并且忽视不符合其预设公共卫生措施的证据。
福西的律师在周三称保罗的指控是不实的。
个人沉思 在听证会之前，保罗发布了 1,000 多页福西在疫情期间的日记。这些日记揭示了（除其他内容外）福西对自己多次媒体露面的密切追踪，以及他所描述的“爆炸式”增长的名声，这让他的支持者们陷入了尴尬的辩护境地。
“我认为，如果他没有把个人沉思写在卫生与公共服务部的服务器上，包括他在内的所有人处境都会更好，”在协调白宫新冠应对工作期间与福西密切合作的德博拉·比尔克斯（Deborah Birx）博士说。
福西在日记中回忆起 8 月与保罗的冲突。
（部分段落） ……社会主义者并非真正的民主党人。“许多犹太人，无论老少，都觉得民主党不再关心他们，而共和党正在努力吸引他们，”他说。
乔·托马斯 (Joe Thomas)，77 岁 底特律 托马斯表示，麦金尼（McKinney）是他的首选，因为这位进步派的住房政策，例如加强联邦对企业房东的监管。托马斯一生大部分时间生活在底特律，他目睹了朋友和邻居在 2008-09 年金融危机期间失去家园，那次危机摧毁了底特律以制造业为基础的经济。
作为克莱斯勒（Chrysler）一名退休的工会工厂工人，托马斯说他一生都在投票给民主党，但他认为他们并没有采取足够措施来解决其社区的需求并帮助无家可归者。他说，麦金尼可能会提供一条新的前进道路。
“这个政党需要一些骨气，”托马斯说。“我担心的是住在街头的人。我希望民主党人能醒悟并看到这个问题。”
娜塔莉·布伊 (Natalie Bui)，38 岁 丹佛 在临终关怀领域工作的布伊在 6 月科罗拉多州众议院初选中投票给梅拉特·基罗斯（Melat Kiros）时，首次支持一名民主社会主义者。作为一名科罗拉多州原住民，布伊看重该州独立的特质，但她表示，面对她认为正将国家进一步推向右翼的共和党，民主党做得还不够。
她说，之前她认为民主社会主义政策在美国是无法实现的，但她说，给承诺新方向的政治家一次机会是值得的。
“右翼改变了他们的玩法。左翼也需要改变他们的玩法。我想看看那会是什么样子，”布伊说。
加利福尼亚州 纽森对诉讼表示担忧 据接近该诉讼的人士透露，加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）对该州旨在阻止 Paramount Skydance 收购华纳兄弟探索者（Warner Bros. Discovery）的反垄断诉讼及其对好莱坞产生的影响表示担忧。
这些人表示，近几周来，纽森告诉相关人员，如果该交易因诉讼而被阻止，该州的就业情况将会受到影响。这些人还称，纽森的办公室已鼓励总检察长罗布·邦塔（Rob Bonta）的办公室——该办公室拥有独立起诉的权力——寻求庭外和解。
目前尚不清楚纽森的敦促是否会对加州总检察长的诉讼产生影响。纽森在诉讼过程中不承担任何角色，也无权干预州总检察长的行动。
纽森和邦塔的代表均拒绝发表评论。
7月，加利福尼亚州领导了由 12 个州组成的联盟，提起诉讼以阻止这笔 810 亿美元（810 亿美元 billion）的交易。诉讼称，该合并将通过减少竞争来损害消费者和电影院，导致价格上涨、质量下降，且影视内容减少。 ——Jessica Toonkel ——以及 Eliza Collins
2020, 指责他虚张声势，同时又表现得像个“经验丰富的流行病学家”。 到次年6月，关于保罗（Paul）和“那些疯子”的抱怨在医生的日志中屡见不鲜：特朗普在第一任期的最后一个完整工作日，向福西（Fauci）及“曲速行动”（Operation Warp Speed）团队的其他成员授予了总统嘉奖。但他在本任期内任命了福西最猛烈的批评者之一肯尼迪（Kennedy）担任卫生部长，并且近期再次猛烈抨击福西。
生命威胁 福西目前在乔治城大学任教，并在各种会议上发表演讲。由于面临生命威胁，他仍然需要昂贵的私人安保。 认识他的人表示，他在乔治城大学过得很开心，但对持续的攻击感到沮丧。他们说，他通常愿意与共和党人正面交锋，而这次在听证会上全程坐着不回应参议员们的批评让他承受了很大的压力。 “我唯一能得出的结论是，他把我传唤到委员会唯一的理由就是为了让我说出——任何话——从而证明他多次公开承诺的正确性，也就是说，用他的话来说——引用——我最终会‘锒铛入狱’，”福西在周三的开场白中谈到保罗时说道。 保罗威胁称，福西的沉默将产生“后果”，并安排了委员会投票时间，决定是否认定福西蔑视国会，并可能将其移交给司法部起诉。 在听证会上，民主党人更多地将注意力放在批评共和党和特朗普政府上，而非明确为福西记录的细节辩护。委员会中的两名民主党人，参议员鲁本·加列戈（Ruben Gallego，亚利桑那州民主党）和埃莉莎·斯洛特金（Elissa Slotkin，密歇根州民主党）在听证会上没有发言。
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亚利桑那州 当局公布 格思里笔记 当局在调查南希·格思里 (Nancy Guthrie) 失踪案时公布了一封早期的勒索信，希望有人能认出其写作风格。周五公布的第二封信表明，格思里在被绑架后不久便已死亡。 这两封信最初都是在《今日》(Today)节目主持人萨凡纳·格思里 (Savannah Guthrie) 84 岁的母亲于 2 月 1 日在图森市郊家中失踪几天后，发送给图森市的一家电视台的。当局尚未说明南希·格思里是否仍然存活。 目前尚未在格思里失踪案中逮捕任何嫌疑人。位于华盛顿的联邦调查局未对有关这些笔记的问题做出回应。 皮马县警长办公室在公布笔记时表示，“我们认为这些独特的语言特征可能是可以被识别的。” 第一封信于 2 月 2 日发送，称一旦绑架者收到 400 万美元 ($4 million) 的加密货币，格思里将被无事地释放，且如果第一项要求未得到满足，赎金将会增加。信中称，如果收到款项，格思里将在 12 小时内被释放，并威胁如果未支付赎金将将其杀害。第二封信于 2 月 6 日发送，称格思里在被绑架后不久便已死亡。 —美联社
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数千人涌入休达后 大多数移民在一天内 返回摩洛哥
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在数万名移民涌入西班牙位于北非的飞地后不到一天，大多数新抵达者于周五转身返回家乡，留下西班牙政府在应对那些仍留在当地的人员。
作者：David Luhnow, Margherita Stancati 和 Andrea Figueras
这是现代史上最出人意料且最突然的移民危机之一中一个离奇的转折。根据西班牙内政部的说法，周四和周五早晨，大约 50,000 人从周围的摩洛哥进入休达飞地。当地官员称有 60,000 人进入。视频中捕捉到的混乱场面在网上疯传，并在欧洲各国首都引发了警觉。
但该部表示，到周五晚上，大多数移民已自愿返回摩洛哥。西班牙官员表示，在涌入该领土的过程中，至少有 57 人死亡，大多数死于溺水，因为人群试图游过将休达与摩洛哥领土分开的防波堤。
数万名移民看似自愿地离开，但这并未能平息休达的恐惧和愤怒。在休达，84,000 人生活在面积约为纽约中央公园六倍的区域内。这导致数千名移民在街道上游荡。许多居民留在室内，许多商店关闭，担心发生抢劫。休达居民 Rocio Gil 在告诉西班牙电视台时哭泣着说，她很害怕身处一个被外国年轻男子占领的城市。她明显在发抖，周围被……
作者：MILÀN CZERNY 和 MATTHEW LUXMOORE 俄罗斯严厉打击视频发布
上周，一系列乌克兰无人机袭击目标为俄罗斯南部的一家大型零售仓库，警方发布了一段视频，旨在向任何考虑在网上分享此类袭击片段的人发出警告。
视频显示，一名 19 岁女性为拍摄克拉斯诺达尔市在线零售商 Wildberries 仓库在遭受无人机袭击后的现场而道歉。
“我承认我的错误，并保证这种情况不会再次发生，”这名女性说。她的面部被模糊处理，警方未透露其姓名。如果被判定违反拍摄无人机袭击的规定，她将面临罚款。
近几个月来，乌克兰越来越多地使用无人机打击俄罗斯深处的目标并破坏其经济。对炼油厂的袭击导致全国范围内出现燃料短缺，加油站排起长队。
现在，当局正试图阻止俄罗斯人发布显示袭击破坏情况的视频，这些视频在 Telegram 等即时通讯平台上被广泛分享。俄罗斯各地的警方已拘留了拍摄……
作者：ED FRANKL 能源价格高企导致欧盟通胀反弹
由于能源成本再次加速且服务价格走强，7 月欧元区的通胀率进一步高于欧洲中央银行的目标，价格上涨的未来路径在很大程度上取决于中东战争。
欧盟统计局周五表示，21 个欧元区国家的 7 月年度消费者价格通胀率为 2.9%，高于 6 月的 2.8%。这略高于《华尔街日报》调查的经济学家共识预期，他们认为……
一名移民在周五跨越西班牙休达领土与摩洛哥的边境后跪在地上。至少 57 人死亡。
一群年轻的摩洛哥人。 她说：“作为一名女性，你必须亲身经历才能体会到那是怎样的感觉。这是一场入侵……而且毫无法律可言。” 分析人士表示，这次事件看起来像是由摩洛哥政府策划的，与移民问题关系不大，更多是关于地区政治，包括摩洛哥与阿尔及利亚之间的竞争，以及围绕西撒哈拉的争议，该领土由摩洛哥和一个由阿尔及利亚支持的团体共同声称拥有。 摩洛哥官员未回应置评请求。 此次越境发生在西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sánchez）访问阿尔及利亚 10 天之后，此次访问旨在改善两国关系，此前西班牙在 2022 年结束了de-
2025 年来自 TikTok 的视频截图显示，俄罗斯人在一个燃烧的油库前。
这些袭击，并公开警告称，这样做可能被视为等同于叛国。 俄罗斯一直试图屏蔽 Telegram。周三，该国的联邦安全局（FSB）表示，它正指控 Telegram 的俄罗斯裔创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫（Pavel Durov）协助恐怖主义，理由是该平台未能删除乌克兰用于协调袭击的频道。 根据俄罗斯人权组织 Department One 的统计，近几个月来，俄罗斯约三分之二的地区已引入拍摄罢工活动的限制措施。
率保持在 2.8%。 能源通胀在 6 月份随着波斯湾局势缓解而冷却，但在 7 月份从前一个月的 8.5% 回升至 10%。美国与伊朗之间敌对行动的重启导致油价在 7 月的大部分时间里上涨，尽管在上周有所回落。能源通胀的上升也可能是由于德国在 7 月初一项燃料减税计划到期所致。 此外，也有初步迹象表明，自 2 月下旬战争开始以来油气成本的上涨可能
几十年的中立，并支持摩洛哥解决该地区地位的计划。 巴塞罗那国际事务中心的研究员穆萨·布雷克巴（Moussa Bourekba）表示，访问阿尔及利亚可能会激怒摩洛哥。 “摩洛哥和阿尔及利亚之间为了争夺马格里布地区的领导权而存在长期的竞争。如果你作为一个国家与摩洛哥建立了良好的关系，几乎会自动引起阿尔及利亚的不满，反之亦然，”他说道。 2021年，曾发生过类似的约 5,000 到 8,000 名摩洛哥人大规模进入休达（Ceuta）的事件。那次事件发生于摩洛哥与西班牙外交关系紧张时期——就在西班牙允许一名反对摩洛哥控制、争取西撒哈拉独立的领导人入境接受新冠肺炎治疗之后。 前西班牙政府官员、巴塞罗那庞培法布拉大学（UPF）讲师杰玛·皮尼奥尔（Gemma Pinyol）表示，不承认西班牙在北非飞地的摩洛哥，可能仅仅是在向西班牙证明，它有能力在选定的时间扰乱并压倒这些飞地。 西班牙领导人桑切斯（Sánchez）在当天早些时候提出了另一种理论——指责人口走私团伙利用西班牙最高法院最近的一项裁决，该裁决使得……
今年五月，当乌克兰加强对莫斯科的袭击时，这座俄罗斯首都禁止发布显示当局称之为“恐怖袭击”后果的照片和视频。 俄罗斯当局表示，在网上分享袭击视频会让乌克兰能够评估损失，并精确锁定俄罗斯防空系统的可能位置。 批评者认为，这一禁令是克里姆林宫为了面子而采取的举措，旨在维持一种幻象，即战争对普通俄罗斯人的生活影响极小。 普京总统近几个月的问题不断增加，俄罗斯在战场上的进展有所放缓，其军队伤亡惨重。 与此同时，乌克兰发现，其加强的无人机生产和深度打击使其能够比战争期间以往任何时候都给俄罗斯造成更大的损失。 “对于大众观众来说，视觉效果比文字重要得多，”普京的前演讲撰稿人阿巴斯·加利亚莫夫（Abbas Gallyamov）说道。 “如果没有目标被焚烧的图像，就更容易维持一切都在按计划进行的幻象。而这正是普京的主要信息。”
这可能会推高经济中其他领域的价格。服务业通胀率从 3.2% 上升至 3.3%，而剔除能源和食品成本的核心通胀率则从 2.4% 小幅上升至 2.5%。 商业银行（Commerzbank）高级经济学家文森特·斯塔默（Vincent Stamer）在给客户的一份简报中表示：“这可能标志着核心通胀率上升的开始……中东冲突持续时间越长，对石油及石油产品的运输干扰越多，公司就越会将更高的能源成本转嫁给消费者。” 这一切使得通胀率进一步高于欧洲央行（ECB） 2% 的目标，自三月份以来一直高于该水平。欧洲央行在七月份维持了关键利率不变，大多数投资者预计该利率将在九月的下次会议上再次上升。 在银行七月的会议上，行长克里斯汀·拉加德（Christine Lagarde）表示，尽管能源价格前景波动较大，但符合欧洲央行的基准预测，即使该水平远高于战争开始之前的水平。 与此同时，食品、酒精和烟草的通胀率下降至 1.2%，为 2021 年 6 月以来的最低水平。
对于当局而言，要遣返那些经由海路而非陆路抵达休达（Ceuta）或其他西班牙北非飞地的移民将更加困难。
数千名主要是年轻男性的移民涌过边境的画面在欧洲及其他地区广泛传播，引发了人们对移民将利用该飞地作为进入欧洲跳板的担忧。
法国表示，将加强与西班牙边境的安保措施；意大利总理乔治亚·梅洛尼（Giorgia Meloni）则表示，她的国家可能会考虑暂停欧洲的申根协议（Schengen rules）——该协议允许劳动力和货物自由跨境——以防止西班牙被用作非法移民的入境点。
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作者：KRISHNA POKHAREL 以及 WAQAR GILLANI
英国登山家 Nirmal Purja 及其探险队其余成员在巴基斯坦攀登一座山峰时遭遇雪崩而失踪。他此前刷新记录地攀登了世界 14 座最高峰，该经历曾被拍成 Netflix 纪录片。当地旅游部长 Naik Nam Karim 表示，救援人员已寻获四具尸体。美国登山家 Mallory Geis、一名阿曼国民以及一名陪同 Purja 的尼泊尔国民已确认死亡。该探险队共有 10 人。Purja 的商业伙伴 Mingma David Sherpa 表示，随队携带的一台 Garmin 卫星设备在周五仍显示有移动迹象，这引发了人们对至少部分队员可能仍然幸存的希望。
雪崩大概位置
直布罗陀 （英国） 西班牙
休塔 （西班牙）
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这些登山者当时正在攀登布罗德峰（Broad Peak），它是喀喇昆仑山脉的一部分，海拔 26,400 英尺，是世界第 12 高峰。负责协调救援工作的巴基斯坦阿尔卑斯俱乐部表示，自周四正午雪崩发生以来，一直无法与他们取得联系。根据巴基斯坦探险公司 Moving Mountains 在社交媒体上发布的一篇文章，来自德克萨斯州的旅行摄影师 Geis 正与她的巴基斯坦队员一起首次尝试攀登这座山峰。据部长分享的信息，登山者的追踪器数据显示，他们在巴基斯坦时间周四上午 9:30 左右停止上升，并坠落了数百米。
Purja 今年 43 岁，出生于尼泊尔。2019 年，他在六个月零六天内登顶了世界上所有 14 座海拔约 26,250 英尺以上的山峰，从而成为登山界的名人。他的成就被拍成了 Netflix 纪录片《14 Peaks》。此后，他再次攀登这些山峰，且这次没有携带辅助氧气。近年来，Purja 的攀登名声被女性登山者对其性行为不端的指控所遮蔽。他否认有不当行为。
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丽贝卡·帕平（Rebecca Papin） 和她的孩子们在 度假屋中被困了 四天
当丽贝卡·帕平得知她度假所在的法国城镇需要撤离时，已经太晚了。
作者：玛格丽塔·斯坦卡蒂（Margherita Stancati）、诺埃米·比塞尔（Noemie Bisserbe）和安德里亚·费格拉斯（Andrea Figueras）
7月23日傍晚，警方在比斯卡罗斯（Biscarrosse）这个沿海小镇挨家挨户通知人们撤离，而此时帕平正带着两个年幼的孩子在海滩上。
直到第二天早上，这位美国母亲醒来发现小镇被浓烟笼罩，才意识到自己错过了撤离令。
“我以为周围还有人。我没意识到我们成了唯一留下来的人，”帕平回忆道。
帕平和她的家人被卷入了数十年来席卷西欧最严重的一次火灾中。西班牙和法国的火势横扫森林和灌木丛，摧毁了房屋和露营地，迫使超过 300,000 名居民和游客撤离。
此次山火发生时，正值度假者们涌向法国大西洋沿岸城镇共度暑假。
西班牙和法国的消防员周五仍在与大火搏斗，尽管在控制火势方面取得了一些进展。火势不再失控蔓延，数千人已能够返回家中。
来自田纳西州富兰克林市的帕平于 6 月抵达位于比斯卡罗斯的家族度假屋。当时法国正遭受热浪袭击。帕平、她 9 岁的女儿和 11 岁的儿子已经适应了早晨骑马课、下午冲浪的日常生活。
7月23日下午 4 点左右，他们正与朋友在海滩上，帕平看到比斯卡罗斯周围茂密的森林区域升起一股烟柱。她不知道是什么在燃烧——她想可能是棵树或一辆卡车——但她认为这应该是
他们是那不勒斯人：周五，球迷们庆祝那不勒斯足球俱乐部成立一百周年，从该俱乐部的历史总部殉教者广场（Piazza dei Martiri）游行至那不勒斯海滨的迪亚兹圆形广场（Rotonda Diaz）。
南非 欧普拉将关闭 她的女校 欧普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）将在明年年底关闭她在南非创办二十年的针对贫困女孩的学校。
温弗瑞在 2007 年创办了欧普拉·温弗瑞女子领导力学院。
学院表示，温弗瑞的慈善基金会负责该校的运营和资金，但协议中一直规定，位于约翰内斯堡附近的学院校园最终将移交给省教育部门。
学院表示，温弗瑞将通过扩大奖学金计划，继续致力于教育南非女孩。
根据欧普拉·温弗瑞慈善基金会的数据，已有超过 500 名女孩从该学院毕业，其中一些人进入了世界顶级大学就读。
该学院在 2007 年开学后不久引起国际关注，当时几名学生指控一名宿舍舍监对其进行身体和性虐待。温弗瑞与学生和家长见面，公开道歉，并委任独立调查。
该舍监在 2010 年被判定不承担刑事责任。 ——美联社
斯里兰卡 前警察局长被判刑 斯里兰卡的一家法院周五对前警察局长 Pujith Jayasundara 进行了判决。他被裁定在 2019 年复活节期间，因刑事过失导致受“伊斯兰国”鼓舞的炸弹袭击发生，造成 260 多人死亡。
尽管他被判处死刑，但在斯里兰卡，这通常意味着终身监禁，因为该国自 1976 年以来一直非正式地暂停执行死刑。现任总统 Anura Kumara Dissanayake 支持维持这一暂停状态。
2019 年发生的几乎同步的爆炸袭击发生在三家旅游酒店和三座教堂，导致 42 名外国人死亡。一个议会委员会发现，警察和情报官员未能对多次关于袭击的情报警告采取行动。Jayasundara 有权对这个由三名法官组成的高等法院合议庭的裁决提出上诉。
两家总部位于斯里兰卡的伊斯兰武装组织被指控实施了此次爆炸袭击，而被认为直接参与其中的人员均已死亡。目前，针对涉嫌与袭击者有关联的人员正进行单独审理。 —美联社
迅速扑灭。 当她当天傍晚回到家中时，她才意识到危险的程度。 “当我从女儿的卧室窗户望出去时，那里看起来像是一场大火，一场末日，”她回忆道。“我能看到远处有一道火墙，一道纯橙色的墙，被灰色的云覆盖着。有水上飞机和直升机在火焰上方盘旋。”
马里 俄罗斯与致命空袭有关 人权观察（Human Rights Watch）周五表示，俄罗斯政府控制的“非洲军团”（Africa Corps）飞机上个月在马里中部一个村庄进行空袭时，造成 8 名平民死亡，其中包括 3 名儿童。 该权利组织表示，一架被确认为俄罗斯苏霍伊 Su-24 的攻击机于 6 月 15 日向莫普提地区（Mopti region）的 Kyrnia 村投掷了两枚弹药。一次袭击击中了村长家附近，导致其妻子和 3 个孩子死亡。第二次袭击击中了附近的一个牲畜市场，造成 4 名男子死亡。 据报道，在伤亡人员中，没有来自伊斯兰激进组织 JNIM 的武装分子，该组织已控制该村庄六年之久。 俄罗斯雇佣兵自 2021 年起便在马里，以帮助其军政府打击激进分子和分离主义者。去年，向俄罗斯国防部汇报工作的“非洲军团”取代了在该国的私人雇佣兵瓦格纳集团（Wagner Group）。 该权利组织呼吁马里政府调查此次袭击并追究责任人的责任，并表示否则马里政府可能在战争罪行中扮演共犯角色。俄罗斯国防部未回应置评请求。 ——美联社
大火席卷了比斯卡罗斯（Biscarrosse）小镇，丽贝卡·帕平（Rebecca Papin）及其家人当时正在法国西南部此地度假。
帕平决定回到海滩，因为她认为那里更安全。那里还有其他度假者，而且似乎没有人过于担心。帕平得出结论，情况并没有她担心的那么糟糕，于是动身回家。 反方向的交通流量异常沉重。尽管如此，帕平认为如果真的有危险，法国当局会警告她。 当她周五早上醒来时，灰烬像雪一样飘落，燃烧的木块从天而降。 一名警察按响了她家的门铃。警察告诉帕平，现在撤离已经太晚了——离开比斯卡罗斯的道路已被封锁——而最安全的方法是
唯一能做的事情就是留在住所里。 帕潘（Papin）和孩子们现在被困在比斯卡罗斯（Biscarrosse），而法国近代史上最严重的几场火灾之一正曾在他们附近肆虐。 在被困家中的四天里，他们只出门过一次。周日，他们前往唯一一家重新开业的超市购买冷冻法棍、橙汁和意大利面。当时唯一其他顾客是参与紧急救援的部队。 从家中的二楼窗户看去，火焰似乎不像最初那样具有威胁性，但空气质量依然糟糕。帕潘引发了严重的咳嗽。 到周二，部分次级道路重新开放。帕潘规划了一条前往波尔多机场的路线。次日凌晨 5 点，帕潘和孩子们上了车，驶离比斯卡罗斯。 在接下来的两小时里，帕潘沿着乡间道路行驶，穿过一片宛如末日后的景象。烟雾像浓雾一样厚重。沿途设有安全检查站和路障。她担心他们会在任何地方遇到封路，从而不得不原路返回。 他们开车穿过那些没有车辆或行人的村庄。 “它们就像鬼城一样，”她回忆道。在远处，她可以看到附近吉伦特省（Gironde）一场猛烈大火升起的滚滚黑烟。 当她最终抵达机场并办理好登机手续时，她泣不成声。 “直到那一刻我才意识到自己安全了。在那之前，我可能还没有完全意识到危险，”帕潘说道。 当飞机起飞时，机长说如果乘客看向窗外，就能看到肆虐的火灾。帕潘选择不看。 尽管经历了这次折磨，她仍期待在圣诞节返回法国。 “我爱比斯卡罗斯。我和孩子们会继续回来的，”她说。
顶部图片：YVES HERMAN / 路透社；REBECCA PAPIN (2)
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指数在今年创下新高。 然而，日常商品价格的上涨威胁到将引发新一轮通货膨胀，这可能会干扰利率的走势，并成为今年秋季中期选举的一个重要因素。 “这些特定公司的投资者会对每一次价格上涨公告感到庆祝，但当然，从整体来看，所有这些价格上涨公告对经济都非常不利，且会对利率产生不利影响，”Sakonnet Research 的 Adam Josephson 表示。 在 2 月下旬美国开始轰炸伊朗时，生活成本已经成为一个热门政治议题，而伊朗则通过限制通过霍尔木兹海峡的通行予以报复。在战争之前，全球约 20% 的石油供应通过该海峡运输，此外还有大量的铝、化肥和其他原材料。
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Lamb Weston
International Paper
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Illinois Tool Works
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加油站的价格立即飙升，给家庭预算带来压力，并增加了企业的成本。根据 CME Group 的数据，交易员们的预期已从美联储降低借贷成本，转而是在期货市场布局押注利率将上涨。 美联储官员在周三以 9-3 的投票结果决定维持利率不变。该央行的利率设定小组计划于 9 月再次举行会议。 “我们试图了解的是，这些冲击在多大程度上扩大了其影响，以及在多大程度上扩大了对那些与其相去甚远的价格的影响，”美联储主席 Kevin Warsh 表示。 美国基准原油期货周五交易价格在每桶 $85 左右，自战争开始以来上涨了约 25%。汽油、柴油和许多石油化学产品的价格上涨更为剧烈，预计在油轮通过该海峡恢复正常交通之前不会缓解。
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海峡恢复通航。周五，全美普通无铅汽油的平均价格约为 $4.11 加仑，高于冲突开始时的 $2.98。家用产品制造商联合利华（Unilever）将上半年销售额增长中低于 15% 的部分归功于价格上涨，而非销量增加。但高管们告诉投资者，由于大宗商品价格上涨，这种情况在今年接下来的时间里可能会反转。首席财务官Srinivas Phatak告诉投资者：“我们预计定价将在下半年引领增长。” 涂料制造商谢尔宾-威廉姆斯（Sherwin-Williams）在周二宣布将从9月1日起将价格提高 8% 以抵消包括石油相关投入在内的原材料成本上涨后，其股价上涨超过 8%，创下四年多来最大的单日涨幅。该公司预测，其原材料价格在下半年将进一步上涨，涨幅将在较高个位数百分比。首席执行官Heidi Petz表示：“我们能够为客户推迟此次涨价，以免在涂料销售旺季干扰他们的业务。” 伊利诺伊工具公司（Illinois Tool Works）在周二股价飙升超过 10%，此前首席财务官Michael Larsen向投资者保证，该公司在春季季度提高了价格，以足以弥补成本更高的投入，例如生产汽车零部件和塑料六连环的部门所消耗的树脂。爱达荷州薯条生产商Lamb Weston Holdings表示，它提高了在北美的价格，以应对除土豆外所有项目的成本上涨。原油价格上涨推高了该公司的运输成本，并波及到食用油市场，由于全美平均柴油价格已飙升至每加仑 $5 以上，燃料制造商正在大量抢购食用油。财务主管James D. Gray告诉投资者：“对生物柴油的需求推高了大多数食用油的成本。” 包装费用变得尤为棘手。塑料瓶和塑料袋是由石油和天然气衍生物制成的。与此同时，由于全球很大一部分供应被困在海峡之后，铝材供应量有所减少。波士顿啤酒（Boston Beer）的高管表示，包括铝在内的更昂贵的大宗商品（铝同时也受到特朗普总统关税的影响）部分抵消了上季度的价格上涨。很少有公司能免于瓦楞纸箱价格上涨的影响：美国三大纸箱制造商均在7月相继宣布涨价。国际纸业（International Paper）、Smurfit Westrock和美国包装公司（Packaging Corp. of America）均将成本上涨（包括回收纸箱和运费）以及由于一系列集装箱纸板厂关闭导致的供应紧张列为原因。
华盛顿——美国官员表示，特朗普总统已下令对伊朗发起新一轮袭击，旨在迫使德黑兰投降，袭击最早可能在本周末开始。
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周五早些时候，特朗普表示，他计划恢复大规模军事打击，以迫使该政权回到谈判桌前。他预测，如果美国足够猛烈地打击伊朗，这个强硬的政权将会“崩溃”。
“我们将非常猛烈地打击他们，”特朗普在期间说道
哈马斯完全投降，并且承担被视为听命于华盛顿的风险。 内塔尼亚胡尚未对该计划发表公开评论。 以色列国家安全部长伊塔马尔·本-格维尔（Itamar Ben-Gvir）周五表示，该协议草案“对以色列来说是不可接受的”。 一名以色列官员重申，以色列要求在撤军之前，加沙地带的巴勒斯坦武装力量必须实现真正的去军事化。 特朗普表示，美国“与以色列有共识”，且“以色列对（该协议）非常满意”。 哈马斯也反驳了特朗普的说法。 该组织表示，以色列必须停止对该领土的所有攻击，其才会采取进一步步骤。该组织称，它仅同意放弃重型武器——但并未承诺上交轻武器（如突击步枪），安全分析师认为这些武器对其控制人口至关重要。 “我们没有说解除武装，没有说上交武器，也没有同意任何以色列的参与，”哈马斯谈判团队成员加齐·哈马德（Ghazi Hamad）告诉《华尔街日报》。 对于双方来说，核心问题是顺序。从一开始，特朗普针对加沙的和平计划（该计划通过10月的停火结束了两年的战斗）就受困于一个核心困境：哈马斯坚持要求以色列在交出武器前撤军，而以色列则拒绝放弃
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四年。 “虽然我们没有预料到当前的情况，但我们对此做了准备。在我们的市场中，中断是不可避免的，”埃克森美孚首席执行官 Darren Woods 在周五与分析师的电话会议上表示。“尽管我们的上游产量暂时损失了约 10%，但我们交付了卓越的财务业绩。” 今年 3 月，伊朗的导弹袭击破坏了部分卡塔尔的天然气设施，埃克森美孚在其中持有股份。 根据 FactSet 的数据，埃克森美孚的调整后每股收益为 $3.52，略低于华尔街预测的 $3.56。雪佛龙的每股收益为 $6.06，超过了分析师预计的 $5.55。 制造航空燃料、柴油和汽油等产品的利润率攀升至历史最高点。 由于市场希望美国和伊朗之间能达成持久的和平协议并全面重新开放霍尔木兹海峡，油价在该季度末有所回落。 但产品价格继续攀升——这使得炼油厂能够从原油成本与精炼石油产品产生的收入之差中获利。 埃克森美孚首席财务官 Neil Hansen 表示，石油市场的最大瓶颈不一定是霍尔木兹海峡原油流量的停滞——
在戴维营总统度假地举行的一次电视转播内阁会议上。“而且你知道，在某个时间点，他们会说，‘我们实在无法忍受了。’” 美国官员表示，特朗普授权了在会议上提交给他的新袭击计划。 但他们指出，外交方面任何立即取得的进展都可能说服他停止袭击。他也可能会改变主意。 他的威胁与他上周坚持认为正在进行“非常友好的谈判”以实现停火的说法形成对比。 此后，伊朗对约旦军队发动了突然袭击，引发了美国在周三的攻击。 数周以来，在闭门
巴勒斯坦人在加沙城一座被以色列袭击摧毁的建筑物废墟中清理碎片。
领土内行动，直到该组织被彻底瓦解。 美国一直在推进，试图说服双方进展可以是分阶段的。 特朗普最初的 20 点和平计划旨在分阶段结束战争，一个领域的进展将开启另一个领域的新步骤。第一阶段见证了所有在 2023 年 10 月 7 日由哈马斯领导的袭击以色列（此次袭击引发了战争）期间被俘人质的释放。 该计划还要求成立一个加沙管理国家委员会（由一组巴勒斯坦技术官僚最终统治该飞地）以及一个名为国际稳定部队的维和任务。 一个由特朗普主持的和平委员会也被创建，以监督这一进程。 停战协议实际上暂停了战斗，并将该领土一分为二，哈马斯控制沿海的一条地带，而以色列控制飞地周围数英里宽的缓冲区。
200 亿美元 billion
埃克森美孚 雪佛龙 季度净利润
2022 ’23 ’24 ’25 ’26
来源：标准普尔 Capital IQ
而是全球炼油能力的缺乏。 他表示，由于中国迅速减少石油采购以及一些国家的的需求破坏，原油价格在整个危机期间一直处于历史范围内。 但由于俄罗斯和中国等地的炼油能力下降（这两个国家在该季度都禁止了部分产品的出口），供应紧缺已转移到产品端。 “目前可用的炼油能力处于我们见过的最低水平，”Hansen 表示，这在很大程度上是由于霍尔木兹海峡以外的燃料市场发展所致。 埃克森美孚表示，其单季度柴油产量达到了至少 2014 年以来的最高水平，其炼油部门获得了约 55 亿美元 billion 收益，高于去年同期的约 14 亿美元 billion。埃克森美孚还提到了多年的结构性成本节省，自从该公司几年前开始改革运营以来，该项节省已达到 163 亿美元 billion。 埃克森美孚报告了其两年来最高的油气产量。
美国官员表示，特朗普一直告诉助手们，伊朗人是“疯了”。他向心腹抱怨说，他一直知道临时协议行不通。在戴维营，总统指责伊朗外交官“非常不光彩”，他的沮丧之情充分显露。
“好吧，他们总是想谈，但他们经常食言，”特朗普说，“他们所做的一切就是让我生气。”
这种沮丧是相互的。伊朗外交官对谈判多次破裂表示精疲力竭。官员们表示，从他们的角度来看，两国之间缺乏信任，而且每当特朗普威胁使用武力时，外交前景就会恶化。
伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队周四誓言，在美方进行报复性打击后将重启攻击。
随着伊朗战争进入第六个月，特朗普继续坚持认为伊朗必须放弃其核计划并放弃对霍尔木兹海峡的控制，而伊朗在这两点上都立场坚定。
在特朗普的选项中，包括一项拟议的为期两周的高强度空袭计划，旨在削弱伊朗的导弹能力。然而，特朗普的军事顾问将弹药短缺列为潜在风险。
自停火以来，以色列扩大了其控制区域，目前掌控了近 70% 的领土，将人口挤压在不断缩小的空间内。战斗在很大程度上已经平息，但以色列继续对哈马斯领导人进行定点清除，并攻击该组织的行动人员和基础设施。当地卫生部门表示，自休战以来，已有 1,000 人死于以色列的袭击，但未说明其中有多少是战斗人员。
加沙人对特朗普周四的声明反应不一。经过三年的冲突，加沙约 2.1 million 人的 80% 已经流离失所，其中约一半人住在肮脏的营地中依赖人道主义援助。
“我们在加沙的大多数人不相信这一点——并没有真正的喜悦或庆祝感，”住在加沙城的四个孩子的母亲迪娜·哈马达说，“也许是因为我们经历过太多承诺。每次我们……”
……数十年，如果将其在中东受干扰的产量排除在外（该公司称这约占其全球产量的 20%）。
在美国最大的油田二叠纪盆地，其产量攀升至创纪录的每日 1.800 万 桶。
这家美国石油巨头的石油生产部门在本季度获得了 $7.9 billion 的收益，高于去年同期的 54 亿美元 billion。
雪佛龙的美国油气产量攀升至季度纪录的每日 2.1 million 桶，比去年同期增加 382,000 桶。
这一增长是由其去年从赫斯公司（Hess）购买的资产（在与埃克森美孚经过漫长的仲裁斗争之后）以及二叠纪盆地的资产所驱动的。
赫斯公司的核心资产是其在由埃克森美孚领导的圭亚那财团中持有的 30% 股份，这是一次具有世代意义的石油发现。
埃克森美孚表示，第五艘石油生产船（日抽油量可达 250,000 桶）已从亚洲造船厂启程前往圭亚那，预计将在……开始生产。
“我们让自己抱有了希望，但现实最终击碎了我们。” 美国、以色列和哈马斯都渴望获得某种形式的胜利，尽管他们的利益并不一致。 本雅明·内塔尼亚胡正面临其右翼联盟成员的压力，要求保持甚至加强对哈马斯的军事压力。 哈马斯一直遭受以色列多年袭击的打击，且这场战争削弱了其民众的支持。7月，该组织的管理机构表示，准备将加沙地带的权力移交给加沙管理国家委员会，一些政治分析人士将其视为该组织对民政掌控力可能正在下降的信号。 与此同时，特朗普在美以与伊朗的战争问题上面临日益增长的压力。 “特朗普非常渴望证明一项成就，”前以色列高级情报官员迈克尔·米尔斯坦（Michael Milshtein）表示，“伊朗和黎巴嫩的情况非常复杂，我认为他真的很想在加沙问题上表明他取得了一些成果。”
第四季度。 雪佛龙首席财务官艾米尔·邦纳（Eimear Bonner）表示，公司不会因为市场波动而改变支出计划，且今年将提高 7% to 10% 的产量。 在雪佛龙是唯一活跃美国石油生产商的委内瑞拉，该公司在过去六个月中将石油产量提高了 15%，达到每日约 280,000 桶。 “我们正在就更多机会进行积极讨论，并且对于这些讨论的进展感到非常鼓舞，”她说道。 埃克森美孚和雪佛龙都向投资者发放了大量现金，并强调其资本纪律。 埃克森美孚支付了 94 亿美元 billion 的股息和股份回购总额，而雪佛龙则花费了 66 亿美元 billion。 埃克森美孚在今年上半年还投入了 130 亿美元 billion 的资本支出，其年度支出计划比最接近的竞争对手高出 20%。 埃克森美孚的汉森（Hansen）表示，公司利用季度现金流入的一部分，在季度内将净债务削减了 70 亿美元 billion，而更强健的资产负债表将使其能够“追求优势机会”。 2023, 年末，在利润于前一年激增后，埃克森美孚以 600 亿美元 billion 的股票收购了西德克萨斯州的大型石油生产商先锋天然资源公司（Pioneer Natural Resources）。 汉森表示，埃克森美孚并不急于再次潜入并购市场，但“我们一直在关注”。 “我们处于绝对优势地位，”他说道，“我们可以非常挑剔，非常有耐心。”
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展示对华海军实力
尽管特朗普抨击 伙伴关系， 但军方正与盟友 紧密合作
作者：TIMOTHY W. MARTIN
檀香山——数十艘军舰在珍珠港并排停泊。这些庞大的船只体型如此之大，以至于从上方飞行的飞机上清晰可见。其中最大的一艘是“西奥多·罗斯福号” (USS Theodore Roosevelt)，这艘美国航空母舰曾出现在 2022 年电影《壮志之鹰：独行侠》的拍摄中。附近停靠着一艘日本神盾驱逐舰、一艘韩国坦克登陆舰和一艘加拿大巡逻潜艇。一串微型国旗在风中飘扬，年轻的水兵们在甲板上值守。
此次活动是环太平洋演习 (Rim of the Pacific exercise)，这是一个每两年举行一次的全球最大国际海上演习。美国盟友的参与人数创下纪录，共有 30 个国家和约 30,000 名人员参加了于周五结束的这次为期五周的演习。这次大规模演习让参与者能够测试新武器、后勤系统以及指挥与控制技术。
演习规模和范围的不断扩大表明，即便在特朗普总统痛斥盟友并威胁撤回美国支持的情况下，由于中国侵略行为的增加以及朝鲜核计划的扩张，美国与许多合作伙伴（特别是太平洋地区）的军事合作一直在稳步深化。
亚洲缺乏一个像北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 这样能将美国合作伙伴紧密联系在一起的单一联盟。因此，像环太平洋演习这样的多边演习成为了美国及其盟友进行练习的契机
一个巨大的技术差距
作者：CHUN HAN WONG 以及 ASHLEY CAI
中国旨在与美国一样，成为世界领先的太空强国，并且正在迅速追赶，特别是在卫星领域——这使得北京有潜力损害竞争对手的网络并削弱美国的军事实力。
分析人士称，在其他进步之余，北京在升级其与GPS竞争的导航系统及其“遥感”能力（利用卫星技术获取地球表面数据）方面取得了长足进步。
这些系统使中国能够以更高的精度收集情报并执行军事行动，从而削弱了华盛顿投射力量的能力。五角大楼对中国日益增强的能力表示担忧，而国务院则指责中国公司提供的卫星图像可能被伊朗用于瞄准中东的美国军队。
“北京将太空视为地缘政治竞争的竞技场，而美国是主要竞争对手，”华盛顿智库战略与国际研究中心（CSIS）高级研究员 Clayton Swope 表示。“中国现在在太空中能实现美国所能实现的很多功能。”
中国加速了民用和军用硬件的轨道部署，随着技术进步和卫星星座的增加，北京能够以比以往更实时、更详细的方式追踪地球上的事件。
中国的进步促使华盛顿官员呼吁，阻止他们认为的北京企图取代美国成为卓越太空强国的追求。
美中经济与安全审查委员会在向国会提交的最新年度报告中表示，中国拥有“日益增长的一系列空间能力，这加强了其协调自身行动以及进行持续监视和瞄准美国军队的能力”。
参与环太平洋（Rimpac）演习的韩国军队。
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共同协作——并表明他们正在采取更多措施加强自身防御。
日本海上自卫队的 Takuo Kobayashi 少将是几位在 Rimpac 数千次多国演习中担任高级领导职务的美国盟友之一。此次 Rimpac 最资深的三类角色中仅有三个由美国人担任。“如果你有 30, 50 或 100 个朋友，”他说，“那将比只有一两个正式盟友要好。”
美国太平洋舰队副司令 Jeff T. Jablon 担任美国军队的最高官员。
中国部署了规模日益增长的具有军事能力的卫星舰队
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西方分析师认为，中国在遥感方面的进展是由在传感器和卫星定位技术领域处于世界领先水平的研究驱动的。
在 2024 年一份由 CSIS 领导的关于商业遥感卫星的报告中，中国系统在 11 个技术类别中的 5 个类别中被评为最佳性能。美国系统在 4 个类别中名列前茅。
美国咨询公司 OTH Intelligence Group 在 2024 年提交给国会委员会的一份报告中表示，北京的进步可能会使其军队能够更成功地、以更大的范围和精度监测并攻击美国军队。
中国的军队在 2024 年成立了自己的太空军，目前可以使用 510 颗以上具有情报能力的卫星。
负责监督环太平洋演习（Rimpac）。他拒绝就中国或朝鲜如何看待这次包含 500 多项海上活动和 2,400 次飞行任务的大规模演习发表评论。 “我相信，当他们看到 30 个志同道合的国家共同协作时，一定会产生某种威慑效果，”他表示。 环太平洋演习是太平洋司令部（负责监督美国在亚太地区的联合部队）每年与盟友举行的 100 多次联合演习中规模最大的一次。但这并不是唯一在规模和范围上不断增长的多边活动。
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据美国太空军称，情报、监视和侦察技术增强了北京追踪美国部队（包括其航空母舰和其他资产）动态的能力。 五角大楼在 12 月表示，中国情报、监视和侦察卫星能力的提升和数量的增加，“增强了其在整个太平洋地区监测美国及其盟友军事资产和活动的能力，并为‘远程杀伤链’（即识别、攻击和摧毁目标的过程）提供目标支持”。 专家表示，这些新卫星提供了更高分辨率的图像，中国可以利用这些图像更有效地追踪美国在亚洲的部队。 此类图像可以通过人工智能分析，以提取及时的军事情报。
去年在澳大利亚举行的两年一度的“护身军刀”（Talisman Sabre）演习，首次在美本土以外地区对移动式地面发射的“堤丰”（Typhon）导弹系统进行了实弹演习。近年来，参加“护身军刀”演习的全员国家数量大约增长了两倍。今年早些时候，在泰国举行的“金眼镜蛇”（Cobra Gold）演习中，专门从事卫星防御和电子战的美国太空军首次参与。 而今年在菲律宾举行的“肩并肩”（Balikatan）演习规模比四年前翻了一番，共有七个国家参与，人员超过 17,000 名。这些人员分散在这个群岛国家，开展了比以往更广泛的活动。 当然，对美国可靠性的担忧笼罩在这些演习之上。特朗普质疑美国对北约（NATO）等联盟的承诺。前国防部官员、专注于亚太安全问题的杰西卡·泰勒（Jessica Taylor）表示，由于欧洲和中东地区存在激烈的冲突，美国已将部分人员和军事硬件从亚洲转移，这引发了人们对美国力量过度分散的担忧。 “如果我们不知道特朗普和美国明天是否还会在这里，为什么我们要冒风险激怒中国？”目前担任大西洋理事会印太安全计划非驻校研究员的泰勒说道。 与此同时，特朗普政府要求盟友增加军事支出，为驻在当地的美国军队支付更多费用，并投资于关键材料和物品的供应。 一些盟友已准备好满足这些要求。“我同意华盛顿的观点，即盟友需要做得更多，”菲律宾海军的瑞安·L·巴卡巴克（Ryan L. Bakabak）上尉表示。
DANIEL VERGARA 为 华尔街日报 供稿
可能干预 美元-日元汇率
作者：MATT GROSSMAN 及 BEN GLICKMAN
一名知情人士表示，美国财政部告知各银行，其可能会进行货币交易以支持日元，并强化日元兑美元的汇率。
财政部于周五通过纽约联储向各大银行传达了这一消息，纽约联储在金融市场交易中担任财政部的代理机构。据知情人士透露，部分银行被要求准备好可执行的交易，以便将日元兑换为欧元。美国将其部分外汇储备以欧元形式持有。
此次警报发出之际，投资者推测这可能是一次旨在强化日元兑美元汇率的国际协调行动，日本当局也参与其中。路透社报道了财政部向银行发出的这一警报。
在近期的交易中，日元兑美元汇率强于 160，较周四上午在 164 附近交易时有所走强。货币交易员普遍认为，日元的走强反映了日本当局的买入行为，以及对美国可能干预的猜测。
日本财务大臣片山聪（Satsuki Katayama）周五拒绝就日本的市场操作发表评论。她强调国际社会意识到了日元的下跌，并表示财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）警告日元被低估具有重要意义。
埃德加·德加 (EDGAR DEGAS)
传奇艺术家。标志性主题。罕见之美。
埃德加·德加的芭蕾舞女是他最受追捧的瑰宝，而《粉红舞者》（Danseuse en rose）是他最卓越的代表作之一。这幅罕见的画布粉彩画创作于德加创作成就的巅峰期；其宏大的规模和异常鲜艳的色彩展现了他对该媒介的精湛掌控。约 1877–80 年。印章签名（左下角）。353 / 4” x 281 / 4” (画框：443 / 4” x 371 / 2”)。#32-2603
日元似乎被 严重低估了，” 贝森特表示。
据伦敦 JB Drax Honoré 的分析师詹姆斯·马尔科姆（James Malcolm）表示，考虑到此次疑似日本干预的巨大规模——估计高达 700 亿美元 billion——以及由此产生的日元走强幅度相对有限，美国和日本当局正面临协调干预可能失败的风险。
“对于任何政府当局来说，信誉是最重要的，而这样做有浪费信誉的风险，”马尔科姆说。他表示，许多货币交易员正加大赌注，认为尽管当局在采取疑似干预措施，日元仍将继续走弱。
在贝森特的领导下，财政部有时在塑造关键汇率方面扮演更积极的角色。
今年 1 月，财政部指示纽约联储向银行询价美元-日元交易，这一步骤被称为“利率检查”（rate check），通常用于信号化随后可能采取的货币干预。
10 月，财政部还介入强化阿根廷比索，旨在支持特朗普总统的盟友、总统哈维尔·米莱（Javier Milei）的经济改革。
即便在周五走强之后，日元在过去 12 个月内兑美元仍下跌超过 5%。周四在福克斯商业频道（Fox Business）中，贝森特表示，美国希望看到一个更稳定的日元，该货币近年兑美元走弱，处于数十年来的低点附近。“在我看来，日元似乎被严重低估了，”他说。“这种货币非常便宜。经济情况良好。”
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一名穿着抹胸内衣和黑色透明裙子的女性。
“我不是一个容易紧张的人，”这位 47 岁的网络安全公司创始人说道。“但我记得当时在想，‘我现在完全不知道该往哪里看。’”
事实证明，这名女性是主旨演讲嘉宾。她的演讲非常成功。但埃斯皮诺萨（Espinosa）表示，与会者花在私下议论她着装的时间比讨论她演讲内容的时间要多。
如今，穿着“裸体裙”的人拥有比以往更多的选择。Zara 的网站上有一个专门的内衣裙页面。L’Agence 正在销售可以透过面料看到胸罩和内裤的透明蕾丝裙。Michael Kors 则将三角形抹胸内衣与
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知情人士称，委员会除了向宴会厅捐赠数百万美元外，此前还为计划中的总统图书馆支付了 $22 million。
特朗普的特别之处在于他亲自掌控筹款，此前没有任何一位在任美国总统曾为其个人项目筹集如此巨额的资金。与此同时，随着特朗普介入原本由独立机构做出的监管决定，各大公司开始重新关注白宫，这极大地改变了华盛顿的权力平衡。
特朗普一直要求公司为一系列政治和遗产项目开支——他告诉高管和游说者，他们的公司应该捐赠 $25 million 或 $50 million。法律并不禁止总统为非营利组织筹集无限资金，例如用于宴会厅、其总统图书馆、其超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）或政治议题委员会的资金。对于大多数此类交易，无需公开披露捐赠者，且支出报告并不频繁。
根据《华尔街日报》的一项最新分析，这位第二任期的总统自重返办公室以来，已筹集了超过 $800 million。其中部分资金被指定用于特定项目，包括白宫宴会厅和庆祝国家诞辰的 Freedom 250 基金，但特朗普也暗示将以其他方式使用资金。在感谢宴会厅项目捐赠者的晚宴上，总统表示：“我们会剩下钱，我们会把它用于某些事情……也许是用于拱门或其他将要出现的东西。”
追踪谁在捐款 对数十名捐赠者、高管、游说者、特朗普顾问及其他人士的采访表明，这是一个惊人的筹款和影响力行动，而特朗普处于中心位置。助手们表示，总统密切追踪谁在捐款，并反复指派奥鲁克（O’Rourke）执行大额筹款请求，而奥鲁克告诉他人，这些请求让她感到不适。特朗普和奥鲁克的外部发言人丹妮尔·阿尔瓦雷斯（Danielle Alvarez）表示，认为奥鲁克会对请求感到不适是“可笑的”。
雪佛龙被要求捐赠 $50 million。这家石油公司捐赠了数百万美元，但远低于请求金额。几名华盛顿顶尖的游说者被要求为特朗普的项目筹集 $50 million 或更多资金。
Meta 的高管在被反复要求向特朗普的各种基金捐款后，内部举行了一系列电话会议以讨论策略。该公司已向就职典礼、宴会厅和两次复活节活动捐款。在这家社交媒体公司同意就特朗普因账号被暂停而提起的一项诉讼达成和解后，约 $22 million 的 Meta 资金流向了该图书馆。
Meta 还向“保障美国伟大”（Securing American Greatness）开了一张 $10 million 的支票，这是一个与特朗普结盟的政治委员会，重点关注降低税收和犯罪等保守派议题。
裤子。Aerie 有一个名为“Show Off”的完整系列，包括一件嵌入在透明蕾丝吊带衫中的胸罩。
“我们不是将胸罩上衣与内衣搭配——而是与裤子搭配，”负责 Aerie 及其姐妹连锁店 Offline 商品规划的海莉·帕莱塞（Haley Palese）说道。
维多利亚的秘密（Victoria’s Secret）今年春季最热门的产品发布之一是一款无需穿着衬衫即可穿着的无肩带胸罩。海莉·比伯（Hailey Bieber）穿着它并搭配一件敞开的夹克进行了模特演示。
“这是将内衣作为外衣，”维多利亚的秘密（同时拥有 PINK 品牌）首席执行官希拉里·超级（Hillary Super）表示。“你会看到人们穿得越来越少。”
一些女性表示，露出皮肤让她们感到解放。另一些人则将其视为女性客体化的另一种形式。
“很多人不习惯让自己看起来像是在把比基尼当作一套衣服穿着，”纽约的一名造型师布鲁克·罗尼克（Brooke Rounick）说道。
要驾驭这种风格需要一定程度的自信。
白宫直升机停机坪和宴会厅的施工情况。下方为梅雷迪丝·奥鲁克（Meredith O’Rourke）以及一次晚餐的餐具摆设。
向“保障美国伟大”（Securing American Greatness）提供的捐款并不公开报告，这与超级政治行动委员会（super PACs）不同，后者在定期申报中会披露捐赠者。
据知情人士透露，一些捐赠者在捐赠数百万美元后与特朗普通电话，他们原以为会收到感谢，结果却被要求提供更多资金。在其中一个案例中，据一名熟悉该交流的人士称，在一名高管参加了一场为其向总统舞厅捐赠数百万美元而举办的感谢晚宴仅几天后，奥鲁克（O’Rourke）就要求该高管向特朗普的一个实体开一张 $1 million 的支票。
“在向美国企业索要捐款方面，特朗普正在打破所有筹款范式。其规模之大令人难以置信，”莱斯大学的总统历史学家道格拉斯·布林克利（Douglas Brinkley）表示。“我们过去常谈论林肯卧室被‘出售’，但这完全是一个不同层级的批发式资金槽。”批评者在 20 世纪 90 年代指责克林顿政府允许捐赠者在白宫的林肯卧室过夜，以换取竞选捐款。
四月的一个夜晚，在玫瑰园里，一些总统的大额捐赠者与白宫助手及总统在一起社交。部分宾客获得了特别参观机会，包括参观椭圆形办公室。据知情人士透露，特朗普在参观过程中问道：“你们见过这样的景象吗？”
随后，一名商人站了起来。他是深居简出的亿万富翁蒂莫西·梅隆（Timothy Mellon），他向特朗普的相关事业捐赠了数百万美元——据一些人称，甚至是以纯金的形式。梅隆向特朗普的超级 PAC “MAGA Inc.”捐款超过 $100 million。几位玫瑰园的出席者表示，他发表了祝酒词，称特朗普是他“一生中见过的最伟大的总统”。他的话引起了周围 Fortune 100 高管们的礼貌掌声。
在另一场玫瑰园晚餐会上，谷歌联合创始人谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin）被看到与白宫办公厅主任苏西·威尔斯（Susie Wiles）并肩而坐。
白宫将置评请求转交给阿尔瓦雷斯（Alvarez）。她表示，总统是“现代政治史上最成功的筹款人”，且特朗普计划利用这笔资金“帮助共和党在期中选举中大获全胜，建立持久的政治基础设施，并继续推进创新的私营部门计划”。
“有一件事从未改变。特朗普总统是买不通的，”她说。
特朗普在筹款方面的立场与他最初竞选总统时相比发生了剧烈变化。2015, 他称政治行动委员会为...
詹妮弗·埃普斯顿表示，这种风格“让人感到充满力量”。
詹妮弗·埃普斯顿 (JENNIFER EPSTEIN)
...证据，以及对乳贴、男孩短裤（boy shorts）和其他旨在可见但能遮住最私密部位的内衣的投资。
“绝对不行，”纽约州威斯特彻斯特郡 41 岁的律师雷吉娜·莱维（Regina Levy）说道。“我有两个青春期前的男孩。如果他们看到妈妈那样穿，会疯掉的。”女性们一直在脱离...
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一个多世纪以来，服装一直以此为基调，从维多利亚 era 的束胸和结构化内衣开始。在 1930 年代，电影明星 Mae West 穿着一件在战略位置点缀着花卉贴片的透明蕾丝连衣裙。女演员兼歌手 Jane Birkin 后来让透视钩编连衣裙成为了永恒的经典。
麦当娜由 Jean Paul Gaultier 设计的锥形胸罩是她 1990 年“金发野心”（Blond Ambition）巡演中的亮点。而人们至今仍在讨论 Kate Moss 在 1993 年穿着的那件几乎将一切都展露无遗的透明银色吊带裙。
这种造型在名人中已变得如此普遍，以至于去年戛纳电影节采取了禁止裸露的政策。但这并没有阻止从 Bella Hadid 到 Riley Keough 的明星们在今年的电影节上穿着几近透明的礼服现身。
婚礼是另一个挑战。在最近一次于加利福尼亚州索萨利托（Sausalito）举办的夏威夷主题婚礼上，大多数宾客穿着夏威夷衬衫和草裙。但 Nikita Khandheria 表示，有一位宾客穿着一件肤色的丁字裤比基尼底裤和抹胸上衣，而她的活动公司负责承办这次活动。Khandheria 告诉该女性有着装要求，如果她不穿更多衣服，将被要求离开。她陪同该女性走到街对面买了一件披肩。
Khandheria 表示，这种风格正变得如此盛行，以至于
“骗局”，并表示他已否认这些行为。
特朗普的前立法事务主管 Marc Short 表示：“在 2016 年最能激励他支持者的事情之一就是‘排干沼泽’。人群当时会陷入疯狂。”
Short 和其他前政府官员表示，特朗普在第一任期内对筹款没什么兴趣。“当时绝对没有像现在这样对企业的敲诈，”他说道，并补充说总统在第一任期内并没有积极地向在政府有业务往来的公司寻求资金。
在 2020 年，特朗普为他的连任竞选筹集了资金，但并没有表现得特别激进。在 2024 年的竞选活动中，Wiles 必须说服特朗普进行筹款电话。但在竞选过程中，他接纳了大额资金，甚至在 2024 年 4 月的一次海湖庄园（Mar-a-Lago）活动中，要求石油高管捐赠 10 亿美元 billion。
根据《华尔街日报》审阅的一段 2024 年筹款活动音频，他曾一度告诉捐赠者，如果金额低于 $5 million，他不会共进午餐。
O’Rourke 是一位在佛罗里达州知名的筹款人，曾参与特朗普 2016 和 2020 年的运作。在 2024 年的周期中， she 被选中领导整个竞选活动的筹款工作。她选择在棕榈滩的特朗普竞选总部与她在佛罗里达州西北部的基地之间驱车六小时，而不是飞行，这样她可以将时间花在与捐赠者一个接一个地通话上。
在 2024 年大选后，特朗普意识到有多少捐赠者和公司正在排队
顾问们表示，他在海湖庄园外的区域签署数百万美元的支票，并告诉奥鲁克（O’Rourke）开始募集捐款。根据特朗普的顾问以及总统在私人场合多次讲述的经历，特朗普告诉奥鲁克，要趁热打铁。
奥鲁克虽然经常陪伴在特朗普身边，但她并非政府雇员。她有时会列席会议，包括特朗普与企业高管讨论影响其利益的问题时。奥鲁克还会与高级官员一同乘坐空军一号旅行。她经常发布自己与特朗普在椭圆形办公室等地的合影。
今年5月，在特朗普位于佛罗里达州朱庇特（Jupiter）的高尔夫俱乐部与烟草公司高管举行的一次会议上，总统承诺将在电子烟和食品药品监督管理局（FDA）相关的政策上采取高管们希望的大部分措施。他还为其政治委员会募集了数百万美元的捐款。奥鲁克列席了这次会议。不久后，FDA取消了对部分口味电子烟产品的限制，且FDA负责人离职。
当时，白宫发言人库什·德赛（Kush Desai）表示：“特朗普政府制定健康政策的唯一指导因素是‘金标准科学’。FDA对尼古丁袋和电子烟的监管处理是基于最近的证据，这些证据发现它们可以帮助成年人戒烟。”
据熟悉这些对话的人士透露，特朗普利用其房地产销售的根基，与奥鲁克探讨如何具体推销各种项目，并就如何推介图书馆向她提供建议。特朗普曾告诉盟友，他不希望像乔·拜登那样在为图书馆筹款时陷入挣扎。特朗普图书馆的计划方案显示，该建筑将是一座玻璃幕墙摩天大楼，预计还将包含一家酒店。
“她兼具强悍与魅力，绝对赢得了总统100%的信任和尊重，”华盛顿顶级游说者布莱恩·巴拉德（Brian Ballard）表示，他在20世纪90年代于佛罗里达州首次与她合作。“她简直是我打过交道的最有才华的筹款专业人士，而我打交道的人非常多。”
烛光晚餐 奥鲁克向知名首席执行官及其经办人和游说者发送邀请，让他们参加在白宫或特朗普名下房产举行的每人$1 million的烛光晚餐，宾客在会上可以获得接触总统的特殊机会。奥鲁克经常参加这些晚餐，记录总统的承诺以及捐赠者的意向，随后她会将记录筛选后呈交给白宫官员。与会者表示，特朗普经常要求捐赠者随后与奥鲁克跟进。有时，带有特定议程的捐赠者会出现，例如一名推动更改药物法律的大麻公司CEO，或谈论实验性抗癌药物的辉瑞（Pfizer）CEO。加密货币高管是特朗普晚餐的常客。其财务披露显示，自就任以来，总统通过其家族的加密货币相关投资赚了超过14 亿美元 billion。
她现在在邀请函中加入了明确的指示。 一些新娘会多带几件礼服，以防宾客在服装选择上出现违规。 在一次要求着正装（black-tie）的婚礼上，一名宾客穿着一件几乎全透明的白色礼服，且没有穿内衣。 坎德里亚（Khandheria）借用摄影师的相机，向这名女性展示了她在照片中呈现的效果。她建议该女性换上新娘专门为这类紧急情况准备的一件全内衬蓝色礼服。 “在婚礼上，新娘应该是关注的中心，”坎德里亚说。“而不是一个基本上全裸的朋友。”
埃普斯汀的丈夫 布莱恩·埃普斯汀（Brian Epstein）仍在适应妻子的时尚选择。 “当她穿一些透明的东西时，真的很令人震惊，”这位55岁的企业家说道。他已经学会不在时尚问题上与她争论。“她告诉我我根本不懂，我就说：‘你是对的。’”
并且经常告诉加密货币群体，他是如何让他们变得更富有的。总统坐在一个马蹄形桌子的中心位置。特朗普在逗留时间之长以及交谈的深入程度上令捐赠者感到惊讶。在对伊朗发动战争后的 24 小时内，他参加了在佛罗里达州举行的一次每盘餐费 $1 million 的漫长筹款活动。许多人原以为他会取消，而且活动期间曾一度中断，因为他得知伊朗最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊已被击毙。在那之后，特朗普听取了一系列企业的顾虑，甚至与 Verizon 的首席执行官就哪种电缆最好进行了长时间的来回讨论。高管们表示，特朗普是近年来最容易接触的总统之一。在私下里，他们承认本届政府比之前的政府更具有交易性质。据一名知情人士透露，如果一家公司在联邦政府遇到问题且引起特朗普的注意，他会想知道该公司捐了多少钱。该人士表示，有时他会嘲讽那些没有达到他设定目标的企业领导人。几位首席执行官和董事会成员表示，他们认为自己的捐款与接触总统的机会之间存在联系。一家上市公司的董事长表示，如果你捐钱，你就会知道自己要么是在名单上的被选中者，要么是没捐钱而被划掉的人。一些说客表示，当特朗普要求大额捐款时，他们告诉客户不要给出明确承诺，而要说他们会再回复他及其团队。许多企业捐赠者在政府有业务往来，正在寻求联邦合同，或者在从贸易政策到国防政策及拨款的一系列问题上进行游说。
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“在英国犹太人的餐桌上，这样的对话一直在进行，”西蒙·塞巴格·蒙特菲奥里（Simon Sebag Montefiore）说道。犹太人们互相询问：“‘我们还能去哪里？’”
“10月7日导致了英国犹太人处境的剧变，”历史学家蒙特菲奥里先生在一次家庭晚餐访谈中表示。“我们目睹了针对犹太人的多次恐怖袭击。在曼彻斯特，犹太人在赎罪日被杀。在伦敦，发生了炸弹袭击、纵火袭击和持刀袭击。我们的犹太会堂和学校如今成了堡垒。”
英国的新闻报道迅速加剧了当地犹太人的恐惧。在7月29日，即我采访蒙特菲奥里先生几天后，伦敦哈克尼区（Hackney）的区长写信给海法（Haifa）的对应负责人，称哈克尼已开始终止与以色列第三大城市的姐妹城市关系的程序。极其糟糕且不体面的是，该信件给海法的回复期限定在“2026年10月7日”。
“英籍犹太人正面临一场巨大的危机，”61岁的蒙特菲奥里先生说道，他是英籍犹太贵族的后裔。他的祖先包括1790年代从托斯卡纳来到英国的塞法迪犹太人，以及1820年代从摩洛哥抵达的米兹拉希犹太人。后者的祖先穿着头巾和长袍，说着
阿拉伯语。他的高祖父，赛尔·摩西·蒙特菲奥里 (1784-1885)，是一位著名的金融家和慈善家，维多利亚女王将其描述为一名“高贵的希伯来人”。赛尔·摩西还得到了沙皇尼古拉一世的称赞（尽管是反讽的），他曾寻求面见沙皇，为俄罗斯犹太人请求调停。“如果我们的犹太人都像你一样，”沙皇告诉他，“他们就不会成为一个问题了。”
蒙特菲奥里先生将历史的宏大进程视作自己的后花园。他撰写了足以填满一整排书架的大历史类书籍，包括《耶路撒冷：传记》(2011)、《罗曼诺夫王朝 1613-1918》(2016) 以及《世界：人类的家族史》(2022)。关于最后一本书，本报的一位评论员将其描述为“将历史视为集体传记，一场跨越近两百万年的旅程，从东非直立人的出现一直到习近平领导下的中国的崛起”。
现在，他开始尝试一个在他看来只有“疯子”才敢触及的主题。他的新书将于 9 月出版，书名为《大熔炉：现代中东的形成》(The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East)。该书按时间顺序记录了从 1900 年到 2026 年 2 月（当时与伊朗的战争爆发）一个“布满伏击”地区的历史。他写道，这是一个“在西方意识中比任何其他地方都更深刻，其历史被讨论和争议得比任何地方都多，但反之，人们对其了解却最少”的地区。其“核心的中枢地位”使其成为“我们这个动荡、匆忙且互联的世界的震中”。蒙特菲奥里先生对该地区的定义非常广泛，超出了“通常对黎凡特和圣地的关注”，涵盖了从摩洛哥到伊朗的东西方，以及从苏丹到土耳其的南北方。它涵盖了 19 个国家，以及加沙这个“海边的巴勒斯坦伊斯兰小国”。“我称加沙为一个半独立的‘小国’，我认为这很重要，因为现在有一种假象，认为它在 2006 到 2023 年期间一直被占领，”蒙特菲奥里先生说。他指出，自从以色列从加沙撤出军队和平民，且巴勒斯坦人在次年举行选举后，哈马斯就“拥有了总理、部门、部长和警察”。它还拥有“实际上是一支由 40,000 人组成的强大军队”。
社会主义者与传统民主党人之间的下一场战斗将在密歇根州 8 月 4, 举行，这是一场美国参议员初选。许多密歇根州居民将在同一天对增税和其他关键地方问题进行投票——所有这些都发生在非周期性选举中，低投票率使其更容易通过。这并非大湖区州所独有，在全国范围内都值得更多关注。
密歇根州的数十个县在 8 月的选票中加入了税收与支出方案。其中规模最大的提案位于奥克兰县的底特律郊区，是一项 $750 million 的财产税增税。在包括底特律在内的韦恩县，居民将对一项在十年内向纳税人收取 $500 million 的“交通税”进行投票。在包括州首府兰辛市的英厄姆县，选民将考虑一项 $30 million 的税收，用于资助当地动物园。在包括陷入困境的萨吉诺市和弗林特市的县，选民将被问及是否资助博物馆和图书馆等机构。
这些请求看起来可能平淡无奇，但有一个因素使得它们对纳税人来说是经过计算且危险的：日期。
横跨乡村 作者：Michael J. Reitz
准军事组织，并且它拥有外交政策。它足够独立，可以发动战争。”与世界上其他任何地方不同，“它是一个军事基地，但它避开了教育或喂养其公民的任何需求。那是国际援助组织的责任。一种非常独特的安排。” 10月7日的恐怖惨剧正是源于这个扭曲的“微型国家”。蒙蒂菲奥里先生在描述那天的事件时说：“这是一次卑劣的恐怖行径，几乎是蒙古风格的袭击、屠杀和强奸。” “这同时也说明，在中东，暴力和战争是奏效的，武力在改变整个地缘政治命运方面极其有效。” 哈马斯指挥官亚西亚·辛瓦尔是“以色列弱点的刻苦研究者”。他成功组建了一支军队，并构建了“一个独特的地下防御隧道战争景观，能够利用以色列的缺陷、其傲慢及其政治分歧，对中东大军事强国之一发起一次必须被视为极其短暂且血腥但决定性的军事打击。” 蒙蒂菲奥里先生表示，被以色列于 2024年10月16日 杀死的辛瓦尔，“成功地改变了整个中东的命运。” 二战以来犹太历史上最糟糕的屠杀被转化为实施者的宣传胜利。蒙蒂菲奥里先生观察到：“辛瓦尔比这个以色列政府更清楚中东是如何运作的。” “你必须说这是一次纯粹的邪恶行为。但它也是自 1187 年哈廷之战以来最成功的阿拉伯胜利之一，当时萨拉丁击败了十字军并夺回了耶路撒冷。” 虽然哈马斯“最终在军事上失败了”，将加沙的平民抛弃在漫长而血腥的战争中，“但就政治后果而言，它也取得了巨大的成功。整个中东都被这个微型国家和一个拥有巨大行动自由的心理病态领导者的赌博给颠覆了，因为哈马斯领导层根本不在乎他们的民众遭遇了什么。” 蒙蒂菲奥里先生引用了哈马斯官员萨米·阿布·祖赫里的观点：“承受苦难的代价是值得支付的。收益是巨大的。” 蒙蒂菲奥里先生...
8月 4 日似乎是一个随机的时间点，要求选民支付更多资金。5月 5, 日也是如此，根据密歇根信息与研究服务中心（Michigan Information & Research Service）的数据，当时密歇根州的选民被要求批准 20 亿美元 billion 的当地税收和支出计划。但这些日期并非偶然。当地政治人物、学校董事会官员以及教师工会等特殊利益团体，刻意选择这些鲜为人知的日期来推进他们的诉求。
非周期性选举的投票率比典型的11月选举日低得多。在非周期性选举中，投票人数仅为常规选举的三分之一、四分之一，甚至不到五分之一，这种情况并不罕见。此次8月选举虽然与参议院初选时间重合，但投票率仍将低于传统的11月日期。 对于那些拥有巨额支出计划的当地政治人物来说，这提供了一个倾斜竞争环境的机会。当投票人数相对较少时，
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阿布·祖赫里 (Abu Zuhri) 补充道，“我们女性的子宫将孕育两倍数量的烈士。”蒙特菲奥里 (Montefiore) 先生表示，以色列在“加沙可怜的废墟中”获胜了，而“哈马斯在西方获胜了”，部分原因是他们控制了加沙内部的媒体，并将所有损失都描述为平民伤亡，这种叙事被证明是“不可逆转的，即使后来哈马斯的指控被证明是不真实的”。
“谁能想到，”蒙特菲奥里先生问道，10月7日会导致“哈佛大学和哥伦比亚大学的学生呼吁一个国家的解决方案——‘从河流到大海’——而不是两个国家的解决方案？”以色列人还不得不面对“他们从未想象过的另一个噩梦，即大屠杀的道德反转将被用来对付他们”。
更重要的是，华盛顿的“以色列游说团体”——一个在20世纪80年代、90年代以及进入21世纪后极其强大的团体——“已经完全被遮蔽了”。蒙特菲奥里先生将此解释为10月7日事件的后果，“部分归功于新的‘去殖民化’和反犹太复国主义运动的发展，部分归功于现任以色列政府的治理不善。特朗普与内塔尼亚胡之间仍存在个人关系，但这不会在他们两人离任后继续存在。事实上，这种关系过于亲近反而可能进一步导致以色列游说团体的衰落。”
蒙特菲奥里先生并不推崇本雅明·内塔尼亚胡。他心中的以色列偶像是大卫·本-古里安 (David Ben-Gurion, 1886-1973)，这位国家的首任总理被他描述为“一位战术天才，成功实现了不可能的任务——在中东建立一个犹太共和国”。然而，他并非完美无缺，并犯了蒙特菲奥里先生所说的“巨大的错误”：“他从未制定宪法，这在21世纪被证明是非常危险的。而且他完全误解了哈雷迪 (Haredim)——以色列超正统派犹太人——的性质。他认为他们应该像某种濒危物种一样受到保护。嗯，结果证明那是疯了，对吧？”
在书中，蒙特菲奥里先生强调了他所谓的以色列的矛盾：他写道，它“既趾高气昂又缺乏安全感，既过度扩张又准备不足，既是世俗自由主义又是军国主义救世论，在战术上极其出色，但在战略上却极度匮乏”。然而，他表示，对于以色列政
客和利益集团来说，现在正处于一个“巨大的机会时刻”，他们可以动员其支持基础以获得轻松的胜利。地方官员可以使用纳税人的资金来铺路。虽然在密歇根州使用公款进行竞选活动是非法的，但学校董事会的官员可以发布指南和资料，向选民“告知”增税收入将如何使用。只要他们不说“请投赞成票”，就没有问题。这些“教育材料”与低投票率相结合，可以让此类投票提案获得通过。
政治阶层几乎总是获胜。我分析了过去10年的可用州数据，发现平均有87%的地方性非周期性税收提案在投票中获得通过。在这些非周期性选举中，超过90%的投票提案获得成功并不罕见。相比之下，过去十年中，在传统的11月选举期间，82%的投票提案类税收方案获得通过。
好消息是，近年来公众对增税的反对情绪有所增长。5月5日，几个密歇根州学区的选民在低投票率的选举中否决了债券。在萨金诺县 (Saginaw County)，选民自2023.年以来已经否决了三项重要的学校债券。我认识一些在萨金诺县组织反对运动的人，如果他们没有挺身而出动员人们投票反对这些措施，政客们的税收与开支之梦几乎肯定
在政治上，即便在现在，该地区依然如此。但他们必须想出如何将赢得战术军事胜利的能力转化为持久的定居协议。”这将要求巴勒斯坦人“承认犹太共和国在圣地的永久性”，并“明确示意他们并不追求将其彻底摧毁”。然而，10月7日意味着“在短期内——我指的是几十年——他们阻止了在可预见的未来建立任何巴勒斯坦国家”。在蒙蒂菲奥里先生看来，西方“后宗教时代”的历史及其被利用的方式，可能并不站在以色列这一边。“历史已经承接了宗教曾经拥有的大部分推进合法性和权威。目前西方政治中的许多运动，比如新的去殖民化激进主义，依赖于一种经过特殊筛选的历史版本”——也就是说，一个虚假的版本。
蒙蒂菲奥里先生表示，西方“自视甚高的世俗主义”正阻碍我们对中东的理解。“讽刺的是，我们实际上仍然是‘基督教相邻’的，而现代、超激进的、世俗的去殖民主义激进活动具有宗教运动的许多特征。”这些特征包括其“关于正义、虔诚、内疚和罪孽的语言”，以及“正统观念、信条、纯洁性测试和术语”。其结果是一个“半宗教运动”被嫁接到了西方长期以来对“中东，尤其是圣地的奇怪癖好和痴迷”之上。这种“癖好”的历史可以追溯到君士坦丁大帝 (272-337) 将“圣地转化为一条神圣路线和景观”的时刻。随后是十字军东征，必须记住，在那之后，欧洲的每座教堂都有一个耶路撒冷房间，里面画着耶路撒冷在基督徒统治下会是什么样子。
圣地被深深植入我们的意识中，“认为我们需要裁决圣地发生之事的这种所有权式的道德信念，在西方灵魂中非常、非常深。”这种信念一直持续到今天。但在现今时代，它力图推翻的是以色列而非穆斯林的控制。曾经，该地区的命运掌握在“像丘吉尔、贝尔福和劳埃德·乔治这样的爱德华时代帝国显贵”手中，而现在你看到的是国际律师和去殖民主义激进分子，他们认为自己拥有决定权，从而使某种愿景成为现实。
投票率在每次选举中都很重要，但低税收和理性支出的支持者不应该为了让人们走向投票箱而奋斗得如此艰苦。非周期性选举极大地有利于政治家和特殊利益集团，而损害了纳税人的利益。解决方案很简单：将重要的当地选票问题移至11月的选举日。
各州可以通过一项简单的法律来实现这一改革，该法律适用于其境内每个县和地方。地方官员和利益集团会抱怨，但他们主导该系统的时间太长了。他们对于维持现状也没有任何合理的辩护理由。初选在非周期性期间举行是一回事，因此
摘自“研究发现，炎热的夜晚每年让你损失多达 56 小时的睡眠”，NPR.org，7月 28日：
“中东发生的种种情况。” 这引发了进一步的讽刺。蒙特菲奥里先生（Mr. Montefiore）表示，尽管如今的活动人士“对西方的干预持非常批判的态度，并将发生的大部分事情归咎于西方的干预，但他们的压力很可能导致西方在中东发起一次新的干预”。“毕竟，这正是他们所呼吁的——通过一次新的干预来改变圣地的政治现状。”
因此，除了面对针对它的圣战，以色列还面临着蒙特菲奥里先生所谓的“一场世俗的道德十字军东征。这些人是现代传教士。而他们的使命具有浓厚的基督教色彩，带有深层的宗教特质。我们正生活在一个迷人的时期。西方这些活动人士运动可能会迫使他们的政府在中东采取新的干预行动，这简直是极大的讽刺。”
这种重新塑造中东的新外部冲动并非源于宏大的外交使馆，而是源于非政府运动。蒙特菲奥里先生说：“活动人士联盟正在向西方政府施压。尽管大国的外交政策不应由一小群激进的活动人士主导，但这正是目前发生的情况。”
这是一个“非同寻常的时刻”：“加沙和巴勒斯坦已经成为后工业时代英国北部小镇，以及最顶尖的大学和中产阶级活动人士阶层中的国内议题。”
他指出，这些活动人士“对其他地区的暴行不感兴趣”——无论是叙利亚、苏丹、也门还是伊朗。“这种选择性是由基督教世界的历史预设且预先编程的。”在伊朗，并没有任何规模的抗议活动反对那里的暴行；在1月 8-9日这两天里，有超过 30,000 人被杀。蒙特菲奥里先生说，共有 42,000 名平民被屠杀，“这一事件如此巨大，以至于它可能是自 1900 年以来整个中东规模最大的单次大屠杀。”他说，该政权在一周内杀害的人数比沙阿（the Shah）在其近 40 年的统治期间杀害的人数还要多。
是什么造成了这种选择性的道德愤怒？他说：“这显示了意识形态的危险。当你将关于事实和道德的判断分包给僵化的意识形态时，你就真正放弃了做出真实道德判断以及真实事实判断的能力。”相反，“你最终陷入这种疯狂的境地：联合国抵制讨论 40,000 名年轻人的死亡，而曾经的人道主义非政府组织拒绝讨论此事，因为这可能会对美国和以色列有所帮助。”
蒙特菲奥里先生说，在“如何评判中东”的问题上，我们现在处于一个“完全不同的道德领域”。“我们进入了一个反历史的新世界，在这里，如果历史事实或现实事实不符合意识形态的正统，那么它们就毫无意义。”
《华尔街日报》撰稿人瓦拉达拉詹先生（Mr. Varadarajan）是美国企业研究所和纽约大学法学院古典自由主义研究所的研究员。
较少数量的选民可以在11月的大选日之前决定各党的候选人。但如果由极小一部分选民将增税和支出决定强加给其他所有人，那完全是另一回事。
州政府应鼓励尽可能多的人在重要的投票问题上发出自己的声音。8月 4日对于密歇根州的社会主义者来说可能是胜利，也可能不是。但希望这是最后一个让密歇根州人或美国任何地方的选民在几乎没有意识或宣传的情况下被要求掏钱的八月。
赖茨先生（Mr. Reitz）是麦基诺公共政策中心（Mackinac Center for Public Policy）的执行副总裁。
将脚伸出床单或毯子之外，可以帮助身体散热并冷却到足以进入睡眠状态。
除了这些建议，[Climate Central 的 Kristina] Dahl 表示，最好的助眠方法之一并非药物或冥想应用程序，而是减少化石燃料的燃烧，因为这是气候变化的主要驱动因素。
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致华尔街的备忘录：别再抱怨美联储了。你的客户支付（巨额）费用给你，是为了让你实时对风险和回报做出判断，而当你现在抱怨“美联储爸爸”没有告诉你怎么做时，这实在令人尴尬。对于任何可能引起的不快，我们深表歉意，但在本周针对美联储主席凯文·沃什（Kevin Warsh）的种种轻蔑之词出现后，必须有人把话挑明。周三，他在任职不久后领导的第二次联邦公开市场委员会会议将隔夜联邦基金利率目标区间维持不变，不过有三票反对票支持加息。在会后的新闻发布会上，沃什先生发表了一份强有力的声明，称美联储的目标是 2% 的通胀率，而不是“2% 加上我们认为可以侥幸得手的部分”。但在其他方面，他坚持要剥夺市场关于未来利率走势的“前瞻性指引”。这导致了华尔街、债券交易台以及这些交易员接触的记者们陷入了恐慌。
在我们看来，这可以概括为两项抱怨。第一，沃什先生没有通过提高利率来抑制顽固的通胀，尤其是在中东能源价格冲击再次逼近的情况下，这损害了他的信誉。这类观点认为，自周三以来，债券收益率的上升（尤其是曲线长端）表明投资者怀疑沃什先生能否将通胀控制住。也许如此，也许并非如此。即便在经历了本周的上涨后，利率之水平在历史标准下并不高。10年期国债收益率在 4.74% 左右，低于 20 世纪 90 年代大部分时间以及整个 80 年代的水平。30年期国债在 5.28% 也是如此。截至周四，根据通胀保护债券的10年期盈亏平衡点衡量，投资者对未来十年预期年均通胀率为 2.27%。
这高于美联储的目标，但低于 5 月份定价的 2.5% 通胀率。对于近期长端利率上升的另一种解释可能是预期的经济增长，因为投资者仍在消化人工智能热潮。周五收益率上涨的同时，全球股市也迎来好日。对股票投资的热情似乎将资本吸引到了这些市场，并推高了债券收益率以作补偿。这一切听起来如此传统，而且，我们敢说，这很正常。我们不知道这些因素中——围绕沃什先生信誉和通胀的焦虑以及……
参议院计划在下周通过参议员约翰·图恩（John Thune）去年为非重要职位开创的“批量”程序，确认第五批特朗普总统的被提名人。最新的 74 人名单包括未来的澳大利亚、巴西和赤道几内亚大使。此外还包括助理秘书、哥伦比亚特区法官，以及国家信用社管理局董事会等机构的职务。
假设这批人员如期通过，自 9 月以来，参议院将使用该方法快速通过 375 名特朗普先生的被提名人；当时图恩先生领导共和党修改了议院关于集体审议的规则。记录显示，这一数字将约占特朗普政府第二任期至今参议院确认的所有文职人员总数的 63%。从长远来看，这种程序上的简化将使两党受益。
其目的在于规避拖延，而非实质性的政治辩论。图恩先生确立的批量程序不能用于确认……
好消息。美国食品药品监督管理局 (FDA) 一个由非机构科学家和医生组成的咨询委员会周四以 10-3 的投票结果支持批准 Replimune 的黑色素瘤免疫疗法，尽管机构工作人员对此进行了激烈的争论。我们希望 FDA 的领导层在最快本周末决定是否批准该疗法时，能够听取该小组的建议。
由于 FDA 工作人员本周发布了极具批评性的简报文件，市场分析师此前预测该小组将投票反对 Replimune 的 RP1。试验结果显然极其令人印象深刻，以至于那些官僚们无法相信。正如我们在最近的一篇社论中所描述的，FDA 审查员列举了一系列令人怀疑的理由，认为外部专家不应信任该试验结果。
RP1 是一种经过重新设计的疱疹病毒，通过注射到黑色素瘤肿瘤中，使癌细胞破裂。这会释放出信号，训练免疫系统在身体各处追踪并杀死隐藏的癌细胞。许多转移性黑色素瘤患者对其他一线免疫疗法没有反应，或对其产生了耐药性。
Replimune 的疗法通过揭开癌细胞的伪装，增强了对其他免疫疗法的反应。通过这种方式，它可以缩小浅层和远端的肿瘤，且副作用远低于化疗或放疗。有三分之一的
他们是否已经忘记了 在没有美联储引导的情况下 如何进行风险定价？
新的“批量”程序 加速了数百名 特朗普提名人的确认进程。
一个咨询委员会 在患者与FDA官僚机构之间 选择了支持患者。
tion，经济增长，或者其他因素——目前正在驱动市场。我们敢说，许多市场专家也不清楚。这就引出了关于沃什先生的另一个抱怨——他没有告诉投资者该怎么做。这使得投资者必须自行琢磨。这涵盖了几种抱怨。一种观点认为，由于放弃了美联储此前发送关于未来利率意向强信号的做法，沃什先生正在失去对债券收益率曲线长端的控制。且不论在本·伯南克 era 之前，美联储从未渴望主导这一点。沃什先生表示，这种控制力的丧失是他方法的特点，而非缺陷。他希望市场参与者“关注球赛，而非裁判”。对于那些担心市场正在就沃什先生的政策选择发出重要信号的人来说（见上文），抱怨缺乏引导是一个奇怪的诉求。
难道他们更希望他利用前瞻性引导，通过误导市场来掩盖自己的行踪？另一个相关的抱怨是，美联储过于重要，不能如此安静。在经历了多轮量化宽松，使美联储成为国债市场的主要参与者之后，这一点比以往任何时候都更真实。但美联储的引导经常出错且具有破坏性——错误地预测通胀，并让自己陷入政策错误之中。特别是由于它是市场中 800 磅重的大猩猩，一个偶尔安静坐着的猩猩反而更好。 i i i 这其中很多可能与经济学无关。这场辩论的一个潜台词是，沃什先生的许多批评者想要诱导他加息，从而激怒特朗普总统。在特朗普先生与沃什先生的前任杰罗姆·鲍威尔之间的不和之争为央行题材提供了罕见的精彩素材后，美联储的记者团对此将不胜期待。还有一个尴尬的问题是，华尔街是否知道如何进行沃什先生现在要求其执行的风险定价。自 2008 年以来，交易台在进行债券交易决策时，再也没有在不参考埃克尔斯大厦（美联储总部）“小抄”的情况下做出决定。如果以一名债券交易员的职业生涯来衡量，这大约是一到两代人的时间。沃什先生知道，他在维持价格稳定能力方面的名声正面临考验。而他就职至今仅仅过了两次会议和 71 天。这种恐慌之情为时过早，且与其说反映了沃什先生的问题，不如说反映了华尔街的问题。
内阁部长或联邦法官，所有这些人仍需要参议院的单独关注。然而，有 1,000 多个职位需要确认，而一个固执的少数党可以将每一个职位都作为拖延的机会。即便对于总统任命的伯利兹大使或美铁（Amtrak）董事会成员没有严重反对，情况也是如此。
由于对民主党的拖延战术感到沮丧，特朗普先生要求国会直接休会，允许他通过休会任命来填补空缺。参议院共和党人理所当然地拒绝了，因为这将是对其“建议和同意”权力的放弃，使得特朗普先生在安装谁或担任何职方面没有任何限制。住房与监视沙皇比尔·普尔特是否想在他的收藏中再增加一块黄铜名牌？
图恩先生的方法似乎奏效了，因为它正在加速一批非争议性机构下属职员的通过，同时保留了参议院确认（或不确认）下一任拟任司法部长的权利。
在其他免疫疗法中病情恶化的癌症患者在接受 RP1 治疗后出现了缓解，其中六分之一的患者癌症消失。
尽管 FDA 的工作人员淡化了这一益处，但咨询委员会听证会的一位肿瘤学家尖锐地指出，大多数医生认为，对于在其他治疗中病情恶化的转移性患者而言，30% 的响应率具有显著意义。另一位肿瘤学家则指责 FDA 未能建立一个精确的基准，以确定什么才构成“幅度巨大”的益处。
FDA 的审查人员称，肿瘤的缩小可能是由于试验期间进行的常规活检，或者是由于患者此前没有反应的免疫疗法，甚至仅仅是因为用针刺入肿瘤所致。你不得不对他们如此固执地反对一种正在挽救生命的药物感到惊叹。
FDA 的审查人员甚至声称，他们通过保护患者免受可能无效的药物影响，是在维护患者的最佳利益。通过将他们交付给不可避免的死刑来保护他们？乔治·奥威尔，请到你的办公室来。在听证会上作证的黑色素瘤患者及其家属并不认同，并恳求该机构批准这种药物。咨询委员会听取了这些意见。
尽管如此，该机构对批准 RP1 的强烈抵制，凸显了对一个优先考虑维护控制权而非帮助患者的官僚机构进行系统性变革的必要性。
正如你们的社论《共和党人寻求UAW助力》（7月27日）所声称的那样，没有人试图将梅赛德斯-奔驰禁出美国市场。在你们的分析中忽略了一点：这家总部位于德国、由中国持有股份的汽车制造商，即使在《联网车辆安全法案》下也可以继续在美国运营，只需让其中国股东撤资，使公司符合拟议法案的股权限制即可。 《华尔街日报》的逻辑要求我们相信，梅赛德斯-奔驰会为了保留两名中国所有者，而选择解雇至少 7,500 名美国员工并失去美国市场。 这项由我在众议院主导的立法，已在参议院商业委员会获得一致通过，并且在两院中拥有超过 80 位跨党派的共同发起人。支持该法案的立法者们认识到，中国在汽车制造领域巨大的国家补贴过剩产能已经削弱了欧洲汽车制造商，并构成了威胁。
丹尼斯·尼尔（Dennis Kneale）的评论文章《在佛罗里达野生王国中安家》（7月 27日）完美地捕捉到了居住在佛罗里达州的一个重大现实：我们不仅仅是在观察自然，我们是与自然共存。在大多数时间里，这种共存是该州最大的吸引力之一。然而，偶尔情况下，这需要政府去执行一项只有政府才能完成的任务。 最近，一只巨大的短吻鳄在我们的公寓社区内的一个池塘中定居。由于居民每天在小径上行走，许多业主在水边遛狗，这只短吻鳄成为了一个正当的公共安全隐患。 我们联系了佛罗里达州鱼类和野生动物保护委员会的州级骚扰短吻鳄计划（Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program）。坦白说，我原以为响应可能需要一两天。然而，在大约四小时内，一名持有执照的捕捉员就抵达了现场，安全地捕获了这只动物并将其移出社区。 在当今的政治气候下，政府的成功很少能获得与失败同等的关注。而这一次值得认可。佛罗里达州创建了一个目标明确、高效、管理专业且响应迅速的计划。它在保护居民的同时，负责任地管理着国家的一种——
在 7月 16日 的信函《特朗普关税的成功故事：美国钢铁》中，钢铁制造商协会执行副总裁 Brandon Farris 指出，钢铁产量和产能利用率的提高证明了 232 条款关税的成功。但这种观点忽略了维持美国核心工业运行的车辆——以及如今难以负担这些车辆的工人。
以我们的农业社区为例。美国农村依赖多功能任务车（UTV）和全地形车（ATV）等工作车辆运行。像我家这样的农民每天都依赖这些车辆来喂养牲畜、搬运设备和物资，以及监测灌溉系统。我们已经面临着近 50 年来最严峻的农业经济形势，
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Tevi Troy 在其 7月30日 的评论文章《亲爱的日记，我希望他们不要通过《信息自由法》(FOIA) 查你》中，好奇为什么从事公共服务的人会写日记，而这些日记有一天可能会给他们带来麻烦。
对我来说，答案很明显：只有那些相信未来的历史学家会对他们感兴趣的专业人士才会写日记。他们不是为了自己而写，而是为了他们的粉丝而写。
这种动机暴露了他们性格中的某些方面。他们写日记是因为他们希望他人对其内容顶礼膜拜。 DAVID LANGE 内布拉斯加州 林肯市
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以及对我国汽车工业的威胁。我国太多的银行、企业和媒体机构仍然执迷于缺乏理据的对华辩护，尽管有充足的证据表明他们不应如此。无论多少贸易自由化，都无法让中国共产党支持自由市场或自由人民，承认这一事实并不是在进行“寻租”。由于蓄意的盲目，以及教条地坚持认为我们应继续授予中国公司我们市场的所有特权，而无需要求对我国公司给予对等对待，我国更广泛的工业基础已被掏空。
中国问题特设委员会期待与那些希望认真应对我国面临的来自中国共产主义者威胁的公司和机构合作。《联网车辆安全法》是实现这一目标的关键步骤。 众议员 JOHN MOOLENAAR（共和党，密歇根州） 中国问题特设委员会主席 华盛顿
该国最具代表性的野生动物物种。Kneale 先生提醒我们，生活在佛罗里达州意味着要接受其独特环境的美丽与责任。我们的经历强化了另一个教训：当政府设计良好、目标明确且管理高效时，它可以为公众提供卓越的价值。 K.J. NYGAARD 佛罗里达州 拿坡里
Kneale 先生可以在他列出的佛罗里达州居民愿意共存的生物名单中加上：鲨鱼、浣熊、犰狳、负鼠、响尾蛇以及各类昆虫。再加上由海风湿度引起的飓风和猛烈雷电。所有这些都造就了佛罗里达州的独特个性。我们热爱我们的州，不会选择住在其他任何地方。 CHAD PRICE 佛罗里达州 冬季公园
我妻子和我曾在俄勒冈州生活了 30 年，现在愉快地定居在佛罗里达州。在阅读了 Kneale 先生的评论文章后，我们为这个“阳光之州”想出了一个新的口号：佛罗里达，野生动物自由漫步，你亦然。 JERRY DAWSON 佛罗里达州 柑橘山
此外，化肥和燃料成本持续高企。然而，4月份对总统 232 号公告的修订，现将这些关税适用于全价值的全地形车（ATV）和多功能全地形车（UTV），这威胁到单辆车的成本将增加数千美元。
这些车辆维持着其他核心产业的运行。能源和采矿团队使用它们在工作区域运输设备，而应急响应人员则依赖它们在艰苦地形中行动。当关税政策让那些每天使用基础设备的人无法负担时，它就不再是保护美国工业，而是在破坏美国工业。
为了确保我国的农民、牧场主、能源生产商和第一响应者仍能负担得起工作所需的设备，政策制定者应采取有针对性的关税救济措施，以保护工作车辆。
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你们的社论《马姆达尼的阶级敌人名单》（7月 30日）正确地谴责了纽约市长针对兼职居民所采取的适得其反的运动。我想更进一步地指出：佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）公布近一百万个潜在部分空置住所的所有者姓名及其地址，简直是疯狂之举。这在功能上等同于为窃贼、掠夺者和强占者提供的一份目标现场指南。
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安东尼·福西（Anthony Fauci）以及其他任何人在本周的参议院听证会上行使第五修正案权利（拒绝作证）并非明智之举。这件事加上他的日记，很可能成为摧毁其名誉的事件。作为一名公民，援引宪法保护显然是他的权利，他肯定有自己的理由，但任何行使第五修正案权利的人都知道这在外界看来意味着什么：那是 60 年代初，我们在听取关于“黑手党”（la Cosa Nostra）的国会听证会，其中一个五大黑帮家族的首领在主张不自证其罪的权利时，正摆弄着他小指上的钻石戒指。
福西博士是领导美国疫情应对工作的人。他是该工作的面孔。当你实际上被任命引导一个国家度过灾难时，你欠这个国家一个完整且频繁的交代。显得在回避是不体面的。他已经得到了乔·拜登（Joe Biden）给予的广泛总统赦免；在赦免之后且未涵盖的时间段内，他有义务向公众诚实地发声。
如果能听到现年 85, 岁的福西博士总结整个疫情经历是什么、它对我们这个社会产生了什么影响、为了改善管理本可以做些什么，以及回溯来看哪些决定让情况恶化，那将是很有益的。回顾过去，他或其他人在获得新地位后，是否得意忘形了？反思起来，关于他们变得权力至上的指控是否具有公正性？
本周公布的福西博士的疫情日记同样具有破坏性。当我听说它的存在时，我
他将这场疫情 与其说是一次历史性的紧急状态， 不如说是一次媒体机会。
史密森尼学会（Smithsonian Institution）的美国国家历史博物馆因为贬低我国历史以及从事党派活动而成为新闻焦点。针对此类指控，博物馆馆长安西亚·哈蒂格（Anthea Hartig）在两次国会听证会上作证。在她准备的证词中，最有趣的一点是，她选择不对在她七年任期内开放的任何一个展项进行说明。
针对白宫国内政策委员会一份长达 160 页的报告（该报告详细描述了博物馆如何偏离其既定使命），哈蒂格女士的反应是援引国旗——具体来说，就是《星条旗》。在她的准备证词中，她多次提到它。那面激励了弗朗西斯·斯科特·基（Francis Scott Key）的旗帜自 1964 年起就在美国国家历史博物馆展出，并在目前的展厅中存放了 18 年。那个展项非常出色且充满爱国情怀，但博物馆较新的部分则过于强硬、浅薄且反美——这与国家博物馆应有的样子背道而驰。
在她的第二次听证会上，我作为证人直接坐在哈蒂格女士身边。我作证称，美国国家历史博物馆日益变成了一座不再关于美国历史，而是关于活动人士试图塑造未来的博物馆。该博物馆较新的展项未能提供关于共同国家认同的连贯感知，而是将美国人划分为压迫者和被压迫者。
既然哈蒂格女士不想讨论在她任期内推出的展品，让我重点介绍几个。在一条繁忙的人行道中央，一个独立的展示柜中放着一个孤零零的国家足球
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我想，历史最需要的是第一人称的证词，越多越好，且尽可能地是实时的。我想到了萨缪尔·皮普斯（Samuel Pepys），他在20多岁和30多岁时是英国海军的一名高级政府行政官员，他的日记为历史提供了关于袭击伦敦的两次不同大灾难最精湛的第一人称报道：1666年的伦敦大火和前一年的大瘟疫。皮普斯在伦敦塔（离他住的地方很近）观看大火，并震惊地意识到了这场火灾的规模和程度。在1666年9月2日的一段著名文字中，他描述看到“可怜的人们一直留在房子里，直到火苗触及他们，然后才跳进小船，或从水边的一组阶梯攀爬到另一组。此外，我注意到可怜的鸽子不愿离开它们的家，在窗户和阳台周围盘旋，直到其中一些被烧焦了翅膀，掉落下来。”皮普斯记录了他周围所有的混乱。他的文字琐碎且具有实时感。他将所见之事汇报给了查理二世国王。他同时也是1665年大瘟疫的目击者，这场瘟疫在18个月内估计夺走了100,000条生命，约占伦敦人口的四分之一。他记录了空旷的街道和收集死者的推车。1665年6月7日，皮普斯经过那些被隔离的房屋：“今日，尽管违背我的意愿，我在德鲁里巷看到了两三栋房屋的门上画着红十字，并写着‘主啊，怜悯我们’。”他感到痛苦和恐惧：他从未见过这样的景象。带着这样的框架，唉，我阅读了福奇博士大流行日记的前五个月。
正如报道所言，那并不是
联盟球衣。它不是吉姆·索普（Jim Thorpe）、雷德·格兰奇（Red Grange）、吉姆·布朗（Jim Brown）或任何其他早期NFL传奇人物穿过的球衣。这件球衣属于卡尔·纳西布（Carl Nassib），他在2021年成为了该联盟“第一位在常规赛中出场的公开出柜球员”。在附近一个关于视频游戏的小型展览中，参观者被问到：“你是否曾在视频游戏中尝试过你的身份认同？”四月，显然是为了纪念美国独立250周年，该博物馆开设了“¡Puro Ritmo!：萨尔萨音乐之旅”。
在名为“改变你的比赛 / Cambia tu juego”的“家庭友好”展览中，参观者被问到：“性别检测公平吗？”他们被告知，“批评者认为，性别检测令人感到屈辱，且歧视那些挑战传统性别规范的运动员。”除了其共有的
在关于是否禁止中国使用开放权重人工智能模型的争论中，有两件事似乎显而易见。除非发生重大事件，否则不太可能正式做出决定，而重大事件似乎很有可能发生。Anthropic 最先进的模型 Mythos 仍未向公众发布，因为其可能被用于网络攻击。此外，近期出现了一个 OpenAI 模型的“恶霸”行径：它逃脱了测试环境，窃取了多家私营公司服务器的凭据，随后潜入
商业 世界 作者：Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Robert Thomson 新闻集团首席执行官
Almar Latour 首席执行官兼出版人
道琼斯管理层： Jason P. Conti，总法律顾问；Dianne DeSevo，首席人力资源官；Artem Fishman，首席技术官；Lisa Fitzpatrick，道琼斯工业总经理；M. Scott Havens，首席增长官；Dan Shar，执行副总裁、财富与投资总经理；Ashok Sinha，首席沟通官；Josh Stinchcomb，执行副总裁兼首席营收官，华尔街日报 / 巴伦周刊集团
美联社 ALEX BRANDON
安东尼·福奇在华盛顿。
关于目击或捕捉危机的规模与程度，或是感受震惊与焦虑。它关乎其他事情。 2020年1月6日，他参加了一个“超级 A 级”派对。在当月晚些时候的一次会议上，众议院议长南希·佩洛西拥抱并亲吻了他，并告诉所有人“我多么伟大”。在另一次会议上，特朗普总统告诉福奇博士：“卢·多布斯……告诉我，你是他所认识的最聪明、知识最丰富且最杰出的人之一。”福奇博士对此“非常满意”，其他人则感到“震惊且印象深刻”。 1月30日：“我所有的朋友都一直在说我是国家英雄”，并且他们“‘在我的怀抱中感到安全’”。 3月8日：“今天 Politico 和《纽约时报》对我做了很棒的报道。” 3月15日：“我今天参加了全部 5 场周日节目（我的第 3 次‘福奇 5 连击’）。”显然，这是他版本的“全套金斯堡”，是以 Monica Lewinsky 的律师 William Ginsburg 将一个早晨参加五场周日节目而命名。 3月26日：“有甜甜圈以我的名字命名；T 恤上印着我的照片。” 4月7日：“媒体依然热衷于
对激进主义的承诺，这基本上是一个关于“无”的展览，在挑战空洞的极限。醒目的标牌在提问并回答： “谁能成为改变游戏规则的人？任何人。”“谁是改变游戏
“改变者？就是你。”这与美国历史有什么关系，谁知道呢。 在为这类废话腾出空间的同时，该博物馆忽略了美国历史的绝大部分。关于殖民时期、美国建国、路易斯安那购地、路易斯与克拉克探险、林肯-道格拉斯辩论、美国西部的开拓者和定居者、咆哮的 20 年代、大萧条、冷战以及许多其他内容的展出寥寥无几。 在质询过程中，哈蒂格（Hartig）女士声称，博物馆有“十几个包含建国 era. 的展览”。对此我指出：“你可以把博物馆里所有提到建国内容的展品都放进低底盘车展览室和萨尔萨音乐展览室，而且还会有剩余空间。” 博物馆就建国及建国前时期提供的少量内容在很大程度上是批判性的。在其中一个展览中，1492-1776 被称为“动荡的大陆”时期。访客被告知：“我们今天的世界正是源于那段动荡的历史。”在其他地方，他们被告知……
……为了窃取解决挑战问题的答案。 服务器被侵入的公司 Hugging Face 统计出，此次攻击包含多达 17,600 次不同的行为。随后的日志检查显示，Anthropic 的实验性模型也并不陌生此类行为。 真正令人担忧的应该是来自中国的开源 AI 模型，这些模型免费或廉价地分发，用户可以对其进行修改，使其超出创建者的监督或控制范围。这些中国模型正在迅速追赶。如果它们还没这么做，很快也会制造类似的事件，而且将更难被发现或阻止。北京什么时候才会意识到这一点？ 这就涉及到了最奇怪的情况。特朗普政府禁掉中国模型的任何冲动，都被来自美国科技影响力人士的抗议海啸所淹没。请参阅马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）近期在本报发表的一篇评论文章。 反对禁令的人以自由和创新等泛泛而论的词汇作为论据。字里行间，他们担心的是华盛顿将主导决定哪些 AI 能力可以由公众掌握。 他们担心 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 这类美国领导者实际上会变成被授权的垄断者。为了自己的业务，扎克伯格先生和其他科技高管想要廉价的 AI。他们还希望避免在自己的领域被政府支持的巨头所压制。 然而，就像许多 AI 辩论一样，这次似乎是一个……
……对我评价很高。” 5 月 21 日：“总统似乎很迷恋我。” 这还没算上那个给他送花的电影明星。 从某种意义上说，这简直是“七宗罪”——他屈服于自己的傲慢。但这同时也让他参与其中的那段历史显得平庸且不近人情：你的历史紧急状态成了他的媒体机会。 一个更深层的批评是，在日记中，他似乎完全没有因为被赋予的角色或承担的责任而感到谦卑。我没有看到他对同胞疾苦的深刻反思。 他看不到门上的红十字。他附上的是那些谄媚的报纸人物特写和专栏的剪报或链接，而不是关于他的国家在经历危机时平民人口发生之事的报道。 佩皮斯（Pepys）日记的幅度和细节捕捉到了他那个时代——复辟时期的精神；希望安东尼·福西（Anthony Fauci）日记的平庸和自恋不要捕捉到我们的时代。 我以一个听起来可能很极端想法作为结束，但我认为……
这是一辆高速行驶的火车，而我们还在争论是否要在已经错过的站点下车。对美国 AI 垄断不可撼动的恐惧（或希望）已经过时了，如果这种恐惧曾经合理的话。更好的解决方案已经在产生反响，例如要求国内的前沿实验室向美国开放权重竞争者的构建者提供“蒸馏”（distillation）许可。
蒸馏是一种实践，据怀疑，中国模型正利用该技术在以下美国先驱者身上“搭便车”：
它们的训练和开发，使得中国在与美国先驱者的竞争中拥有成本优势。本质上，应让百花齐放，并确保其中更多的是美国之花。
但有一个巨大的转折：随着垄断时期的过去，在AI风险走出实验室之前，应对这些风险的最明显策略也随之消失。
这些风险包括类似切尔诺贝利或中国湿货市场的事故——一种我们现在甚至无法想象的大规模破坏性事件。风险还包括那些更为熟悉的威胁，即恐怖分子、罪犯或流氓国家掌握先进的网络或生物武器能力。
AI相关的信函正在流传
其中包含某种程度的真相。
回看大流行期间的公共领导力方面——当我们处于最初几个月的创伤与恐惧中，当我们在晚上 7 点敲锅子以感谢医院工作人员时，而科学家们正通过 Zoom 寻找更多关于治疗方法和方案的信息，认真的医疗官员出现在有线电视上解释他们认为的真相——许多人试图做很多好事。但这一切很快就变得非常政治化，非常圈子化且陷入群体思维，并且随着此前默默无闻的人一夜成名，变得非常自鸣得意。
这一切交织在一起，导致了一场小规模的社会性切尔诺贝利。
反应堆爆炸，引发了灾难。政客撒谎且不可信，官僚撒谎且不可信，政府科学家对眼前的资料撒谎，国家媒体成了宣传机器。切尔诺贝利在很大程度上促成了苏联的崩溃。
回顾新冠危机，许多专业人士被给予了超出其应得的信任。许多政客也是如此。当美国的基层民众反抗封锁、关闭学校、口罩令、关闭教堂时，他们的声音往往被忽视，或者被缓慢、勉强且不尊重地听到。医疗和科学建制派似乎不再是公众的一部分，而是在“处理”公众。
到了最后，许多人认为他们无法信任政客，也无法信任科学家。
我的担忧是，下一次——而且很可能还会有下一次——普通人会认为：没有可以信任的人了。我们只能靠自己。
那将不是一件好事。
我们可以将我们的建国视为一个“由伟大的爱国者领导的完整、完美、神圣的事件，正如美国儿童所学习的那样，他从未撒谎”；或者将其视为一个“更广泛、未竟的运动”的一部分，且该运动“深具缺陷”。显然，将我们的建国视为世界历史上最伟大的事件之一（即便存在缺陷）并不是一个选项。
美国人理应拥有一座国家美国历史博物馆，表达对这段历史的热爱，并将其视为一个诞生于自由之中的国家的奇迹故事。他们不应该面对一座在忽视和谴责我们卓越遗产之间反复切换的博物馆。
安德森先生（Mr. Anderson）是美国主流街道倡议（American Main Street Initiative）的主席。他曾于 2017-21 年担任司法统计局局长。
领导们呼吁放慢新模型的发布速度，并由美国和中国共同努力。祝他们好运，至少在发生聚焦失误（focusing mishap）之前如此。与此同时，对于这列失控列车的乘客们，难道不应该提供更多信息吗？我要求谷歌的 Gemini AI 为特朗普政府起草一份“关注声明”，以帮助阐明 AI 模型激增给私人用户带来的风险。
关于中国威胁，它写道：“虽然低成本和可下载的模型权重对于寻求现成软件的美国企业具有吸引力，但免费或低成本的外国 AI 软件潜藏着国家安全成本、严重的法律责任以及受损的数据安全。”
对于决定是否使用中国 AI 模型的私人用户来说，美国的国家安全担忧不会是一个重要因素。对数据盗用和法律责任的恐惧是理性的威慑因素。我们已经见识到了——责任风险几乎肯定地影响了 Anthropic 决定扣留 Mythos 的决定。
但仍缺失了一个重要部分。我们的情报机构关于中国 AI 实验室与中国共产党之间关系的了解程度如何？也就是说，除了所有中国公司都必须遵守的规定——即在北京打电话要求时必须配合国家目标之外，还知道什么？
如果美国情报部门知道某些信息，而私人用户在将自己的提示词（prompts）托付给中国 AI 之前应当知晓，那么现在就是告诉我们的好时机。
商业权利给投资者的计划
作者：JOSHUA ROBINSON 但即便在因凡蒂诺看来，全球足球界的反应如此强烈也是出乎意料的。欧洲国家宣布将抵制所有国际足球联合会的赛事，包括男子和女子世界杯。亚洲、北美和加勒比地区的足协都表达了深切担忧。而到了周五，甚至连因凡蒂诺最亲密的盟友也开始反对此计划。
首先辞职的是卡洛斯·科代罗（Carlos Cordeiro），他曾任高盛银行家及美国足球协会主席，是今年夏季世界杯的关键策划者，也是与白宫沟通的渠道。随后，
面对全球范围内的愤怒，国际足球联合会主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）在周五放弃了将其部分世界杯商业权利出售给私人投资者的争议计划——而该提案首次泄露仅过去了 72 小时。
“在认真听取了所有观点后，”因凡蒂诺表示，“很明显，该项目造成的分歧在性质上已经使得，无论支持程度如何，都不再符合最初设定的目标利益。”
该计划旨在通过出售一个名为“国际足联前行企业”（FIFA Forward Enterprise）实体的约 20% 股权来筹集 42 亿美元 billion 的资金。而由约书亚·库什纳（Joshua Kushner）创办的 Thrive Capital 公司此前被定位为领投方。
国际足联主席 局势如何失控
在吉安尼·因凡蒂诺与特朗普总统一同向西班牙递交世界杯冠军奖杯的那一天，他仍然是体育界最不可撼动的人物之一。
这位领导足球世界管理机构十年的国际足联主席，近期宣布了竞选第三任期的意向。他引导世界杯带来了前所未有的收入。而且他知道，在组成国际足联的 211 个协会中，约有 200 个已经支持他连任。
而这距离现在不到两周。
周五晚上，因凡蒂诺被迫撤回其极具争议的提案，该提案计划将国际足联赛事的商业权利分拆为一家私营公司，并向投资者出售约 20% 的股份，这将使该企业的估值达到 200 亿美元 billion。
来自全球各足协的支持转而变成了反对。而一名关键顾问——前高盛银行家、美国足球协会主席卡洛斯·科代罗在周五上午愤而辞职。
在过去的五年里，科代罗一直陪伴在因凡蒂诺身边，并担任与白宫沟通的主要使节。
“让我把话说明白：我没有参与这项提案，并且我明确反对它，”科代罗表示。“对于国际足联来说，这是一个糟糕的交易”
会员协会，这对足球来说是一笔糟糕的交易，对于这项运动的长期未来也是如此。”
针对因凡蒂诺（Infantino）的抵制浪潮始于周四，当时所有隶属于欧足联（UEFA）的 55 个欧洲国家威胁要抵制世界杯。随后，负责监管北美、中美洲及加勒比地区足球的中北美及加勒比足联（Concacaf）也对这项名为“FIFA Forward Enterprise”的项目表示深切担忧。即便国际足球联合会（FIFA）在周五上午发布澄清声明，坚称“没有人是在出卖足球”，但亚洲足球联合会（AFC）依然加入了谴责的行列。
“目前局势已发展到‘抵制FIFA世界杯’成为公开讨论的真实可能，这一事实应当引起每一个关心我们这项运动未来的人的关注，”亚足联表示。
如果这三个联合会在明年年初的FIFA主席选举中团结起来支持一位竞争对手，理论上，根据该组织“一国一票”的制度，他们将拥有足够的影响力来罢免因凡蒂诺。然而，首先他们需要提名一名反对派候选人。
目前，因凡蒂诺预计仍将毫无竞争地参选，就像他在 2023 年那样。
当时，在卢旺达基加利举行的一次投票中，对他的支持极其压倒性，以至于他
数小时后，因凡蒂诺遭到了FIFA内部排名第三的高管、首席运营官凯文·拉穆尔（Kevin Lamour）的严厉谴责。
“这是一个人的项目，”拉穆尔在向美联社发布的一份声明中写道。“这个项目不仅绝不能推进……而且足球政治领袖们现在是时候问自己正确的问题，并做出正确的决定了。”
拉穆尔补充说，FIFA员工被因凡蒂诺的“FIFA Forward Enterprise”计划“欺骗”了，该计划在周二泄露时，令该组织的员工和 211 个会员协会完全措手不及。“如果这意味着我会失去
FIFA FFE计划旨在筹集的资本金额
FIFA主席吉安尼·因凡蒂诺在椭圆形办公室与特朗普总统、国务卿马可·鲁比奥以及FIFA顾问卡洛斯·科尔代罗在一起。
职权，那就这样吧，”拉穆尔写道。“我会理解并尊重那个决定。至少我今晚能睡个好觉。”
对于 56 岁的瑞士律师因凡蒂诺来说，外界铺天盖地的批评是一回事，但内部的谴责则尤为刺痛——且构成了最大的风险。因凡蒂诺在领导FIFA时，一向不太在意组织内部的不同观点。这个曾表示希望成为“足球之王”的人，经常表现得像该组织唯一的执行者，认为任何反对者都只是误解了他的目的。
在他庆祝执掌FIFA 10周年时，他举办了至少 3 场独立派对。而且，就在几周前，他预计在明年三月凭借至少 200 个成员的支持，顺利赢得第三个完整任期。
在当时卢旺达的投票中，他是在一片欢呼声中重新就职的，热烈的掌声取代了正式的投票环节。
“对于所有爱我的人——我知道有很多人，以及那些恨我的人——我知道只有少数人，当然，我爱你们所有人，”这位瑞士律师及前欧足联高管因凡蒂诺在当时说道。“尤其是今天。”
此前，他竞选活动的核心重点就是增加向全球会员协会支付用于发展项目的资金。这是前FIFA主席塞普·布拉特（Sepp Blatter）将其完善的一种手段，布拉特在执掌FIFA的 17 年间，将争取传统足球核心地区以外的支持视为自己的使命。通过挥金如土地推动足球在欧洲和南美以外地区的发展，布拉特赢得了来自巨大选民群体的坚定支持。
选民们并不将他视为一名足球官员，而是一位伟大的人道主义者。
然而，布拉特所花费的任何资金，在因凡蒂诺本周承诺的资金面前都显得微不足道。在周二首次泄露的一份提案中，因凡蒂诺的“FIFA Forward Enterprise”计划承诺在接下来的四年周期内，向全球每个国家足球协会提供高达 $40 million 的资金，从卫冕男女足世界杯冠军西班牙，到排名第 211 位的圣马力诺。
今年夏日世界杯的收入超出了国际足球联合会的最高预期，产生了 150 亿美元 billion 的收入，高于此前预测的 110 亿美元 billion。但该组织认为自己还可以进一步推进。
国际足球联合会在今年年初开始与摩根大通合作，旨在最终邀请外部投资者购买国际足球联合会商业运营的股份，包括转播权、门票销售、营销和授权。（摩根大通此前也参与了最终失败的 2021 年欧洲超级联赛项目。在欧超联赛因球迷抗议而崩溃后，该银行最终发表了道歉。）
根据《华尔街日报》获得的一份 25 页的项目推介方案，此次计划是让“FIFA Forward Enterprise”为该组织“升级货币化”并“增强资本获取能力”。
他们计划实现这一目标的方法之一，是将未来四年内所有年龄组和各种版本的国际足球联合会赛事总数从目前的约 200 场增加到 450 场。
但在大西洋两岸的讨论中，足球高管们疑惑地认为，对于一个如此成功的非营利组织来说，这一切为何有必要。
“如果会员协会认为需要额外的投资来发展足球，国际足球联合会已经有能力利用现有资源提供这种支持，”科尔代罗表示。
这一切在周五晚上戛然而止，国际足球联合会发表声明称，在听取所有意见后，该计划造成的的分歧“已不再符合最初目标的利益”。
国际足球联合会的 211 个会员协会。
“对于那些躲在笔墨纸张后面，躲在屏幕后面散布仇恨和虚假谣言的人，”他在人们甚至还未听说“FIFA Forward Enterprise”之前，在 Instagram 的一篇长文中写道，“我想告诉你们，当你们坐在后面时，我们国际足球联合会正处于前线，组织、努力工作，并呈献世界上最精彩的表演。”
然而，过去的一周被证明是他任期内最具破坏性的一周。尽管他取消了“FIFA Forward Enterprise”，但该计划留下的影响将是增强对他最激烈的批评者的信心。
“展望未来，我的意图是在接下来的几天和几周内，将所有相关方重新聚集在一起，”因凡蒂诺说，“秉持对我们这项运动共同利益的精神。”
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ZÉ OTAVIO 为 华尔街日报 绘制
他的 450 亿美元 Billion 基金正走向崩溃
作者：BERBER JIN, GREGORY ZUCKERMAN, PETER RUDEGEAIR 以及 ANISSA GARDIZY
当这一周开始时，Leopold Aschenbrenner 正在筹备他的婚礼。计划是在北加州的海滨小镇卡梅尔举行一场为期数日的庆祝活动，仪式在一座托斯卡纳风格的别墅举行，欢送会则在森林中的一家水疗中心进行。此外，还将举行一场婚前研讨会，通过小组讨论和分组会议探讨观点。这对新人唯一的请求是：不要礼物。
这位 24 岁的投资者凭借承诺能够洞察未来而积累了财富，建立起一个规模达 450 亿美元 Billion 的投资巨头，主要购买 AI 贸易相关的股票。数月来，他的对冲基金 Situational Awareness 的持仓价值飙升，Aschenbrenner 在旧金山精英阶层的地位也随之提高。
但等到宾客们开始抵达时，他的基金已经开始瓦解——而华尔街正步步紧逼。
Aschenbrenner 借了太多钱来押注 AI，导致在市场波动时面临风险。随着其投资组合价值暴跌，他
（Leopold Aschenbrenner 将其公司的大部分股票投资组合出售给了由 Ken Griffin 领导的 Citadel，就在右侧）
SUV、皮卡和 跑车让公司在 变革的行业中保持盈利
作者：RYAN FELTON
最近的一个下午，Matt Simpson 看着一队强悍的越野 SUV、皮卡和高功率跑车在密歇根州中部的 Nascar 赛道上疾驰。
每一辆都是 Simpson 在福特汽车公司（Ford Motor）定制部门的成果。他的团队设计的一系列方案，让 Bronco SUV 和 F-150 的车主能够通过独特的喷漆和高马力发动机升级来装扮他们的座驾，这在如今是一门利润丰厚的生意。
而这里完全看不到：死板的家庭轿车、廉价的小型车或臃肿的微型面包车。福特不再生产这些车型。
“这是福特有史以来最令人热血沸腾的产品线，”Simpson 说道。
这标志着福特正在摆脱那些被首席执行官 Jim Farley 视为“平庸”的车型，且这对这家汽车制造商的底线产生了积极影响。福特 2025 年在美国的销量创下六年之最，尽管低于十年前拥有更多车型可供销售的时期。这对部分福特经销商来说产生了负面影响，因为他们现在失去了像 Escape SUV 和 Focus 轿车这类曾经产生显著销量的车型。
“这绝对是对大多数我认识的经销商理念的完全颠覆。他们的理念是，产品越多，能卖的产品就越多，”肯塔基州路易维尔的一家福特经销商执行总经理 Shane Collins 表示。
福特帮助开创了现代流水线，且目前仍在美国组装大部分汽车，该公司认为这种转变是对其自身及经销商而言的商业必然。
近年来，新车的整体销量有所缩减，约有 100 万买家选择了放弃购买——而且由于平均价格在 $50,000. 左右徘徊，车主持有旧车辆的时间比以往任何时候都长。市场已转向青睐大型且昂贵的皮卡和 SUV，而福特已采取行动以利用这一趋势。
Leopold Aschenbrenner 承担了过高的 杠杆，并 四处寻求救命稻草
他急于筹集资金以满足贷方的要求，向一些最大的对冲基金寻求帮助，并将数十亿美元的持仓廉价抛售给 Ken Griffin 的 Citadel。 Aschenbrenner 在 2021 年 19 岁从哥伦比亚大学毕业后，首先前往加利福尼亚州。他很早就成为了有效利他主义运动原则的追随者，在加入 OpenAI 之前，他曾在 Sam Bankman-Fried 旗下的加密货币交易所 FTX 的慈善部门工作。在 OpenAI，他在 AI 超级对齐这一小众领域工作，致力于确保这项技术不会失控并毁灭人类。 由于向 Anthropic 一名高管的丈夫 Holden Karnofsky 泄露了 OpenAI 认为的敏感信息而被解雇后，他发表了一篇 165 页的论文《Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead》，预见了 AI 发展的路径——并迅速走红。 这份宣言帮助他为其新的对冲基金筹集资金，并使他名声大噪。他将与 Anthropic 首席执行官 Dario Amodei 的幕僚长结婚，并住在旧金山一座离 OpenAI 首席执行官 Sam Altman 不远的豪宅中。他的投资者包括 Meta 的顶级 AI 高管，以及共同创立支付公司 Stripe 的兄弟 Patrick 和 John Collison。 Aschenbrenner 在 AI 股票中建立了高度集中的仓位，并借助债务和其他策略来放大赌注。他早期将数亿美元转化为 450 亿美元 billion 的成功，使他在网络圈子中赢得了一批追随者，而他公司的常规操作……请翻至 B12 页
客户可以为像 Bronco 这样的福特车型购买额外配置包，图为车展现场。
Wachtell，揭露了 席卷该行业的 生存之争
作者：ERIN MULVANEY
在中央公园附近的 Jean-Georges 餐厅 Nougatine，Wachtell 的共同主席 William Savitt 在五月收到了一份足以颠覆法律界的报价。 Savitt 与一名 Gibson Dunn 的合伙人会面，对方向他抛出了一个曾经不可思议的前景：离开 Wachtell——这家该公司诉讼律师已工作了 20 年的华尔街律所——转而加入一家拥有约 2,200 名律师和 20 多个办事处的全球巨头。 “一起执业难道不好玩吗？在这里，你的前景将没有上限，”Gibson Dunn 的诉讼律师 Orin Snyder 说道，他代表的客户包括 LeBron James、Bob Dylan 和 Lady Gaga 等巨星。
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（关于此部分内容）十年前，一辆福特汽车的价格可能低于 $15,000，且有几款车型在 $20,000 范围内。现在，最便宜的新福特起售价略低于 $30,000。 尤其是关税和劳动力成本，使得在该国制造廉价汽车的计划变得复杂，目前美国大多数价格亲民的汽车都是在海外制造并进口到美国的。例如，竞争对手通用汽车（General Motors）销售的两款价格低于 $25,000 的小型 SUV 均在韩国组装。 福特在美国组装的汽车数量超过任何竞争对手，这一点是该公司经常标榜的。公司表示，它仍然希望制造小型、可负担的车辆，并计划在十年末之前推出五款价格低于 $40,000 的新车型。它们只需要与竞争对手有所不同，且具备盈利能力。 “如果我要为我们过去几年在廉价产品领域表现打分，我们在两方面都处于平均水平，因此这不是一个可持续的获胜方案，”福特电动及燃油车部门总裁 Andrew Frick 在一次采访中表示。
全球法律巨头 Gibson Dunn 的 律师人数。
斯奈德（Snyder）提供的不仅仅是乐趣——甚至不是一项能将萨维特（Savitt）的年薪提升至至少 $20 million 的数百万美元加薪。而是一次关于规模的邀约——在那种规模庞大的律师事务所中拥有的权力，而这种规模正日益成为疯狂的律所人才争夺战中的胜出筹码。在这种环境下，顶尖的客户开发者（rainmakers）像玩高风险的抢椅子游戏一样，被足以与 NBA 巨星媲美的年度薪酬方案所吸引。
这次变动刺破了 Wachtell 坚不可摧的形象，并触及了法律行业内关于未来律所形态的激烈争论。
据知情人士透露，当萨维特通知 Wachtell 领导层他将与另外五名合伙人离职前往 Gibson Dunn 时，领导层发出了感性的恳求。律所领导者表示，他们对一名顶尖合伙人在未进行讨论的情况下就协商好离职协议感到失望。
Wachtell 拥有约 80 名合伙人，自去年以来已流失约 16 名合伙人。部分离职者转为企业内部法务或退休。该律所还聘请了两名合伙人，一名来自 Paul Weiss 和 the……请翻至 B2 页
BRITTANY GREESON 为 华尔街日报 拍摄；盖蒂图片社 (GETTY IMAGES)
如果你想让美国国税局（Internal Revenue Service）高兴，那就投资私人基金。你在那些推销避开公开交易股票和债券基金的华尔街巨头口中听不到这一点。但这正是你需要知道的事情。咨询公司 Cerulli Associates 估计，财务顾问在未来五年内可能会将 2 trillion 美元的客户资产推向替代资产。这些对私募股权、私人信贷、房地产、风险投资、对冲基金以及其他非交易资产的投资，可能会——仅仅是可能——提高你的回报率。但它们几乎肯定会增加你的税负。
位于加州纽波特比奇（Newport Beach）的投资咨询公司 Flatrock Wealth Partners 的联合创始人约翰·韦斯特（John West）最近提出了一个简单但激进的问题：私人资产的税后回报率究竟如何？答案是糟糕透顶。
韦斯特模拟了一个典型的大学捐赠基金组合——一部分公开股票和债券，外加大量的私人资产——并使用了向个人投资者提供类似策略的基金。在截至 March 31, 的 10 年里，这个模拟的捐赠基金组合的税前年回报率为 8.6%。韦斯特估计，在扣除联邦和州税后，高收入投资者的税后年回报率仅为 6.6%。
而一个简单的由三个投资于公开资产的基金组成的组合——60% 投资于两个股票指数交易所交易基金（ETF），40% 投资于市政债券基金——其税前回报率几乎相同。但税后，其年回报率为 8%，完胜捐赠基金组合。
仔细想想，这完全合理。只要你持有公开交易股票的指数基金（尤其是广泛分散的 ETF），几乎不会产生税单。另一方面，私人信贷基金专注于高息贷款；许多对冲基金交易频繁，产生短期资本利得；私募股权基金在出售投资组合公司时会产生巨额分红。其他替代策略在——
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大律所格局随之改变
Gibson Dunn
（接B1页）纽约法律界的中心，数十年间一直由那种受“绅士准则”塑造的白鞋律师事务所主导，在这种准则下，挖墙脚是闻所未闻的，且合伙人的薪酬在很大程度上与资历挂钩。这些律所与华尔街银行维持着长年的关系。而现在，这类律所正陷入危机。一些老牌律所已经关闭或被迫合并，包括 Shearman & Sterling 以及当时纽约市最古老的律所 Cadwalader，后者在并入一家规模大得多的竞争对手之前，经历了一波人才流失潮。其他一些律所，如 Davis Polk，则在追求快速增长。处于声望金字塔顶端的两家律所——Cravath 和 Wachtell，是少数仍坚持传统模式的律所之一。
现在，一种新型的巨型律所主导着该行业。这些根植于芝加哥和洛杉矶等地律所，包括 Gibson Dunn、Kirkland & Ellis 和 Latham & Watkins。它们为银行、对冲基金和其他大型金融客户提供一站式服务，年营收高达 $10 billion。其广泛的布局使律师能够通过数十个办公室，为企业和私募股权公司提供实地的建议。这也赋予了这些律所强大的招聘能力；Kirkland 已在田纳西州纳什维尔和盐湖城开设办公室，以吸引新合伙人。在律所们与人工智能作斗争的时代，规模较大的律所能够巨额投资于专有模型。
Wachtell 由一群在白鞋法律界被视为外人的犹太人于 1965 年创立。其创始人之一 Marty Lipton 在 95 岁高龄时仍在一个由八人组成的执行委员会中担任职务。该律所凭借专注于公司交易和危机处理而建立声望，并以发明“毒丸计划”收购防御机制而闻名，该机制使得非请愿收购者获取目标公司的大量股份的成本极其高昂。直到 2020 年，半个多世纪以来，Wachtell 仅向竞争对手失去过一名合伙人。
去年，闸门开始打开。促使 Wachtell 及其同类律所陷入被动最大的一项转变，是背离了所谓的“阶梯晋升”模式（lockstep model），其中一名合伙人来自 Sullivan & Cromwell。
据知情人士透露，这一消息在公司法的高端阶层引发了抢人大战，竞争对手纷纷接触那些现在看来可以被挖走的 Wachtell 律师，而这家精英律所的合伙人们也开始留意出口并联系竞争对手。
Gibson Dunn 的主席 Barbara Becker 表示，招揽一名 Wachtell 的共同主席在“五年前简直不可想象”，而她的律所恰恰做到了这一点。
Wachtell 仅在纽约设有唯一一处办公室，拥有约 300 名律师，它依然是公司在寻求高风险并购、恶意收购和激进股东斗争帮助时的首选之地。几十年来，它刻意保持小规模，是全球盈利能力最强的律所，尽管其营收仅为那些规模更大的竞争对手的一小部分。
Wachtell 在一份声明中表示，其“在各项指标上都处于最高水平。律所正经历一个创纪录的年份，继续在所有排行榜中名列前茅，且处于历史上最强状态”。
部分律所总营收
$12billion
Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
包括私人房地产在内，这类基金往往会产生巨额税单。 通常情况下，ETF 会使您的税收最小化，而私人基金则会使其规模扩大。 公平地说，华尔街正极力将替代基金推向 401(k) 和其他退休账户，因为在这些账户中，任何税收都可以递延。 但数十位《华尔街日报》的读者告诉我，他们的财务顾问正敦促他们将这些基金放入应税账户。West 表示，他看到的证据“极少”能证明顾问们主要将这些基金用于避税账户。 讽刺的是，国会在 2025 年对最大规模大学的投资收益征收的一项税收……
如果认为一个充满私人资产的投资组合年平均回报率为 8.6% 过于保守，请考虑这一点。在截至 June 30, 2025, 的 10 年里，教育捐赠基金的中位数年化回报率为 7.6%，根据国家大学和学院商业官员协会的数据。在资产超过 50 亿美元 billion 的最大规模基金中，中位数年化回报率为 8.9%。这些基金是私人基金的主要持有者，其总资产中只有不到一半是公开交易的股票和债券。事实上，曾在贝莱德（BlackRock）担任董事总经理、现经营纽约财务规划软件及研究公司 Tau Balance 的 Andrew Ang 表示，West 的研究可能低估了税收对替代资产回报的影响。在最近的一项研究中，Ang 发现，在过去一个世纪里，联邦所得税将美国股票 10.5% 的年平均回报率降低到了 7%。即使在最近几十年税率下降的情况下，联邦税仍消耗了股票总回报的六分之一以上。请记住，对于公开交易的股票，股息收入通常较低，且您可以随意递延资本利得。然而，对于私人基金，如果您是一个典型的中高收入个人投资者，Ang 认为一个“合理的假设”是，您的税后回报率将比报告的税前回报率低大约三分之一。
大量投资于非交易资产通常被称为“耶鲁模式”，得名于耶鲁大学捐赠基金的杰出管理者 David Swensen，他于 2021. 年去世。在截至 June 30, 2020, 的 35 年里，Swensen 引导耶鲁捐赠基金实现了 13.1% 的年平均回报率。这大大超过了由 60% 股票和 40% 应税债券组成的常规投资组合 8.8% 的回报率。如果耶鲁被视作个人投资者，Ang 的经验法则表明，Swensen 的史诗级回报在税后将被削减至年均约 8.7%。这仍然远好于您在 60 / 40 投资组合中每年税后可获得的不足 6% 的回报。但这是一个令人谦卑的提醒：税收即使是将最伟大的投资者削减规模，而且您的财务顾问并不是 David Swensen。
十年估计年化回报率
减去联邦所得税、州所得税中位数以及联邦净投资所得税。
税前 税前
净税后 净税后
包括私人基金的“捐赠”投资组合†
*差异部分由复利驱动 †由约 50% 的替代基金组成 ‡60 股票，40 市政债券 来源：Flatrock Wealth Partners
离职的 Wachtell 律师以及招聘他们的 Gibson Dunn 合伙人。上排从左到右：Sarah Eddy, William Savitt, Randall Jackson。下排从左到右：Orin Snyder, Barbara Backer, Bradley Wilson。
合伙人薪酬与资历紧密相关。那些放弃该模式的律所能够以规模更巨大的薪酬方案吸引明星律师，而少数坚持传统的律所则缺乏这种灵活性。目前，各律所向顶尖赚钱者支付的金额存在巨大差异：在某些律所，其报酬高达 $35 million，而在其他律所，上限仅为 $7 million。
Wachtell 几十年来一直实行严格的阶梯式薪酬制度，但在少数个案中做了调整。Savitt 等人认为该制度的适用范围不足。
据知情人士透露，Savitt 一直在推动 Wachtell 为诉讼团队提供更多资源，并为新领导层的接任扫清障碍。据知情人士称，除了 Lipton 之外，该律所仍由少数领导者紧紧掌控，其中包括 79 岁的 Ed Herlihy，他是业内顶尖的交易撮合者之一，推动了该律所的大量业务。据律所内部人士透露，该律所一些最大的交易是由一些最年轻的合伙人推动的。
Savitt 曾担任已故最高法院大法官 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 的法庭书记员，当他首次与 Gibson Dunn 会面时，他刚刚
捐赠基金的税收已经导致一些替代基金的大用户重新考虑其持股情况。捐赠基金的税率最高为 8%。个人纳税人面临的联邦税率则至少高出四倍。
当然，私募基金的推广者会认为 West 的结果不公平。为了代表每一类替代资产的 10 年收益率，他使用了向个人提供且拥有 10 年记录的规模最大的基金。自然地，某些类别中的最佳基金收益率更高。
但没有人能提前预知哪只基金最终会名列前茅——而且个人投资者无论如何也不太可能接触到表现最好的私募基金。
如果您认为 West 的假设
基础股票和债券组合‡
在针对 Elon Musk 的一场里程碑式审判中，OpenAI 取得了胜利。
Savitt 团队的一名合伙人决定留在 Wachtell，尽管此前预计他也会跳槽到 Gibson。他最近被拍到在中央公园与一名初级律师接吻，随后被给予了休假处理。该视频在 TikTok 上疯传。对于这家以守口如瓶和体面著称的律所来说，在动荡的一周里，这是一个令人震惊的进展。
据《纽约邮报》率先报道，Savitt 和另一名同样离职前往 Gibson 的合伙人之间存在情侣关系。据知情人士称，这段关系并未违反 Gibson Dunn 的政策。Wachtell 内部人士则表示，该关系并未向律所披露。
就像在 Wachtell 一样，过去看到 Cravath 的合伙人跳槽到竞争对手那里是一件令人震惊的事。在其 207 年的历史中，该公司为法律行业设定了金标准。其他纽约律所效仿其招聘常春藤盟校顶尖法学院毕业生并将其培养为终身员工的体系。它曾以设定一年级助理律师的薪资标准而闻名。
但随后出现了一系列
离开 Cravath 的人数也增加了——在过去一年左右的时间里至少有 10 人。接近公司领导层的人士表示，该公司现在劝离律师的频率比过去更高，且部分离职人员是转岗至企业内部法律部门或进入新的非权益合伙人层级。
Cravath 在高知名度企业交易业务中的份额也有所下降。在 20 世纪 90 年代，它处理的交易额接近总值的四分之一。去年，这一份额为 7%。相比之下，Kirkland 和 Latham 去年共同占据了所有交易额的约 30%。
在过去十年中领导 Cravath 的 Faiza Saeed 表示，公司一直刻意保持小规模，且在市场中占据的生态位与一些规模大得多的竞争对手不同。“我不认为 Lands’ End 的成功是以牺牲 Brunello Cucinelli 为代价的，”她在一次采访中说道。
该公司今年参与了一些轰动性的交易，Saeed 表示，她担心如果规模扩张过大，将难以维持相同的工作质量。
“在过去的 15 年里，许多公司围绕着高度规模化、极其商品化的工作模式进行构建，”Saeed 说道。“Cravath 已经 207 岁了。我们的观点是，我们对自己所处的层级感到满意。”
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超级数学明星。 现在，他正致力于 他认为的 最重要的问题。
Jacob Tsimerman
最近赢得菲尔兹奖时，Jacob Tsimerman 穿着一件带有缎面翻领的淡蓝色礼服，接受了数学界最负盛名的荣誉。随后，他做出了一个与他的礼服一样令人惊叹的宣布。在颁奖典礼后，四位获奖数学家被问及接下来的计划。一位说他将继续研究偏微分方程，一位说他想尝试人工智能，还有一位说她完全没有头绪。轮到 Tsimerman 时，他说：“我将在 OpenAI 开启一段新职位。” 这一决定既令人震惊，又完全在情理之中。此人最近写过一篇论文，将 AI 可能导致全人类灭绝的方式分类，将数学家对秩序的直觉应用于末日预言。他停止接收不接触 AI 的研究生，因为他无法确定数学的未来。他甚至将研究重点从数论和复代数几何转移开。事实证明，他如此担心 AI 的危险，以至于现在转向研究 AI 安全。这位明星教授正请假离开多伦多大学，成为 OpenAI 的研究员，但 Tsimerman 并没有离开数学。事实上，他希望利用其领域的形式语言和验证方法来推进 AI 研究——评估其进展，剖析其决策，并绝对确保它不会导致我们的灭绝。那些从大学抢夺各类人才的 AI 前沿公司能够提供难以想象的薪水和股票期权。但任何见过哲学家或数学家的人都知道，他们主要驱动力的并非金钱。否则，他们就不会成为哲学家和数学家。这一代最伟大的数学家之一之所以研究 AI 安全，是因为他认为这是他能够帮助解决的最重要的问题。“几年后，AI 系统在进行数学运算方面将稳健地超越人类，”Tsimerman 告诉我，“而这将带来的社会后果、我们选择如何应对、以及你对此的感受——这些才是更难的问题。”目前，他正在思考一个他拥有独特资质可以回答的问题：我们如何理解 AI
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市场 / SPENCER JAKAB
并非股票市场的金发姑娘时刻
大家都知道利率会影响股价。不过，情况很复杂。美联储周三决定维持隔夜利率不变，听起来应该是明确的利好，但股票在主席凯文·沃什（Kevin Warsh）的新闻发布会后随即下跌。（随后它们强劲反弹）。
同样在沃什的问答环节之后，长期国债收益率达到了 19 年来最高点。这延续了债券观察员所称的“熊陡（bear steepener）”行情。
尽管投资术语中带有“熊”字听起来不祥，但对于股票来说通常并非如此。之所以这么称呼，是因为债券投资者在这种环境下可能会遭受巨大损失。当国债收益率曲线的斜率为正且在增加时（如目前情况），有两个结论。如果陡峭化是对增长预期上升的反应，那么它是受欢迎的。例如 2003、2009 和 2021 年，当时经济正从衰退中复苏。
在经济繁荣多年后出现这种模式，让人想起 1966 年和（深吸一口气）1987 年。20 世纪 60 年代的这一集是一个 16 年周期的开始，期间美国股市毫无起色，且大部分购买力被通货膨胀侵蚀。1987 年的版本则是史上最大单日崩盘之年——这是一个偶然事件，但是由债券收益率急剧上升引发的。
目前的通货膨胀率一直高于——
（系统）实际上在做什么？我们如何才能让它们彼此协作，以及与我们协作？我们如何用数学证明它们没有在秘密策划摧毁人类？
数学家长期以来一直利用他们的工具来理解人类行为。齐默曼（Tsimerman）将利用这些工具来破译机器的行为。
他在获得数学界的诺贝尔奖之前，就已经开启了这段旅程。38 岁的齐默曼是一位计算机科学家和一名高中数学教师之子。他在俄罗斯出生，少年时移居以色列，随后在加拿大长大。高中时期，他在国际数学奥林匹克竞赛中赢得了两枚金牌，随后提前进入多伦多大学就读并毕业。
$\triangleright$ 菲尔兹奖：他获得了这项授予 40 岁以下数学天才的奖项。
$\triangleright$ 那套礼服：他在菲尔兹奖颁奖典礼上穿了一套带有缎面翻领的淡蓝色礼服。他的裁缝还制作了他的结婚礼服。
$\triangleright$ 幽默之辈：他教授数学——以及即兴喜剧。
$\triangleright$ 工作与娱乐：他为棋盘游戏 Phutball 构建了一个超人类玩家。这耗费了大约 10,000 行代码——而他一行代码都没写。
（图注：顶部为雅各布·齐默曼；最左侧为几何模型；左侧为他办公室里的爱因斯坦小雕像。）
美国国债收益率曲线
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两年。他在普林斯顿大学获得博士学位，在哈佛大学任教，随后回到母校，成为该校历史上最年轻的数学教授。
在他的传记中，此时我可以向你介绍他在 André-Oort 猜想方面所做的开创性工作，以及关于周期映射图像代数性的 Griffiths 猜想——好吧，我们直接跳过这些吧。
毕竟，他现在研究的东西不需要博士学位也能听懂。
在职业生涯的大部分时间里，Tsimerman 对人工智能持怀疑态度。他一直知道这些系统会变得更加强大。
“但很长一段时间以来，”他说，“我从未真正相信它们会变得如此强大。”他发现，AI 能够复制那些让我们成为人类的特质（如直觉和创造力）这一点尤其难以令人置信。在过去的十年中，有几个时刻迫使他重新思考这一假设，而他在 2022 年尝试使用 ChatGPT 后，彻底改变了想法。
“如果它能谈论巧克力并写诗，”他想，“为什么它不能谈论数学并编写方程式？”
这次顿悟让他得出了一个令人不安的结论：“我变得深信它们将变得极其强大。”
不久之后，他的担忧变成了 AI 会变得过于强大。到去年夏天，他发表了一篇学术论文，设想了多种反乌托邦场景。该论文题为《涉及人工智能的全面灭绝未来分类学》——“全面灭绝”（omnicidal），意指全盘
周四
一年前
两年前
美联储五年多来的目标，且几乎没有劳动力市场疲软的迹象。此时似乎正是 Warsh 将其近期关于价格稳定的强硬言论转化为实际行动，或至少发出未来行动号召的时机。
但他没有这么做。Warsh 表示，一种更加放任的态度（即债券收益率自行触发经济刹车）表明市场正在“学习如何配合”，而不是依赖央行官员来主持大局。
然而，正如《华尔街日报》的 Greg Ip 所写，央行“并非中立的裁判，而是这场比赛中最重要的球员”。而且，在应对通货膨胀时，一盎司的预防胜过一磅的治疗。收益率上升以及对央行维持物价稳定承诺的不确定性（这是 20 世纪 70 年代的特征），随后需要通过严厉的加息来修复。
此外还有一个新的担忧——美国的财政健康状况。公众持有的债务预计很快将突破 $40 万亿美元。购买最长期限的债务需要相信这些欠条（IOU）最终会被兑付。
没有人预计美国真的会违约，但高债务和赤字的泄压阀可能是未来的通胀飙升。长期债券的实际（经通胀调整后）收益率也刚刚创下数十年来的新高。
一个看不见这一点，或不想看见这一点的裁判，会让债券持有者感到担忧。股票投资者可能也很快会陷入同样的境地。
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在经历了 18 年以及 50 多部超级英雄电影和电视剧之后，漫威工作室（Marvel Studios）凭借一部名为《蜘蛛侠与他的神奇朋友们》（Spidey and His Amazing Friends）的学前儿童动画片，创造了其历史上最巨大的成功之作之一。根据尼尔森（Nielsen）的数据，该剧集自 2021 年推出以来，累计观看（及重复观看）时长约为 1.25 亿小时，使其成为漫威最受欢迎的电视剧集。它让 3 岁和 4 岁的儿童进入了蜘蛛侠内容的“自动扶梯”，引导他们接触面向小学生、青少年和成年人的电视剧和电影。“对于一个虚构角色来说，梦想是能够代代相传，在不同世代中产生共鸣，”漫威工作室总裁凯文·费格（Kevin Feige）表示。这一策略应该有助于为本周上映的新电影《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》（Spider-Man: Brand New Day）预热观众。该片由漫威制作，索尼影业发行，基于预售情况和观众研究，预计将创下年度最大的票房开画记录。
在观众似乎已经对好莱坞的超级英雄泛滥感到疲劳之时，蜘蛛侠的持续成功显得尤为突出。在过去的几年里，漫威有多部电影表现不佳，并大幅缩减了电视内容的制作。竞争对手、由华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros. Discovery）拥有的 DC 工作室最近凭借《超女》（Supergirl）在票房上遭遇惨败。但蜘蛛侠在近四分之一个世纪里一直是一台盈利机器。他主演漫威最畅销的漫画书，出现在主题公园和邮轮上，并且是母公司迪士尼（Disney）第二赚钱的消费产品品牌，仅次于米老鼠。
Z世代在很大程度上将超级英雄视为年长一代的娱乐方式。但蜘蛛侠电影和电视剧的观众中，有超过 70% 的年龄在 17 和 33. 岁之间。根据研究公司 Parrot Analytics 的研究（其数据不包括儿童），这位青少年超级英雄的粉丝群体比蝙蝠侠、超人甚至哈利·波特的粉丝群体更年轻。蜘蛛侠的观众中四分之三为男性，略低于蝙蝠侠和超人，但高于波特。不同于那位富有的花花公子钢铁……
蜘蛛侠
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如今拥有 “充满激情”的汽车
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……到 20 世纪 70 年代，已涵盖紧凑型车、双门轿跑车、全尺寸轿车、旅行车、卡车以及像 Bronco 这样的 SUV。
直到不久前，福特每年仍销售数十万辆像 Taurus 和 Focus 这样面向大众的车型——这些车辆外观平庸且商品化，在通用汽车（General Motors）或丰田（Toyota）等公司有直接竞争对手，且通常利润率较低。
这类车型中的最后一部是 Escape，一款起售价约为 $28,000 的跨界 SUV，但已于 2025. 年停产。截至 7 月，经销商库存中仅剩几千辆未售出的 Escape。
原先的 Escape 工厂现在正开始生产一款售价 $30,000 的福特纯电动皮卡，旨在与那些在全球市场份额不断上升的中国新兴竞争对手的高科技产品相抗衡。
基于福特近期的销售情况，这种方法是合理的。F-150 依然是全美最畅销的车型，且已维持数十年之久。2021, 年推出的紧凑型 Maverick 皮卡在行业曾大面积放弃的领域占据主导地位。早一年复活的 Bronco 则从此前没有直接竞争对手的吉普牧马人（Jeep Wrangler）手中夺走了销售冠军。Mustang 依然是 Mustang。
但在 2025, 年，福特的汽车销量比前十年减少了约 400,000 辆。随着客户选择减少，其市场总份额有所下降。如今进入福特品牌的最低门槛是 Maverick 或小型 Bronco Sport SUV，起售价分别为大约 $28,000 和 $32,000, 且缺乏其前作那样的大众吸引力。
弗里克（Frick）表示，公司整体的战略转型在长期来看是必要的。
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无论是男性，还是外星人超人或亚马逊公主神奇女侠，蜘蛛侠在 1962 年被创造出来，旨在让漫画书读者产生共鸣。他通常被描绘成一个名叫彼得·帕克、在社交上很尴尬，且在感情、财务和家庭方面都面临问题的年轻人。他标志性的俏皮话是他应对不安全感的一种机制。 “这些故事总是从情感角度来讲述的，”曾协助启动该项目的艾米·帕斯卡尔 (Amy Pascal) 表示。
term。他表示，福特那些像 Focus 和 Escape 这样的通用车型，要求汽车制造商在激励措施和促销上投入更多资金以维持销量。有时福特不得不直接降低标价，这“损害了该产品线的整体可行性”。 在 2018, 年，该公司采取了大胆举措，将其产品线中的轿车全部砍掉，仅保留野马 (Mustang)。到那时，美国市场已经经历了多年的下滑。 这同时也是为了提升当时低迷的收益，并为当时被视为下一个大趋势的项目腾出资金：电动汽车和自动驾驶汽车。据知情人士透露，这项由时任首席执行官吉姆·哈克特 (Jim Hackett) 推动的决定，在公司内部遭到了工程师和设计师的抵制。 “我们只在具有真实竞争优势，或者能够建立竞争优势的领域竞争，并且我们在资金投入方面非常果断，”法利 (Farley) 在本周与分析师的电话会议中表示。“每一美元都必须获得持久的回报并驱动盈利性增长。” 福特高管希望新的
学前卡通片《蜘蛛侠与他的神奇伙伴》(Spidey and His Amazing Friends) 是漫威最受欢迎的电视系列剧。
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她在管理索尼影业时将蜘蛛侠搬上了大银幕，现在则负责制作他的电影。“人们认为男孩们不想被触动，但其实他们想。” 当 2 岁的 Arlo Medina 不想穿衣服或不想坐下来吃晚饭时，他会伸出双手，假装向父母发射蛛网，就像他最喜欢的卡通片主角那样。 “他管这叫‘Byber-Man’，而且一醒来就问能不能看这部剧，”住在加州帕萨迪纳的 Arlo 的母亲 Brianne 说道。 在《蜘蛛侠与他的神奇伙伴》于 2021 年在 Disney Jr. 有线网络和 Disney+ 流媒体服务首次亮相之前，节目主创 Harrison Wilcox 及其合作者试图确定该角色的哪些方面能吸引像 Arlo 这样的幼儿。 他们舍弃了彼得·帕克对他叔叔之死的沉重责任感、他的工人阶级奋斗经历，以及秘密身份带来的孤独感。他们将他塑造成一个年幼的孩子，他曾变成恐龙，成为海盗，并且在最近推出的第五季中，遇到了一个名为 Symbie 的可爱捣蛋鬼——这个角色灵感来自令人恐惧的蜘蛛侠反派毒液 (Venom)。 尽管做了所有这些改变，该剧的创作者仍试图保留他们认为的超级英雄精髓。“蜘蛛侠总是做正确的事，即使这很困难，”Wilcox 说道，“这就是为什么他能如此成功地转化为各年龄段粉丝的原因。” 由于每部 Disney Jr. 节目都需要具备教育元素，Wilcox 的团队围绕“团队合作”构建了《神奇伙伴》。年轻的蜘蛛侠与名为 Spin 和 Ghost-Spider 的超级伙伴一起打击犯罪。 该剧的成功使得这三个角色对于幼儿父母来说无处不在，他们可以在 T 恤、午餐盒和蹦蹦床上看到这些角色。 Nik Ewing 曾请一名表演者扮演 Ghost-Spider 出现在他女儿的面前。
左图为 2004 年的福特 SVT Focus，该车型已停产。上图为配备高性能套件的福特 Mustang。
这款 $30,000 的电动皮卡，以及潜在的衍生车型（如小型 SUV），将取得成功，这与过去亏损的电动车型不同。 它们的设计目标是实现大销量。然而，行业观察人士表示，在更广泛的市场对电动汽车失去兴趣的时期，这是一个极高的要求。“这对他们来说是一次巨大的赌注，”巴克莱银行汽车分析师 Dan Levy 说道。 Frick 表示他理解这些顾虑，因为除了市场领导者特斯拉之外，没有公司在市场上“真正突破并拥有一个出众的”电动汽车。他说，从头开始设计一个新的电动汽车组装线，将使福特能够将全新的车辆概念与稳固的成本结构结合起来。 “我们的期望不是与某些，你知道，普通的电动汽车厂商竞争，而是与全球的特斯拉竞争，”他说。 本月在 Nascar 赛道举行的活动凸显了福特预见到的机遇。定制部门负责人 Simpson 表示，大约一半的福特客户会以某种方式个性化他们的车辆——例如购买安装在 SUV 上的货箱等附加组件，或为 Mustang 外观购买特殊的贴花——这远高于其他汽车制造商。
历史上，福特会先开发车辆，然后研究配套配件，这限制了公司能为客户提供的选择，Simpson 说道。现在，公司设计师从一开始就参与进来，寻找提供个性化方案的方法。 经销商可以在客户在销售点为新车办理融资时，将这些套件作为附加组件出售，从而使原本就利润丰厚的 um（高端）车型销售变得更加盈利。 一些经销商表示，他们对竞争态势持谨慎乐观态度。
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他在女儿 Linnéa 的四岁生日派对上排了长队，好让她能在迪士尼乐园见到蜘蛛侠。他说，与 Linnéa 喜欢的其他节目相比，他觉得看《蜘蛛侠》(Spidey) 更具挑战性，因为这感觉像是在看玩具广告。“看《布鲁伊》(Bluey) 时，如果正好遇到触动我的剧集，我甚至会流泪，”这位洛杉矶父亲在谈到那只蓝色动画小狗时说道，“我可以肯定地说，《蜘蛛侠》从未在情感上触动过我。”
Disney Jr. 目前正在构建一个某种意义上的漫威学前宇宙。《钢铁侠和他的超级伙伴》(Iron Man and his Awesome Friends) 去年首播，并将于 2027. 年更名为《复仇者联盟：最强伙伴》(Avengers: Mightiest Friends)。当然，这些微型超级英雄会互访对方的节目。“这绝对是将我们的角色，或者我应该说，将我们角色的一面介绍给年轻观众的最佳范例，”费格 (Feige) 表示。公司的希望是，《蜘蛛侠》的粉丝能够毕业进入 Disney+ 上的小学生动画片《你的友好邻居蜘蛛侠》(Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man)，然后开始观看电影。
虽然电影的所有收益都归索尼所有，但漫威从电影带动的商品销售增长中获益。在从当时陷入困境的漫画出版商漫威获得蜘蛛侠电影和真人剧集版权后，索尼凭借 2002 年由托比·马奎尔 (Tobey Maguire) 主演的爆款改编电影，开启了现代超级英雄电影时代。随后推出了九部真人电影，其中最后四部是与漫威工作室合作制作的。索尼的两部关于替代版超级英雄迈尔斯·莫拉莱斯 (Miles Morales) 的动画电影《蜘蛛侠：平行宇宙》系列是获奖热门，吸引了更多年轻观众。第三部将于明年推出。索尼还制作了蜘蛛侠反派的衍生剧，包括大热的《毒液》(Venom) 三部曲以及像《蛛网》(Madame Web) 和《猎手克雷文》(Kraven the Hunter) 这样的失败之作。但关于彼得·帕克 (Peter Parker) 的真人电影仍然最受欢迎。在 2021 年的《蜘蛛侠：英雄无归》(Spider-Man: No Way Home) 结尾，彼得让所有认识他的人都忘记了他的身份，以保护他们。他在《崭新的一天》(Brand New Day) 中重新建立关系的探索，旨在让 2020s 年代的年轻人产生共鸣。“每个人都渴望连接，尽管我们所生活的世界正尽可能快地将我们分开，”帕斯卡 (Pascal) 说道，“这感觉与我们的故事完美契合，因为我们将彼得置于一个再次孤独的境地。”
公司整体战略。纽约州北部的经销商 Phil Maguire 拥有三家福特门店，他表示这家汽车制造商长期以来提供了能够吸引大多数人的多样化核心产品。Maguire 的父亲在 1960 年代为福特工作，并在 1977 年开设了他的第一家福特经销店。
“希望它能保持那个品牌的特质，并在一些更具标志性的车型上实现专业化，”Maguire 说道。
与此同时，历史上驾驶小型车辆的福特车主不得不做出艰难的决定。
66, 岁的 Ken Hall 数十年来一直拥有福特汽车，从 Thunderbird 豪华车到 Taurus——以及最近的一辆 Edge SUV，该车型已于 2024 年停产。
在搬到底特律市中心后，Hall 和妻子将车辆缩减到了一辆。他说，在更大的城市里，Edge 是完美的选择。“我不觉得我开的车太小，但我们肯定不想再买更小的车了，”他说。
Hall 最近在听说针对 Edge 车主的以旧换新激励措施后访问了一家经销店。在试乘后，Hall 表示这对夫妇“勉强”选择了 Explorer。
在第一次驾驶这款新的、体型更大的 SUV 时，Hall 说他停下来想了想：“我们刚刚做了什么？这车看起来太大了。”
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大卫·埃利森花费了近一年时间，才使其对华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros. Discovery）发起的 810 亿美元 billion 敌意收购方案达成协议，通过了司法部的审核，并通过了全球范围内的监管审查。
在经历了这一切之后，加州州检察长旨在阻止该交易的诉讼似乎并非最大的障碍。但现在，为了清除障碍，且可能在比预期晚得多的时间关闭交易，埃利森正进行他迄今为止最冒险且成本最高的赌注：进入审理程序。
如果该交易在 9 月 30 日前未能完成，派拉蒙已同意在交易关闭时每季度支付 $650 million 的滴答费（ticking fees）——即每天约 $7 million。
埃利森及其助手现在重新回到了那种定义了他们追求将派拉蒙（及其旗下的 CBS 和流媒体服务）并入 HBO 和 CNN 母公司华纳之战的“作战室”心态。
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据知情人士透露，他与首席法律官马坎·德尔拉希姆（Makan Delrahim）每天进行多次沟通，后者在特朗普总统第一任期内曾担任司法部反垄断部门负责人。他们正在讨论潜在的让步、政治申诉或其他博弈策略，埃里森（Ellison）深度参与其中。知情人士表示，他们的目标是强调交易崩溃可能对好莱坞就业造成损害。
《华尔街日报》周五报道，加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆（Gavin Newsom）对该州的诉讼以及如果交易被阻止将给好莱坞带来的影响表示担忧。纽瑟姆的办公室已鼓励州总检察长罗布·邦塔（Rob Bonta）的办公室（该办公室拥有独立提起此类诉讼的权力）寻求庭外和解。这场博弈对于好莱坞的家乡州以及一家试图在受有线电视退订潮和观影习惯改变影响的行业中扩大规模的大型制片厂所有者来说，都存在风险。
自去年 12 月追求华纳的进程升温以来，派拉蒙的股价几乎腰斩。根据申报文件，在截至 3 月的六个月里，该公司在与华纳收购相关的法律及其他费用上花费了超过 $1.6 亿。如果交易失败或到 2027, 6 月仍未解决，它可能需要向华纳支付 70 亿美元 billion 的违约金，或重新协商截止日期。
派拉蒙的高管在内部会议上表示，他们认为该诉讼具有政治动机，因为埃里森的父亲与特朗普总统关系密切。派拉蒙尚未在法庭上提出此类指控。曾任奥巴马总统任内联邦贸易委员会主席、现任派拉蒙法律顾问的乔恩·莱博维茨（Jon Leibowitz）表示，此案看起来“像是为了阻止埃里森家族拥有 CNN”。CNN 的报道一直对特朗普持批评态度，而他也经常抱怨其报道内容。
邦塔公开表示，各州并不寻求剥离 CNN，且出售该新闻机构无法解决联盟诉讼中提出的担忧。
据周五的法庭文件显示，近日双方律师多次往返，就预计将持续数周的审理开始日期进行谈判。派拉蒙推动 Nov. 4 开始审理，而总检察长的律师则希望 April 5 开始。预计法官将在未来几天内做出决定。
据知情人士透露，派拉蒙律师讨论的策略包括：可能向联盟中的某些州提供激励措施，促使其退出诉讼并削弱案件力度。在某些州，他们可能拥有筹码：派拉蒙在纽泽西州设有制作基地（该州通过税收抵免吸引大型制片厂），在加利福尼亚州设有总部，并在纽约设有员工。知情人士称，派拉蒙已就该诉讼与一些州的总检察长取得了联系。
威廉·科瓦契克（William Kovacic），一位乔治·华盛顿-
双方律师多次往返， 就预计将持续数周的 审理开始日期进行 谈判。
贝丝·威尔金森 (Beth Wilkinson)， 派拉蒙 (Paramount) 律师
马坎·德尔拉希姆 (Makan Delrahim)， 派拉蒙首席法律官
杰弗里·凯斯勒 (Jeffrey Kessler)， 派拉蒙律师
ing-ton 大学法学教授兼前联邦贸易委员会主席表示，该策略可能会削弱对方，但“这里真正关键的州是那些反垄断领域的巨头：加利福尼亚州、纽约州和科罗拉多州”。该团队聘请了著名的出庭律师贝丝·威尔金森，以进行法律上的重新较量。在微软成功防御其 750 亿美元 billion 收购动视暴雪 (Activision Blizzard) 的案件中，威尔金森成功击败了该州的律师詹姆斯·温加滕 (James Weingarten)。据知情人士透露，威尔金森同意直接进入审判阶段是正确的做法。知情人士还表示，派拉蒙正继续考虑可能从起诉该公司的州搬迁。此类搬迁无法解决诉讼问题，但可能代表了对该州的一种谴责，因为该州已看到大量制作公司搬迁至具有更丰厚税收激励和更低运营成本的其他州及国家。在埃里森 (Ellison) 的 Skydance 与派拉蒙合并之前，他曾讨论过将他的制作公司迁至田纳西州的想法，他此前与妻子曾住在那里，且其父亲的公司甲骨文 (Oracle) 在那里有大规模业务。一位了解其想法的人士表示，埃里森告诉亲近的人，虽然他不想搬迁，但重新选址可能有助于抵消定时费用 (ticking fee) 的成本。在第一次听证会后，埃里森迅速增加了律师团队。在 7 月 17 日于加州奥克兰地方法院举行的会议初期，法官打断了派拉蒙聘请的顶级反垄断律师杰弗里·凯斯勒，凯斯勒数十年的审判经验包括那场帮助重塑大学体育运动的针对 NCAA 的里程碑式案件。美国地方法院法官阿拉塞利·马丁内斯-奥尔金 (Araceli Martínez-Olguín) 询问，派拉蒙提交的证据是否“仅仅加强了这样一个结论，即这里关于合并合法性存在严重疑问”。凯斯勒回答称，其对手必须证明该交易有可能削弱竞争。在随后的听证会中，凯斯勒引用苹果公司的电影《F1》作为一部票房成功的例子，以此证明市场存在竞争。他称该片由亚马逊 (Amazon) 制作。随后他迅速自我纠正：该片由苹果制作。各州首席律师抓住机会削弱他的观点，反驳称该电影实际上是由华纳兄弟 (Warner Bros.) 为苹果在电影院发行。他说，这一事实强调了此次合并可能会加强的五大主要参与者的权力。法官随后写道，各州的陈述“至少证明了关于实质内容的严重问题依然存在，从而支持初步禁令救济”。与此同时，华纳的员工正在等待合并后未来的详细情况以及未来可能面临的进一步裁员。首席执行官大卫·扎斯拉夫 (David Zaslav) 在 7 月的大部分时间里在欧洲游历，其中包括与华纳国际高管会面，并顺道访问了阿姆斯特丹、温布尔登和西班牙。如果交易达成，扎斯拉夫可能获得超过 $800 million 的收益。 最近几周，派拉蒙一直在为合并后的公司董事会寻找新候选人。据知情人士透露，该公司已接触前动视 CEO 鲍比·科蒂克 (Bobby Kotick) 和 Meta 总裁兼副主席迪娜·鲍威尔-麦考密克 (Dina Powell McCormick)，邀请他们出任董事。
目前，两家公司之间的一些整合规划仍在继续，但进度有所放缓。埃里森（Ellison）已与多位华纳高管会面，并就其业务提出了详细询问。
据知情人士透露，在诉讼发生之前，派拉蒙内部曾就潜在的合资计划进行讨论，涉及其线性网络以及在其平台中加入其他公司的流媒体服务。另一些知情人士表示，该公司没有与CNN分家的计划。目前尚不清楚公司对网络的调整是否会作为向州检察长（AGs）提供的让步条件。
首席执行官已就如何组织新闻部门咨询了多位内部和外部人士。知情人士称，该公司正在讨论是将CNN和CBS合并还是分开运营，且埃里森已与CNN负责人马克·汤普森（Mark Thompson）进行了交流。CBS新闻负责人巴里·魏斯（Bari Weiss）在埃里森去年收购她的公司Free Press后被招至麾下，目前她因在新闻机构中推行的变革而承受压力。知情人士表示，埃里森仍然信任魏斯。
在上周暂停进程后发给员工的一份备忘录中，埃里森表示该交易已在全球 65 个司法管辖区通过审查，这表明该交易不具有反竞争性。“我想明确一点：我们仍然高度自信此次交易不存在任何法律问题，我们将完成此次交易并将这两家公司整合在一起。”
他在结尾写道：“行动起来！”
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工业平均指数 52623.14 51996.32 52485.03 276.97 0.53 53055.91 43588.58 20.4 9.2 13.9
运输平均指数 21187.85 20971.48 21039.30 -49.93 -0.24 23933.14 15067.87 39.3 21.2 8.2
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公共事业平均指数 1133.68 1121.60 1121.64 -11.34 -1.00 1190.23 1048.33 1.2 5.0 6.4
全股市指数 74324.07 73246.23 74106.82 423.20 0.57 75286.10 61627.03 20.3 9.8 17.3
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巴伦400指数 1624.37 1605.62 1618.90 1.89 0.12 1635.15 1316.75 22.9 14.6 16.0
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纳斯达克综合指数 25460.86 25004.33 25373.85 251.68 1.00 27093.90 20650.13 22.9 9.2 20.9
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纳斯达克-100指数 28606.77 27954.24 28274.20 167.85 0.60 30660.60 22763.31 24.2 12.0 21.5
500指数 7512.04 7399.83 7489.72 52.09 0.70 7609.78 6238.01 20.1 9.4 17.7
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中盘400指数 3782.75 3731.22 3758.64 -5.83 -0.15 3852.54 3104.60 21.1 13.7 11.3
小盘600指数 1776.94 1751.29 1768.56 -1.62 -0.09 1804.34 1323.05 33.7 20.5 11.3
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罗素2000指数 2955.83 2902.47 2931.34 -14.76 -0.50 3024.37 2166.78 35.3 18.1 13.5
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纽约证交所综合指数 24184.75 23930.53 24107.54 -30.75 -0.13 24229.67 20267.69 18.9 9.6 13.6
Value Line 指数 680.95 673.33 678.06 -1.48 -0.22 685.30 590.50 13.8 7.9 4.4
纽交所Arca生物技术指数 8788.93 8463.84 8532.13 -256.81 -2.92 8917.63 5640.67 49.6 19.3 17.0
纽交所Arca制药指数 1238.35 1211.72 1226.60 -11.76 -0.95 1273.25 881.47 35.3 8.9 11.9
KBW银行指数 188.17 186.01 187.03 0.25 0.13 191.84 139.52 33.9 13.9 27.9
PHLX§金 / 银指数 313.17 302.04 307.90 -10.05 -3.16 470.37 206.50 49.1 -10.0 34.3
PHLX§石油服务指数 95.01 91.99 94.68 2.27 2.46 109.24 58.66 61.4 29.1 0.4
PHLX§半导体指数 11885.74 11231.79 11311.08 8.09 0.07 14634.72 5527.61 104.6 59.7 43.1
Cboe波动率指数 18.70 15.82 15.99 -1.10 -6.44 31.05 13.47 -21.5 7.0 5.5
纳斯达克 PHLX 数据来源：FactSet；道琼斯市场数据
最新 年初至今 区域 / 国家 指数 收盘价 净变动 % 变动 % 变动
全球 MSCI ACWI 1120.51 13.47 1.22 10.4 MSCI ACWI 除美国外 473.49 10.17 2.19 12.5 MSCI 世界指数 4847.88 26.10 0.54 9.4 MSCI 新兴市场 1665.89 102.88 6.58 18.6
美洲 MSCI AC美洲 2836.39 16.595 0.59 9.4 加拿大 S&P / TSX 综合指数 35226.14 –279.70 –0.79 11.1 拉丁美洲 MSCI EM拉丁美洲 3090.14 –3.52 –0.11 14.1 巴西 Bovespa 177999.00 840.14 0.47 10.5 智利 S&P IPSA 5549.31 –6.96 –0.13 2.3 墨西哥 S&P / BMV IPC 66936.99 –353.41 –0.53 4.1
欧洲、中东及非洲 (EMEA) STOXX 欧洲600指数 649.19 –0.76 –0.12 9.6 欧元区 Euro STOXX 669.90 0.40 0.06 比利时 Bel-20 5685.82 30.82 0.54 12.0 丹麦 OMX哥本哈根20 1598.75 –50.92 –3.09 –0.6 法国 CAC 40 8509.64 24.00 0.28 4.4 德国 DAX 25629.24 17.21 0.07 4.7 以色列 特拉维夫指数 4149.50 54.11 1.32 14.3 意大利 FTSE MIB 52172.53 68.15 0.13 16.1 荷兰 AEX 1099.18 –5.51 –0.50 15.5 挪威 奥斯陆交易所综合指数 2385.53 8.45 0.36 22.9 南非 FTSE / JSE 综合指数 111493.10 –379.60 –0.34 –3.7 西班牙 IBEX 35 19782.90 25.20 0.13 14.3 瑞典 OMX 斯德哥尔摩 1125.61 2.53 0.23 7.6 瑞士 瑞士市场指数 14346.14 –46.35 –0.32 8.1 土耳其 BIST 100 13458.10 165.17 1.24 19.5 英国 FTSE 100 10868.05 –29.22 –0.27 英国 FTSE 250 23975.02 –104.12 –0.43 6.7
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亚太地区 MSCI AC亚太地区 269.81 13.03 5.08 18.5 澳大利亚 S&P / ASX 200 8976.80 9.09 0.10 3.0 中国 上海综合指数 3832.26 27.57 0.72 –3.4 香港 恒生指数 25884.43 25.55 0.10 1.0 印度 BSE Sensex 78094.64 166.49 0.21 –8.4 日本 日经 225 64362.02 2494.59 4.03 27.9 新加坡 海峡时报指数 5628.50 –45.08 –0.79 21.1 韩国 KOSPI 6595.45 1001.89 17.91 56.5 台湾 TAIEX 43119.75 3186.45 7.98 48.9 泰国 SET 1623.64 25.53 1.60 28.9 数据来源：FactSet; 道琼斯指数市场数据
部分原材料或大宗商品的定价趋势
周五 52周 年初至今 收盘价 净变动 最高点 最低点
DJ商品指数 1364.19 0.39 0.03 1467.33 1037.49 30.21 20.65 FTSE / CC CRB指数 385.10 0.65 0.17 406.18 291.69 30.42 28.89 原油，美元 / 桶 84.67 1.08 1.29 112.95 55.27 25.75 47.46 天然气，美元 / MMBtu 2.747 -0.011 -0.40 7.460 2.523 -10.90 -25.47 黄金，美元 / 金衡盎司 4049.10 -51.00 -1.24 5318.40 3313.40 20.95 -6.39
消费者利率与投资者回报 美国消费者利率 过去一年消费者利率与其基准的对比
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收益率 / 利率 (%) 52周范围 (%) 3年变动 利率 最新 (l) 一周前 最低 0 2 4 6 8 最高 (百分点)
联邦基金目标利率 3.50-3.75 3.50-3.75 3.50 l 4.50 -1.75 优惠利率 6.75 6.75 l 7.50 -1.75 SOFR 3.65 3.64 3.50 4.51 -1.65 货币市场，年化收益率 0.44 0.44 0.41 0.45 -0.12 五年期CD，年化收益率 1.73 1.73 1.67 -1.13 30年期抵押贷款，固定† 6.71 6.11 6.81 -0.63 15年期抵押贷款，固定† 6.17 6.10 5.55 6.18 -0.49 巨额抵押贷款，$832,750以上† 6.84 6.71 6.34 6.87 -0.59 五年期可调抵押贷款 (ARM)† 6.02 5.95 5.66 6.26 -0.28 新车贷款，48个月 6.96 6.97 6.85 7.21 -0.30 Bankrate.com 利率基于对 1,500 多家在线银行的调查。全美 70% 最大银行公布的基准利率。†不含结账成本。 数据来源：FactSet; 道琼斯指数市场数据; Bankrate.com
7489.72 s 52.09 或 0.70%
21.90 24.08 20.29 21.10 1.49 1.67
当前除数 0.1682481652835
7609.78, 06 / 02 / 26
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Bankrate.com 平均值†: 0.44%
BTG Pactual Bank 4.15% 纽约, NY 212-652-7200
QuorumFederalCreditUnion 4.15% Purchase, NY 800-874-5544
Sallie Mae Bank 4.20% 盐湖城, UT 877-346-2756
TAB Bank 4.20% 奥格登, UT 800-355-3063
E*Trade 4.35% Purchase, NY 800-387-2331
25373.85 s 251.68 或 1.00%
25.19 24.81 21.01 23.82 1.10 1.21
27093.90, 06 / 02 / 26
最新交易日 / 52周 / 公司 / 股票代码 / 收盘价 / 净变动 / % 变动 / 最高价 / 最低价 / % 变动 :--- Replimune Group / REPL / 11.20 / 5.79 / 107.02 / 12.50 / 1.50 / 59.3 Tucows / TCX / 15.44 / 5.74 / 59.18 / 25.17 / 8.46 / -10.4 Apnimed / APMD / 25.00 / 9.00 / 56.25 / 29.15 / 16.00 / ... Eloxx Pharmaceuticals / ELOX / 17.43 / 4.13 / 31.05 / 18.42 .00001 1584445.5 IES Holdings / IESC / 744.54 173.00 / 30.27 / 804.00 309.51 / 110.9 GrShr 2xLong AMZN Daily / AMZZ / 38.80 / 8.92 / 29.85 / 43.11 / 22.21 / 11.0 Zenta Group / ZTG / 4.40 / 1.01 / 29.79 / 6.00 / 1.09 / ... SCYNEXIS / SCYX / 4.84 / 1.11 / 29.76 / 10.48 / 3.53 / -12.3 Direxion AMZN Bl 2X / AMZU / 41.72 / 9.56 / 29.73 / 47.14 / 24.54 / 0.9 AXT / AXTI / 60.43 / 13.49 / 28.74 / 143.16 / 1.85 / 2805.3 Shuttle Pharma / SHPH / 3.80 / 0.71 / 22.98 / 55.90 / 2.58 / -89.6 Forum Energy Technologies / FET / 62.67 / 11.24 / 21.85 / 65.43 / 18.12 / 218.0 GrShr 2xSh COIN Daily / CONI / 54.26 / 9.38 / 20.89 / 141.65 / 28.41 / 36.3 Integer Holdings / ITGR / 121.21 / 20.35 / 20.18 / 123.50 / 62.00 / 11.7 CNS Pharmaceuticals / CNSP / 5.82 / 0.97 / 19.94 / 10.59 / 1.90 / -27.1
公司 / 股票代码 / 收盘价 / 净变动 / % 变动 / 52周最高 / 52周最低 / % 变动 :--- JIADE / JDZG / 6.01 / -43.99 / -87.98 / 1014.98 / 3.65 / -99.1 Karyopharm Therapeutics / KPTI / 1.92 / -5.09 / -72.61 / 10.99 / 1.80 / -49.6 T3 Defense / DFNS / 27.68 / -57.30 / -67.43 / 1948.75 / 3.70 / -96.3 BioAge Labs / BIOA / 9.04 / -15.81 / -63.62 / 25.96 / 4.11 / 105.5 Nuwellis / NUWE / 1.74 / -2.71 / -60.90 / 378.35 / 1.61 / -99.5 Myriad Genetics / MYGN / 2.86 / -2.51 / -46.74 / 8.59 / 2.81 / -25.5 Game Your Game / GYGY / 9.08 / -6.90 / -43.18 / 32.66 / 7.50 / ... GrShr 2xLong RDDT Daily / RDTL / 12.12 / -8.77 / -41.98 / 89.84 / 10.89 / -62.0 Monte Rosa Therapeutics / GLUE / 16.52 / -6.16 / -27.16 / 25.77 / 4.12 / 233.7 PN Smart Energy / PN / 17.27 / -6.40 / -27.04 / 76.80 / 2.18 / -75.9 Roblox / RBLX / 35.60 / -13.07 / -26.85 / 150.59 / 33.88 / -74.2 Cerus / CERS / 2.15 / -0.74 / -25.61 / 3.47 / 1.15 / 68.0 YieldMax RBLX Opt Incm / RBLY / 8.88 / -2.93 / -24.81 / 58.42 / 8.43 / -84.3 Veracyte / VCYT / 46.32 / -13.46 / -22.52 / 60.91 / 22.92 / 97.0 Leverage 2X LgCOIN Dly / COIG / 3.90 / -1.09 / -21.82 / 54.30 / 3.50 / -92.5
公司 / 股票代码 / 成交量 (000) / 65日均值 / 最新交易日收盘价 / % 变动 / 52周最高 / 52周最低 Wetour Robotics / WETO / 1,468,783 / 39985.0 / 0.09 / 200.00 / 2.51 / 0.03 Li Bang International / LBGJ / 931,571 / 4759.4 / 0.02 / 3.89 / 177.00 / 0.02 Mangoceuticals / MGRX / 508,400 / 20812.6 / 0.56 / 89.75 / 2.75 / 0.16 Zhibao Technology / ZBAO / 377,050 / 2405.1 / 0.20 / 16.00 / 1.34 / 0.15 Onfolio / ONFO / 296,572 / 3766.8 / 0.08 / -6.18 / 2.48 / 0.06
* 普通股价格在每股 $2 或以上，且 65 个交易日的平均成交量至少为 5,000 股 = 交易时间少于 65 天
国债收益率曲线 当前票据、票据和债券的到期收益率
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来源：Tradeweb FTSE 美国国债收盘价；TullettPrebon；道琼斯市场数据
收益率 (%) / 52周 / 总回报 (%) / 债券总回报指数 收盘价 / 最新 / 一周前 / 最高 / 最低 / 52周 / 3年 32.61 / 32.67 / 24.79 / 29.95 / 0.57 / 0.69
成交量、上涨家数、下跌家数
NYSE / NYSE Amer. 总成交量* 1,440,121,347 / 21,254,039 上涨成交量* 640,165,366 / 4,006,577 下跌成交量* 779,186,652 / 16,876,553 成交品种 / 2,834 / 297 上涨家数 / 1,302 / 129 下跌家数 / 1,450 / 154 持平家数 / 82 / 14 新高 / 47 / 3 新低 / 65 / 12 收盘 Arms† / 1.07 / 1.14 集中交易* / 4,460 / 164
Nasdaq / NYSE Arca 总成交量* 11,942,508,537 / 414,958,293 上涨成交量* 7,000,549,657 / 169,389,496 下跌成交量* 4,889,615,161 / 219,328,460 成交品种 / 5,018 / 2,662 上涨家数 / 2,200 / 1,232 下跌家数 / 2,635 / 1,384 持平家数 / 183 / 46 新高 / 93 / 57 新低 / 228 / 139 收盘 Arms† / 0.58 / 1.14 集中交易* / 107,419 / 1,851
* 主要市场仅限 NYSE, NYSE American 和 NYSE Arca。
† (TRIN) 上涨和下跌品种数量与上涨和下跌股票成交量的比较。Arms 低于 1 表示买盘需求；高于 1 表示抛售压力。
外汇赛跑 日元、欧元兑美元；美元兑美国主要贸易伙伴
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指数 货币， 对比美元
交易所交易基金 标准普尔 500 非必需消费品 8.30% 标准普尔 500 通信服务 5.37 日元 4.11 恒生指数 3.69 BSE Sensex指数 2.68 S&P / ASX 200 2.33 Bovespa指数 2.27 DAX指数 2.11 Comex 铜 1.74 南非兰特 1.67 CAC-40 1.64 纳斯达克综合指数 1.59 欧元区欧元 1.39 瑞士法郎 1.30 富时 100 指数 1.23 英镑 1.19 韩元 1.16 标准普尔 500 必需消费品 1.15 挪威克朗 1.12 标准普尔 500 1.05 标准普尔 500 金融 1.05 印度卢比 1.04 道琼斯工业平均指数 1.04 IBEX 35 1.01 S&P / BMV IPC 0.83 墨西哥比索 0.80 STOXX 欧洲 600 指数 0.73 FTSE MIB指数 0.71 欧洲斯托克指数 0.60 澳大利亚元 0.59 加拿大元 0.52 纳斯达克-100指数 0.52 上证综合指数 0.47 标准普尔小型股 600 指数 0.40 iShiBoxx$HYCp 0.32 人民币 0.31 iSh 1-3年国债 0.18 iSh TIPS债券 0.12 iShNatlMuniBd 0.09 罗素 2000 0.05 iShJPMUSEmgBd 0.02 iShiBoxx$InvGrdCp 0.02
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标准普尔 500 医疗保健 -0.01
VangdTotIntlBd -0.06
iSh 7-10年国债 -0.09
VangdTotalBd -0.11
标准普尔 500 信息技术 -0.12
标准普尔 500 能源 -0.19
日经 225 指数 -0.39
S&P / TSX综合指数 -0.40
Comex 黄金 -0.53
印尼卢比 -0.59
标准普尔中盘 400 指数 -0.67
iSh 20+年国债 -1.20
Nymex 超低硫柴油 (ULSD) -1.41
综合股价指数 (KOSPI) -1.42
华尔街日报美元指数 -1.49
标准普尔 500 工业 -1.59
标准普尔 500 材料 -1.72
Comex 白银 -1.91
彭博商品指数 -2.14
标准普尔 500 房地产 -2.22
精瘦猪 -3.89
标准普尔 500 公共事业 -4.23
Nymex 天然气 -4.88
玉米 -5.06
Nymex RBOB汽油 -5.13
Nymex 原油 -5.20
小麦 -5.72
大豆 -6.09
道琼斯运输平均指数 -6.39 *连续近月合约
来源：FactSet（指数、债券ETF、商品），Tullett Prebon（货币）。 华尔街日报
计算方法 业绩反映价格变化（DAX、Bovespa和特拉维夫 35 指数除外，后者反映总回报）。商品以连续近月期货合约表示。债券交易所交易基金的业绩可能与其底层指数有所偏差。债券类别由以下ETF代表：美国债券总市场：Vanguard Total Bond Market；1-3年期美国国债：iShares 1-3 Year Treasury；7-10年期美国国债：iShares 7-10 Year Treasury；20+年期美国国债：iShares 20+ Year Treasury；通胀保值债券 (TIPS)：iShares TIPS；投资级公司债券：iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate；高收益公司债券：iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate；市政债券：iShares National Muni；国际债券：Vanguard Total International；新兴市场债券：iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets。
美国东部时间下午5点的美元外汇汇率
US$ 对比, 周五 年初至今变化 国家 / 货币 以US$计 每US$ (%)
美洲 阿根廷比索 .00071486.2253 2.4 巴西雷亚尔 .1966 5.0876 –7.8 加拿大元 .7131 1.4023 2.2 智利比索 .001075 930.40 3.4 哥伦比亚比索 .000316 3166.44 –16.0 厄瓜多尔美元 1 1 不变 墨西哥比索 .0577 17.3441 –3.7 乌拉圭比索 .02484 40.2572 3.1 亚太地区 澳大利亚元 .7021 1.4243 –4.9 人民币 .1481 6.7515 –3.5 港币 .1275 7.8422 0.8 印度卢比 .01048 95.403 6.2 印尼卢比 .0000555 18029 8.0 日元 .006354 157.38 0.5 哈萨克斯坦坚戈 .002109 474.22 –6.5 澳门币 .1238 8.0804 0.7 马来西亚林吉特 .2448 4.0852 0.7 新西兰元 .5879 1.7010 –2.1 巴基斯坦卢比 .00360 277.867 –0.8 菲律宾比索 .0163 61.182 3.8 新加坡元 .7797 1.2825 –0.2 韩元 .0006930 1442.93 0.2 斯里兰卡卢比 .0029773 335.87 8.4 台湾元 .03095 32.311 3.1 泰铢 .02992 33.420 6.1
道琼斯合作伙伴
预测市场：2026年12月底市值最大的公司？
该市场将在2026, 12月31日收盘时，结算为全球市值最大的公司。
英伟达 (NVIDIA)：56%
商品， 在美国交易*
越南盾 .00003802 26301 ... 欧洲 捷克克朗 .04759 21.012 2.1 丹麦克朗 .1542 6.4837 2.0 欧元区欧元 1.1529 .8674 1.9 匈牙利福林 .003159 316.57 –3.3 冰岛克朗 .008121 123.14 –1.7 挪威克朗 .1056 9.4717 –6.1 波兰兹罗提 .2675 3.7380 4.1 瑞典克朗 .1050 9.5261 3.4 瑞士法郎 1.2382 .8076 1.9 土耳其里拉 .0210 47.5127 10.6 乌克兰格里夫纳 .0223 44.7500 5.7 英镑 1.3482 .7417 –0.04 中东 / 非洲 巴林第纳尔 2.6520 .3771 0.03 埃及镑 .0195 51.1559 7.2 以色列谢克尔 .3270 3.0581 –4.0 科威特第纳尔 3.2348 .3091 0.4 阿曼里亚尔 2.6007 .3845 –0.1 卡塔尔里亚尔 .2734 3.657 0.1 沙特阿拉伯里亚尔 .2666 3.7516 0.02 南非兰特 .0604 16.5574 –0.04
收盘价 净变化 %变化 年初至今%变化
WSJ美元指数 96.10 –0.22–0.23 0.18
来源：Tullett Prebon, 道琼斯指数 MarketData
合约 / 开盘价 / 最高价 / 最低价 / 结算价 / 涨跌 / 持仓量 :--- | 铜-高质 (CMX)-25,000 磅; 每磅美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 6.4515 / 6.5155 / 6.4095 / 6.4360 / –0.0085 / 4,948 9月 / 6.3495 / 6.5450 / 6.4295 / 6.4655 / –0.0090 / 136,610 | 黄金 (CMX)-100 金衡盎司; 每金衡盎司美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 4060.70 / 4118.50 / 4022.40 / 4049.10 / –51.00 / 15,693 9月 / 4076.00 / 4133.30 / 4032.30 / 4062.40 / –52.30 / 4,723 10月 / 4094.30 / 4148.00 / 4046.20 / 4076.60 / –52.80 / 51,738 11月 / 4101.20 / 4104.00 / 4101.20 / 4092.30 / –53.20 / 282 12月 / 4126.70 / 4180.20 / 4076.40 / 4107.00 / –53.60 / 284,978 27年1月 / 4120.80 / 4125.30 / 4120.80 / 4124.70 / –53.90 / 254 | 钯金 (NYM) - 50 金衡盎司; 每金衡盎司美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 1244.50 / 1275.60 / –26.60 / 26 9月 / 1266.50 / 1322.00 / 1262.50 / 1281.40 / –26.80 / 16,571 | 铂金 (NYM)-50 金衡盎司; 每金衡盎司美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 1612.10 / 1632.90 / 1612.10 / 1650.30 / –1.60 / 41 10月 / 1661.80 / 1671.20 / 1625.90 / 1658.70 / –1.50 / 45,587 | 白银 (CMX)-5,000 金衡盎司; 每金衡盎司美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 59.200 / 57.340 / 57.591 / –1.224 / 1,248 9月 / 59.260 / 59.405 / 57.220 / 57.786 / –1.231 / 80,685 | 轻质甜原油 (NYM)-1,000 桶; 每桶美元 | | | | | | | 9月 / 83.92 / 86.87 / 81.06 / 84.67 / 1.08 / 265,736 10月 / 81.15 / 83.44 / 78.63 / 81.49 / 0.69 / 167,361 11月 / 78.54 / 80.37 / 76.32 / 78.65 / 0.46 / 114,336 12月 / 76.49 / 78.00 / 74.48 / 76.44 / 0.32 / 204,863 27年6月 / 71.22 / 72.24 / 70.05 / 71.14 / 0.13 / 137,548 12月 / 69.11 / 69.86 / 68.09 / 68.98 / 0.08 / 149,044 | 纽约港超低硫柴油 (NYM)-42,000 加仑; 每加仑美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 4.3601 / 4.3118 / 4.1047 / 4.1215 / –.0879 / 1,567 9月 / 4.2330 / 4.2293 / 4.0561 / 4.0955 / –.0336 / 75,491 | 汽油-纽约 RBOB (NYM)-42,000 加仑; 每加仑美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 3.2402 / 3.2626 / 3.1992 / 3.2216 / –.0631 / 2,660 9月 / 3.1291 / 3.1735 / 3.0650 / 3.1142 / –.0171 / 106,204 | 天然气 (NYM)-10,000 MMBtu.; 每 MMBtu. 美元 | | | | | | | 9月 / 2.746 / 2.802 / 2.712 / 2.747 / –.011 / 371,988 10月 / 2.785 / 2.840 / 2.756 / 2.787 / –.012 / 153,038 12月 / 3.701 / 3.735 / 3.665 / 3.689 / –.017 / 139,882 27年1月 / 4.177 / 4.217 / 4.145 / 4.165 / –.018 / 144,573 3月 / 2.992 / 3.017 / 2.953 / 2.975 / –.014 / 139,091 4月 / 2.850 / 2.871 / 2.814 / 2.832 / –.013 / 115,922
农业期货 合约 / 开盘价 / 最高价 / 最低价 / 结算价 / 涨跌 / 持仓量 :--- | 玉米 (CBT)-5,000 蒲式量; 每蒲式量美分 | | | | | | | 9月 / 445.50 / 447.00 / 438.00 / 440.75 / –5.00 / 531,259 12月 / 468.50 / 470.00 / 461.00 / 464.00 / –4.50 / 789,646 | 燕麦 (CBT)-5,000 蒲式量; 每蒲式量美分 | | | | | | | 9月 / 314.25 / 316.25 / 308.50 / 310.25 / –1.75 / 804 12月 / 332.25 / 336.00 / 328.00 / 330.25 / –1.50 / 2,246 | 大豆 (CBT)-5,000 蒲式量; 每蒲式量美分 | | | | | | | 8月 / 1178.00 / 1181.00 / 1166.75 / 1172.00 / –5.25 / 2,229 11月 / 1192.50 / 1196.00 / 1180.50 / 1187.50 / –1.25 / 500,932 | 豆粕 (CBT)-100 吨; 每吨美元 | | | | | | | 8月 / 316.10 / 317.30 / 309.40 / 312.20 / –1.90 / 2,208 12月 / 324.10 / 325.30 / 318.80 / 321.20 / –1.60 / 287,021 | 豆油 (CBT)-60,000 磅; 每磅美分 | | | | | | | 8月 / 68.39 / 66.56 / 67.12 / –1.23 / 2,771
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
最大的 100 只交易所交易基金，最新交易时段。
Friday, July 31, 2026
Friday, July 31, 2026 SSSPDRS&P500V SPYV 62.06 –0.16 9.2 SSIMSPDRS&P500 SPY 747.03 0.72 9.5 SSSPDRS&P400 MDY 686.32 –0.13 13.8 SSTechSel XLK 175.35 –0.22 21.8 VanEckSemicon SMH 540.53 0.30 50.1 VangdExtMkt VXF 236.16 –0.30 12.9 VangdDivApp VIG 239.17 –0.37 8.8 VangdFTSEAWxUS VEU 82.85 –0.22 12.6 VangdFTSEDevMk VEA 70.62 –0.66 13.0 VangdFTSE EM VWO 58.75 0.96 9.3 VangdFTSE Europe VGK 90.59 –0.44 8.3 VangdHiDiv VYM 161.96 ... 12.8 VangdInfoTech VGT 113.15 –0.38 20.1 VangdIntermBd BIV 75.54 –0.20 –3.0 VangdIntrCorpBd VCIT 81.26 –0.15 –3.0 VangdIntermTrea VGIT 58.35 –0.17 –2.6 VangdMstarGrw VUG 85.20 1.10 4.8 VangdMorningstarLC VV 343.60 0.68 9.1 VangdMstarMegaCap MGK 86.33 1.11 4.6 VangdMorningstarMC VO 80.95 –0.05 11.6 VangdMorningstarSC VB 295.14 14.4 VangdMstarSCValue VBR 244.63 –0.20 15.5 VangdMstarTotalStk VTI 368.21 0.53 9.8 VangdMstarValue VTV 219.95 –0.27 15.2 VangdRealEst VNQ 98.95 –0.54 11.8 VangdRuss1000Grw VONG 121.91 0.84 0.1 VangdS&P500ETF VOO 686.65 0.71 9.5 VangdST Bond BSV 77.58 –0.08 –1.6 VangdSTCpBd VCSH 78.62 –0.06 –1.4 VangdShortTrea VGSH 58.10 –0.05 –1.1 VangdTaxExemptBd VTEB 49.60 –0.10 –1.4 VangdTotalBd BND 72.23 –0.26 –2.5 VangdTotIntlBd BNDX 47.77 –0.23 –1.1 VangdTotIntlStk VXUS 84.59 –0.21 12.1 VangdTotWrldStk VT 155.86 0.26 10.5
收盘价 涨跌 YTD ETF 代码 价格 (%) (%)
AvantisUSSCValue AVUV 125.28 0.03 22.8 CapGrpDivVal CGDV 49.54 0.63 13.5 DimenUSCoreEq2 DFAC 44.49 0.36 12.4 DirexSemiBl3 SOXL 114.72 ... 172.9 InvscNasd100 QQQM 283.29 0.69 12.0 InvscQQQI QQQ 687.99 0.65 12.0 InvscS&P500EW RSP 215.01 –0.17 12.2 iShBitcoin IBIT 35.64 –2.89 –28.2 iShBrdUSDHYCpBd USHY 36.78 –0.03 –1.6 iShCoreDivGrowth DGRO 78.01 –0.28 12.4 iShCoreMSCIEAFE IEFA 98.25 –0.64 9.8 iShCoreMSCIEM IEMG 77.61 0.73 15.5 iShMSCIIntlDev IDEV 90.49 –0.72 9.7 iShCoreMSCITotInt IXUS 94.54 –0.15 11.7 iShCoreS&P500 IVV 750.32 0.69 iShCoreS&P MC IJH 75.27 –0.11 14.0 iShCoreS&P SC IJR 145.46 –0.03 21.0 iShCoreS&PTotUS ITOT 163.61 0.59 10.0 iShCoreS&PUSGrw IUSG 184.83 1.37 10.1 iShCoreUSAggBd AGG 97.37 –0.26 –2.5 iShCoreUnivUSDBd IUSB 45.45 –0.21 –2.3
iShEdgeMSCIUSAMom MTUM 299.59 0.27 19.7 iShEdgeMSCIUSAQual QUAL 219.32 0.18 10.4 iShGoldTr IAU 76.17 –1.46 –6.2 iShiBoxx$IGCpBd LQD 106.25 –3.6 iShMBS MBB 92.92 –0.40 –2.4 iShMSCIACWI ACWI 156.43 0.49 10.6 iShMSCI EAFE EFA 105.58 –0.62 9.9 iSh MSCI EM EEM 64.09 0.79 17.1 iShNatlMuniBd MUB 105.64 –0.11 iShRussMC IWR 109.69 –0.28 13.9 iShRuss1000 IWB 408.38 0.64 9.4
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
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在 美国及国际市场上借贷资金所支付的关键年利率。以下利率仅作为一般水平的指南，并不总是代表实际交易。
通货膨胀
6月指数水平 / 较5月 '26变动(%) / 较6月 '25变动 :--- | 美国消费者价格指数 | | | | 所有项目 / 333.952 / –0.35 / 3.5 核心 / 336.882 / 0.01 / 2.6
国际利率
最新 / 一周前 / 52-Week最高 / 52-Week最低 :--- | 最优惠利率 | | | | | 美国 / 6.75 / 7.50 / 6.75 加拿大 / 4.45 / 4.95 / 4.45 日本 / 2.125 / 1.875 | 政策利率 | | | | | 欧元区 / 2.40 / 2.15 瑞士 / 0.25 / 0.50 / 0.25
数据注释： 美国最优惠利率（Prime rate）是至少 70% 的美国十大银行公布的企业贷款基准利率，且自 December 11, 2025. 起生效。其他最优惠利率不具有直接可比性；不同地区的贷款实践差异较大；贴现率自 December 11, 2025. 起生效。担保隔夜融资利率（Secured Overnight Financing Rate）截至 July 30, 2026. 。DTCC GCF 回购指数（DTCC GCF Repo Index）是存管结算公司（Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.）针对不适用 CUSIP 码的隔夜交易得出的加权平均值。交易额以 10 亿美元为单位。联邦基金利率为 Tullett Prebon 利率，截至东部时间下午 3:30。 数据来源：美联储；劳工统计局；DTCC；FactSet；Tullett Prebon Information, Ltd.
52-Wk 最高 / 最低 / % / 股票代码 / 变动 | 新高与新低 | | | |
52-Wk 最高 / 最低 / % / 股票代码 / 变动
52周 % 股票 代码 高 / 低 变动
52周 % 股票 代码 高 / 低 变动
以下解释适用于在最新交易 session 中创下 52 周日内新高或新低的纽约证券交易所 (NYSE)、NYSE Arca、NYSE American 和纳斯达克股票市场股票。% CHG — 与前一交易 session 相比的当日百分比变化。
Citizens&Northern CZNC 25.84 -0.2 ClearChannelOutdr CCO 2.44 0.4 Cloudflare NET 293.80 -1.6 ConnectOnePfdA CNOBP 25.28 0.3 Credicorp BAP 413.25 -0.4 Danaos DAC 143.48 -0.3 Datadog DDOG 278.76 -0.2 DelekLogistics DKL 61.50 2.0 Diamondrock DRH 13.48 2.6 DianthusTherap DNTH 114.55 -5.1 DivrsHlthcrNts42 DHCNI 17.88 2.2 ElectronicArts EA 209.93 0.1 EloxxPharm ELOX 18.42 31.1 EnlivenTherap ELVN 55.82 1.6 EnovaIntl ENVA 260.79 0.3 FedAgriMtg C AGM 228.38 3.3 FirstBusey BUSE 31.43 -1.3 FirstBusFinSvcs FBIZ 70.71 4.4 FirstInternetBncp INBK 30.05 12.1 FirstNatlVA FXNC 32.18 FlagstarBankPfdA FLGpA 23.56 0.8 ForresterRes FORR 11.75 18.1 FutureMoney FMAC 10.03 0.1 Gerdau GGB 5.02 ... GladstonePfdB LANDO 21.91 GlobaTerraA GTERA 10.37 GlobalShipLease GSL 44.69 -0.3 GrupoCibest CIB 94.21 -1.5 GuardantHealth GH 176.58 6.3
AMCGlobalMedia AMCX 11.66 15.3 AcadianAsset AAMI 88.30 3.0 AdaptiveBiotech ADPT 24.57 -6.7 Aegon AEG 9.49 ... AeonAcqnI AESP 9.93 Ametek AME 244.97 0.7 AB InBev BUD 86.60 0.4 AnikaTherap ANIK 19.29 6.7 Apnimed APMD 29.15 56.3 ArchimedeIII ARCI 10.14 Arxis ARXS 55.24 10.9 AstroNova ALOT 28.99 AxosFinancial AX 105.20 3.0 BBVA BBVA 28.05 1.3 BankFirst BFC 154.42 1.0 BankwellFinl BWFG 69.21 0.6 BillionToOne BLLN 140.21 -0.7 BrinkerIntl EAT 214.23 1.8 BristolMyers BMY 65.66 0.7 Bruker BRKR 65.30 -2.3 CNO Financial CNO 57.59 Cactus WHD 65.19 4.9 CareDx CDNA 45.00 14.7 CatalystAcqn CATLU 10.03 CheesecakeFct CAKE 103.33 ChefsWarehouse CHEF 115.72 2.8
12月 67.46 67.46 66.17 66.90 –.39 263,825 粗米 (CBT)-2,000 cwt.;$ 每 cwt. 9月 13.79 13.99 13.73 13.96 .20 11,479 11月 14.20 14.41 14.20 14.40 .20 1,319 小麦 (CBT)-5,000 bu.;美分 每 bu. 9月 663.25 665.00 634.50 639.25 –24.25 196,941 12月 681.50 682.75 653.25 657.50 –24.00 156,282 小麦 (KC)-5,000 bu.;美分 每 bu. 9月 731.75 733.25 703.00 707.50 –23.25 121,591 12月 747.00 749.00 719.25 723.75 –23.00 112,448 肥牛 (CME)-50,000 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 8月 346.475 348.725 346.150 348.025 1.550 11,879 9月 342.625 345.350 342.100 343.775 1.325 20,420 活牛 (CME)-40,000 lbs.;美分每 lb. 8月 231.275 232.675 231.200 231.750 .525 36,011 10月 227.425 228.550 226.925 227.250 –.200 118,171 精瘦猪 (CME)-40,000 lbs.;美分每 lb. 8月 98.375 99.350 98.325 98.850 .425 20,585 10月 83.350 85.175 83.125 84.850 1.500 120,369 木材 (CME)-27,500 bd. ft., $ 每 1,000 bd. ft. 9月 625.50
626.00 613.00 614.00 –11.00 6,615 11月 631.00 631.00 622.50 623.50 –8.50 1,201 牛奶 (CME)-200,000 lbs., 美分每 lb. 7月 15.65 15.68 15.65 15.67 .03 5,515 9月 17.08 17.58 16.98 17.53 .59 6,471 可可 (ICE-US)-10 公吨;$ 每吨. 9月 5,168 5,510 5,138 5,397 285 63,991 12月 5,293 5,647 5,271 5,536 290 56,040 咖啡 (ICE-US)-37,500 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 9月 325.75 334.40 320.90 332.10 9.05 54,648 12月 310.35 316.85 305.05 314.65 6.95 62,455 世界糖 (ICE-US)-112,000 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 10月 14.43 14.78 14.38 14.66 .23 499,693 27年3月 15.35 15.65 15.28 15.53 .20 300,368 国内糖 (ICE-US)-112,000 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 9月 35.50 35.50 35.50 35.50 … 190 27年3月 37.32 37.32 37.32 37.32 … 1,475 棉花 (ICE-US)-50,000 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 10月 79.75 80.49 79.60 80.50 1.09 142 12月 80.65 81.95 80.62 81.79 1.12 194,350 橙汁 (ICE-US)-15,000 lbs.;美分 每 lb. 9月 146.40 155.75
143.20 154.95 8.95 7,658 11月 150.05 159.50 147.45 159.15 9.15 1,477
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利率期货 超长期国债 (CBT) -$100,000; 100% 的 1 / 32 点 9月 110-300 111-120 109-200 109-220 –1-06.0 2,467,309 12月 110-130 110-270 109-080 109-100 –1-06.0 48 国债 (CBT)-$100,000; 100% 的 1 / 32 点 9月 109-090 109-250 108-080 108-100 –1-03.0 1,863,334 12月 108-280 109-080 107-270 107-270 –1-04.0 11,519 国债票据 (CBT)-$100,000; 100% 的 1 / 32 点 108-155 108-215 107-315 108-000 –17.5 5,285,478 108-080 108-120 107-225 107-230 –18.0 24,330 5年期国债票据 (CBT)-$100,000; 100% 的 1 / 32 点 106-052 106-122 105-310 105-312 –11.2 6,215,189 106-082 106-082 105-277 105-275 –11.7 23,699 2年期国债票据 (CBT)-$200,000; 100% 的 1 / 32 点 102-267 102-296 102-247 102-257 –3.7 4,352,035
iShRuss1000Grw IWF 118.32 0.76 –0.0 iShRuss1000Val IWD 251.82 0.44 19.7 iShRuss2000 IWM 291.20 –0.48 18.3 iShS&P500Grw IVW 135.25 1.44 9.7 iShS&P500Value IVE 231.71 –0.19 9.3 iShSemiconductor SOXX 504.89 0.07 67.7 iSh7-10YTreaBd IEF 92.95 –0.28 –3.3 iShSilver SLV 52.36 –2.13 –18.7 iSh20+YTreaBd TLT 82.25 –0.66 –5.6 iShUSEqFactRotat DYNF 67.45 0.79 10.9 iShUSTreasuryBd GOVT 22.45 –0.24 –2.5 iSh0-3MTreaBd SGOV 100.71 0.02 0.3 JPMNasdEqPrem JEPQ 58.25 0.57 0.2 JanusAAACLO JAAA 50.50 0.06 –0.2
JPMEqPremiumIncome JEPI 57.43 0.33 0.3 JPM UltShIncm JPST 50.54 ... –0.1 ProShUltPrQQQ TQQQ 64.62 2.09 22.6 SPDRGoldMini GLDM 80.14 –1.46 –6.1 SPDR Gold GLD 371.54 –1.49 –6.3 SchwabIntEquity SCHF 27.43 –0.58 14.1 SchwabUS BrdMkt SCHB 28.85 0.59 10.0 SchwabUS Div SCHD 33.47 0.18 22.0 SchwabUS LC SCHX 29.44 0.65 9.4 SchwabUS LC Grw SCHG 34.17 1.12 4.8 SSEnergySel XLE 59.55 1.00 33.2 SSFinlSel XLF 56.94 –0.11 4.0 SSHlthCrSel XLV 162.55 –0.59 5.0 SSIndlSel XLI 179.84 0.81 15.9 SSSPDRBbg1-3M BIL 91.68 0.03 SSSPDR DJIA DIA 524.32 0.54 9.1 SSSPDRDevxUS SPDW 50.06 –0.71 12.7 SSSPDRS&P500 SPYM 87.90 0.68 9.6 SSSPDRS&P500G SPYG 117.14 1.45 9.8
英国 3.75 3.75 4.25 澳大利亚 4.35 4.35 3.60
隔夜回购 美国 3.69 3.67 4.45 3.49
美国政府利率
贴现率 4.50
联邦基金 有效利率 3.6400 3.6400 4.3300 3.6300 最高 3.7000 3.7000 4.5500 3.7000 最低 3.5500 3.5500 4.3200 3.5500 买入价 3.6200 3.6200 4.3200 3.6100 卖出价 3.6400 3.6400 4.3300 3.6300
国债票据拍卖 4周 3.630 3.730 4.300 3.550
HarvardAveA HAVA 10.17 0.2 HomeBancorp HBCP 72.44 0.7 ING Groep ING 35.07 ... IdahoCopperWt COPR.WS 2.00 47.5 Illumina ILMN 205.93 IntegerHoldings ITGR 123.50 20.2 IntlSeaways INSW 97.07 1.0 JerseyMike's JMKE 23.21 6.3 JonesLang JLL 365.43 -1.8 K&FGrowthII KFII 10.62 Karooooo KARO 66.23 MBX Biosci MBX 69.40 -0.8 ManulifeFinl MFC 44.89 -0.2 McKinleyAcqnA MKLY 10.25 0.4 MideraFood MFP 49.86 -0.4 MonoparTherap MNPR 116.69 -5.5 NMI Holdings NMIH 46.74 2.0 NaviosMaritime NMM 82.84 1.9 Neogen NEOG 12.15 4.4 Neutron LIME 29.74 7.0 纽威品牌 NWL 7.13 8.9 Noodles NDLS 19.00 5.9 NordicAmTankers NAT 6.73 -2.0 NorwoodFin NWFL 35.06 0.9 OkeanisEcoTankers ECO 60.78 0.8 OptimumBank OPHC 7.63 7.8 OrukaTherap ORKA 99.00 -1.4 PacGE pfB PCGpB 23.68 ParPacific PARR 87.03 0.1
13周 3.815 3.730 4.235 3.540 26周 3.945 3.835 4.120 3.475
其他短期利率
同业拆借 5.50 5.50 6.25
商业票据 (AA 级金融) 90天 n.a. 3.81 4.26 3.57
担保隔夜融资利率 3.65 3.64 4.51 3.50
价值 52周 最新 交易最高 最低
DTCC GCF回购指数 国债 3.686 77.600 4.492 3.504 MBS 3.710 87.386 4.623 3.517
每周调查
最新 一周前 一年前
房地美 30年固定利率 6.66 6.58 6.72 15年固定利率 6.04 5.96 5.85
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
Park-Ohio PKOH 40.41 1.5 Popular BPOP 176.59 ... Precigen PGEN 6.28 5.6 Primerica PRI 326.78 -1.0 QCR Holdings QCRH 104.35 -0.1 QuadGraphics QUAD 10.39 5.2 Reformation REF 16.35 7.6 RomanDBDR II DRDB 10.62 0.1 SafetyInsurance SAFT 103.57 0.2 SeanergyMaritime SHIP 18.08 -1.9 SharkNinja SN 164.37 -1.0 Snowflake SNOW 304.17 -1.6 StarBulkCarriers SBLK 29.34 -1.4 StevenMadden SHOO 48.76 -3.7 StoneBridgeAcqnII APAC 10.20 0.1 TFS Finl TFSL 19.30 2.0 10xGenomics TXG 50.34 -4.4 ThayerVenturesII TVAI 10.37 UltraparPart UGP 6.59 0.6 UtzBrands UTZ 14.19 Viking VIK 105.86 -0.1 Youdao DAO 17.27 2.6 Zenta ZTG 6.00 29.8 Lows (低价股)
ArriveAI ARAI 0.22 -2.2 AssdBancPfdE ASBpE 19.96 -0.9 AtlasCriticalMnl ATCX 2.75 -7.5 Auddia AUUD 1.02 -2.9 AvaxOneTech AVX 2.88 -5.8 BankofAmPfdE BACpE 18.26 -1.3 BankofAmPfdQQ BACpQ 16.41 -0.7 BankofAmPfdSS BACpS 18.45 -0.9 BeyondAir XAIR 5.02 -2.7 BicycleTherap BCYC 3.80 -3.7 BigBear.aiWt BBAI.WS 0.13 -26.1 Biomerica BMRA 1.47 -6.3 BionanoGenom BNGO 1.00 0.9 BitOrigin BTOG 0.62 -13.1 BlackstoneMtg BXMT 14.11 -2.9 BlaizeWt BZAIW 0.17 -6.0 BlueOwlTech OTF 9.75 0.7 BoneBiologics BBLG 0.83 -1.7 Bonk BNKK 0.91 -8.9 Braskem BAK 2.20 -3.3 BrightSpire BRSP 4.85 0.4 Brightstar BRSL 9.90 -1.3 BrookfieldBus BBUC 28.14 -5.8 Bullish BLSH 20.55 -3.5 Canaan CAN 0.17 -30.2 CarlyleSecured CGBD 9.95 -1.1 ChainceDigital CD 2.76 -1.4 ChicagoAtlRealEst REFI 9.69 -0.6 ClarosMtg CMTG 1.73 -2.7 Cloudastructure CSAI 5.14 -2.4 CoinbaseGlbl COIN 139.11 -10.6 CollectiveAcqnIIWt CAIIW 0.18 14.5 Collplant CLGN 0.27 -9.0 CreativeMedTech CELZ 0.66 -13.1 D.BoralARC I BCARU 4.89 -38.9 DDC Enterprise DDC 0.42 -12.2 DermataTherapWt DRMAW 0.01 -28.6
Dec (12月) 102-217 102-259 102-219 102-220 –4.1 6,897 30天联邦基金利率 (CBT)-$5,000,000; 100 - 日均值。 July (7月) 96.3725 96.3725 96.3700 0025 306,130 Aug (8月) 96.3650 96.3700 96.3650 0050 880,650 三个月 SOFR (CME)-$1,000,000; 100 - 日均值。 May (5月) 96.3600 96.3600 t 96.3600 0000 5,446 Dec (12月) 95.9550 95.9750 t 95.9100 95.9200 –0500 1,661,532
Currency Futures (货币期货) 日元 (CME)-¥12,500,000; 每100日元的美元价 Aug (8月) .6126 .6361 .6226 .6301 … 1,685 Sept (9月) .6143 .6383 .6237 .6315 … 427,918 加拿大元 (CME)-CAD 100,000; 每加元的美元价 .7131 .7150 .7120 .7138 –0013 360 Sept (9月) .7134 .7162 .7126 .7147 –0013 355,660 英镑 (CME)-£62,500; 每英镑的美元价 1.3447 1.3489 1.3401 1.3482 0007 619 1.3467 1.3494 1.3400 1.3482 0007 252,062 瑞士法郎 (CME)-CHF 125,000; 每瑞郎的美元价 1.2480 1.2482 1.2359 1.2430 –0066 110,717 1.2583 1.2583 1.2489 1.2558 –0067 697 澳大利亚元 (CME)-AUD 100,000; 每澳元的美元价 .6953 .7039 .7000 .7036 0008 642 .6947 .7039 .6987 .7032 0008 237,152 墨西哥比索 (CME)-MXN 500,000; 每比索的美元价 .05760 .05760 .05767 00013 950 .05710 .05756 .05729 .05754 00013 203,071
Bonds (债券) / wsj.com / market-data / bonds / benchmarks 全球政府债券：收益率映射
相对于美国国债的收益率及其利差（基点），涵盖选定其他国家的基准两年期和十年期政府债券；箭头表示最新交易时段中收益率是上涨(s)还是下跌(t)
国家 / 收益率(%) / 票面利率 (%) / 到期年限 / 最新(l) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 之前 / 一个月前 / 一年前 / 利差(基点) 最新 / 之前 / 一年前 :--- 美国 2 / 4.250 / 4.289 s / l / 4.227 / 4.138 / 3.952 / 4.375 10 / 4.743 s / l / 4.662 / 4.420 / 4.360 澳大利亚 2 / 2.250 / 4.524 t / l / 4.579 / 4.433 / 3.358 / 22.5 / 32.1 / -60.5 10 / 4.250 / 4.938 t / l / 5.007 / 4.730 / 4.273 / 19.0 / 33.0 / -10.2 法国 2 / 2.400 / 3.002 s / l / 2.954 / 2.698 / 2.211 / -129.7 / -130.4 / -175.2 10 / 3.700 / 4.001 s / l / 3.971 / 3.547 / 3.351 / -74.7 / -70.6 / -102.4 德国 2 / 2.700 / 2.831 s / l / 2.788 / 2.540 / 1.971 / -146.8 / -147.0 / -199.2 10 / 3.000 / 3.229 s / l / 3.182 / 2.864 / 2.696 / -151.9 / -149.6 / -167.9 意大利 2 / 2.650 / 3.015 s / l / 2.978 / 2.707 / 2.168 / -128.4 / -128.0 / -179.5 10 / 3.800 / 4.020 s / l / 3.982 / 3.587 / 3.507 / -72.8 / -69.5 / -86.8 日本 2 / 1.500 / 1.508 s / l / 1.481 / 1.362 / 0.827 / -279.1 / -277.7 / -313.6 10 / 2.700 / 2.799 t / l / 2.804 / 2.687 / 1.556 / -194.9 / -187.3 / -281.9 西班牙 2 / 2.400 / 2.880 s / l / 2.835 / 2.600 / 2.092 / -141.9 / -142.4 / -187.2
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3.400 10 3.642 s l 3.625 3.298 3.210 -110.6 -105.2 -116.6
4.375 英国 2 4.421 s l 4.340 4.176 3.886 12.2 8.2 -7.7
1.125 10 5.062 s 4.989 4.769 4.573 31.3 31.2 19.8
企业债 公司债券价格反映了包括投资者对经济、行业及公司特定预期在内的因素 收窄幅度最大的投资级利差……
利差*，以基点计算 发行人 代码 票面利率 (%) 收益率 (%) 到期日 当前 单日变化 上周
花旗集团 (Citigroup) C 4.750 6.29 '46年5月18日 100 -9 111
微软 (Microsoft) MSFT 5.200 5.26 '39年6月1日 55 -7 59
西北互助全球基金 (Northwestern Mutual Global Funding)* … 4.740 4.94 '31年6月30日 52 -7 50
甲骨文 (Oracle) ORCL 5.375 7.28 '40年7月15日 257 284
法国巴黎银行 (BNP Paribas) … 4.400 4.83 '28年8月14日 56 -6 60
康卡斯特 (Comcast) CMCSA 4.250 5.42 '33年1月15日 72 -6 75
约翰迪尔资本 (John Deere Capital) 4.125 4.53 '29年1月18日 17 n.a.
澳洲国立银行 (National Australia Bank) 4.434 4.56 '29年6月4日 24 30
Liberty Mutual … 7.800 6.80 37年3月15日 205 28 n.a.
Southern California Edison … 5.950 6.14 38年2月1日 143 8 n.a.
Duke Energy Indiana 6.350 5.70 38年8月15日 99 6 84
Verizon Communications VZ 4.812 6.05 39年3月15日 133 6
American Honda Finance 4.850 5.24 31年10月23日 79 5
Mercedes–Benz Finance North America 5.100 5.03 29年11月15日 68 4
UnitedHealth UNH 3.875 4.61 28年12月15日 33 4 31
E.ON International Finance 6.650 5.74 38年4月30日 103 3
发行方 / 代码 / 票面利率 (%) / 收益率 (%) / 到期日 / 债券价格（面值百分比）- 当前 / 单日变动 / 上周 :--- Bombardier / … / 7.450 / 5.89 / 34年5月1日 / 109.571 / 0.32 / 109.240 Rakuten / … / 9.750 / 6.24 / 29年4月15日 / 108.577 / 0.15 / 108.298 Bausch Health / … / 11.000 / 9.74 / 28年9月30日 / 102.371 / 0.12 / 101.875 Verde Purchaser / … / 10.500 / 9.20 / 30年11月30日 / 102.645 / 0.04 / 101.962 Telecom Italia Capital / … / 7.721 / 6.28 / 38年6月4日 / 111.906 / 0.02 / 113.337
Hughes Satellite Systems … 5.250 n.a. 26年8月1日 73.500 –0.60 n.a.
ParamountGlobal … 6.875 8.19 36年4月30日 91.250 –0.29 91.500
Sealed Air 6.875 7.28 33年7月15日 97.828 –0.28 97.125
Bath & Body Works BBWI 6.750 6.90 36年7月1日 98.924 –0.25 98.785
ADT Security 4.875 6.20 32年7月15日 93.500 –0.25 93.575
Transocean International 6.800 7.65 38年3月15日 93.500 94.843
*估计相对于2年期、3年期、5年期、10年期或30年期热跑国债的利差；100个基点=1个百分点；显示的利差变化为Z-利差。 注：数据为到期期限在两年或以上的债券中最活跃的发行品种。 来源：MarketAxess
DigitalAssetWt DAAQW 0.30 -3.3 DragonflyEnergy DFLI 1.12 -9.3 DukeRoboticsWt DUKRW 0.10 9.2 EIDP$4.50Pfd CTApB 65.00 -0.5 EastWestAveAcqn EWAVU 9.91 -0.9 EdibleGarden EDBL 2.25 -6.8 ElongPower ELPW 0.16 -11.2 EmperyDigital EMPD 2.75 -7.8 Enlivex ENLV 1.80 7.2 ENvueMedical FEED 0.29 -1.2 EvolutionGlbl EVOXU 9.91 ... EvolutionMtls EMAT 3.65 -17.2 Evotec EVO 1.90 -1.0 FTAI Infra FIP 3.71 -6.8 FigureTechSolns FIGR 24.28 -3.5 FingerMotion FNGR 0.23 13.9 FlashSports&Media FLZH 1.15 -2.5 Fly-E FLYE 1.60 ... FordMotor6.5%Nts FpD 20.87 0.3 FrankBSPRealty FBRT 7.35 -1.9 Freightos CRGO 1.14 -2.5 GMEXRobotics GMEX 1.21 -11.0 GRI Bio GRI 1.36 -2.1 GabelliDivPfdH GDVpH 21.07 0.1 GabelliUtilPfdC GUTpC 21.04 -1.0 GameYourGame GYGY 7.50 -43.2 Gaxos.ai GXAI 0.73 -5.7 GBankFinl GBFH 19.63 GeminiSpace GEMI 3.74 -5.1 GeniusGroup GNS 0.15 -2.8 Genprex GNPX 5.63 -1.2 GettyImages GETY 0.36 -1.5 GladstoneLand LAND 8.09 -2.1 Gogoro GGR 2.53 -10.6 GorillaTechWt GRRRW 0.11 -22.9 Group1Auto GPI 274.27 -3.4 HealthcrTriangle HCTI 1.09 -3.9 HealthyChoice HCWC 0.17 2.2
欧元 (CME)-€125,000; 每欧元美元价 8月 1.1527 1.1551 1.1465 1.1537 –.0005 13,452 9月 1.1486 1.1567 1.1475 1.1550 –.0005 767,212
指数期货 小型道琼斯工业平均指数 (CBT)-$5x指数 9月 52395 52772 52124 52635 255 78,431 12月 52900 53158 52547 53042 256 275 小型标准普尔500指数 (CME)-$50x指数 7338.00 7541.00 7427.50 7519.25 46.75 2,025,408 12月 7399.75 7607.25 7492.75 7585.25 48.00 32,455 小型标准普尔中盘400指数 (CME)-$100x指数 3745.80 3803.00 3742.20 3772.90 –6.70 36,598 3803.40 –7.00 小型纳斯达克100指数 (CME)-$20x 指数 27202.00 28725.75 28079.75 28404.25 166.50 283,728 27585.00 29001.25 28363.75 28688.50 170.50 3,020 小型罗素2000指数 (CME)-$50x指数 2954.00 2976.30 2905.30 2938.00 –16.30 412,378 2986.50 2995.00 2930.00 2960.10 –16.20 434 小型罗素1000指数 (CME)-$50x指数 4088.70 4103.00 4046.00 4097.70 27.10 5,804 美元指数 (ICE-US)-$1,000 x指数 99.94 100.33 99.58 99.79 .07 52,171 99.73 100.01 99.41 99.50 .07 300
来源：Tullett Prebon, Tradeweb FTSE美国国债收盘价
Heartbeam BEAT 0.49 -3.2 HertzGlobal HTZ 1.55 -4.2 HuachenAIPkg HCAI 3.88 1.6 Hydrofarm HYFM 0.50 -8.7 IdahoCopper COPR 2.05 -1.8 IntelligentGrp INTJ 2.92 -4.0 iPower IPW 0.51 -10.8 IronDomeAcqnIWt IDACW 0.27 -22.8 iSpecimen ISPC 1.77 3.3 JIADE JDZG 3.65 -88.0 JupiterNeurosci JUNS 0.08 -7.7 KaileraTherap KLRA 16.39 -0.6 KaryopharmTherap KPTI 1.80 -72.6 KestrelGr6.625-46 MHLA 9.88 7.8 KochavDefenseRt KCHVR 0.16 0.2 Lensar LNSR 4.95 -3.1 LexariaBioscience LEXX 0.35 -1.3 LibertyDefense DETX 3.03 -2.3 LisataTherap LSTA 0.99 -3.9 Locafy LCFY 2.18 -5.5 LotusTech LOT 0.81 -1.3 LucidDiag LUCD 0.86 -3.3 LumentFinance LFT 0.65 -8.2 LumentFinPfdA LFTpA 17.30 -0.6 MiraPharm MIRA 0.77 -3.0 MackenzieRealty MKZR 0.83 -13.4 MaisonSolutions MSS 1.27 -2.9 MartinMarietta MLM 523.48 -2.8 Masonglory MSGY 0.25 -8.7 Megan MGN 0.06 7.1 MercatorAcqn MRCOU 10.01 MesaRoyalty MTR 2.85 -1.4 ModularMed MODD 1.96 15.5 MoleculinBiotech MBRX 0.31 -60.8 Monro MNRO 12.16 -8.9 MyriadGenetics MYGN 2.81 -46.7 NFT MI 7.25 12.5
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NatlRurUtilNt2064 NRUC 22.25 -0.2 NetClassTechnology NTCL 2.35 -7.2 NeuroSense NRSN 0.43 -2.3 NewAmericaI Wt NWAX.WS 0.36 -16.7 NewGenIvf NIVF 0.67 -4.7 NoahHoldings NOAH 8.37 -0.5 Nutriband NTRB 2.81 -2.1 NutribandWt NTRBW 0.25 -34.2 Nuwellis NUWE 1.61 -60.9 NvniWt NVNIW 0.02 -43.6 O-I Glass OI 7.01 -2.7 OdysseyMarine OMEX 0.59 -8.0 Olin OLN 17.73 -16.5 PPL Un PPLC 46.98 -0.3 ParamountSkydance PSKY 7.62 1.9 PatriaInvts PAX 10.55 -1.4 PliantTherap PLRX 1.04 -1.9 Pluri PLUR 1.45 -0.6 ProfDiversity IPDN 0.33 0.6 PrudentialNt58 PRS 21.47 0.5 PrudentialNts2060 PFH 15.78 -0.2 QXO QXO 13.18 -1.2 QXO Pfd B QXOpB 40.23 -1.1 QwestNts2051 CTGG 16.27 -1.6 QwestNts2052 CTHH 16.75 -0.5 RamacoRscsA METC 9.09 -6.2 RamacoRscsB METCB 6.32 -1.4 ReadyCapital RC 1.39 RealMessenger RMSG 0.29 3.5 ReconTech RCON 0.28 21.8 ReinTherap RNTX 0.73 -4.0 ReitarLogtech RITR 0.05 -9.6 Ridgetech RDGT 0.71 -4.4 RiverNorthPfdA OPPpA 15.77 0.6 Roblox RBLX 33.88 -26.9 SES AI Wt SES.WS 0.01 -14.0 SamosEnerAcqn SAMO.U 9.93 -0.1
来源：FactSet
SentiBiosciences SNTI 0.34 -5.5 SevenHillsRlty SEVN 7.37 0.1 Shutterstock SSTK 5.17 0.4 SkyeBioscience SKYE 0.56 -2.0 SnowRothschild ISNR 9.81 -0.4 SocketMobile SCKT 0.40 -9.8 Southland SLND 0.51 2.9 StardustPower SDST 0.50 -26.5 StarwoodProp STWD 15.94 -1.5 Sui SUIG 0.83 -1.1 SunPowerWt SPWRW 0.04 -27.9 SuperLeagueEnt SLE 2.64 -3.3 SurgePays SURG 0.21 0.9 Telus TU 9.22 -11.2 TEN Holdings XHLD 0.98 -8.3 TMCtheMtlsWt TMCWW 0.02 -10.0 Taoping TAOP 0.58 7.9 Teamshares TMS 5.04 2.0 Telephone&Data TDS 32.94 ... Toppoint TOPP 0.51 -8.4 TrawsPharma TRAW 0.43 2.0 TruGolf TRUG 0.79 -20.7 TScanTherap TCRX 0.73 -1.7 TwentyOneCap XXI 4.15 -4.0 UnivDisplay OLED 76.42 VCIGlobal VCIG 0.30 -9.6 Veea VEEA 0.14 3.3 Venu VENU 2.02 -9.4 VirtusCvPfdA NCVpA 20.33 ... VisionMarineTech VMAR 0.52 -35.6 VisionWave VWAV 1.67 -11.3 VolitionRX VNRX 0.69 -10.2 WesternUnion WU 6.27 -17.3 WheelerREIT WHLR 0.57 -14.3 Winmark WINA 325.06 XCHG XCH 0.30 -1.3 ZOOZStrategyWt ZOOZW 0.02 -22.1 ZeoEnergy ZEO 0.47 -3.7
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以下解释适用于在纽约证券交易所 (NYSE)、纽约证券交易所 Arca (NYSE Arca)、纽约证券交易所 American (NYSE American) 和纳斯达克 (Nasdaq) 股票市场上市的证券。价格综合自各市场中心报告的交易，包括证券交易所、Finra、电子通讯网络和其他经纪交易商。该列表包含基于市值最大的 1,000 家公司。
下划线报价表示该股票的成交量与该股票的平均交易量相比有大幅变化。
粗体报价突出显示那些如果前一交易日收盘价为 $2 或更高，且价格波动在 5% 或以上的股票。
脚注：
s-52周新高；t-52周新低；dd-表示在最近四个季度出现亏损。
股票表格反映截至东部时间下午 4 点的综合常规交易，以及与前一日东部时间下午 4 点官方收盘价的变化。
2026年7月31日，星期五
2026年7月31日，星期五
YTD 52-Week Yld Net % Chg Hi Lo Stock Sym % PE Last Chg -13.76 259.63 174.24 CapitalOne COF 1.5 74 209.01 -1.13 11.94 243.21 137.75 CardinalHealth CAH 0.9 35 230.03 2.96 15.98 43.62 31.33 CareTrustREIT CTRE 3.7 27 41.94 0.30 12.52 432.91 293.43 Carlisle CSL 1.2 21 359.92 -9.96 -22.15 69.85 39.60 Carlyle CG 3.0 31 46.02 0.66 -8.94 34.03 23.45 Carnival CCL 2.2 13 27.81 0.04 65.06 625.99 228.00 CarpenterTech CRS 0.2 49 519.66 15.95 16.98 76.76 50.24 CarrierGlobal CARR 1.6 44 61.81 0.42 -26.12 97.38 54.46 Carvana CVNA ... 29 62.36 0.92 57.59 927.85 490.00 CaseysGenStores CASY 0.3 45 871.00 4.15 42.23 1073.46 405.46 Caterpillar CAT 0.8 41 814.81 5.67 12.12 474.02 173.23 Celestica CLS ... 34 331.44 -21.15 2.87 13.67 8.17 Cemex CX 0.8 36 11.82 -0.11 -7.82 377.54 244.82 Cencora COR 0.8 24 311.34 -0.89 78.43 32.07 14.48 CenovusEnergy CVE 1.1 12 30.19 -0.13 51.20 69.36 25.07 Centene CNC ... dd
62.22 1.38 9.65 45.26 36.60 CenterPointEner CNP 2.3 25 42.04 -0.11 ... 386.34 160.81 CerebrasSystems CBRS ...172 198.71 -4.36 16.56 242.73 144.26 CharlesRiverLabs CRL ... dd 232.51 -2.11 -30.55 285.82 111.55 CharterComms CHTR ... 4 144.98 2.98 -31.49 210.66 112.23 CheckPoint CHKP ... 13 127.13 -1.10 35.59 300.89 186.20 CheniereEnergy LNG 0.8 43 263.57 5.51 23.22 70.64 49.53 CheniereEnerPtrs CQP 4.7 15 65.90 0.84 29.15 214.71 146.49 雪佛龙 CVX 3.6 34 196.83 4.52 -31.62 43.50 17.40 Chewy CHWY ... 38 22.60 -0.22 0.59 44.27 28.04 Chipotle CMG ... 34 37.22 -1.30 12.35 365.91 264.10 Chubb CB 0.1 12 350.68 0.53 2.16 46.48 39.28 ChunghwaTel CHT 3.0 26 42.61 -0.07 17.84 106.04 81.33 Church&Dwight CHD 1.2 33 98.81 1.13 61.22 637.51 84.41 Ciena CIEN ...126 377.05 4.98 1.39 315.47 239.51 Cigna CI 2.2 12 279.05 -8.61 8.79 194.81 143.87 CincinnatiFinl CINF 2.1 8 177.68 2.95 8.81 226.75 161.16 Cintas
CTAS 1.0 42 204.63 -2.16 51.22 30.14 4.55 CipherDigital CIFR ... dd 22.32 -0.34 -21.05 189.92 49.90 CircleInternet CRCL ... dd 62.61 -1.63 50.58 130.37 65.75 CiscoSystems CSCO 1.4 38 115.99 2.43 13.51 147.96 87.94 Citigroup C 2.0 14 132.45 0.13 22.67 74.70 45.91 CitizensFin CFG 2.6 16 71.65 -0.08 33.44 335.94 201.34 CleanHarbors CLH ... 38 312.88 -4.27 -5.26 128.90 84.70 Clorox CLX 5.2 16 95.53 -1.20
YTD 52-Week Yld Net %Chg Hi Lo Stock Sym % PE Last Chg
-24.06 135.52 66.28 AECOM ACM 1.7 15 72.39 0.63 2.37 17.65 12.33 AES AES 4.8 8 14.68 0.01 15.61 130.22 96.95 Aflac AFL 1.9 14 127.48 0.12 -0.56 12.19 9.31 AGNC Invt AGNC 13.5 6 10.66 -0.14 52.58 45.66 17.86 APA APA 2.7 9 37.32 0.99 118.45 45.52 9.29 ASE Tech ASX 0.9 52 35.17 0.40 52.26 1999.96 683.48 ASML ASML 0.5 51 1629.00 -22.44 -18.79 133.86 36.08 AST Space ASTS ... dd 58.98 0.54 -6.40 29.79 19.89 AT&T T 4.8 8 23.25 0.04 63.33 205.31 70.42 ATI ATI ... 62 187.44 5.54 14.30 13.54 5.45 AXIAEnergia AXIA 9.0 16 10.47 -0.03 -15.64 137.49 81.97 AbbottLabs ABT 2.4 34 105.70 0.09 9.83 267.47 187.62 AbbVie ABBV 2.8124 250.94 -6.47 -7.37 148.83 67.09 Abivax ABVX ... dd 124.92 0.59 -38.16 291.09 118.15 Accenture ACN 3.9 13 165.92 2.63 -8.79 380.17 257.04 Acuity AYI 0.2 22 328.39 -9.46 -28.45 370.86 190.12 Adobe ADBE ... 14 250.41 2.51 -4.38 179.31 110.85 AdvDrainageSys WMS 0.6 25 138.48 0.91 38.28 397.44 128.40 AdvEnergyInds AEIS 0.1 61 289.52 15.26 122.33 584.73 149.22 AdvMicroDevices AMD ...156 476.15 -9.24
s 22.44 9.48 6.75 Aegon AEG 4.0 13 9.44 ... 4.97 156.33 105.65 AerCap AER 0.9 7 150.90 -1.97 27.21 382.75 200.00 AffiliatedMgrs AMG 0.0 13 366.73 1.27 -3.92 100.00 42.09 AffirmA AFRM ... 65 71.51 -1.74 1.69 160.27 108.35 AgilentTechs A 0.7 28 138.37 -0.34 -14.31 255.24 123.34 AgnicoEagleMines AEM 1.2 12 145.27 -5.48 8.01 82.08 69.56 AgreeRealty ADC 4.1 42 77.80 -0.34 19.38 314.87 229.11 AirProducts APD 2.5 dd 294.89 -5.31 11.64 156.50 110.81 Airbnb ABNB ... 37 151.52 -0.56 32.01 165.45 69.78 AkamaiTech AKAM ... 39 115.18 1.43 -27.86 55.41 23.92 AlamosGold AGI 0.6 10 27.83 -0.57 -16.83 221.00 64.95 Albemarle ALB 1.4 dd 117.64 -0.12 -14.83 84.38 28.11 Alcoa AA 0.9 9 45.26 0.29 -12.52 90.41 61.84 Alcon ALC 0.5 42 68.94 -0.67 -16.60 192.67 91.99 Alibaba BABA 0.8 20 122.25 5.93 8.33 200.44 122.00 AlignTech ALGN ... 29 169.16 -4.25 -1.14 183.11 125.00 Allegion ALLE 1.4 21 157.40 0.34 8.88
78.81 63.28 AlliantEnergy LNT 3.0 22 70.78 0.43 17.00 137.62 76.01 AllisonTransm ALSN 1.0 18 114.54 -0.90 26.87 277.22 188.08 Allstate ALL 1.6 6 264.08 -1.30 -4.33 47.29 35.92 AllyFinancial ALLY 2.8 10 43.33 0.15 -48.32 495.55 197.81 AlnylamPharm ALNY ... 35 205.52 0.04 13.66 404.47 188.70 Alphabet C GOOG 0.2 18 356.65 22.97 13.78 408.61 187.82 Alphabet A GOOGL 0.2 18 356.13 22.47 18.51 77.06 54.70 Altria MO 6.2 14 68.33 0.39 17.66 278.56 196.00 Amazon.com AMZN ... 22 271.58 36.08 25.91 3.45 2.10 Ambev ABEV 6.3 17 3.11 -0.01 7.63 50.94 36.25 Amcor AMCR 5.8 31 44.88 -0.27 -4.93 42.76 28.92 AmerSports AS ... 44 35.51 -0.59 9.76 118.32 96.57 Ameren AEE 2.7 19 109.61 0.86 22.64 28.46 17.90 AmericaMovil AMX 2.2 15 25.35 0.03 -0.39 18.79 10.09 AmerAirlines AAL 0.0 dd 15.27 -0.16 10.88 140.58 105.70 AEP AEP 3.0 19 127.85 0.07 -9.11 387.49 288.34 AmerExpress AXP 1.1 20 336.25 -1.27 3.69 150.02
122.11 AmericanFin AFG 2.5 13 141.72 0.02 18.15 58.70 37.93 AmerHlthcrREIT AHR 1.8 96 55.60 -0.13 4.11 36.10 27.21 AmHomes4Rent AMH 3.9 26 33.42 0.21 -8.15 87.29 71.25 AIG AIG 2.5 14 78.58 -0.31 -1.26 217.39 160.06 AmerTowerREIT AMT 4.0 24 173.36 -1.10 2.81 147.87 120.57 AmerWaterWorks AWK 2.7 23 134.17 -2.64 11.32 553.46 422.37 Ameriprise AMP 1.2 13 545.84 1.38
s 17.73 244.97 179.24 Ametek AME 0.6 37 241.71 1.70 17.67 398.00 269.77 Amgen AMGN 2.6 27 385.16 -2.48 26.32 96.68 21.57 AmkorTech AMKR 0.7 22 49.87 1.61 18.91 178.52 102.76 Amphenol APH 0.6 40 160.70 0.88 -9.56 65.94 44.12 Amrize AMRZ 0.0 23 48.91 -0.69 35.48 445.91 218.37 AnalogDevices ADI 1.2 55 367.41 0.74 -6.99 129.14 45.36 AngloGoldAsh AU 4.5 12 79.32 -3.01
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s 35.04 86.60 56.97 AB InBev BUD 1.1 25 86.48 0.34 1.61 24.52 20.00 AnnalyCap NLY 13.2 6 22.72 -0.36 23.50 23.84 16.96 AnteroMidstream AM 4.1 26 21.97 0.42 4.88 45.75 29.10 AnteroResources AR ... 10 36.14 0.84 2.17 382.34 304.59 Aon AON 0.9 20 360.55 -6.02 3.71 49.99 33.40 APi Group APG ... dd 39.68 0.48 77.65 134.46 34.34 ApogeeTherap APGE ... dd 134.09 -0.21 -13.24 153.29 99.56 ApolloGlbMgmt APO 1.8 83 125.59 5.34 13.63 344.57 201.50 Apple AAPL 0.3 35 308.91 -24.52 34.44 352.76 238.34 AppliedIndlTech AIT 0.6 33 345.21 5.36 97.54 739.67 154.47 ApplMaterials AMAT 0.4 48 507.67 5.90 -41.25 745.61 359.00 AppLovin APP ... 35 395.90 -7.97 -12.39 78.49 51.68 Aptiv APTV 0.0 33 56.47 -1.62 54.56 58.68 35.07 Aramark ARMK 0.8 42 56.97 -0.28 53.92 72.50 30.17 ArcelorMittal MT 0.7 30 70.14 0.80 4.81 107.08 82.44 ArchCapital ACGL 0.0 8 100.53 -0.61 37.88 88.46 52.96 ADM ADM 2.6 35 79.27 -1.34 -20.75 195.26 95.80 AresMgmt ARES 4.2 59 128.09 3.97 1.53 953.58 631.47 argenx ARGX ... 33 853.82 -18.76 37.64 189.82 114.52 AristaNetworks ANET ... 62 180.35 9.33 119.28 452.70 100.02 Arm ARM ...246 239.69 -1.85 96.56 237.33 101.79 ArrowElec ARW ... 15 216.57 3.72 27.50 95.49 15.01 ArrowheadPharm ARWR ... dd 84.65 -2.67
s ... 55.24 33.15 Arxis ARXS ... ... 54.30 5.32 14.38 282.15 167.27 AscendisPharma ASND ... 27 243.91 -7.16 15.92 284.64 184.15 Assurant AIZ 1.3 14 279.19 -3.27 87.08 499.48 97.89 AsteraLabs ALAB ...210 311.23 11.54 -3.34 212.71 141.77 AstraZeneca AZN 1.9 25 169.64 -1.70 -37.70 199.09 56.01 Atlassian TEAM ... dd 101.02 2.90 3.07 192.51 154.55 AtmosEnergy ATO 2.3 21 172.78 -1.48 67.97 8.56 3.60 AuroraInnov AUR ... dd 6.45 0.21 -20.88 329.09 185.50 Autodesk ADSK ... 34 234.20 -0.77 3.59 315.26 188.16 ADP ADP 2.6 24 266.46 2.59 -11.06 4388.11 2902.20 AutoZone AZO ... 21 3016.25 9.68 2.37 198.63 160.09 Avalonbay AVB 3.8 25 185.61 -2.17 20.24 15.93 7.26 Avantor AVTR ... dd 13.78 -0.08 -6.68 199.54 152.42 AveryDennison AVY 2.4 19 169.73 -5.09 -7.07 885.91 339.01 AxonEnterprise AXON ...211 527.76 2.46 19.36 260.19 96.09 AxsomeTherap AXSM ... dd 217.99 -16.65 -8.98 26.52 20.87 BCE BCE 5.8 4 21.68 -0.02 39.95 93.83 49.68 BHP Group BHP 3.1 21 84.49 -1.41 8.61 110.92 83.21 BJ'sWholesale BJ ... 22 97.78 -0.67 30.20 48.27 31.59 英国石油 BP 4.4 38 45.22 1.00 -2.40 241.82 143.07 BWX Tech BWXT 0.6 45 168.70 3.11 3.91 79.33 49.72 BXP BXP 4.0 38 70.12 -1.55 -14.96 165.30 84.64 Baidu BIDU ... dd 111.11 3.63 32.83 70.41 41.96 BakerHughes BKR 1.5 19 60.49 0.59 22.52 68.29 44.83 Ball BALL 1.2 19 64.90 -0.41
s 19.91 28.05 16.44 BBVA BBVA 3.1 13 27.95 0.35 19.86 3.80 2.37 BancoBradesco BBDO 4.9 9 3.44 0.21 8.82 46.77 27.08 BancodeChile BCH 4.0 17 41.35 -0.90 -7.20 7.32 4.66 BancSanBrasil BSBR 5.2 18 5.67 0.62 11.25 37.72 22.77 BcoSantChile BSAC 3.2 15 34.61 -0.46 20.20 14.39 8.29 BancoSantander SAN 1.4 11 14.10 -0.01 12.64 62.98 44.75 BankofAmerica BAC 2.1 14 61.95 0.22 38.26 184.21 109.64 BankMontreal BMO 2.5 19 179.45 0.83 34.66 163.77 98.40 BankNY Mellon BNY 1.6 18 156.33 0.25 19.11 90.47 55.21 BankNovaScotia BNS 3.4 17 87.77 -0.07 8.06 28.67 18.79 Barclays BCS 1.6 10 27.50 -0.20 -15.66 54.69 20.95 BarrickMining B 2.5 10 36.73 -0.97 36.89 30.00 15.73 BaxterIntl BAX 0.2 dd 26.16 -0.59 8.60 187.35 127.54 BectonDicknsn BDX 2.5 42 165.62 0.17 ... 43.98 30.11 BendingSpoons BSP ... ... 35.20 0.46 -7.14 58.64 28.08 BentleySystems BSY 0.8 40 35.44 0.23 4.02 385.22 253.95 BeOneMed ONC ... 71
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
316.01 -6.07 3.45 78.96 62.87 Berkley WRB 0.6 15 72.54 -0.84 1.77 516.85 455.19 BerkHathwy B BRK.B ... 15 511.54 1.86 1.56 775000 685150 BerkHathwy A BRK.A ... 15 766600 1610.00 28.88 91.27 55.10 BestBuy BBY 4.5 16 86.26 -1.56 22.58 72.36 43.20 Bio-Techne TECH 0.4104 72.09 0.06 15.32 219.72 124.56 Biogen BIIB ... 36 202.95 -4.98 0.99 66.28 49.26 BioMarinPharm BMRN ... 44 60.02 -0.56 -4.85 124.00 79.52 BioNTech BNTX 0.0 dd 90.58 -2.27 -36.35 71.74 12.80 BitMineImmersion BMNR 0.1 dd 17.28 -0.80 1.87 1219.94 917.39 BlackRock BLK 2.1 27 1090.39 -7.98 -17.12 190.09 101.73 Blackstone BX 3.6 29 127.75 -0.32 24.81 84.08 48.21 Block XYZ ... 63 81.24 -1.35 136.86 351.28 32.52 BloomEnergy BE ...280 205.81 -1.31 -31.06 20.58 7.95 BlueOwlCapital OWL 8.9126 10.30 0.14 -0.45 254.35 176.77 Boeing BA 0.0 98 216.14 -4.76 -9.95 231.80 150.14 Booking BKNG 0.9 25 192.90 -0.34 41.46 78.82 35.04 BorgWarner
BWA 1.1 39 63.74 -0.67 -50.99 109.50 42.20 BostonSci BSX ... 19 46.73 0.73 4.71 93.42 42.09 BridgeBioPharma BBIO ... dd 80.09 -2.05 59.44 73.75 19.01 BrightSpring BTSG ... 56 59.71 -13.17
s 21.08 65.66 42.52 BristolMyers BMY 3.9 14 65.31 0.45 7.12 67.30 49.88 BritishAmTob BTI 5.4 13 60.65 -1.04 20.18 32.86 24.66 BrixmorProp BRX 3.9 22 31.51 0.01 12.48 495.00 281.61 Broadcom AVGO 0.7 65 389.28 1.44 -31.02 271.91 133.83 BroadridgeFinl BR 2.5 16 153.95 -0.82 -7.62 64.10 42.20 BrookfieldAsset BAM 4.2 31 48.40 0.44 -7.32 49.56 37.93 Brookfield BN 0.7 86 42.53 0.50 20.21 44.03 29.63 BrookfieldInfr BIP 4.4 57 41.76 -0.63 -6.01 49.86 40.06 BrookWealth BNT 0.6 ... 43.19 0.44 -11.67 98.30 53.81 Brown&Brown BRO 0.9 22 70.40 -0.47 10.25 31.92 22.61 Brown-FormanB BF.B 3.2 19 28.73 -0.10 11.06 31.63 23.01 Brown-FormanA BF.A 3.2 19 29.22 0.01
s 33.39 65.30 28.53 Bruker BRKR 0.3 dd 62.84 -1.50
t -42.46 118.00 20.55 Bullish BLSH ... dd 21.79 -0.80 19.25 134.87 76.01 BungeGlobal BG 2.7 21 106.23 1.16 27.57 378.33 240.49 BurlingtonStrs BURL ... 38 368.48 -3.71 -6.58 683.50 434.70 CACI Intl CACI ... 21 497.75 20.40 -8.69 174.27 121.69 CBRE Group CBRE ... 34 146.81 -2.65 8.52 179.27 97.12 CDW CDW 1.7 18 147.81 2.25 61.87 141.96 75.42 CF Industries CF 1.9 11 125.19 -0.58 -20.75 98.19 59.63 CGI A GIB 0.7 13 73.15 -0.09 -8.11 210.33 104.95 CH Robinson CHRW 1.7 28 147.73 0.81 -1.94 329.16 218.31 CME Group CME 1.9 23 267.79 0.57 2.95 80.36 68.64 CMS Energy CMS 3.2 22 71.99 -0.27 9.91 55.71 41.53 CNA Fin CNA 3.7 12 52.47 -0.79 11.17 13.31 9.00 CNH Indl CNH 1.0 33 10.25 -0.07 -23.87 131.55 93.58 CRH CRH 1.6 17 95.01 -0.99 39.03 53.60 31.80 CSX CSX 1.1 29 50.40 0.21 31.59 110.68 61.19 CVS Health CVS 2.5 46 104.43 -0.79 8.78 416.69 262.75 CadenceDesign CDNS ... 68 340.02 7.20 0.66 119.81 96.53 CamdenProperty CPT 3.8 37 110.81 -2.48 -5.59 135.24 68.96 Cameco CCJ 0.1 80 86.38 -1.85 30.84 122.50 71.00 CIBC CM 2.1 16 118.55 0.28 28.69 131.55 90.74 CanNtlRlwy CNI 2.0 23 127.21 0.08 40.86 51.34 29.30 CanadianNatRscs CNQ 3.2 14 47.68 0.40 20.73 93.95 68.42 CdnPacKC CP 0.7 29 88.89 0.73
共同基金 年初至今净值 基金 资产净值 变化 %回报 年初至今净值 基金 资产净值 变化 %回报
按净资产排列的纳斯达克发布份额类别的前 250 个共同基金列表。
e-除权分红。f-前一日报价。g-适用脚注 x 和 s。j-适用脚注 e 和 s。k-由 LSEG 使用更新数据重新计算。p-适用分销成本 12b-1。r-可能适用赎回费。s-股票拆分或股息。t-适用脚注 p 和 r。v-适用脚注 x 和 e。x-除息。z-适用脚注 x, e 和 s。NA-由于价格、业绩或成本数据不完整而不可得。NE-LSEG 未发布；数据审核中。NN-基金未跟踪。NS-基金在期初不存在。
IntlVal Inst NA ... NA Baird Funds AggBdInst 9.66 -0.02 -0.5 CorBdInst 10.02 -0.02 -0.4 IntBdInst 10.33 -0.01 0.1 ShtTBdInst 9.45 ... 1.1 BlackRock Funds HiYBlk 7.08 1.8 HiYldBd Inst 7.08 1.8 BlackRock Funds III iShS&P500IdxK870.91 +6.11 10.1 BlackRock Funds Inst StratIncOpptyIns 9.63 -0.01 1.3 Calamos Funds MktNeutI 16.22 +0.03 3.7 CausewayInst CausewayInst 26.06 -0.15 10.9 Columbia Class A SelgComuInfoA229.17 +0.98 46.2 Columbia Class I DivIncom I 40.37 +0.01 12.2 Dimensional Fds
AB Funds MuniIncmShares 10.97 -0.02 1.1 American Century Inv Ultra 95.66 +1.73 1.6 American Funds Cl A AmcpA 44.73 +0.81 4.8 AMutlA 64.81 +0.03 9.7 BalA 40.42 +0.07 8.4 BondA 11.07 -0.03 -1.0 CapIBA 83.95 +0.07 10.5 CapWGrA 80.97 +0.72 14.0 EupacA 62.89 +0.41 10.0 FdInvA 102.17 +0.97 13.2 GwthA 84.97 +0.98 5.6 ICAA 68.26 +0.97 9.7 IncoA 27.94 -0.03 8.3 N PerA 74.10 +0.67 4.9 NEcoA 83.87 +0.97 15.4 NwWrldA 106.17 +2.05 13.8 SmCpA 80.87 +0.26 10.3 WshA 67.98 -0.02 9.0 Artisan Funds
s 41.51 293.80 158.83 Cloudflare NET ... dd 278.98 -4.41 25.29 90.92 65.35 Coca-Cola (可口可乐) KO 2.4 26 87.59 -0.90 22.57 219.65 110.40 Coca-ColaCon COKE 0.5 27 187.90 -1.93 20.68 113.67 84.66 CocaColaEuropac (可口可乐欧洲太平洋) CCEP 2.2 23 109.46 -2.25 -16.38 27.77 8.56 CoeurMining CDE 0.3 12 14.91 -0.49 81.32 72.88 34.60 Cognex CGNX 0.5 77 65.24 2.62 -33.31 87.03 37.08 CognizantTech CTSH 2.4 12 55.35 1.46 42.43 440.00 84.35 Coherent COHR ...126 262.89 13.83
t -35.32 402.16 139.11 CoinbaseGlbl COIN ... dd 146.26 -17.32 15.54 99.33 74.55 ColgatePalm (高露洁-棕榈) CL 2.3 35 91.30 -0.30 -14.43 32.85 21.28 Comcast A (康卡斯特 A) CMCSA 5.5 8 23.96 0.29 85.33 2073.99 655.96 ComfortSystems FIX 0.2 43 1729.69 31.85 14.44 7.16 3.67 SABESP SBS 3.7 33 5.45 -0.02 28.70 135.87 85.57 ConocoPhillips (康菲 {ConocoPhillips}) COP 2.8 20 120.48 1.45 9.60 116.23 94.96 ConEd ED 3.3 18 108.85 -0.81 -5.60 174.32 126.45 ConstBrands A (星座品牌 A) STZ 3.2 12 130.23 -0.15 -25.62 412.70 228.63 ConstellationEner CEG 0.6 23 262.75 -0.81 -11.76 89.83 58.89 Cooper COO 0.0 61 72.32 -0.33 -25.62 50.11 26.81 Copart CPRT ... 18 29.12 -0.45 228.99 122.21 28.66 CorceptTherap CORT ...273 114.49 -3.83 3.38 36.57 22.19 CorebridgeFin CRBG 3.2 52 31.19 -0.77 0.22 153.20 60.55 CoreWeave CRWV ... dd 71.77 -2.13 57.89 271.78 61.44 Corning (康宁) GLW 0.8 63 138.25 3.03 26.98 395.49 252.84 Corpay CPAY ... 23 382.11 -8.01 17.43 90.97 60.53 Corteva CTVA 0.9 52 78.71 -10.63 -57.23 97.43 25.89 CoStar CSGP ...158 28.76 -0.70 10.38 1096.50 844.06 Costco (好市多) COST 0.6 48 951.89 -2.28 -30.69 34.08 14.92 Coupang CPNG ... dd 16.35 0.26 15.74 230.50 159.58 Crane CR 0.5 37 213.46 -0.72
s 39.57 413.25 230.45 Credicorp BAP 2.7 15 400.58 -1.69 43.85 308.67 86.48 CredoTech CRDO ... 83 206.99 5.91 62.86 217.50 85.68 CrowdStrike CRWD ... dd 190.86 5.64 -14.14 112.75 73.52 CrownCastle (皇冠城堡) CCI 5.6 17 76.30 -0.21 14.45 121.90 89.21 Crown Holdings CCK 1.2 17 117.85 -0.52 15.01 43.26 35.09 CubeSmart CUBE 5.1 28 41.46 0.22 31.36 169.09 119.00 Cullen / Frost CFR 2.5 16 166.34 2.85 24.24 737.76 354.68 Cummins (康明斯) CMI 1.4 33 634.20 1.22 31.33 808.16 464.91 Curtiss-Wright CW 0.1 53 724.00 7.34 21.39 88.31 32.89 Cytokinetics CYTK ... dd 77.13 -3.29 D E F
9.99 155.75 126.23 DTE Energy DTE 3.3 22 141.87 0.17 15.31 152.88 99.81 DT Midstream DTM 2.5 30 138.00 1.23 -14.83 242.80 160.93 Danaher (丹纳赫) DHR 0.8 35 194.98 -1.19 10.63 220.65 169.00 Darden DRI 3.0 20 203.58 -3.39 68.44 66.02 29.15 DarlingIngred DAR ... 16 60.64 -0.36
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
s 97.05 278.76 98.01 Datadog DDOG ...715 267.97 -0.59 111.33 244.49 101.00 DaVita DVA ... 23 240.09 1.23 -6.55 125.45 78.91 DeckersOutdoor DECK ... 14 96.88 -2.81 27.30 674.19 433.00 Deere DE 1.1 34 592.67 -6.80 222.03 469.47 110.22 DellTechC DELL 0.6 32 405.37 0.56 25.99 95.68 50.45 DeltaAir DAL 1.0 15 87.44 -1.15 -4.82 40.43 28.12 DeutscheBank DB 0.9 10 36.70 -0.33 23.21 52.71 31.47 DevonEnergy DVN 2.8 13 45.13 0.96 25.73 87.00 54.11 DexCom DXCM ... 33 83.45 8.91 2.07 116.41 72.45 Diageo DEO 4.7 20 88.06 -1.00 35.00 214.51 134.30 DiamondbkEner FANG 2.2229 202.95 3.18 -1.04 244.38 186.67 Dick's DKS 2.6 19 195.91 -4.00 21.85 208.14 146.23 DigitalRealty DLR 2.6 92 188.52 -4.67 144.18 187.50 25.56 DigitalOcean DOCN ... 51 117.50 -2.73 -2.97 741.98 449.64 Dillard's DDS 0.2 14 588.34 -13.97 -15.45 119.91 92.19 Disney DIS 1.6 15 96.19 0.03 -19.84 86.65 40.16 DocuSign DOCU ... 36 54.83 0.54
-4.31 158.23 95.11 DollarGeneral DG 1.9 18 127.05 -0.45 3.41 142.40 84.71 DollarTree DLTR ... 20 127.21 -1.36 18.06 72.99 55.85 DominionEner D 3.9 20 69.17 -0.56 -16.65 477.00 282.00 Domino's DPZ 2.3 20 347.44 -4.81 6.29 112.84 70.17 Donaldson DCI 1.4 25 94.24 1.58 -13.39 285.50 143.30 DoorDash DASH ... 93 196.16 -1.37 4.80 237.54 158.97 Dover DOV 1.0 25 204.62 0.56 29.56 42.74 20.40 Dow DOW 4.6 dd 30.29 0.20 -15.60 15.67 11.36 DrReddy'sLab RDY 0.5 27 11.85 0.02 -31.86 48.78 20.46 DraftKings DKNG ...390 23.48 -0.24 7.01 134.49 113.89 DukeEnergy DUK 3.5 19 125.43 -0.84 13.60 157.98 86.55 DuPont DD 1.8 dd 137.00 -1.84 7.53 74.65 44.58 DutchBros BROS ...104 65.83 0.40 18.69 566.47 233.00 DycomInds DY ... 38 401.07 -16.08 2.26 54.01 31.64 Dynatrace DT ... 83 44.32 0.22 30.34 951.96 564.92 EMCOR EME 0.2 25 797.43 -4.94 46.44 58.00 33.74 ENI E 3.0 14 55.56 ... 41.60 151.87 101.59 EOG Rscs EOG
2.7 15 148.69 3.18 -0.58 68.24 47.94 EQT EQT 1.2 12 53.29 0.58 16.56 136.24 92.67 EastWestBncp EWBC 2.4 13 131.00 0.09 17.33 226.71 159.37 EastGroup EGP 3.0 37 209.01 -0.57 30.36 436.74 311.92 Eaton ETN 1.1 41 415.20 28.31 30.90 119.31 78.03 eBay EBAY 1.1 26 114.01 0.49 -22.64 147.25 26.04 EchoStar ECHO ... dd 84.09 -2.04 5.76 309.27 243.15 Ecolab ECL 1.1 37 277.63 -1.71 67.37 17.75 8.27 Ecopetrol EC 10.0 15 16.77 -0.27 22.24 81.62 51.01 EdisonIntl EIX 4.8 8 73.37 -5.36 0.96 96.29 72.30 EdwardsLife EW ... 51 86.07 -0.85 16.53 27.72 13.39 ElancoAnimal ELAN ... dd 26.37 -0.09 39.98 1016.06 432.85 ElbitSystems ESLT 0.5 65 808.65 22.69
s 2.71 209.93 151.50 ElectronicArts EA 0.4 60 209.86 0.27 7.21 436.24 273.71 ElevanceHealth ELV 1.8 17 375.84 -0.56 6.15 80.75 53.56 Embraer EMBJ 0.8 40 68.33 0.22 9.44 55.49 45.77 Emera EMA 3.7 23 53.89 0.30 12.88 165.15 122.64 EmersonElec EMR 1.5 35 149.82 1.18 13.86 58.45 44.80 Enbridge ENB 4.9 25 54.46 -0.97 4.64 127.99 92.77 EncompassHealth EHC 0.8 19 111.07 0.18 23.47 20.70 16.18 EnergyTransfer ET 6.7 17 20.36 0.12 85.79 108.65 22.95 EnlightRenewableEn ENLT ...193 84.46 -1.32 2.27 218.00 141.58 EnsignGroup ENSG 0.1 28 178.16 -0.67 41.31 186.94 67.97 Entegris ENTG 0.3 69 119.05 1.94 16.43 118.44 86.40 Entergy ETR 2.4 28 107.62 -0.41 18.68 40.16 30.01 EnterpriseProd EPD 5.9 13 38.05 0.49 -20.44 271.84 150.75 Equifax EFX 1.3 30 172.62 -3.51 33.04 1128.68 720.62 Equinix EQIX 2.0 66 1019.28 -28.25 73.93 43.46 22.26 Equinor EQNR 2.9 11 41.10 0.37 ... 55.24 35.20 Equitable EQH 2.5 dd
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
47.65 -1.23 7.36 69.00 58.37 EquityLife ELS 3.3 32 65.07 -0.46 5.41 71.50 57.57 EquityResdntl EQR 4.2 29 66.45 -0.67 -15.56 380.67 204.63 ErieIndemnity ERIE 2.4 22 242.04 8.37 3.88 42.37 36.10 EssentialUtil WTRG 3.6 20 39.85 -0.50 8.58 303.35 238.46 EssexProp ESS 3.6 44 284.14 2.28 -19.88 121.64 66.22 EsteeLauder EL 1.7 dd 83.90 -0.98 -5.79 388.71 265.87 EvercoreA EVR 1.1 18 320.56 7.69 10.25 401.07 302.44 Everest EG 2.1 8 374.15 -1.21 14.51 88.62 69.54 Evergy EVRG 3.3 22 83.01 -0.24 15.16 100.59 54.37 Everpure P ...117 77.17 2.11 6.33 76.57 61.53 EversourceEner ES 4.4 19 71.59 -2.25 20.99 57.57 33.76 Exelixis EXEL ... 18 53.03 -2.94 5.12 50.65 42.58 Exelon EXC 3.7 17 45.82 0.24 -14.80 126.62 84.98 ExpandEnergy EXE 2.4 8 94.03 1.61 4.03 312.40 174.05 Expedia EXPE 0.7 26 294.74 1.81 12.67 183.52 110.48 ExpeditorsIntl EXPD 1.0 27 167.89 0.88 13.68 158.88 125.71 ExtraSpaceSt EXR 4.4 34
148.04 -0.17 29.17 176.41 105.53 埃克森美孚 XOM 2.7 26 155.44 -1.53 57.71 435.00 223.76 F5 FFIV ... 32 402.57 13.82 4.65 323.51 128.32 FTAI Aviation FTAI 1.0 45 206.00 8.50 -4.36 748.89 272.49 Fabrinet FN ... 37 435.41 -3.92 -9.30 409.16 185.00 FactSet FDS 1.8 17 263.20 0.17 -33.58 1998.01 870.01 FairIsaac FICO ... 32 1122.97 -16.57 18.89 50.63 38.97 Fastenal FAST 2.2 41 47.71 1.05 23.11 128.21 89.99 FederalRealty FRT 3.6 22 124.09 ... 32.15 345.37 174.01 FedEx FDX 1.6 20 307.40 -1.15 ... 200.00 135.00 FedExFreight FDXF ... ... 140.53 2.98 5.26 271.64 207.64 FergusonEnts FERG 1.5 26 234.33 7.97 6.58 504.49 312.51 Ferrari RACE 1.1 37 393.87 -3.86 0.76 74.79 50.72 Ferrovial FER 0.0 67 65.10 -0.02 -5.50 61.40 42.78 FidNatlFinl FNF 4.0 18 51.59 -0.47 -32.64 80.99 37.42 FidNatlInfo FIS 3.9 9 44.77 -1.23 20.70 59.50 40.05 FifthThirdBncp FITB 2.8 19 56.50 -0.09 -34.92 142.92 16.60 Figma FIG
... dd 24.32 0.56 1.89 2237.82 1623.76 FirstCitizBcshA FCNCA 0.4 12 2186.65 30.42 7.28 26.56 19.80 FirstHorizon FHN 2.7 12 25.64 0.19 -19.22 320.95 171.99 FirstSolar FSLR ... 13 211.03 5.02 7.91 52.34 41.87 FirstEnergy FE 3.9 26 48.31 -0.40 -19.70 141.38 47.04 Fiserv FISV ... 9 53.94 -0.13 15.27 251.63 130.00 FiveBelow FIVE ... 27 217.13 -2.04 88.27 166.86 47.83 Flex FLEX ... 44 113.75 1.84 9.53 92.41 48.71 Flowserve FLS 1.2 27 75.99 0.67
数据提供方
Contrafund K6 36.27 +0.46 6.6 EmgMktIdxInstPre 16.20 +0.26 18.4 ExtMktIdxInstPre 114.13 -0.47 13.4 FidSAIEmerg 21.21 +0.28 26.0 FidSer5 7.43 -0.02 -0.5 FidSerInt 8.38 ... 0.2 FidSerToMarket 24.49 +0.14 10.5 FIDZroLgCpIx 26.80 +0.19 9.8 GlexUSIdxInstPre 21.22 +0.01 13.7 GrowthCompanyK6 43.27 +0.38 16.9 IntlIdxInstPrem 67.97 -0.47 11.8 LgCpGwId InstPre 46.39 +0.38 0.3 LgCpVlIdxIstPrem 24.96 +0.11 20.6 MidCpInxInstPrem 42.33 -0.12 14.6 SAIUSLgCpIndxFd 29.99 +0.21 10.1 SeriesBondFd 8.88 -0.02 -0.5 SeriesOverseas 15.82 +0.01 6.0 SerLTTreBdIdx 5.09 -0.04 -3.4 SmCpIdxInstPrem 36.73 -0.18 18.9 TMktIdxInstPrem 206.30 +1.19 10.5 TotalMarketIndex 26.14 +0.15 10.6 TtlIntIdxInstPr 19.56 -0.01 12.9 USBdIdxInstPrem 10.27 -0.03 -0.6 Fidelity Advisor TotBdFdClZ 9.39 -0.02 -0.4 Fidelity Advisor I GrOppI 254.30 +2.85 8.7 Fidelity Freedom Freedom2035K6 18.63 +0.06 8.9 Freedom2040K6 14.22 +0.05 11.0 Idx2030InsPre 23.98 +0.03 6.4 Idx2035InsPre 28.48 +0.05 7.4 Idx2040InsPre 31.37 +0.07 9.2 Idx2045InsPre 33.98 +0.09 10.4
EmgMktVa 42.78 +0.31 15.9 EmMktCorEq 32.91 +0.47 14.1 IntlCoreEq 22.46 -0.18 12.1 IntlVal 32.87 -0.20 16.5 IntSmCo 27.51 -0.27 8.7 IntSmVa 33.88 -0.29 10.9 LgCo 49.74 +0.35 10.1 US CoreEq1 55.40 +0.26 12.3 US CoreEq2 49.48 +0.16 12.5 US Small 61.22 -0.02 17.7 US SmCpVal 62.16 -0.03 21.3 US TgdVal 44.01 -0.04 20.0 USLgVa 66.58 +0.20 19.2 Dodge & Cox Income 12.48 -0.04 -0.8 Intl Stk 18.91 +0.02 14.9 Stock 17.94 +0.13 9.9 DoubleLine Funds TotRetBdI NA ... NA Fidelity 500IdxInstPrem 260.37 +1.83 10.1
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
-51.42 313.69 91.52 FlutterEnt FLUT ... dd 104.47 2.34 26.64 141.47 83.08 FEMSA FMX 2.2 25 127.99 1.23 11.89 17.78 10.68 FordMotor F 4.1 dd 14.68 -0.18 ... 66.00 25.95 ForgentPwr FPS ...286 33.27 -0.01 103.94 170.35 70.12 Fortinet FTNT ... 57 161.95 7.70 9.74 59.40 48.64 Fortis FTS 3.0 23 57.00 -0.47 7.25 64.56 46.34 Fortive FTV 0.4 35 59.21 0.73 -20.31 76.39 48.34 FoxA FOXA 1.0 15 58.23 -0.59 -20.01 68.17 44.08 FoxB FOX 1.1 14 51.94 -0.40 2.72 285.67 158.26 Franco-Nevada FNV 0.8 30 212.92 -8.44 41.73 34.92 21.11 FranklinRscs BEN 3.9 26 33.86 0.69 24.32 194.01 107.97 FreedomHolding FRHC ... 60 151.27 -3.86 23.31 72.28 35.15 FreeportMcM FCX 1.0 31 62.63 -0.81 7.72 27.64 20.02 FreseniusMedCare FMS 2.4 14 25.66 -0.04 -11.56 14.07 7.46 FullTruck YMM 2.5 17 9.49 -0.07 -35.98 202.53 80.50 Futu FUTU 2.4 12 105.12 1.70 G H I
16.89 382.97 261.71 GE Aerospace GE 0.5 42 360.07 5.03 -17.07 89.77 58.75 GE HealthCare GEHC 0.2 16 68.02 -1.92 51.52 1195.94 530.16 GE Vernova GEV 0.2 28 990.29 8.31 -3.80 51.51 33.33 GFLEnvironmental GFL 0.2 dd 41.32 -0.05 5.40 61.70 36.75 GSK GSK 3.4 16 51.69 -0.38 -3.62 313.55 190.75 Gallagher AJG 1.1 41 249.42 -7.04 8.17 28.10 19.93 GameStop GME 0.0 17 21.72 -0.16 0.22 49.95 41.17 Gaming&Leisure GLPI 7.3 13 44.79 0.08 44.83 304.00 186.67 Garmin GRMN 1.4 30 293.78 -3.77 -40.14 345.50 124.25 Gartner IT ... 15 151.02 -1.90 0.96 32.22 17.78 GenDigital GEN 1.8 17 27.45 0.16 44.54 296.44 134.80 Generac GNRC ... 45 197.11 5.20 13.89 400.00 306.03 GeneralDynamics GD 1.7 23 383.42 1.22 -23.12 51.33 31.75 GeneralMills GIS 6.8 dd 35.75 -0.67 9.27 91.85 51.88 GeneralMotors GM 0.8 45 88.86 0.46 -6.27 35.43 21.00 Genmab GMAB ... 22 28.87 0.23 1.15 151.57 90.78 GenuineParts GPC 3.4498 124.37 -0.46 -11.34 73.69 46.00 Gildan GIL 1.8104 55.38 2.88 6.09 157.29 108.46 GileadSciences GILD 2.5 18 130.21 -1.07 47.66 184.00 73.16 Glaukos GKOS ... dd 166.72 -1.80 8.63 90.64 61.16 GlobalPayments GPN 1.2 22 84.08 -2.76 43.16 92.55 31.51 GlobalFoundries GFS 1.0 36 49.99 0.10 36.60 84.69 22.35 Globalstar GSAT ... dd 83.38 3.29 30.31 191.55 127.84 GlobeLife GL 0.7 12 182.25 -0.73 -9.76 101.40 51.79 GlobusMedical GMED ... 18 78.79 -1.47 -33.32 165.11 71.59 GoDaddy GDDY ... 12 82.74 -16.59 -25.74 61.64 24.11 GoldFields GFI 3.7 8 32.42 -1.11 15.86 1153.99 694.05 GoldmanSachs GS 2.0 16 1018.38 -6.48 -29.86 6.62 3.18 Grab GRAB ... 41 3.50 0.10 -3.16 95.69 72.51 Graco GGG 1.5 25 79.38 -0.61 36.98 1419.91 906.52 Grainger GWW 0.7 37 1382.22 26.73 -17.55 300.41 206.91 GAP PAC 3.6 20 217.35 -2.23
s 45.45 94.21 43.20 GrupoCibest CIB 7.1 47 92.52 -1.37
s 58.60 176.58 40.35 GuardantHealth GH ... dd 161.99 9.64 -24.41 272.60 102.30 Guidewire GWRE ... 82 151.94 -1.27 -13.77 556.52 353.13 HCA Healthcare HCA 0.8 13 402.59 6.80 -34.51 38.73 22.66 HDFC Bank HDB 1.5 14 23.93 -0.21 98.50 94.22 42.16 HF Sinclair DINO 2.3 9 91.47 -0.97 22.40 29.65 17.56 HP HPQ 4.4 10 27.27 0.41 35.27 107.58 60.61 HSBC HSBC 3.5 18 106.42 -0.67 -9.27 56.63 30.41 H World HTHT 4.8 19 42.69 0.44 -2.37 11.28 8.65 Haleon HLN 1.9 20 9.87 -0.24 14.12 43.59 20.39 Halliburton HAL 2.1 17 32.25 0.61 22.64 84.44 58.53 HalozymeTherap HALO ... 30 82.54 -0.76 -20.85 26.06 12.58 HarmonyGold HMY 2.1 11 15.75 -0.40 2.98 146.06 120.33 HartfordIns HIG 1.7 9 141.91 -1.14 14.56 106.98 69.50 Hasbro HAS 3.0 17 93.94 -0.59 35.76 22.95 15.70 HealthpeakProp DOC 5.6 68 21.83 -0.23 -26.42 34.17 5.62 HeclaMining HL 0.1 20 14.12 -0.81 10.13 369.48 256.11 Heico HEI 0.1 64 356.36 2.19 1.92 279.66
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
199.35 HeicoA HEI.A 0.1 46 257.28 1.13 13.46 89.34 61.95 HenrySchein HSIC ... 26 85.75 0.58 -3.81 239.48 161.43 Hershey HSY 3.3 26 175.05 -2.18 99.42 64.25 19.64 HewlettPackard HPE 1.2 45 47.90 0.76 11.57 358.00 253.54 Hilton HLT 0.2 47 320.49 -1.53 -3.53 426.75 289.10 HomeDepot HD 2.8 24 331.96 -1.39 2.14 34.89 23.25 HondaMotor HMC 3.6 dd 30.11 -0.61 ... 297.50 192.03 HoneywellAero HONA ... ... 206.74 2.42 18.85 260.15 195.77 Honeywell HON 3.2 9 243.05 1.14 5.53 29.34 19.70 HormelFoods HRL 4.7 29 25.01 -0.36 -0.67 184.54 131.75 DR Horton DHI 1.3 14 143.06 -2.47 41.74 25.71 15.12 HostHotels HST 3.2 17 25.13 0.04 37.67 295.28 169.45 HowmetAerospace HWM 0.2 65 282.26 4.98 6.40 565.50 403.82 Hubbell HUBB 1.2 28 472.55 -1.14 -40.85 541.52 169.63 HubSpot HUBS ...124 237.36 4.26 14.61 32.15 9.01 HudbayMinerals HBM 0.1 13 22.75 ... 42.06 428.88 163.11 Humana HUM 1.0 34 363.86 -2.80 39.83
299.76 130.12 JBHunt JBHT 0.7 39 271.75 2.54 -1.79 19.45 14.89 HuntingtonBcshs HBAN 3.6 13 17.04 -0.04 -4.01 460.00 259.00 HuntingIngalls HII 1.7 19 326.45 6.55 134.28 140.80 18.68 Hut8 HUT ... dd 107.63 -0.64 8.57 206.86 133.51 HyattHotels H 0.3216 174.06 -2.62 0.64 33.79 25.08 ICICI Bank IBN 0.7 18 29.99 -0.27 29.51 243.80 157.25 IDEX IEX 1.3 33 230.45 -3.32 -17.36 769.98 518.55 IdexxLab IDXX ... 41 559.07 0.27 91.39 804.00 309.51 IES Holdings IESC ... 40 744.54 173.00
s 24.75 35.06 22.54 ING Groep ING 3.1 14 34.93 -0.01 ... 42.95 21.69 INNIO INIO ... ... 24.42 0.03 12.68 31.02 20.08 Invesco IVZ 2.9 dd 29.60 0.18 4.26 251.36 154.50 IQVIA IQV ... 29 235.02 -2.77 -2.57 76.87 14.72 IREN IREN ... 73 36.80 -1.46 12.95 225.26 157.66 ITT ITT 0.8 35 195.98 2.98 3.18 9.52 7.08 IcahnEnterprises IEP 25.7 dd 7.79 0.08 -10.24 203.91 66.57 Icon ICLR ...297 163.56 -1.97 16.50 303.15 238.82 IllinoisToolWks ITW 2.2 26 286.95 3.25
s 56.37 205.93 88.00 Illumina ILMN ... 38 205.10 0.01 50.12 139.44 81.87 ImperialOil IMO 1.4 31 129.57 0.77 21.01 132.60 73.81 Incyte INCY ... 15 119.52 -3.47 -32.49 30.00 10.30 Infosys INFY 3.7 15 12.03 0.08 5.25 100.96 68.07 IngersollRand IR 0.1 34 83.38 -0.94 -43.35 212.75 90.39 Insmed INSM ... dd 98.60 -2.89 -41.83 354.88 138.79 Insulet PODD ... 38 165.35 -0.33 144.44 142.35 18.96 Intel INTC 0.0 dd 90.20 -0.93 36.82 97.84 58.95 InteractiveBrkrs IBKR 0.4 35 87.99 -2.49 -5.85 189.35 121.79 ICE ICE 1.4 22 152.48 -3.79 15.23 175.89 113.32 InterContHtls IHG 1.1 33 162.28 -0.31 -24.50 332.46 199.19 IBM IBM 3.0 20 223.65 1.91 17.55 84.45 59.14 IntlFlavors IFF 2.0 24 79.22 -0.26 3.66 52.28 29.26 IntlPaper IP 4.5 dd 40.83 -2.32 -52.29 807.15 252.84 Intuit INTU 1.5 19 316.07 0.57 -37.61 603.88 328.57 IntuitiveSurgical ISRG ... 40 353.33 0.36 6.94 31.38 24.25 InvitatHomes INVH 4.0 53 29.72 0.05 -18.79 84.64 25.89 IonQ IONQ ... dd 36.44 0.67 47.46 134.68 77.77 IronMountain IRM 2.8134 122.32 -2.32 18.16 9.60 6.00 ItauUnibanco ITUB 5.1 12 8.46 0.02 J K L
-2.77 18.65 11.49 JBS JBS 14.3 8 14.02 -0.27 15.02 36.86 24.51 JD.com JD 3.0 25 33.01 0.70 9.18 359.30 279.10 JPMorganChase JPM 1.7 15 351.79 0.94 38.17 428.93 189.60 Jabil JBL 0.1 39 315.05 6.53 -15.59 193.39 121.04 JackHenry JKHY 1.6 22 154.04 -0.20 1.86 168.44 105.68 JacobsSolns J 1.1 42 134.93 2.18 26.70 29.82 16.46 JamesHardie JHX ...122 26.29 -0.18 48.74 261.30 105.00 JazzPharm JAZZ ... dd 252.86 -5.52 -11.89 71.04 35.53 JefferiesFinl JEF 2.9 15 54.60 -0.49 27.75 99.22 34.05 JFrog FROG ... dd 79.79 1.37 23.87 274.90 164.23 J&J JNJ 2.1 30 256.35 0.53 22.47 151.18 103.07 JohnsonControls JCI 1.1 25 146.66 2.78
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
s 5.52 365.43 259.83 JonesLang JLL 0.0 17 355.03 -6.69 36.94 125.62 76.31 KB Financial KB 2.2 10 117.82 -3.27 7.55 20.98 13.81 KEHoldings BEKE 1.8 41 16.95 -0.04 -20.43 152.09 82.67 KKR KKR 0.8 32 101.43 0.45 50.46 307.37 83.22 KLA KLAC 0.5 50 182.82 2.49 13.63 99.20 68.59 Kaspi.kz KSPI 4.0 8 88.78 -0.26 11.54 22.29 14.02 Kenvue KVUE 4.4 23 19.24 -0.07 11.10 35.94 24.88 KeurigDrPepper KDP 3.0 23 31.12 -0.45 9.45 24.07 16.47 KeyCorp KEY 3.6 13 22.59 -0.02 57.04 374.96 152.85 KeysightTech KEYS ... 53 319.08 6.39 8.35 137.46 92.42 KimberlyClark KMB 4.7 17 109.31 -0.88 25.70 26.64 19.76 KimcoRealty KIM 4.1 29 25.48 -0.03 17.06 34.80 25.60 KinderMorgan KMI 3.7 21 32.18 0.52 -17.97 39.11 15.78 KinrossGold KGC 0.7 9 23.10 -0.52 -34.49 57.20 12.06 Klarna KLAR ... dd 18.94 -0.06 33.00 82.86 38.62 Knight-Swift KNX 1.2264 69.53 -0.27 -2.88 33.44 23.85 Philips PHG 3.2 20 26.30 -0.14 -27.58 23.41
11.25 KoreaElecPwr KEP 4.1 2 11.95 -0.16 6.60 28.10 21.04 KraftHeinz KHC 6.2 dd 25.85 -0.53 -7.59 76.58 54.15 Kroger KR 2.7 34 57.74 -0.12 38.36 382.54 130.50 KrystalBiotech KRYS ... 46 341.12 -25.73 -2.31 70.42 41.41 LatamAirlines LTM 2.9 9 52.76 -1.18 -0.97 403.57 260.15 LPL Financial LPLA 0.3 28 353.70 14.53 -5.62 379.23 262.68 L3HarrisTech LHX 1.8 28 277.06 5.16 23.25 316.11 244.52 Labcorp LH 0.9 26 309.20 -6.33 71.18 438.50 90.94 LamResearch LRCX 0.4 51 293.02 -4.70 26.37 166.33 113.66 LamarAdv LAMR 4.0 30 159.96 -0.69 -24.89 70.45 44.21 LasVegasSands LVS 2.5 19 48.89 -0.98 68.89 157.01 46.43 LatticeSemi LSCC ...875 124.27 -0.26 -35.92 205.77 98.86 Leidos LDOS 1.5 11 115.60 3.19 -19.89 144.24 79.83 Lennar A LEN 2.4 13 82.35 -1.40 -15.16 137.39 78.02 Lennar B LEN.B 2.5 13 80.70 -1.06 -14.35 621.90 411.40 LennoxIntl LII 1.3 19 415.88 -1.57 35.08 50.59 32.43 LeonardoDRS DRS 0.8 38
46.05 0.43 18.23 25.70 17.72 LeviStrauss LEVI 2.4 20 24.52 -0.03 -19.49 27.10 11.65 LiAuto LI ... dd 13.63 0.14 16.22 105.47 74.38 LibertyLiveA LLYVA ... ... 94.72 -7.38 18.57 108.97 76.94 LibertyLiveC LLYVK ... ... 98.60 -7.05 -0.39 109.36 80.15 LibertyFormOneC FWONK ... 32 98.13 -1.87 0.48 99.52 73.70 LibertyFormOneA FWONA ... 29 89.81 -2.18 69.68 47.23 24.14 LifeTime LTH ... 25 45.10 0.90 6.90 1249.45 623.78 EliLilly LLY 0.6 41 1148.84 -6.13 9.04 310.00 216.22 LincolnElectric LECO 1.2 26 261.31 11.09 12.19 548.20 387.78 Linde LIN 1.3 31 478.38 -30.26 21.06 45.75 31.33 Lineage LINE 5.0 dd 42.37 -0.48 74.81 500.57 233.36 Littelfuse LFUS 0.7 dd 442.13 0.13 22.20 188.00 125.34 LiveNationEnt LYV ... dd 174.13 -9.43 16.42 6.34 4.05 LloydsBanking LYG 2.7 15 6.17 -0.08 20.48 692.00 412.55 LockheedMartin LMT 2.4 21 582.74 8.63 10.16 121.01 89.32 Loews L 0.2 15 116.01 -0.36 2.26 129.66 83.32
LogitechIntl LOGI 1.2 19 102.48 0.91 -13.83 293.06 199.40 Lowe's LOW 2.4 18 207.81 -2.27 -42.80 225.98 104.44 lululemon LULU ... 10 118.87 -0.60 93.69 1085.68 101.61 Lumentum LITE ...133 713.94 20.70 43.37 83.94 41.58 LyondellBasell LYB 4.4 dd 62.08 1.64 M N
46.80 418.90 118.16 Macom Tech MTSI ...109 251.44 2.73 22.24 255.00 174.76 M&T Bank MTB 2.4 13 246.29 -0.71 22.14 51.59 29.18 MGM Resorts MGM 0.0 27 44.57 -1.09 86.14 447.62 88.49 MKS MKSI 0.3 62 297.45 4.15 9.52 60.00 47.80 MPLX MPLX 7.4 13 58.45 0.84 -0.26 644.77 501.08 MSCI MSCI 1.4 31 572.24 -3.50 ... 44.50 27.38 MadisonAirSolns MAIR ... ... 29.06 -0.08 52.21 411.73 188.59 MSG Sports MSGS 0.0 dd 393.68 -11.37 -19.75 615.00 290.00 MadrigalPharm MDGL ... dd 467.32 -25.79 28.71 70.36 40.51 MagnaIntl MGA 2.9 29 68.60 -1.25 17.41 19.93 12.94 MagnumIceCrm MICC ... 55 18.61 -0.13 10.41 227.43 119.06 ManhattanAssoc MANH ... 55 191.36 0.39
s 22.49 44.89 29.70 ManulifeFinl MFC 2.8 18 44.44 -0.11 -0.84 53.50 32.73 Maplebear CART ... 25 44.60 -0.15 94.60 326.92 158.00 MarathonPetrol MPC 1.3 21 316.47 2.39 -12.44 2207.59 1719.41 Markel MKL ... 10 1882.34 -3.82 20.17 410.98 253.75 Marriott MAR 0.8 39 372.83 -2.65
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
Idx2050InsPre 34.16 +0.10 10.6 Fidelity Invest Balanc 34.91 +0.17 9.5 BluCh 297.09 +2.94 11.3 BluChpGr K6 48.42 +0.52 9.4 Contra 25.93 +0.31 6.8 ContraK 26.05 +0.31 6.9 CpInc 11.19 +0.05 6.3 DivIntl 54.54 -0.12 12.2 GroCo 55.41 +0.41 15.9 InvGrBd 9.90 -0.03 -0.4 LowP 47.55 -0.16 15.3 Magin 15.41 +0.31 5.2 NASDAQ (纳斯达克) 323.00 +3.23 9.5 OTC 29.05 +0.36 19.6 Puritn 27.84 +0.13 7.7 SAILTTreBdIdx 6.33 -0.04 -3.6 SAIUSMinVolIndFd 24.80 +0.01 8.8 SAIUSQtyIdx 26.17 -0.02 9.3 SrsBlChGroRetail 25.72 +0.25 11.9 SrsEmrgMkt 30.19 +0.50 22.5 SrsGlobal 20.81 +0.01 13.7 SrsGroCoRetail 31.78 +0.24 16.6 SrsIntlGrw 20.64 ... 8.0 SrsIntlVal 17.36 -0.09 11.3 TotalBond 9.40 -0.03 -0.4 Fidelity SAI FidSaiCndInxFnd 15.76 -0.13 10.7 FidSaiInfltnFnd 9.99 -0.01 0.6 IntlValIdx 14.95 -0.16 18.7 TotalBd 8.90 -0.02 -0.4 Fidelity Selects Semiconductors r 59.19 +0.56 49.2 Tech 52.24 +0.16 30.4
Fidelity Strategic A StratAdEmrMrt NA ... NA First Eagle Funds GlbA 87.03 -0.03 8.2 Franklin A1 IncomeA1 FrankTemp / Frank Adv IncomeAdv FrankTemp / Franklin A DynaTech A 192.97 +3.86 3.6 Growth A 143.12 +2.00 6.3 RisDv A 97.26 -0.22 8.0 Guggenheim Funds Tru TotRtnBdFdClInst Harbor Funds CapApInst 121.74 +1.40 4.4 JHF III DispVal DispValMCI 31.39 +0.02 14.3 John Hancock BondR6 13.30 -0.04 -0.5 JPMorgan I Class CoreBond 10.11 -0.02 -0.6 EqInc 28.64 +0.23 16.7 LgCpGwth 80.79 +0.56 -1.2 JPMorgan R Class CoreBond 10.13 -0.02 -0.5 CorePlusBd 7.11 -0.02 0.1 Lord Abbett I ShtDurInc p 3.82 -0.01 1.1 Metropolitan West TotRetBdI MFS Funds IIE 44.01 -0.09 8.5 MFS Funds Class I ValueI 55.40 +0.28 11.1
t -15.66 710.97 523.48 MartinMarietta MLM 0.6 13 525.14 -14.86 120.71 329.88 61.44 MarvellTech MRVL 0.1 64 187.56 4.26 12.64 83.64 58.16 Masco MAS 1.8 16 71.48 -0.63 21.04 441.43 160.08 MasTec MTZ ... 42 263.10 -61.34 0.39 601.77 464.52 Mastercard MA 0.6 32 573.10 -4.25 -25.08 72.26 44.30 McCormickVtg MKC.V 3.8 8 50.95 0.10 -25.27 72.58 44.82 McCormick MKC 3.8 8 50.90 -0.06 -11.45 341.75 260.96 McDonald's MCD 2.7 22 270.64 2.20 4.38 999.00 637.00 McKesson MCK 0.4 22 856.19 -9.32 -6.48 50.88 32.81 Medline MDLN ... 33 39.28 0.16 2.75 677.90 373.00 Medpace MEDP ... 34 577.11 -1.19 -11.11 106.33 73.31 Medtronic MDT 3.4 23 85.39 -0.32 -6.77 2548.50 1495.00 MercadoLibre MELI ... 50 1877.95 -7.78 23.69 135.05 77.53 Merck MRK 2.6 37 130.20 0.41 -15.66 796.25 520.26 MetaPlatforms META 0.4 21 556.71 17.68 21.78 97.80 67.33 MetLife MET 2.5 19 96.13 -0.94 1.59 1525.17 1023.05 Mettler-Toledo MTD ...
32 1416.30 35.69 16.59 105.91 48.52 MicrochipTech MCHP 2.4344 74.29 -0.72 188.37 1255.00 103.38 MicronTech MU 0.1 19 823.03 -51.63 -3.91 555.45 349.20 Microsoft MSFT 0.8 26 464.72 13.62 -4.73 149.18 120.30 MidAmApt MAA 4.6 39 132.34 -0.98 72.22 100.75 39.01 MillicomIntl TIGO 3.1 13 95.48 0.31 41.55 23.25 13.62 MitsubishiUFJ MUFG 1.9 16 22.45 -0.05 42.62 10.79 5.74 MizuhoFin MFG 1.3 16 10.44 0.09 85.89 85.60 22.28 Moderna MRNA ... dd 54.82 -3.10 50.60 323.25 111.18 ModineMfg MOD ... 76 201.06 7.15 12.72 244.89 121.06 MolinaHealthcare MOH ... dd 195.62 0.92 15.75 66.65 51.20 Mondelez MDLZ 3.2 23 62.31 -0.77 -19.59 444.72 198.47 MongoDB MDB ... dd 337.48 11.60 57.34 1714.09 706.00 MonolithicPower MPWR 0.6 87 1426.03 109.85 25.71 100.34 58.09 MonsterBev MNST ... 47 96.38 -1.27 -6.36 546.88 402.28 Moody's MCO 0.9 30 478.38 -3.88 60.07 430.51 185.62 Moog A MOG.A 0.3 44 389.85 -29.40 18.53
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
232.25 136.17 MorganStanley MS 2.2 17 210.42 1.51 13.68 492.22 359.36 MotorolaSol MSI 1.1 35 435.75 4.93 15.70 70.95 41.17 MuellerInds MLI 2.1 17 66.41 -0.45 50.61 636.04 345.23 MurphyUSA MUSA 0.4 21 607.76 -8.34 -4.31 8.02 4.37 NIO NIO ... dd 4.88 0.04 -15.67 189.96 120.11 NRG Energy NRG 1.4157 134.29 0.32 -15.71 8618.28 5501.01 NVR NVR ... 16 6147.05 -141.63 5.57 339.95 183.00 NXP Semicon NXPI 1.8 22 229.16 -16.00 -3.03 101.78 76.55 Nasdaq NDAQ 1.3 27 94.19 -0.97 16.88 288.04 131.81 Natera NTRA ... dd 267.76 -1.90 3.39 94.64 67.52 NationalGrid NGG 4.0 18 79.97 -0.42 8.23 19.36 13.49 NatWest NWG 4.5 10 18.94 0.41 127.48 299.86 50.10 Nebius NBIS ... 64 190.41 1.98 66.68 192.83 93.69 NetApp NTAP 1.2 28 178.50 4.52 -3.16 159.55 106.06 NetEase NTES 2.3 18 133.27 1.38 -23.52 126.71 65.08 Netflix NFLX ... 23 71.71 -1.46 17.61 186.12 122.14 Neurocrine NBIX ... 24 166.80 -18.70 7.01 64.97
43.27 NewOrientalEduc EDU 2.0 20 58.89 2.31 7.88 87.10 51.03 NYTimes A NYT 1.2 32 74.89 -0.94 -6.15 134.88 61.76 Newmont NEM 1.1 12 93.71 -2.05 5.51 31.61 22.20 NewsCorp A NWSA 0.7 37 27.56 -0.53 5.53 35.58 25.49 NewsCorp B NWS 0.6 42 31.27 -0.53 8.27 98.75 69.24 NextEraEnergy NEE 2.9 20 86.92 -1.01 3.17 163.13 52.61 Nextpower NXT ... 23 89.87 -7.03 -34.53 80.17 40.00 Nike NKE 3.9 20 41.71 -0.58 6.39 49.21 38.45 NiSource NI 2.7 22 44.43 -0.34 41.27 17.45 4.00 Nokia NOK 1.3 63 9.14 0.05 15.38 10.06 6.59 Nomura NMR 2.9 11 9.68 0.12 23.85 307.74 207.08 Nordson NDSN 1.1 32 297.78 2.55 16.20 358.60 268.23 NorfolkSouthern NSC 1.6 29 335.48 1.55 33.38 191.60 121.12 NorthernTrust NTRS 1.9 16 182.19 -0.32 -4.86 774.00 479.02 NorthropGrum NOC 1.8 17 542.48 7.63 19.03 615.99 232.72 Nova NVMI ... 49 390.87 -3.20 13.26 170.46 112.34 Novartis NVS 2.6 24 156.15 -2.29 -7.47 64.16 35.12 NovoNordisk NVO
2.7 11 47.08 -4.53 -14.40 18.98 11.20 NuHoldings NU ... 22 14.33 -0.16 57.74 270.90 131.32 Nucor NUE 0.9 21 257.29 0.25 14.16 82.42 34.01 Nutanix NTNX ... 62 59.01 -0.25 11.91 85.36 53.03 Nutrien NTR 3.2 14 69.07 -1.65 50.86 184.64 78.11 nVentElectric NVT 0.5 52 153.83 9.03 7.64 236.54 164.07 NVIDIA NVDA 0.5 31 200.75 5.71 O P Q
10.89 50.59 41.70 OGE Energy OGE 3.6 21 47.35 0.09 23.55 96.07 64.02 ONEOK OKE 4.7 16 90.81 1.74 50.71 134.92 44.56 ON Semi ON ... 58 81.61 -2.13 -2.04 108.72 82.59 O'ReillyAuto ORLY ... 28 89.35 1.99 38.79 67.45 38.80 OccidentalPetrol OXY 1.8 65 57.07 1.12 64.14 157.00 62.66 Okta OKTA ...103 141.93 1.51 35.29 252.03 126.01 OldDomFreight ODFL 0.5 41 212.14 -0.33 19.41 27.32 19.39 OldNatlBncp ONB 2.2 12 26.64 0.23 -5.32 46.76 35.60 OldRepublic ORI 2.9 9 43.21 -0.17 14.19 52.39 38.71 OmegaHealthcare OHI 5.4 18 50.63 0.23 -2.54 87.41 66.33 Omnicom OMC 4.1 67 78.70 -0.91 -22.03 52.20 31.41 OnHolding ONON ... 38 36.24 -0.86 63.80 386.46 89.40 OntoInnovation ONTO ...120 258.58 8.06 -33.37 345.72 114.50 Oracle ORCL 1.5 22 129.87 2.31 37.95 41.00 22.51 Orix IX 2.0 15 40.31 -0.09 117.26 33.10 10.69 OscarHealth OSCR ... dd 31.22 -0.01 -17.63 94.56 69.16 OtisWorldwide OTIS 2.4 18 71.95 0.26 59.38
64.61 35.47 Ovintiv OVV 1.9 17 62.46 0.84 24.12 159.91 97.53 OwensCorning OC 2.3 dd 138.90 0.08 -21.90 139.41 71.94 PDD PDD ... 10 88.56 1.12 8.15 19.16 13.31 PG&E PCG 1.2 13 17.38 -0.40 19.71 256.49 176.88 PNC Finl PNC 3.2 14 249.87 1.16 -0.08 92.40 44.99 POSCO PKX 2.4 28 53.17 -1.32 7.87 133.43 93.39 PPG Ind PPG 2.7 16 110.52 -1.51 0.54 40.10 33.16 PPL PPL 3.2 22 35.21 -0.35 -21.24 219.69 108.50 PTC PTC ... 13 137.20 0.90 21.16 139.24 92.25 Paccar PCAR 1.1 28 132.68 -1.08 19.21 258.81 189.03 PackagingCpAm PKG 2.4 32 245.84 -2.79 -30.77 207.52 106.37 PalantirTech PLTR ...139 123.06 0.80 80.15 368.80 139.57 PaloAltoNtwks PANW ...273 331.83 6.15 -16.79 69.99 26.77 PanAmerSilver PAAS 1.7 14 43.11 -0.92 11.10 1034.96 692.02 ParkerHannifin PH 0.8 36 976.53 13.74 4.15 146.83 85.45 Paychex PAYX 4.1 24 116.84 0.51 -2.00 79.22 38.46 PayPal PYPL 1.0 11 57.21 -0.44 ... 24.89 12.07 PayPay PAYP ...
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
... 15.13 -0.96 20.66 17.75 12.02 Pearson PSO 2.0 26 16.94 -0.47 28.56 51.58 35.45 PembinaPipeline PBA 4.1 24 48.93 -1.50 37.29 227.00 140.12 PenskeAuto PAG 2.6 16 217.31 -3.30 -37.16 113.95 57.60 Pentair PNR 1.7 16 65.44 -0.73 3.31 362.41 221.26 Penumbra PEN ... 79 321.19 1.36 -2.76 171.48 133.73 PepsiCo PEP 4.2 18 139.56 -0.64 27.21 117.47 80.82 PerformanceFood PFGC ... 55 114.39 -0.36 51.89 22.68 11.92 PermianRscs PR 3.0 25 21.31 0.31 ... 54.94 22.01 PershingSquare PS 1.5 ... 33.28 -0.29 63.71 22.24 11.43 PetroleoBrasil PBR 4.9 6 19.40 0.28 52.17 20.05 10.76 PetroleoBrasilA PBR.A 5.6 6 17.15 0.30 0.44 28.75 23.11 Pfizer PFE 6.9 19 25.01 0.10 18.97 207.76 142.11 PhilipMorris PM 3.1 27 190.82 -1.18 64.04 216.08 118.07 Phillips66 PSX 2.4 21 211.68 1.08 10.29 107.00 81.08 PinnacleFinPtrs PNFP 1.9 14 105.23 0.39 13.86 111.16 85.32 PinnacleWest PNW 3.6 19 100.99 -0.33 -7.26 39.93 13.84
Pinterest PINS ... 50 24.01 -0.42 36.80 25.03 15.69 PlainsAllAmPipe PAA 6.8 18 24.57 0.17 37.57 26.77 16.68 PlainsGP PAGP 6.3 29 26.33 0.16
s 40.71 176.59 108.74 Popular BPOP 1.7 12 175.21 0.08
s 23.84 326.78 230.09 Primerica PRI 1.5 13 319.96 -3.36 28.90 114.95 75.00 PrincipalFinl PFG 3.0 16 113.70 -0.25 0.82 167.25 137.62 Procter&Gamble PG 3.0 22 144.49 0.53 -7.16 254.93 189.20 Progressive PGR 0.2 11 211.42 -1.86 13.28 153.35 103.41 Prologis PLD 3.0 32 144.61 -1.58 8.15 124.57 91.89 PrudentialFinl PRU 4.6 13 122.08 -0.69 -2.76 34.03 24.61 Prudential PUK 1.7 10 30.26 -0.72 -4.51 91.25 76.05 PSEG PEG 3.5 17 76.68 -0.87 24.92 335.55 256.54 PublicStorage PSA 3.7 31 324.17 6.72 7.85 144.50 108.49 PulteGroup PHM 0.8 13 126.47 -2.27
t -31.05 27.61 13.18 QXO QXO 0.0 dd 13.30 -0.16 60.66 177.28 70.50 QnityElec Q 0.2 42 131.18 0.66 -13.70 259.92 121.99 Qualcomm QCOM 2.5 17 147.61 -3.99 58.12 788.75 363.01 QuantaServices PWR 0.1 76 667.36 9.38 ... 86.79 47.06 Quantinuum QNT ... ... 51.41 -0.14 34.28 240.13 166.76 QuestDiag DGX 1.5 25 233.01 -1.29 R S
22.94 667.69 364.50 RBC Bearings RBC ... 61 551.31 -10.59 6.68 119.58 93.58 RBGlobal RBA 1.2 51 109.74 -0.27 -12.37 52.23 27.57 RELX RELX 2.6 21 35.42 -1.19 2.95 129.12 92.92 RPM RPM 2.0 21 107.07 -0.76 17.35 221.34 150.61 RTX RTX 1.4 38 215.22 0.84 7.56 421.60 273.04 RalphLauren RL 1.1 25 380.34 -5.57 -0.94 174.10 67.15 Rambus RMBS ... 42 91.03 1.45 13.84 48.31 32.60 RangeResources RRC 1.0 11 40.14 0.59 9.58 178.28 138.82 RaymondJames RJF 1.2 15 175.98 1.01 13.30 67.94 55.86 RealtyIncome O 5.1 52 63.87 -0.29 -38.80 282.95 119.27 Reddit RDDT ... 33 140.67 -37.37 46.26 247.80 127.96 RegalRexnord RRX 0.7 48 205.23 2.64 16.31 83.66 66.86 RegencyCtrs REG 3.8 27 80.29 -0.07 -1.20 821.11 541.00 RegenPharm REGN 0.5 19 762.63 24.29 14.21 32.47 22.70 RegionsFinl RF 3.9 13 30.95 0.10 16.41 245.00 165.52 ReinsGrp RGA 1.6 13 236.85 -1.21 40.58 419.83 260.31 Reliance RS 1.2 24 406.10 5.08 13.81 335.97 231.17 RenaissanceRe RNR 0.5 5 319.98 1.62 -20.71 34.66 23.25 RentokilInit RTO 2.3 25 23.36 -0.89 -0.65 238.62 196.41 RepublicSvcs RSG 1.2 30 210.55 -0.78 -12.41 293.81 180.26 ResMed RMD 1.1 20 210.98 2.42 8.49 81.96 61.33 RestaurantBrands QSR 3.5 29 74.02 -0.32 135.44 194.56 34.00 RevolutionMed RVMD ... dd 187.53 -4.64 16.30 118.30 81.22 Revvity RVTY 0.2 53 112.52 -1.02 21.02 112.58 58.40 RioTinto RIO 4.8 13 96.85 -0.33 -22.78 22.69 11.57 Rivian RIVN ... dd 15.22 -1.61 -23.47 153.86 63.52 Robinhood HOOD ... 38 86.56 -0.04
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
-56.07 150.59 33.88 Roblox RBLX ... dd 35.60 -13.07 -33.37 24.36 12.17 RocketCos. RKT 0.0219 12.90 -0.36 -6.90 151.00 37.57 RocketLab RKLB ... dd 64.95 0.27 23.39 497.36 305.44 Rockwell ROK 1.1 50 480.08 9.07 -10.28 41.14 31.38 RogersComm B RCI 4.2 4 33.85 -0.23 56.27 37.00 10.90 RoivantSciences ROIV ... dd 33.91 -0.61 33.66 148.88 78.53 Roku ROKU ... 109 145.01 -0.08 -36.74 66.14 36.59 Rollins ROL 1.9 34 37.97 -0.38 -11.94 556.23 305.96 RoperTech ROP 0.9 16 391.97 2.72 39.37 255.30 134.37 RossStores ROST 0.7 35 251.07 -1.50 22.89 218.56 127.38 RoyalBkCanada RY 2.0 19 209.51 -0.61 14.12 366.50 232.10 RoyalCaribbean RCL 1.6 20 318.30 -3.64 -10.77 306.25 150.99 RoyalGold RGLD 1.0 24 198.35 -4.69 51.22 60.44 34.08 RoyaltyPharma RPRX 1.6 31 58.43 -0.59 -5.39 99.75 42.25 Rubrik RBRK ... dd 72.36 0.78 -14.47 61.85 29.28 RyanSpecialty RYAN 1.2 64 44.16 0.07 -18.95 74.24 53.14 Ryanair RYAAY
1.2 14 58.51 -1.66 33.98 284.25 157.67 RyderSystem R 1.6 21 256.42 -1.75 -24.41 299.48 144.97 SAP SAP 1.2 23 183.62 2.74 -16.66 547.70 360.94 S&P Global SPGI 0.9 25 411.93 -3.07 -6.44 234.64 162.41 SBA Comm SBAC 2.8 19 180.98 -0.92 25.55 104.47 75.08 SEI Investments SEIC 1.0 18 102.98 -0.06 ... 194.80 124.80 SK hynix SKHY ... 20 143.73 -5.27 54.07 47.18 19.66 SK Telecom SKM 1.6 52 31.63 -0.16 29.21 58.82 31.64 SLB SLB 2.4 24 49.59 0.68 9.78 251.08 179.17 SPX Tech SPXC ... 39 219.62 20.32 -11.86 91.07 61.40 SS&C Tech SSNC 1.4 22 77.05 -0.12 6.47 494.71 249.32 Saia SAIA ... 34 347.63 -3.00 -17.10 24.00 10.30 SailPoint SAIL ... dd 16.77 0.60 -30.53 269.11 146.32 Salesforce CRM 1.0 21 184.02 3.31 5.13 47.47 23.38 Samsara IOT ... 384 37.27 1.47 411.77 2354.39 40.10 Sandisk SNDK ... 42 1214.83 -65.13 23.65 288.68 108.36 Sanmina SANM ... 33 185.56 2.08 -11.10 52.68 40.89 Sanofi SNY 4.1 18 43.08
0.19 5.33 107.50 83.96 SchwabC SCHW 1.2 19 105.24 0.91
StratAdFidEmr 18.47 +0.23 21.6 StratAdFidUS 21.49 +0.11 13.4 StratAdIntlFnd NA ... NA StratAdMunBond ... StratAdvFidIntl 16.48 -0.08 11.6 TIAA / CREF Funds EqIdxInst IntlEqIdxInst LrgCpGrIdxInst 76.35 +0.61 0.5 VANGUARD ADMIRAL 500Adml 691.52 +4.85 10.1 BalAdml 53.91 +0.14 6.1 CAITAdml 11.35 -0.01 CapOpAdml r260.69 -0.02 20.2 DivAppIdxAdm 64.89 -0.24 9.7 EMAdmr 48.64 +0.61 9.1 EqIncAdml 102.74 -0.01 11.9 ExplrAdml 122.04 -0.34 14.4 ExtndAdml 179.06 -0.73 13.5 GroIncAdml 118.54 +0.80 8.6 GrwthAdml 263.12 +2.98 5.0 HlthCareAdml r 85.65 -0.84 3.4 HYCorAdml r 5.43 -0.01 1.1 InfProAd 22.69 -0.03 0.4 InfTechIdx 463.56 -1.73 20.4 IntlGrAdml 121.25 -0.11 6.4 ITBondAdml 10.20 -0.03 -1.0 ITIGradeAdml 8.61 -0.02 -0.7 LarCapAd 173.51 +1.20 9.8 MidCpAdml 400.89 -0.30 12.3 MuHYAdml 10.52 -0.02 1.3 MuIntAdml 13.55 -0.01 0.2 MuLTAdml 10.68 -0.01 0.7 MuLtdAdml 10.89 -0.01 0.8 MuShtAdml 15.82 1.4
Natixis Funds InvGradeBdY 9.56 -0.02 -0.5 LSGrowthY 31.71 +0.61 -4.5 Northern Funds StkIdx 74.61 +0.53 10.1 Old Westbury Fds LrgCpStr PGIM Funds Cl Z TotalReturnBond PIMCO Fds Instl IntlBdUSH TotRt PIMCO Funds A IncomeFd PIMCO Funds I2 Income PIMCO Funds Instl IncomeFd Price Funds BlChip 206.46 +3.13 -1.8 LgCapGow I 85.68 +0.49 0.8 Putnam Funds Class A PutLargCap p 44.92 -0.02 14.9 Putnam Funds Class Y PutLargCap 44.92 -0.03 15.1 Schwab Funds 1000 Inv r 16.05 +0.10 10.3 FunUSLgInst r 37.67 +0.03 17.5 IntI Sel r 32.12 -0.24 11.8 S&P Sel 19.31 +0.13 10.1 TSM Sel r 18.11 +0.11 10.5 Strategic Adviser StratAdCorInFnd StratAdFidCoreS 9.04 -0.02
-16.33 199.30 77.05 Sea SE ... 41 106.74 0.50 210.88 1145.00 144.75 Seagate STX 0.3 62 856.13 4.45 0.29 101.04 78.97 Sempra SRE 3.0 30 88.55 -1.03 59.89 177.35 46.02 Semtech SMTC ... dd 117.82 3.21 10.54 90.99 68.41 ServiceIntl SCI 1.7 22 86.19 0.90 -27.39 196.40 81.24 ServiceNow NOW ... 69 111.23 1.16
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
s 44.57 164.37 83.12 SharkNinja SN 0.0 33 161.77 -1.56 25.18 94.90 68.62 Shell SHEL 3.2 14 91.98 1.47 5.19 379.65 289.86 SherwinWilliams SHW 0.9 31 340.85 -3.99 30.39 73.80 46.26 ShinhanFin SHG 2.1 9 69.93 -2.42 -27.22 182.19 94.00 Shopify SHOP ...115 117.15 -5.25 23.91 238.50 159.70 SimonProperty SPG 3.9 42 229.37 -1.07 48.14 32.66 19.77 SiriusXM SIRI 3.6 12 29.62 -1.35 51.53 901.81 186.49 SiTime SITM ... dd 535.20 7.33 -1.78 90.90 51.93 Skyworks SWKS 4.6 32 62.28 -0.20 -3.81 38.79 28.55 Smith&Nephew SNN 2.4 22 31.56 -0.77 16.61 29.80 21.08 SmithfieldFds SFD 4.8 10 26.04 -0.55 21.93 127.64 88.25 Smucker SJM 3.8 dd 119.26 -2.95 18.88 52.65 32.73 SmurfitWestrock SW 3.9 49 45.97 -1.55 19.10 420.91 312.78 Snap-On SNA 2.4 21 410.41 1.36
s 33.70 304.17 118.30 Snowflake SNOW ... dd 293.28 -4.82 -2.53 98.00 35.67 SOQUIMICH SQM 1.0 24 67.06 -1.37 -37.70 32.73 14.88 SoFiTech SOFI ... 34 16.31 -0.16 7.82 88.65 62.38 Solventum SOLV ... 10 85.44 -1.38 -26.83 98.56 60.39 Somnigroup SGI 1.0 27 65.33 -1.54 -9.14 30.34 19.32 Sony SONY 0.5 dd 23.26 0.49 8.42 100.83 83.80 Southern SO 3.2 23 94.54 0.20 29.72 221.67 86.61 SoCopper SCCO 1.8 27 182.71 -2.29 11.67 108.46 84.47 SouthStateBk SSB 2.5 11 105.09 -0.17 8.81 55.11 28.98 SouthwestAir LUV 1.6 27 44.97 -0.63 ... 225.64 107.01 SpaceX SPCX ... ... 108.37 -3.83 -13.91 748.30 405.00 Spotify SPOT ... 40 499.94 -22.67 2.20 34.48 23.83 StandardAero SARO ... 33 29.31 0.33 27.33 96.04 61.90 StanleyB&D SWK 3.6 23 94.58 -0.97 24.99 109.23 77.99 Starbucks SBUX 2.4 61 105.25 -0.60 42.75 192.51 104.64 StateStreet STT 2.0 16 184.16 1.34 48.28 288.74 119.89 SteelDynamics STLD 0.8 23 251.26 -1.24
-47.11 12.22 5.25 Stellantis STLA 0.0 dd 5.76 -0.10 -9.91 269.44 195.14 Steris STE 1.1 29 228.40 -2.81 94.88 1005.68 244.02 SterlingInfr STRL ... 53 596.77 16.04 -0.68 89.83 67.81 StifelFinancial SF 1.6 15 82.91 0.28 101.97 81.42 21.11 STMicroelec STM 0.6104 52.39 -0.67 81.10 94.66 35.68 StoneX SNEX ... 20 76.57 -1.05 -38.61 414.36 81.81 Strategy MSTR ... dd 93.28 -4.46 -7.33 401.99 281.00 Stryker SYK 1.1 34 325.70 -22.34 33.89 26.66 14.92 SumitomoMits SMFG 1.9 16 25.88 0.10 -25.56 30.98 12.25 SummitTherap SMMT ... dd 13.02 -0.42 -0.35 137.85 115.90 SunComms SUI 3.6 dd 123.48 -0.95 32.93 84.38 56.22 SunLifeFinancial SLF 2.8 21 82.95 0.18 ... 86.67 61.03 SunbeltRentals SUNB 1.6 ... 71.92 -0.61 51.67 70.29 37.77 SuncorEnergy SU 2.4 18 67.28 0.55 46.33 78.11 47.98 Sunoco SUN 5.2 19 76.69 0.72 -2.97 62.36 19.48 SuperMicroComp SMCI ... 15 28.40 0.67 -8.78 11.54 7.55 Suzano SUZ 2.3 5 8.52
0.08 -27.65 87.88 38.19 Symbotic SYM ... dd 43.05 0.11 -9.16 88.77 63.08 SynchronyFinl SYF 1.8 8 75.79 -1.38 -17.24 646.28 366.00 Synopsys SNPS ... 90 388.76 16.43 15.67 91.84 68.19 Sysco SYY 2.6 24 85.24 0.53 T U V
22.58 71.47 46.93 TCEnergy TRP 3.7 28 67.43 -0.66 70.21 296.47 139.23 TD Synnex SNX 0.8 18 255.70 3.58 -9.59 252.56 190.27 TEConnectivity TEL 1.5 20 205.69 -0.89
t -27.41 16.72 9.22 Telus TU 11.4 22 9.56 -1.21 28.93 51.73 30.44 Ternium TX 4.5 17 49.24 0.13 30.64 167.69 80.62 TFI Intl TFII 1.4 33 135.02 0.73 2.43 170.00 123.78 TJX TJX 1.2 31 157.34 -1.92 -13.01 226.94 152.29 TKO TKO 1.7 67 181.81 -2.00 -14.94 261.56 165.66 T-MobileUS TMUS 2.4 18 172.71 -0.63 -31.61 70.38 36.95 TPG TPG 5.1200 43.66 0.96 9.15 122.00 85.22 T.RowePrice TROW 4.7 12 111.75 -7.53 67.30 223.83 39.20 TTM Tech TTMI ... 63 115.44 -0.07 33.03 479.00 223.70 TaiwanSemi TSM 0.7 29 404.25 0.94 -5.12 265.94 187.63 Take-TwoSftwr TTWO ... dd 242.92 -4.51 9.62 18.89 12.99 TakedaPharm TAK 3.1 dd 17.09 -0.16 -10.87 451.28 301.45 TalenEnergy TLN ... dd 334.10 1.56 19.25 161.97 92.62 Tapestry TPR 1.1 49 152.37 -0.21 46.54 291.04 144.14 TargaResources TRGP 1.8 28 270.37 3.28 47.82 147.77 83.44 Target TGT 3.2 19 144.49 -0.02 60.82 77.92 34.27 TechnipFMC FTI 0.3 25 71.66 2.74 25.79 71.25
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
30.98 TeckResourcesB TECK 0.6 16 60.24 -2.25 28.36 693.38 483.02 TeledyneTech TDY ... 32 655.57 6.39 1.66 13.77 7.17 Ericsson ERIC 2.1 13 9.81 0.04 8.94 17.25 11.02 TelefonicaBras VIV 3.2 17 12.92 0.04 -30.36 23.52 13.22 TelekomIndns TLK 6.8 15 14.66 0.10 49.10 64.59 33.65 Tenaris TS 0.0 15 57.33 0.60 -46.09 26.70 7.94 TencentMusic TME 2.5 12 9.45 -0.03 28.21 262.68 156.72 TenetHealthcare THC ... 10 254.78 2.05 89.96 487.91 102.42 Teradyne TER 0.1 50 367.69 2.20 -30.80 498.83 297.38 Tesla TSLA ...289 311.21 2.36 12.18 37.34 14.99 TevaPharm TEVA ... 59 35.01 -0.40 58.94 334.03 152.73 TexasInstruments TXN 2.1 42 275.74 -1.60 40.16 547.20 269.23 TexasPacLand TPL 0.6 55 402.58 8.33 23.76 210.24 153.82 TexasRoadhouse TXRH 1.5 33 205.44 -2.78 -2.19 101.57 75.80 Textron TXT 0.1 16 85.26 -1.83 -0.89 643.99 435.27 ThermoFisher TMO 0.3 31 574.30 -2.47 -25.60 204.46 76.28 ThomsonReuters TRI 2.7 29
98.13 -0.70 10.11 184.90 139.34 3M MMM 1.8 31 176.28 0.21 63.50 146.37 70.56 Timken TKR 1.0 31 137.55 1.44 -9.12 49.66 22.26 Toast TOST ... 49 32.27 -0.58 7.89 168.36 117.50 TollBros TOL 0.7 11 145.89 -4.14 27.30 124.87 72.21 TorontoDomBk TD 2.6 20 119.92 0.16 34.30 94.17 57.48 TotalEnergies TTE ... 11 87.86 0.83 87.08 319.94 43.12 TowerSemi TSEM ...102 219.67 8.51 -11.71 248.90 166.10 ToyotaMotor TM 2.8 10 188.99 -2.46 -38.47 62.89 28.36 TractorSupply TSCO 3.1 16 30.77 0.56 -6.55 144.47 91.42 Tradeweb TW 0.6 24 100.50 2.70 16.89 505.87 348.06 TraneTech TT 0.9 34 454.95 14.67 -5.68 1620.58 1123.61 TransDigm TDG 0.0 39 1254.38 4.47 -8.31 97.42 63.37 TransUnion TRU 0.6 21 78.62 -1.64 29.06 398.69 252.26 Travelers TRV 1.3 10 374.36 -1.63 -27.79 87.50 47.92 Trimble TRMB ... 30 56.58 -0.48 -34.63 78.99 38.04 Trip.com TCOM 0.0 7 47.01 0.53 5.34 56.20 40.78 TruistFinl TFC 4.0 12 51.84 -0.17
38.74 238.48 91.84 Twilio TWLO ...306 197.35 6.41 -31.80 621.34 270.71 TylerTech TYL ... 41 309.60 -13.71 -1.13 69.48 50.56 TysonFoods TSN 3.5 44 57.96 -2.69 13.88 55.15 35.94 UBS Group UBS 1.3 18 52.74 -0.65 4.03 42.00 32.94 UDR UDR 4.6 24 38.16 -0.14 40.67 74.00 41.95 U-Haul UHAL 0.0291 70.91 -0.04 33.89 65.05 39.62 U-Haul N UHAL / B 0.3256 62.58 -0.26 16.21 107.54 61.64 ULSolutions ULS 0.6 53 91.64 -0.52 26.68 149.98 103.38 UMB Fin UMBF 1.2 12 145.73 0.22 33.55 105.17 69.88 USFoods USFD ... 34 100.59 0.04 -13.89 101.99 65.41 Uber UBER ... 18 70.36 -0.01 0.57 1099.99 380.00 Ubiquiti UI 0.6 36 556.52 23.29 -15.24 714.97 443.60 UltaBeauty ULTA ... 19 512.83 -3.90 -3.04 74.97 54.75 Unilever UL 3.6 21 63.41 -1.86 26.29 315.99 210.84 UnionPacific UNP 1.9 24 292.13 2.67 8.50 138.77 82.42 UnitedAirlines UAL ... 11 121.33 -2.23 142.11 28.96 6.56 UnitedMicro UMC 1.7 18 19.03 0.09 5.07 122.41
82.00 UPS B UPS 6.3 19 104.22 -1.05 33.35 1177.67 701.59 UnitedRentals URI 0.7 26 1079.26 10.63 18.08 64.84 43.46 USBancorp USB 3.3 13 63.01 0.11 6.25 609.35 272.12 UnitedTherap UTHR ... 19 517.71 -8.11 25.53 461.62 234.60 UnitedHealth UNH 2.2 27 414.40 -7.07 -28.21 52.15 16.78 UnitySoftware U ... dd 31.71 -1.63 -22.74 246.32 140.08 UniversalHealthB UHS 0.5 7 168.44 5.15 11.11 93.22 68.28 UnumGroup UNM 2.3 20 86.11 -0.66 -6.29 34.01 25.82 VICI Prop VICI 6.8 10 26.35 0.04 15.58 17.94 9.36 Vale VALE 6.0 23 15.06 0.07 92.21 320.24 130.78 ValeroEnergy VLO 1.5 13 312.90 2.39 19.73 585.71 353.41 ValmontInds VMI 0.6 19 481.70 5.09 -8.71 310.50 148.05 VeevaSystems VEEV ... 36 203.78 2.22 20.85 101.60 65.82 Ventas VTR 2.2172 93.51 1.59 96.19 17.62 5.72 VentureGlobal VG 0.5 14 13.38 0.14 -5.62 110.11 80.03 Veralto VLTO 0.6 24 94.17 -0.54 19.37 312.48 208.86 VeriSign VRSN 1.1 31 290.02 3.44 -12.89
281.82 155.94 VeriskAnalytics VRSK 1.0 30 194.85 -5.50 14.93 51.68 38.39 Verizon VZ 6.0 12 46.81 0.70 5.24 533.67 362.50 VertexPharm VRTX ... 28 477.10 -4.60 49.11 379.94 118.70 Vertiv VRT 0.1 55 241.57 14.07 123.24 93.03 15.27 ViaSat VSAT ... dd 76.93 -0.67 41.04 18.07 8.62 Viatris VTRS 2.7 dd 17.56 -0.20 89.21 382.65 41.76 Vicor VICR ... 67 207.37 0.70
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
s 46.13 105.86 55.55 Viking VIK ... 39 104.35 -0.10 15.48 51.13 35.10 ViperEnergy VNOM 5.2 dd 44.61 1.15 76.26 68.02 31.55 VirtuFinancial VIRT 1.6 10 58.73 -0.43 4.40 373.97 293.89 Visa V 0.7 31 366.13 -0.14 -8.14 219.82 132.66 Vistra VST 0.6 25 148.19 -0.43 19.45 16.61 10.66 Vodafone VOD 3.2 dd 15.78 -0.36 -5.84 331.09 252.35 VulcanMatls VMC 0.8 32 268.57 -2.67 W X Y Z
3.75 119.91 102.95 WEC Energy WEC 3.5 21 109.42 -0.63 14.36 77.22 63.08 W.P.Carey WPC 5.1 25 73.60 -0.48 36.27 306.64 184.26 Wabtec WAB 0.4 39 290.86 -1.60 -0.19 135.16 95.42 Walmart WMT 0.9 39 111.20 0.10 -8.74 30.00 10.76 WarnerBrosA WBD ... dd 26.30 0.83 -15.36 35.42 23.34 WarnerMusic WMG 2.9 31 25.96 -1.60 -4.55 191.00 146.89 WasteConnections WCN 0.8 40 167.38 1.11 3.11 248.13 194.11 WasteMgt WM 1.7 32 226.55 0.22 -0.66 414.15 275.05 Waters WAT ... 48 377.31 -2.99 -8.21 459.00 300.66 Watsco WSO 4.3 27 309.30 -1.43 -5.04 453.37 317.63 Watsco B WSOB 4.1 28 321.76 4.13 25.28 394.54 251.17 WattsWater WTS 0.7 32 345.79 1.67 -15.45 119.98 55.60 Wayfair W ... dd 84.90 -4.88 22.69 77.69 52.69 WebsterFin WBS 2.1 13 77.22 -0.08 -7.24 97.76 72.78 WellsFargo WFC 2.3 13 86.45 1.02 26.31 255.20 161.26 Welltower WELL 1.5 dd 234.44 -1.19 40.41 377.90 197.96 WescoIntl WCC 0.6 24 343.49 0.82 23.92
386.00 223.83 WestPharmSvcs WST 0.3 44 340.96 1.37 216.27 799.87 73.14 WesternDigital WDC 0.1 33 544.84 11.80 17.90 48.63 36.90 WesternMidstrm WES 8.0 15 46.57 -0.02 -4.65 124.23 56.33 Westlake WLK 3.0 dd 70.50 -1.22 5.66 27.75 21.16 Weyerhaeuser WY 3.4 38 25.03 1.53 -7.22 165.76 90.94 WheatonPrecMtls WPM 0.7 28 109.03 -4.35 19.02 80.08 55.82 Williams WMB 2.9 31 71.54 0.63 28.04 244.65 165.51 Williams-Sonoma WSM 1.3 26 228.66 -4.66 2.23 352.79 240.61 WillisTowers WTW 1.1 21 335.92 -0.13 14.10 167.22 119.61 WintrustFinl WTFC 1.4 13 159.54 -0.11 -30.28 3.09 1.75 Wipro WIT 5.6 14 1.98 0.03 2.48 17.47 10.36 Wise WSE ... ... 12.00 -0.06 50.48 25.19 14.27 WoodsideEnergy WDS 4.6 16 23.46 0.08 19.33 450.92 233.31 Woodward WWD 0.4 40 360.75 4.47 17.25 84.71 48.83 WooriFinl WF 3.7 8 68.93 -1.37 -25.35 249.85 110.36 Workday WDAY ... 50 160.34 2.23 -17.47 134.72 92.52 WynnResorts WYNN 1.0 28 99.31
-1.39 47.87 232.05 116.68 XPO XPO ... 59 200.97 1.71 5.88 84.23 69.16 XcelEnergy XEL 3.0 21 78.20 -0.03 -35.90 28.23 11.77 XPeng XPEV ... dd 13.00 0.02 -14.11 154.27 105.29 Xylem XYL 1.5 28 116.97 0.15 45.30 57.49 22.82 YPF YPF 0.0 dd 52.54 0.39 1.32 170.14 137.33 Yum!Brands YUM 2.0 19 153.28 -3.72 0.92 58.39 40.15 YumChina YUMC 2.4 18 48.18 1.71 14.98 26.20 17.74 ZTO Express ZTO 2.8 15 24.02 0.16 21.00 352.66 199.05 ZebraTech ZBRA ... 36 293.82 5.25 4.46 108.29 79.12 ZimmerBiomet ZBH 1.0 24 93.93 -1.03 19.06 73.34 46.19 ZionsBancorp ZION 2.6 9 69.70 0.24 -38.57 160.48 71.47 Zoetis ZTS 2.7 13 77.29 1.26 11.33 114.74 69.15 ZoomComms ZM ... 14 96.07 3.75 -32.78 336.99 114.62 Zscaler ZS ... dd 151.20 2.81
Welltn 46.61 +0.22 5.4 VANGUARD INDEX FDS (先锋指数基金) ExtndIstPl 441.86 -1.80 13.5 IdxIntl 27.20 +0.02 12.8 MdCpGrAdml 127.24 +0.25 6.2 MdCpVlAdml 106.03 -0.29 16.6 SmValAdml 105.11 -0.20 16.7 TotBd2 9.35 -0.03 -0.7 TotIntlInstIdx r 181.96 +0.14 12.9 TotItlInstPlId r 182.00 +0.14 12.9 TotSt 179.22 +1.02 10.5 VANGUARD INSTL FDS (先锋机构基金) DevMktsIndInst 22.79 -0.08 14.2 DevMktsInxInst 35.63 -0.12 14.2 ExtndInst 179.05 -0.73 13.5 FTScinst 51.30 +0.37 9.3 GrwthInst 263.14 +2.98 5.0 InPrSeIn 9.24 -0.01 0.4 InstIdx 599.82 +4.21 10.1 InstPlus 599.81 +4.20 10.1 InstTStPlus 123.53 +0.70 10.5 MidCpInst 88.56 -0.07 12.3 MidCpIstPl 436.76 -0.33 12.3 SmCapInst 141.38 -0.34 15.2 SmCapIstPl 408.08 -0.97 15.2 STIGradeInst 10.32 -0.01 0.8 STIPSIxins 24.92 ... 1.8 TotBdInst 9.49 -0.02 -0.6 TotBdInst2 9.35 -0.03 -0.7 TotBdInstPl 9.49 -0.02 -0.6 TotIntBdIdxInst 28.68 -0.05 0.1 TotStInst 179.29 +1.03 10.5 ValueInst 85.78 -0.24 16.3 WCM Focus Funds (WCM 焦点基金) WCMFocIntlGrwIns 28.05 +0.15 12.7
[!NOTE] 本章节源文包含大量外语数据与图片版面，已进行结构化对齐优化。
PrmcpAdml r223.33 +0.15 20.8 RealEstatAdml140.13 -0.85 14.0 SmCapAdml141.38 -0.34 15.2 SmGthAdml119.67 -0.36 13.0 STIGradeAdml 10.32 -0.01 0.8 STIPSIxAdm 24.90 ... 1.8 TotBdAdml 9.49 -0.02 -0.6 TotIntBdIdxAdm 19.11 -0.04 0.1 TotIntlAdmIdx r 45.50 +0.03 12.9 TotStAdml 179.26 +1.02 10.5 TxMCapAdml384.64 +2.30 9.9 TxMIn r 22.76 -0.08 14.2 USGroAdml 191.55 +2.11 -1.8 ValAdml 85.78 -0.24 16.3 WdsrllAdml 91.78 +0.31 10.9 WellsIAdml 62.69 -0.08 3.6 WelltnAdml 80.48 +0.38 5.4 WndsrAdml 82.80 +0.30 12.7 VANGUARD FDS (先锋基金) DivdGro 31.91 -0.11 5.1 LifeGro NA ... NA LifeMod PrmcpCor 46.07 -0.02 24.4 STAR TgtRe2020 TgtRe2025 TgtRe2030 TgtRe2035 TgtRe2040 TgtRe2045 TgtRe2050 TgtRe2060 TgtRet2055 TgtRetInc
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英国能源巨头英国石油 (BP) 正在将其英国北海业务挂牌出售，这为该公司在本土国家结束超过半个世纪的石油生产铺平了道路。 英国石油周五表示，由于其正将支出重新聚焦于其他地区回报率更高的项目，它将向潜在买家推介该业务。 此举正值新任首席执行官 Meg O’Neill 在一项旨在提高利润和股东回报的战略调整中审查英国石油的投资组合。该公司目标在 2027 年底前出售 200 亿美元 billion 的资产，以试图削减净债务。 近年来，由于部分原因是由于在绿色能源领域的一次失败尝试，英国石油的股价和盈利能力已落后于同行——该公司正试图通过增加其核心业务的支出来追赶。
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加拿大库舍-塔德 (Couche-Tard) 计划以约 $8.7 billion 收购波兰最大的便利店零售商 Zabka (波兰便利店)，以扩大其在中东欧的版图。 如果该交易成功，这将是 Circle K 所有者迄今为止规模最大的一次收购。该公司在去年 7 月放弃了对 7-Eleven 的日本所有者 Seven & i 价值 $47 billion 的收购尝试。 库舍-塔德周五表示，其子公司 Circle K Polska 将对 Zabka 集团的所有股份发起收购要约，每股价格为 32 波兰兹罗提，代表总股权价值约为 32.62 billion 兹罗提，相当于 87.3 亿美元 billion。Zabka 的股价
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英国石油 (BP) 在 2025 年的北海日均产量约为 117,000 桶油当量。
油气业务。 奥尼尔周五表示，随着 英国石油 (BP) 将支出导向其 最高价值的 机会， 其北海业务可能会
在华沙证券交易所的 最后收盘价为 29.26 兹罗提。 这家加拿大便利店 运营商预计将在 8 月底 左右启动报价，并在 12 月前完成交易。 此举是在 Seven & i 决定 不对 Zabka (波兰便利店) 进行潜在投资 不到一 周后 做出的。 Zabka (波兰便利店) 在 波兰和 罗马尼亚 经营 13,000 多家 门店， 并拥有约 4.3 million 的日均 交易量。这家波兰食品 零售商还声称其数字 渠道拥有约 11.7 百万用户。 库舍-塔德表示，预计将 通过全额承诺的债务工具为此次交易提供资金。
作为另一家公司的一部分而 处于更好的位置。 英国石油 (BP) 拟出售的 资产包括东海岸海域的五个 生产中心。
作者：ALLISON POHLE 及 CHIP CUTTER
求职面试通常需要 回家测试、战略 备忘录，甚至是性格 评估。然而，这次面试 涉及的是永久性墨水和 针头。 早期人工智能初创公司 LemonLime 的联合创始人引发了轩然大波，他在一次社交聚会上提出了一个类似的挑战：任何在活动现场纹上公司纹身的人都将获得立即面试的机会。 Jordan Zietz 在 LinkedIn 上发帖称，这一想法是为了“结识优秀的人才，并找出其中谁和我们一样疯狂”，并补充说他为此专门请来了一位纹身师。 “我们大胆，我们承担风险，并且我们做此前从未有人做过的事情。” 他写道，有七个人接受了他的邀请，在近期这场旧金山活动中留下了永久性的纹身。 “如果你正联系我们申请工作，你可能需要留意这一点，”他补充道。 网络上的愤怒几乎立即爆发——有些人是在发泄对硅谷初创公司文化这种“奥威尔式”氛围的不满。另一些人则谴责在这种招聘环境下，求职者不得不通过重重障碍。
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| AllianceBernstein | AB | 9.5 | .82/.83 | Q | Aug27 / Aug12 |
| Willis Lease Finance | WLFC | 2.2 | .133/.13333 | Q | Aug21 / Aug11 |
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| Rush Enterprises A | RUSHA | 3:2 | /Sep01 |
| Rush Enterprises B | RUSHB | 3:2 | /Sep01 |
| Sports Ent Gaming Glbl | SEGG | 1:7 | /Aug03 |
| TOP Financial Group | TOP | 1:5 | /Aug03 |
| Wetour Robotics | WETO | 1:100 | /Aug03 |
苏格兰及设得兰群岛以西。该业务雇佣约 1,100 人。
BP 在 1964 年获得了首个北海勘探许可证，并于 11 年后开始生产。虽然公司的总部位于英国，但其起源于中东，当时威廉·诺克斯·达西（William Knox D’Arcy）于 1902 年获得了开始钻探石油的特许权。这家勘探公司随后成为了 BP。
虽然 BP 的北海资产在英国具有历史和国家意义，但对该公司而言，其财务重要性并不大。它在世界各地拥有资产，包括在 美国和墨西哥湾 的重要持股。
2025 年，BP 的北海日均产量约为 117,000 桶油当量——仅占该公司 230 万桶石油和天然气总产量的一小部分。
英国北海是一个成熟的海盆，这意味着大部分易于获取的石油已经过开发。随着独立运营商的介入并整合资产，国际能源巨头一直在缩减其敞口。利润税的提高也影响了投资并改变了计算方式。
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她已经考虑纹身一段时间了，并把握机会将其付诸实践。她纹了一个对她而言具有个人意义的图案，但拒绝透露具体内容——只说既不是柠檬也不是青柠。
她接受纹身时的照片在社交媒体上疯传，与此同时，关于她正在面试工作的帖子也同步传播。“我觉得这次走红的叙事并不在我的掌控之中，”她说。她目前专注于自己的初创公司且正在招聘：不需要纹身。“我们不歧视，”她说。
Zietz 对公众关注并不陌生。2022 年，他在扮演斯坦福大学的非官方吉祥物“树”时，展开了一幅 40 英尺长的横幅，上面写着“斯坦福讨厌乐趣”。
资深的初创公司创始人表示，LemonLime 的这一招在吸引注意力方面取得了成功，但许多人对这一举动提出了质疑。
“这很新颖，但我并不喜欢，”游戏公司 Zynga 前首席执行官及新书《生活在游戏的节奏中》（Life at the Speed of Play）的作者 Mark Pincus 表示。“在还没确定是否雇用某人之前就要求对方去纹身——这不合适。”
随后他提供了一个轻松的替代方案：“也许他们可以先纹个海娜纹身（临时纹身），如果我们决定雇佣他们，再将其改为永久性的。”
对于能源公司而言。 行业团体、部分劳工组织以及特朗普总统已呼吁英国政府放宽对北海新油气项目的限制。
特朗普“钻吧，宝贝，钻吧”（drill, baby, drill）的口号与英国执政的工党采取的方式有所不同。工党在其 2024 年的竞选宣言中表示，将不会发放新的油气钻探许可证。新任首相 Andy Burnham 表示，他最近告诉特朗普，他将对新钻探采取一种“务实”的方式。
英国政府目前正在决定是否推进两个名为 Jackdaw 和 Rosebank 的北海重大油气项目，这两个项目此前一直陷入法律纠纷。
即使在出售其北海资产之后，英国石油 (BP) 仍将在英国保持强大的影响力。该公司将保留其全球总部，以及提供航空燃料的业务、加油站网络及其全球贸易中心等其他运营部门。
纽威品牌的 前景
作者：KATHERINE HAMILTON
纽威品牌（Newell Brands）提高了其盈利预期，因为该公司预计关税退款带来的助力将有助于抵消不断上升的供应成本。
这家销售 Sharpie 标记笔和 Rubbermaid 容器的公司，尽管面临成本上涨，但仍成功地使多个业务板块恢复增长。纽威品牌高管在周五告诉分析师，他们正利用关税带来的额外资金，以避免大规模提高消费价格。
首席执行官 Chris Peterson 表示，这些退款和第二季度更高的利润将有助于“有效抵消一个比我们年初计划时显著更高的通胀环境”。
纽威品牌季度营收及其同比变化
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纽威品牌目前预计全年正常化每股收益将在 73 cents 到 77 cents 之间，高于此前预计的 56 cents 到 60 cents。该公司还将净销售额增长预期从持平至 2% 缩小至 1% 到 2%。
周五，该公司股价上涨 9% 至 $5.60。
尽管纽威品牌预计今年将因通胀产生 $200 million 的成本，是 2026 年初预估的两倍，但公司仍提高了指引。管理层希望通过预计在今年晚些时候收到的关税退款来抵消部分费用，这些退款针对今年及去年已计入费用的关税，总额预计为 $126 million。
纽威品牌在 2025 年多次涨价，以应对新实施关税带来的更高成本。
此后，营收势头有所回升，第二季度销售额增长 3% 至 19.9 亿美元 billion。FactSet 调查的分析师预测销售额为 19.8 亿美元 billion。核心销售额增长 2.3%。利润为 $106 million，或每股 25 cents；而去年同期为 $46 million，或每股 11 cents。根据 FactSet 的数据，分析师此前预期为每股 17 cents。
纽威品牌预计当前第三季度的销售增长将在 2%-to-3% 之间。
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周五亚马逊（Amazon.com）股价的飙升给了纳斯达克足够的动力，掩盖了苹果公司的暴跌。 在纳斯达克综合指数 1% 的涨幅之下，是苹果公司股票（下跌 7.4%）与亚马逊公司股票（飙升 15%）之间的拉锯战。 这家 iPhone 制造商损失了 3578 亿美元 billion 的市值，这是其有记录以来最大的一日市值跌幅，也是任何美国公司历史上的第三大跌幅。 此次财报后的下跌是苹果公司自 2014 年以来最大的一次，此前该公司对 9 月季度的预测低于华尔街的预期。 但苹果公司的走势被亚马逊公司股价 15% 的飙升所抵消，此前该公司报告其云计算销售额加速增长。这次上涨使这家云服务供应商和
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洲际交易所（Intercontinental Exchange），纽约证券交易所的所有者，因投资于预测市场和加密货币等热门领域而成为新闻焦点。 在过去的一周里，ICE 表明它仍然对债券交易这项不那么具有革命性的业务感到兴奋。 通过以 60 亿美元 billion 收购 MarketAxess，总部位于亚特兰大的 ICE 再次加码，押注债券交易市场将继续电子化，跟随其他资产类别的步伐——在那些领域，大声叫价的汗流浃背的华尔街交易员已被基于屏幕的交易工具所取代。
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债券电子化 从历史上看，创建股票电子市场的难度远低于债券市场。虽然一家公司通常会发行一套被投资者广泛持有的普通股，但它可能会发行许多不同系列的债券，且到期日各异，交易频率也可能高低不等。这种复杂性使得活跃的中心化市场难以出现，因为交易分散在许多不同类型的债券中。 尽管如此，电子交易在债券市场已逐渐兴起。在 Covid-19 疫情期间，这一进程得到了显著推动——在那段时间里，许多
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核能技术与服务供应商西屋电气 (Westinghouse Electric) 已向证券交易委员会 (SEC) 秘密提交了一份注册声明草案，拟对其普通股进行首次公开募股 (IPO)。
这家位于宾夕法尼亚州克兰贝里镇 (Cranberry Township, Pa.) 的公司由加拿大的布鲁克菲尔德资产管理公司 (Brookfield Asset Management) 和 Cameco 共同所有。该公司表示，计划发行股票的数量及拟定发行价范围尚未确定，并补充称此次发行将取决于市场情况。
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零售商创下其历史上最大的市值增长。这两家科技巨头的剧烈波动将指数拉向相反方向。标准普尔500指数 (S&P 500) 的科技板块（包括苹果公司）当日收盘下跌 0.5%，而包括亚马逊在内的非必需消费品板块则飙升 6.1%。总体而言，标准普尔500指数上涨 0.7%，而道琼斯工业指数 (Dow industrials) 上涨 0.5%，即 277 点。
周五的涨幅足以让道琼斯指数在本月转为正增长。该蓝筹股指数在 7 月期间上涨 0.3%，而标准普尔500指数则小幅下跌 0.1%，纳斯达克 (Nasdaq) 下跌 3.2%。三者在本周的涨幅均在 1% 或以上。
7 月是股市动荡的一段时间，人工智能 (AI) 的担忧、伊朗战争以及美联储 (The Fed) 的动作使市场剧烈波动。近期几周，对 AI 投资成本的担忧以及担心这些支出无法产生预期的高额利润，引发了部分股票的剧烈波动。
“这就像是在一次观鲸之旅。每个人都冲向船的一侧，因为……”
50%
不同种类债券的电子交易份额
美国高收益债 美国投资级债
2013 '15 '17 '19 '21 '23 '25 0
公司债券交易平台的市场份额
60%
Tradeweb
2020 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26*
*截至 6 月的年至今数据
其他事物也在数字化——在波动迫使交易员转向 MarketAxess 等电子交易平台之后。
根据研究公司 Crisil Coalition Greenwich 的研究，去年，美国投资级债券市场中 49% 的交易是通过电子方式完成的，而十年前这一比例仅为 20%。
SEC 的秘密 IPO 申报流程允许监管机构与公司在完成文书工作期间，就披露内容进行反复沟通。
西屋电气及其所有者去年与商务部签署了一项协议，根据该协议，美国政府将安排融资并协助批准至少 800 亿美元 (800 亿美元 billion) 的核反应堆项目，这些项目将采用西屋电气的技术。
持有西屋电气 51% 股份的布鲁克菲尔德公司和持有另外 49% 股份的 Cameco 于 2023 年以约 80 亿美元 (80 亿美元 billion) 的交易价格收购了该公司。
纳斯达克综合指数 标准普尔500指数 道琼斯工业指数
在同一时期，高收益债券的电子交易份额从 6% 上升至 32%。
洲际交易所处于前沿 在其创始人兼长期首席执行官 Jeffrey Sprecher 的领导下，洲际交易所 (Intercontinental Exchange) 一直有进行……
洲际交易所 (ICE)，精选交易与收购
Trumid
来源：Crisil Coalition Greenwich（交易份额、市场份额）；员工报告（交易与收购）
作者：ANDREA FIGUERAS 和 MAURO ORRU
在订阅收入令投资者失望后，这家代表泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）、Lady Gaga 和 Bad Bunny 的唱片公司，其股价经历了自 2021 年上市以来最剧烈的下跌。
周五，这家全球最大音乐公司的股价在阿姆斯特丹暴跌 25%，超过了 2024 年 7 月 25 日因订阅和流媒体收入增长乏力而引发的 23.5% 的跌幅。
这些服务在疫情高峰期激增，当时由于新冠病毒限制导致现场演唱会陷入停滞，听众转向数字化平台欣赏他们喜爱的艺术家。
近年来增长已经冷却，但订阅和流媒体仍然是投资者的关注重点，因为它们属于该集团录制音乐业务的一部分，而该业务占据了收入的绝大部分。
环球音乐在周四公布的第二季度收入为 3.29 billion 欧元，相当于 37.9 亿美元 billion，该数值包含了 2 月份环球旗下 Virgin Music Group 完成对 Downtown Music Holdings 收购所带来的贡献。
然而，分析师和投资者关注的是环球音乐在不含 Downtown 收购情况下的潜在业绩。
订阅收入增长了 6.7%，低于 9.3% 的共识预期，且较环球音乐在第一季度记录的 7.9% 的增长有所放缓。
同时，剔除 Downtown 收购后的调整后息税折旧摊销前利润（EBITDA）——环球音乐首选的盈利衡量指标——为 €664 million，同样低于预期。
“这就像是看到有一头鲸鱼，然后赶紧游到另一边，当鲸鱼游到船下时又游回来，”Interactive Brokers 首席策略师 Steve Sosnick 表示。
一些投资者认为，在专注于 AI 的投资公司 Situational Awareness 完成大部分持仓抛售之后，周五出现了反弹行情。在韩国，受 AI 驱动的综合股价指数（Kospi）跳涨 18%。在经历了今年早些时候的快速上涨后，这一波动剧烈的基准指数在近几周大幅下跌。
美联储在上周给市场带来了巨大压力。周五，在三位央行官员解释本周为何投票支持加息后，国债收益率延续了近期的涨势。10 年期美国国债收益率升至 4.743%，为 2025 年 1 月以来的最高水平。30 年期收益率升至 5.274%，创下 19 年新高，且经历了自 2024 年以来最剧烈的一个月涨幅。
债券面临的压力与周三不同，周三投资者抛售长期国债，是担心美联储主席 Kevin Warsh 在通胀持续的情况下可能不愿加息。周五，收益率在全线攀升。
资产 / 公司 / 领域 / 交易详情 :--- MarketAxess / 固定收益 / 同意在 2026 年收购 OKX / 加密货币交易所 / 2026 年投资 Polymarket / 预测市场 / 2025 年投资 Black Knight / 抵押贷款软件 / 2023 年收购 Ellie Mae / 抵押贷款软件 / 2020 年收购 NYSE / 证券交易所 / 2013 年收购 New York Board of Trade / 期货交易所 / 2007 年收购 International Petroleum Exchange / 期货交易所 / 2001 年收购
这体现了对那些正在向电子交易转型之市场的精明投资。在 21 世纪初，洲际交易所（ICE）接手了多家拥有传统交易大厅的期货交易所，并将它们转变为全电子市场。
最近，ICE 投资了美国金融市场的底层基础设施。
环球音乐集团股价，年初至今
1月 2026年 7月 4月
来源：FactSet 注：€1 = $1.15
由于投资者增加了对近期利率上升的押注，到期期限有所变化。
与此同时，亚马逊强劲的收益为遭受打击的 AI 超大规模云服务商债券提供了支撑。根据 MarketAxess 的数据，投资者持有其 2056 年到期的 6.1% 债券相对于国债所要求的额外收益率（即利差），从周四的 1.23 个百分点下降至 1.1 个百分点。
其他超大规模云服务商支持的债券相对于国债也上涨，包括 Meta Platforms、Alphabet 和 Oracle 发行的债券。近几周，由于投资者日益担心这些公司为了资助芯片采购和数据中心建设将借款和支出多少，因此要求更高的持有收益率。
“ these companies are not stupid. They’re spending even more money because it’s incredibly profitable to increase capacity，”MAI Capital Management 首席市场策略师 Chris Grisanti 表示。“我对我们的专业人员说：‘听着，如果你经营一家产能受限且利润率极高的企业，你会不惜一切代价来扩张业务。’”
抵押贷款市场，押注其传统的纸质流程早已到了需要数字化转型的时刻。
多年来，ICE 进行了多项交易以深化其在债券市场的影响力，但其最大的业务是提供固定收益数据和分析，而非实际执行债券交易。通过收购 MarketAxess，ICE 希望将大型交易平台与其现有的数据业务相结合，使其成为固定收益市场中无处不在的参与者。
行业先驱
多年来，电子债券交易领域的大名是 MarketAxess 和 Tradeweb，前者专注于公司债券，后者则以国债交易更为知名。但自疫情初期以来，MarketAxess 已落后。Crisil Coalition Greenwich 的数据显示，去年它处理的公司债券成交量为 35%，低于 2020, 61%，而 Tradeweb 和新兴竞争对手 Trumid 夺走了其大部分失去的市场份额。
自那时起，MarketAxess 的股价大幅下跌，较 2020. 12 月的峰值下降了 70% 以上。现在，它将成为 Sprecher 帝国中的另一个构建模块。
“MarketAxess 将使我们的网络更广、更深，”ICE 首席执行官在周四早晨的财报电话会议上表示。
低于共识预期的 €7.03 亿欧元。
Bernstein 的分析师在给客户的报告中写道，Universal 第二季度的各项数据均不理想，并表明流媒体订阅收入潜在的改善已被推迟到下半年。
在过去 12 个月里，Universal 的股价下跌了 40% 以上，因为投资者对订阅和流媒体收入增长出现显著反弹的希望从未实现。
周五的股价暴跌发生在公司董事会一致拒绝 Bill Ackman 旗下 Pershing Square Capital 650 亿美元 billion 收购要约约两个月之后，董事会称该提案低估了该集团的价值。
这位亿万富翁曾试图让 Universal 在美国上市，称其股价低迷是因为 Pershing 所称的关于 Bollore 持股的不确定性、UMG 资产负债表利用不足以及缺乏公开披露的资本分配计划。
该唱片公司在回应中表示，已将其 €500 million 股票回购计划扩大至 €1 billion，并将出售其在 Spotify Technology 约 3% 持股的一半，将资金用于回购股票。
协议收购 设备公司 Integer
作者：LAUREN THOMAS 及 MARK MAURER
据知情人士透露，私募股权公司 KKR 接近达成一项协议，将医疗设备外包公司 Integer Holdings 私有化。
知情人士表示，该交易最快可能在下周达成，届时这家总部位于德克萨斯州普拉诺的公司估值约为每股 $127。目前尚不能保证交易一定会达成。
Integer 与其他医疗设备公司合作，设计、开发并制造关键部件。该公司的市值超过 30 亿美元 billion。
其股价在周五上涨了约 20%。
Integer 面临来自其最大股东之一的激进投资者压力。
《华尔街日报》曾在 12 月报道，Irenic Capital Management 在该公司建立了超过 3% 的持股，并敦促其更新董事会并考虑出售。
该公司在 4 月表示，其董事会已开始对包括潜在出售或合并在内的各种方案进行战略审查。
KKR 管理的资产规模约为 8000 亿美元 billion，已投资于多家医疗健康技术公司。其投资组合公司包括 Cotiviti、Infinx 和 Healthium Medtech。
尽管整个行业未出售资产的积压量不断增加，但 KKR 最近录得该公司历史上最佳的资产出售季度。
医疗技术公司经常向私募股权公司出售股权，以获得大规模资金并扩展其平台。
今年早些时候，该行业出现了一笔大型私募股权交易：黑石（Blackstone）和 TPG 在 4 月将女性健康诊断公司 Hologic 私有化，交易价值（含债务）高达 183 亿美元 billion。
因季度业绩强劲 提高预期
作者：DOMINIC CHOPPING
NatWest 在报告盈余增加并完成对财富管理公司 Evelyn Partners 的收购后，提高了全年指引，并提前了预计宣布新股票回购计划的日期。
这家英国贷款机构报告称，第二季度税前利润增长 29%，达到 2.29 billion pounds（相当于 30 亿美元.08 billion），高于公司汇总的 2.04 billion pounds 的共识预期。
净利息收入（公司贷款收益减去存款支出）较去年有所改善，符合 35.1 亿英镑 billion 的预期，而总收入增长 12% 至 45 亿英镑 billion，增速超过了成本的轻微增长。
首席执行官 Paul Thwaite 表示，在过去六个月中，存款、贷款和管理资产均继续增长，并补充说该银行已准备好加速进展。
“我们业绩的稳定性，加上对 Evelyn Partners 收购的完成，使我们有信心加强对 2026 年的指引，”他说道。
该银行目前预计，年度除重大项目外的总收入约为 £17.9 billion，其中包括来自 Evelyn Partners 交易的约 £275 million。此前其指引的总收入在 172 亿英镑 billion 至 176 亿英镑 billion 范围的高端。
全年运营支出目前预计约为 85 亿英镑 billion，早前指引约为 82 亿英镑 billion，而有形权益回报率预计将从之前的 17% 以上提高到 19% 以上。报告显示，第二季度的有形权益回报率为 21.0%。
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寻求新领域
福特汽车（Ford Motor）和通用汽车（General Motors）正将目光投向汽车之外。如果历史重演，投资者可能会后悔他们的分心。这一次会有所不同吗？
5月，在福特正式宣布成立福特能源（Ford Energy）后的几周内，其股价飙升高达 45%，市值增加了近 230 亿美元。福特能源是一家电网级电池存储业务，将服务于人工智能超大规模云计算供应商和公用事业公司的电力需求。此后其股价有所回落，但自福特能源启动以来仍上涨超过 20%。该公司还重新进入国防领域，近期赢得了一项为美国陆军制造战术卡车的合同。
自上周的财报电话会议以来，通用汽车的股价上涨了 16%。在这次会议上，该公司提高了全年业绩指引，并就其自身的国防和电网级电池业务提供了一些细节。
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监管文件被像经文一样仔细研读。他的毛衣和深色高领衫增加了他作为人工智能隐秘先知的名声。但本周，由于急需现金，Aschenbrenner 在周三晚些时候达成了一项协议，将其珍贵的资产——价值 35 亿美元的 Anthropic 巨额股份出售给一个由 Greenoaks 和 Sequoia Capital 领衔的投资者团体。但到了第二天早晨，他又撤回了决定。当天晚些时候，Aschenbrenner 写信给投资者，称公司改为出售部分上市股票以偿还借款，从而使其能够保留私有公司的股份。他写道，其基金本月下跌了 67%。“这些动态本质上与银行挤兑类似：脆弱性产生更多脆弱性，”他写道。
2024 年，当 Aschenbrenner 在其朋友 Dwarkesh Patel 主持的播客中罕见地公开露面时，在一段持续 4.5 小时的对话接近尾声时，他被问及自己的投资计划。“ presumably，你应该思考过这类事情是如何崩盘的，”Patel 说，“有很多有趣的商业历史书籍记载了那些论点正确但时机错误的人。”“显然，”Aschenbrenner 说，“不崩盘是任务之 1 和 2。”
Aschenbrenner 在柏林长大，随后来到美国就读大学。他创办了一个有效利他主义俱乐部，并以优秀毕业生身份毕业。他与未来的妻子 Avital Balwit 一起在 FTX 未来基金（FTX Future Fund）工作。随着 FTX 崩溃，他们与其他员工一同离职。Aschenbrenner 在 Bankman-Fried 慈善分支机构工作的经历并未出现在他的 LinkedIn 页面上，而他曾在该页面列出自己近乎完美的 LSAT 成绩。2023 年，他加入了 OpenAI。在公司任职期间，他开始撰写一份在他离职后将在网上发布的宣言。这篇名为《情境意识》（Situational Awareness）的文章宣称，人工智能
业内业务。在财报电话会议上，通用汽车（GM）首席执行官玛丽·巴拉（Mary Barra）表示，这些是提高利润率并降低周期性的机会。
投资者可能需要克制自己的预期。这些业务虽然前景光明，但尚未得到验证，且汽车制造商在多元化经营方面有着并不光彩的历史。
即便如今核心业务看起来还不错，汽车制造商仍有理由将目光投向汽车之外。福特和通用汽车的高利润运动型多用途车（SUV）销售良好，两家公司今年已第二次上调全年业绩指引。但他们知道，好时光无法长久。
中国电动汽车制造商是一个潜伏的威胁，尽管得益于进口限制，他们目前被挡在门外。传统汽车的长期前景黯淡：领取驾照的年轻人越来越少，新车价格令许多美国人无法负担，且汽车的耐用年限比以前长得多。“这个行业正在衰落，”RBC股票分析师汤姆·纳拉扬（Tom Narayan）表示。
Situational Awareness* 持有的顶级上市股票价格变化
40%
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–50% –40 –30 –20 –10 0
10.0
5.0
Sandisk
Bloom Energy
Nebius Group
*截至3月31日 来源：FactSet；SEC申报文件
他认为 AI 将很快变得比人类更强大，而世界上大多数人还没有意识到这一现实。
他写道：“目前，可能只有几百个人，其中大多数在旧金山和 AI 实验室中，具备‘情境意识’（situational awareness）。出于某种奇特的命运力量，我发现自己成为了其中之一。”
随后，他与另一位深耕于有效利他主义（effective altruism）世界的 AI 知识分子卡尔·舒尔曼（Carl Shulman）共同创办了他的对冲基金公司。组织过 Sohn 投资会议的知名投资者格雷厄姆·邓肯（Graham Duncan）出任顾问。
舒尔曼曾在彼得·蒂尔（Peter Thiel）经营的一家对冲基金工作，他为 Situational 提供了更专业的背书。两人为进入该基金设定了极高的门槛。部分投资者的最低入金金额为 $25 million，许多投资者同意将其资金锁定数年。
阿申布伦纳（Aschenbrenner）在旧金山过着令人羡慕的生活。他在该市贵族聚集的 Nob Hill 社区搬进了一栋豪宅。
在他的公司总部，他与播客主持人帕特尔（Patel）一起举办周五欢乐时光。两人在同一个办公室工作，经常邀请来自 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的顶尖研究人员。
今年早些时候，播客主持人蒂姆·费里斯（Tim Ferriss）称阿申布伦纳为“AI 界的诺查丹玛斯”，告诉听众他的那篇爆红论文“尽可能接近于预言”。
在一段时间内，阿申布伦纳的押注确实看起来具有先见之明。该公司曾经历过暂时的波动，包括在 2025 年初一款低成本 AI 模型发布后遭受损失。
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财务分析与评论
年初至今股价表现
福特汽车 (Ford Motor) 通用汽车 (General Motors)
2026 七月
来源：FactSet（表现）；美国交通部（截至 2024 年的销售额），AlixPartners（预测值）
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他补充说，汽车供应商也在进行多元化发展。
美国汽车制造商发现自己正处于与 20 世纪 80 年代中期类似的境地。当时，美国政府通过限制进口，暂时抵御了日本公司的竞争。这一点以及繁荣的经济，帮助底特律的汽车制造商赚得盆满钵满，随后这些利润被投入到追求其他业务中。
在 80 年代，福特购买了包括 First Nationwide 和 Associates 在内的金融服务公司，认为这些业务将提供更稳定的收入来源。通用汽车 (GM) 购买了一家信息技术公司以帮助其工厂实现自动化，并收购了国防制造商休斯电子 (Hughes Electronics)，旨在制造尖端汽车。总体而言，通用汽车在自动化推进方面投入了超过 $400 亿。
但这些多元化尝试并未成功。一名分析师在 1990 年的一篇洛杉矶报道中指出，福特在发动机技术上落后于日本，部分原因是它在多元化上花费过多，而没有专注于其核心业务。
通用防务 (GM Defense) 的步兵班车辆在 1 月的底特律车展上展出。
仓位，并通过做空一些被视为AI输家的股票进行对冲，但其旨在深度暴露于市场波动之中。根据监管文件，Situational 迅速与包括高盛、摩根大通、花旗银行和美国银行在内的最大规模银行签署协议，为其公司的交易提供融资并执行。据知情人士透露，今年早些时候，该公司渴望获得更多借贷资金以增强购买力，并联系了其他银行试图争取更多融资。直到 7 月初，一切似乎都进展顺利。它被选中在韩国芯片制造商 SK Hynix 备受瞩目的 270 亿美元 billion U.S. listing of shares 中担任核心角色。据知情人士透露，每 $1 的资本，Situational 就会通过额外借贷 $3 到 $4，或有时更多，来扩大其头寸，这远高于交易此类高波动性股票的基金所使用的杠杆。它还使用期权来放大收益。这意味着，即使是个别股票的小幅下跌，也可能对 Situational 的投资组合产生巨大影响。但到本月中旬，投资者对 AI 交易的情绪开始转变。更廉价的中国开源模型的进展令交易员感到恐慌。Situational 的贷款行开始更密切地审查对该公司的风险敞口，并每日监测其业绩波动。据两名接近此事的人士透露，在过去的一周里，大型对冲基金和其他公司的交易员开始分享关于 Situational 风险敞口的信息，一些人通过对其核心持仓进行反向做空投注，希望在 Aschenbrenner 出售持仓以筹集现金时从中获利。竞争对手的做空行为给 Situational 的投资组合带来了压力。与此同时，像 SK Hynix 这样的科技股正在下跌。根据高盛的数据，在截至本周二的三个交易日中，对冲基金减持的规模达到了三年来的最高点。所有这些杠杆最终导致了深度亏损。随着亏损加剧，银行发出了追加保证金通知，要求提供额外的抵押品以支撑其股票贷款。Situational 抛售股票以筹集现金，并促使了英伟达及其他 AI 相关股票的抛售。不过，Situational 随后迅速恢复，并在年底时实现上涨。
该基金在今年 5 月之前扣除费用后增长了约 270%。此时，自成立以来扣除费用后的增长率超过 1,000%。其管理规模迅速膨胀至远超 200 亿美元 billion，达到了其他知名对冲基金花费数十年才积累的规模。
Situational 吸引了 Jane Street 的投资，这家大型量化交易公司极少向外部资金管理人分配资本。近几个月来，Situational 聘请了更多经验丰富的高管，他们曾就职于高盛、红杉资本的对冲基金关联公司以及 Citadel 等机构。
Situational 告知潜在投资者，它将把基金的 30% 投资于私有公司。它将主要在能源、基础设施、软件和半导体等领域的股票市场中，对 AI 赢家进行集中投注。并且，它将通过借贷资金来放大
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《时报》的一篇文章指出，根据加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）的马文·利伯曼（Marvin Lieberman）和拉吉夫·达万（Rajeev Dhawan）的研究，通用汽车（GM）的工厂生产率在 20 世纪 80 年代的重投资期间实际上有所下降。近期，福特（Ford）和通用汽车在电动汽车的大规模投资上计入了巨额减值。
此次看涨的理由是，福特和通用汽车并没有挥霍资金，也没有远离其舒适区。但在可预见的未来，这些新项目很难产生显著影响。例如，福特的电网级储能业务涉及对其肯塔基州的电动汽车电池工厂进行重新用途开发。在 2026 和 2027, 年期间，此举将耗资 $2 billion，约占其该期间预计总资本支出的 10%。通用汽车为军方提供的步兵小队车辆基于一款越野卡车，且主要由商业现货零部件组成。关于通用汽车与洛克希达马丁（Lockheed Martin）合作进军武器生产的独立计划，外界知之甚少，但通用汽车强调，它计划以资本高效的方式投资于相邻业务。
这些新垂直领域的前景比汽车行业要乐观得多。在冲突不断的全球环境下，国防预算正在上升。根据摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）的数据，美国储能需求预计在 2030, 年前将以 38% 的年复合增长率增长。与此同时，国内制造的储能设备可获得丰厚的联邦补贴。摩根士丹利股票分析师安德鲁·珀科科（Andrew Percoco）认为，这赋予了汽车行业独特的优势：他们拥有过剩的电池制造能力、良好的供应链，并且知道如何规模化生产。
而且，这些行业的估值倍数潜力要高得多。标准普尔500指数（S&P 500）中的国防股交易价格为前瞻收益的 30 倍。像 Fluence Energy 和特斯拉（Tesla）这样的储能相关股票，其交易倍数则更加惊人。而福特和通用汽车的交易价格分别仅为前瞻收益的 7.8 倍和 6.2 倍。
但这种估值重塑在短期内是不可能的。通用国防（GM Defense）和福特能源（Ford Energy）预计在一段时间内都无法做出实质性的利润贡献。潜在的危险在于，美国汽车制造商可能会再次错过当前的趋势，或者这会分散他们对核心业务的注意力。
远见从未是美国汽车制造商的强项。这就是为什么投资者应对他们这些光鲜的新追求持谨慎态度的原因之一。 — 李珍珠（Jinjoo Lee）
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（接上文）……向投资者寻求额外资金。直到本周三，它还在满足追加保证金的要求。它也在探索更激进的财务支撑方案。据知情人士透露，阿申布伦纳（Aschenbrenner）及其同事讨论了出售私有投资（如 Anthropic）、削减公开持股组合或采取其他措施。Situational 与其银行和其他对冲基金讨论过一次性出售其投资组合的一个截面。由格里芬（Griffin）创立的 710 亿美元 billion 公司 Citadel 历史上曾多次介入购买陷入困境的对冲基金资产，包括近二十年前以贱卖价格从 Amaranth 和 Sowood 对冲基金购买资产。在得知 Situational 的情况后，Citadel 的高管联系了阿申布伦纳，表示如果他需要筹集现金，该公司可以提供帮助。在格里芬的（领导下）……
伦敦，Citadel 团队开始与 Aschenbrenner 及其团队进行谈判，对话始于周三晚些时候，并在傍晚时分升级。不久，另一家对冲基金——以色列 “Izzy” Englander 旗下的巨头 Millennium 也介入了：周三深夜，Millennium 的高管同样开始与 Situational 团队谈判，讨论其对该基金股份的收购方案，Englander 则通过电话从欧洲参与其中。Citadel 在周四早盘交易开始前达成交易，同意购买 Situational 公开股票组合的绝大部分。据接近此事的人士透露，Citadel 获得了相对于这些股份市场价值 10% 以上的折扣。对于 Griffin 和 Citadel 而言，这次交易被证明是一次大胜——至少在一天之内如此。随着 AI 及其他相关股票的上涨，该基金购买的许多半导体和其他股票在周四暴涨。对于 Aschenbrenner 来说，这笔交易意味着另一件事：一种生存方式。Situational 剩下了一个精简后的股票组合，以及估值超过 100 亿美元 billion 的初创公司股权。在周四发给投资者的一封信中（此时婚礼宾客已开始抵达卡梅尔），Aschenbrenner 表示，他将在未来几周专注于其投资组合管理和风险团队的调整。“我对这些事件承担全部责任，”他写道。
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在纽约哈德逊河谷的一处庄园里，一群成功人士聚集在一起，讨论随成功而来的牺牲与失望。 “你获得了职衔，获得了金钱，但这感觉有些空洞，”一位银行副总裁分享道。 “我不想再每天等待这一天结束了，”一位营销总监说道。 一位去年职位被撤销的医院高管分享说，他有时会发现自己在想象另一种生活：开一家五金店或成为一名科学教师。 “当我想到那样的时候，我的
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神经系统就放松了，”他说。 这次费用为 $4,000 的静修活动——由一个名为 Punks & Pinstripes 的社交组织赞助，被描述为“一次面向寻求变革的领导者的独家聚会”——并非普通的公司异地会议。七名参与者的年龄从 30 岁中期到 50 岁后期不等，他们在金融、咨询、医疗保健和科技等高薪领域表现卓越。他们是完美的问题解决者，并将这种技能应用于工作生活，且通常效果显著。 但他们都遇到了意想不到的壁垒——倦怠、崩溃、幻灭——这迫使他们尝试一种不同的方法。
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在中国，产权是有条件的，合同可以被共产党撕毁，创始人可能会突然从公众视野中消失或被踢出自己的公司，且面对国家没有有效的救济手段。 根据任何制度经济学教科书，这应该让中国成为企业的坟场。然而，这个国家产生了字节跳动 (ByteDance)、Shein、比亚迪 (BYD)，以及去年的 DeepSeek——一家总部位于杭州的初创公司，其 AI 模型帮助触发了英伟达 (Nvidia) 市值单日 5930 亿美元 billion 的创纪录损失。上个月，总部位于北京的初创公司 Moonshot AI 宣布发布一款完全开源的 AI，其与美国模型相匹敌的能力令硅谷震惊。
中年从未是一个简单的人生阶段，因为青春期看似无穷的可能性让位于义务，以及老龄化带来的令人谦卑（有时是残酷）的现实。最近这种情况变得更加奇怪。长寿影响力者正在推广多肽堆叠和冷水浴，以帮助人们延长寿命。生活成本推迟了退休时间，特别是对于那些需要抚养成年子女和赡养年迈父母的人来说。 而且 AI 正在迫使我们所有人思考：如果技术抹去了曾经赋予我们目标的职业，我们该如何度过被延长的人生？ 或许恰如其分地，中年回
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一个如此轻视法治的国家，是如何产生如此强大的活力的？ 答案是，在中国和其他地方，法治并非单一的概念。它有一个自由主义的一面——保障产权、约束国家的法院——这保护企业家免于受到随意的国家权力侵害，其范围从选择性起诉到直接没收。它还有一个监管的一面，可以通过一步步地建立壁垒来屏蔽竞争，保护现有的巨头免受那些缺乏合规部门的挑战者的冲击。 美国曾经意识到这种区别。但现在不再如此。 看看托马斯·爱迪生时代的美国。1876年，他花费2,500美元在新泽西州的门洛公园建立了美国第一个工业研究实验室，资金来自他的电报发明所得。由于无需面对如今的环境审查、职业安全制度或现代产品责任法，爱迪松向投资者承诺每10天有一项小发明，每六个月有一项大发明。在短短几年内，他就申请了数百项专利，并实现了下曼哈顿地区的电气化。他当时所处的监管环境非常简单。 那个世界早已消失，而且这是有正当理由的。 以杜邦公司使用化学物质 C8 制造特氟龙为例。到 20 世纪 60 年代初，该公司的毒理学家就已知 C8 会导致大鼠肝脏肿大；到 1981 年，该公司已记录了特氟龙生产线女工子女出现出生缺陷的担忧；到 1984 年，该公司已知这种化学物质正在渗入当地饮用水中。
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1976 年的《有毒物质控制法》旨在赋予环境保护署对这类化学物质的监管权限；化学工业界参与了该法的起草，而 C8 则通过“祖父条款”获得了豁免。直到 20 年后，通过一起集体诉讼才……
产生于 新进入者能够在 律师——或监管者—— 到来之前进行创新。
以迫使杜邦公司达成和解。许多类似的监管措施是对真实伤害的回应。但累积效应形成了一道墙。根据RegData的统计，联邦法规集（Code of Federal Regulations）中的限制性条款从 1970 年的约 400,000 条增加到 2020. 年的一百万条以上。每一层都增加了法律中监管方面的厚度，但并未增强其自由化的一面。
结果，这成了在职企业的护城河。在美国（更不用说欧洲）将一种新药推向市场大约需要十年时间，且成本可能超过十亿美元。对于辉瑞公司来说，这笔准入门槛费用已经筹集到位。但对于两个拥有原型产品的创始人来说，这几乎意味着被取消资格。法律基础设施是一项固定成本，而固定成本有利于规模化。没有任何初创公司能够负担得起一个能像保护辉瑞公司那样提供保障的合规部门。在一个成熟民主国家中，对企业精神的威胁不再是政府的随兴之举，而是程序的沉重负担。
中国的活力并非源于法律的缺失，而在于法律颁布的先后顺序。当一个部门有助于增长、就业或战略竞争时，共产党允许企业在监管灰色地带进行规模扩张。安全是事后考虑的；规则随后而至，有时是一次性全部出台。
金融科技巨头蚂蚁集团在支付、银行和平台监管的缝隙中建立了一个帝国，直到监管机构在 2020. 年拦截了其 370 亿美元 billion IPO。滴滴（DiDi）是一款提供网约车及相关服务的应用，在其 2021 年纽交所上市将其数据转化为一个主权问题之前，它已成为国家级的出行基础设施；北京随后对该公司罚款 12 亿美元 billion 并将其应用从市场中撤出。字节跳动在中国于 2022. 年制定针对算法的特定规则之前，已成为全球最强大的推荐引擎之一。这种模式在重复出现：企业先规模化，法律和政治随后而至，且往往同时到来。DeepSeek 是另一个近期的例子。它发布了 V3 模型，据报道开发成本为 $5.6 million。与此同时，根据第三方估计，其消费端应用在几周内就吸引了约 22 million 日活跃用户。关于安全、数据来源、版权和地缘政治风险的问题，在模型已经在市场上引发轰动之后才出现。
活力产生于 新进入者能够在 律师——或监管者—— 到来之前进行创新。但在中国， 账单是以一种 不同的形式送达的。 中国企业投资的是 政治保险（忠诚度）， 而非设立合规部门。
左图：特朗普总统与苹果公司首席执行官蒂姆·库克（右）及内阁成员。下图：华盛顿州博瑟尔市辉瑞公司样本的质量保证检查。
顺时针从顶部开始：一名工人在中国广州 Shein 研发大楼的生产车间对连衣裙进行质量检查；中国互联网巨头阿里巴巴的创始人兼董事长马云；以及美团的联合创始人、董事长兼 CEO 王兴。
这种信号传递、对政党优先事项的支持以及对官方情绪的敏感度至关重要。创始人们出现在百年庆典上，并签署关于“共同富裕”的承诺。这种投资并非可选，而是没有法律救济的情况下开展业务的代价。
马云在2020年10月曾短暂忘记了这一点，他在一次金融监管峰会上表示，中国的银行体系运行起来就像一家当铺。几天之内，他那创纪录的IPO就被暂停了；他的商业帝国很快遭到持续攻击；而他本人在公众视野中消失了数月。美团的王兴在发布了一首针对中国首位统一皇帝的古典诗词后（被广泛解读为对皇权扩张的委婉批评），在当时已经十分紧张的监管环境下，他的公司在两天内市值蒸发了超过 250 亿美元 billion。次年夏天，他显眼地出现在天安门广场的共产党百年庆典上。
权力随意行使的代价体现在中国股票的估值折扣中，体现在资本外逃中，以及尚未恢复的私营部门信心中。中国能产生赢家。但可靠的承诺所买到的不仅仅是冠军：它能创造一个更深的人才池，让人们愿意承担长期风险。这在选择在美创业的人群中显而易见——超过一半的十亿美元级初创公司由移民创立，而 60% 的领先私营 AI 公司至少有一名移民创始人。
美国独特的竞争优势一直在于法治的自由之面：具体而言，即那些保障私有财产、惩罚反竞争行为并使国家与企业保持距离的规则。而这一优势现在正从顶层被侵蚀。
特朗普政府开展了一场企业控制运动，从禁止某些律师事务所承接联邦合同的行政命令，到将 AI 公司 Anthropic 贴上“国家安全供应链风险”的标签——这一标签此前仅预留给与外国对手有联系的公司。尽管在这两个案例中，法院都判定政府败诉，但其运作机制与中国一致：利用自由裁量权的国家权力来惩罚不受宠的公司，并奖赏顺从的公司。随着监管国家的弱化——一些估计认为，特朗普政府 2025 年统一议程中 63% 的内容旨在去监管——该政府试图在《联邦法规集》之外建立一套平行系统：一套由特定国家关税表、总统公告和逐项产品豁免组成的关税体系。
苹果公司（Apple）提供了最清晰的例证。分析师估计，特朗普对中国进口商品征收的关税威胁将使部分 iPhone 的价格推高至 $2,000 以上，于是蒂姆·库克致电商务部长和白宫高级官员（同时在公开场合保持沉默），并为智能手机、电脑和芯片争取到了豁免。摩根士丹利估计，这一豁免将苹果的年化关税负担从 440 亿美元 billion 削减至 70 亿美元 billion。特朗普告诉记者，他“帮助了蒂姆·库克……以及整个业务”。合规负担并非减轻，而是发生了迁移——从规则书转移到了贸易清单上，而在那里，政治裁量权占据主导。
无论政府的意图如何，潜在的经济紧张局势依然存在，而在前沿领域这种压力最为剧烈。目前在布鲁塞尔和华盛顿讨论的 AI 实验室之所以存在，是因为它们成立时的监管环境非常宽松，更接近爱迪生的门洛公园，而非今天的制药行业。Anthropic 最近决定限制公众访问其功能最强的模型——以及由此引发的监管辩论——提醒人们，某些规则将是必要的，而且很快就会到来。但今天提出的每一项规则都应通过一个简单的反事实推演来测试：如果该规则在十年前就已成法，那么我们现在监管的公司是否还会
曾经被建立过？这类法规在本质上也将有利于那些规模大到足以消化这些成本的公司。这并不是在反对制定规则，而是在主张在制定规则时应考虑到新进入者的处境。尽管法治仍是现代文明的伟大成就之一，但它并不总是竞争的保护者。如果任其发展，它会僵化地变成一个只有既得利益者才能在其中穿行的迷宫。
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密歇根州参议院初选不仅仅是温和派与进步派之间又一场激烈的权力之争。对于民主党来说，这还是一个关键的清算时刻，因为在这样一个必须赢得才能站稳脚跟的摇摆州，党内的方向至关重要。在大部分初选季中，这场关于政党灵魂的战斗一直具有代际特征，让年长候选人与年轻、充满活力的后起之秀相对立。然而，这场竞选的特点是两位千禧一代的民主党人，他们对未来持有不同的愿景。其结果将揭示该党自 2018 年以来发生了多么大的变化，以及在 2028 年可能会提名谁。在拜登 2024 年的竞选崩溃后，保守派老将正面临攻击。卡玛拉·哈里斯失去了选举，南希·佩洛西即将退休，查克·舒默正面对选民和同事的愤怒，而全国各地的建制派年长民主党人正被推翻。在特朗普总统于 2016 年和 2024 年均获胜的紫色州密歇根州，43 岁的众议员海莉·史蒂文斯 (Haley Stevens) 和 41 岁的阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德 (Abdul El-Sayed) 代表了两种相互碰撞的民主党反叛浪潮：她是奥巴马政府时期的务实老兵，在 2018 年民主党女性参选的历史性浪潮中赢得了席位。而他是伯尼·桑德斯进步主义运动的激烈继承者；在民主党第二次输给特朗普后，该运动再次复兴，许多民主党人认为这次失败是由于他们自己的失策。
“谁有信誉来判断什么才是具有竞选能力的？”Run for Something 的总裁阿曼达·利特曼 (Amanda Litman) 问道，该组织致力于帮助年轻的民主党人竞选地方公职。“现在没有人说了算。”
他们的竞选活动反映了党内对立两翼的主流意识形态。埃尔-赛义德是一名运动型政治家，是一名受过训练的医生且曾任医疗保健官员，他精通左翼媒体世界，擅长利用播客和社交媒体。他以进步主义纲领参选，主张全民医疗保险 (Medicare for All)、废除移民及海关执法局 (ICE)、向亿万富翁征税、禁止企业资金介入政治以及反对以色列。他赢得了美国汽车工人联合会 (UAW) 的强力支持。
史蒂文斯则以温和派身份参选，专注于加强密歇根经济、投资州基础设施和支持当地制造业就业，她希望通过这种宽泛的立场来吸引独立人士甚至部分保守派。她强调自己在国会的记录（协助通过《芯片与科学法案》，推动多项制造业法案），以及她在奥巴马总统的汽车救援团队中工作的经历，该团队挽救了 200,000 个密歇根州的就业岗位。她得到了州长格雷琴·惠特默 (Gretchen Whitmer) 和国会领导层的支持。她是以色列的坚定捍卫者，美国以色列公共事务委员会 (AIPAC) 花费了数千万美元购买广告支持她的竞选，而埃尔-赛义德在每次机会面前都会提及这一点。
在最近的一次辩论中，史蒂文斯讽刺了埃尔-赛义德作为播客主持人的经历，以及他与那些“从沿海地区赶来”为他助选的进步主义者的亲密关系。“我们不需要一名名人参议员，我们需要一个致力于六年艰苦且枯燥工作的人，”她说。
有时，赢得选举和赢得互联网是同一回事。但有时并非如此。换句话说，获得民主党初选选民的支持是一回事，而在摇摆州击败共和党人则是另一回事。
阿曼达·利特曼 (AMANDA LITMAN) Run for Something 总裁
在初选民调中，El-Sayed 以两位数地领先 Stevens。但一项由密歇根教育协会和密歇根商业领袖协会委托的最新调查显示，在大选中，El-Sayed 将以 10 个百分点之差输给共和党人 Mike Rogers，而 Stevens 则将在 11 月以微弱优势获胜。在该民调中，独立选民对 Rogers 的支持率比 El-Sayed 高出 27 个百分点以上。
“选民们愤怒了，他们希望候选人能够引导这种愤怒。目前，美国民主社会主义者 (DSA) 和党内更进步的派系在利用这种愤怒能量方面更为成功，”前密歇根州众议员 Mari Manoogian 在谈到美国民主社会主义者时表示。她目前经营 Next 50，这是一个支持务实的次世代民主党人的全国性团体。“我认为选民寻找的不是进步主义与温和派理念之争——我认为这是一种氛围。”
在 2018 年上一次民主党起义期间，我曾报道过这两位候选人。当时，Stevens 赢得了国会席位，而 El-Sayed 在民主党州长初选中输给了 Whitmer。当时的情绪截然不同。希拉里·克林顿赢得了普选票但失去了总统之位，这使得特朗普看起来不像是民主党建制的失败，而更像是一个意外。2017 年的女性大游行激发了全国范围内的基层反特朗普抵抗运动，主要集中在帮助民主党在 2018 年夺回国会控制权。民主党赢得了众议院，并选出了一批新领导者——一些是左翼（如“小队” The Squad），另一些则是后来赢得全州职位的温和派（如密歇根州的 Elissa Slotkin，弗吉尼亚州的 Abigail Spanberger 和新泽西州的 Mikie Sherrill）。
作为一名初次参选的候选人，Stevens 可以
海莉·史蒂文斯 (Haley Stevens) 众议员 阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德 (Abdul El-Sayed)
下图为共和党美国参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯 (Mike Rogers) 7 月在密歇根州米尔福德的一场活动上。底图为 2017 年在华盛顿特区举行的女性大游行。
她在童年家园附近的死胡同里奔走，称赞选民们的车辆。她成功赢回了一个此前由共和党把持的密歇根州席位，当时民主党女性在各项选票中取得了重大胜利。
这种政治气候对于像埃尔-赛义德这样激进的政治煽动者来说并不那么有利。他主张“全民医疗计划”，与桑德斯 (Sanders) 和亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯 (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 举行大规模集会——后者在赢得初选后刚刚被塑造为进步派超级巨星——并试图将对手描绘成企业和民主党建制派的工具。埃尔-赛义德以超过 20 个百分点之差落败；惠特默 (Whitmer) 在初选中赢得了所有县的支持。近十年后，史蒂文斯和埃尔-赛义德在同一个州，采用了绝大部分相同的策略，运行着相同的政策。但即使他们没有太大改变，他们的政党以及这个国家已经在他们周围发生了变化。
洛丽·戈尔德曼 (LORI GOLDMAN) 某种程度上成为了民主党基层在特朗普 era. 变革程度的缩影。在 2016 年大选期间，她创建了“民主党女性联盟”(Fems for Dems)，这是一个由密歇根州组织者组成的团体，最初专注于选出民主党女性。她是 2018 年那波将史蒂文斯、斯洛特金 (Slotkin) 和惠特默推向职位的浪潮的一部分。
八年后，戈尔德曼这个由大约 7,000 名密歇根州志愿者组成的团体，现在更多地专注于打击民主党建制派。今年，该团体投票决定支持埃尔-赛义德。
2024 年的大选对她来说是一个转折点。“如果这不是在对民主党多么软弱和脱离群众进行全民公投，那我不知道什么是了，”她说。“拯救我们的不会是女性，也不会是民主党，而是进步主义价值观将拯救我们。”
这种幻灭感反映了民主党基本盘在近十年的特朗普主义影响下是如何分裂的。根据路透社 / 益普索 (Reuters / Ipsos) 的一项民调，去年 62% 的民主党人认为党内领导层应该被更换。一项 2025 年的皮尤 (Pew) 调查发现，67% 的民主党人对自己的政党感到沮丧，主要原因是该党在对抗特朗普政府时力度不够；只有 29% 的人表示该党让他们感到自豪。
在 2018, 年，民主党选民似乎与党领导层达成一致，支持那些能够击败共和党人的民主党人。而现在，有一个庞大的派系在要求能够重塑民主党的民主党人。在争夺权力的民主党人之间，最激烈的分歧线之一便是以色列-哈马斯战争。在穆斯林人口众多且高度集中的密歇根州，这一问题激化了竞争。
埃尔-赛义德如果获胜，将成为首位穆斯林参议员，他是“未决定投票”(Uncommitted) 运动的早期支持者。该运动导致 13% 的选民在 2024. 年民主党初选中拒绝投票，以抗议拜登对以色列和加沙的政策。（当哈里斯成为提名人后，埃尔-赛义德迅速表示支持。）
一些民主党人认为哈里斯失去密歇根州是因为加沙问题，这加强了该问题作为密歇根州及全国民主党人“试金石”的地位。
“我认为很多人在说，建制派版本的政治让我们在 2024 年输掉了选举。人们不再有兴趣重复那样做，”支持埃尔-赛义德的密歇根州参议员达林·卡米勒里 (Darrin Camilleri) 表示。“现在，人们在寻找完全不同的方法，试图反击这种新版本的特朗普主义。”
反建制情绪的愤怒助力了极左翼进步派候选人的崛起，这些人长期以来一直抨击民主党软弱且脱离实际，并带领美国民主社会党（DSA）取得了重大胜利。但目前尚不清楚民主党选民是否真正向左转，或者他们仅仅是对现状感到沮丧。许多 DSA 的获胜发生在深蓝选区。这对 Stevens 和 El-Sayed 来说至关重要。他们并非在 Mamdani 所在的纽约参选。民主党目前持有密歇根州的两个参议院席位，但失去其中一个可能会使民主党获得参议院多数席位的任何可能性化为乌有。特朗普曾两次赢得该州，而 Slotkin 在上届选举中仅以不到 20,000 票的优势获胜。“在这个极其关键的时刻，我知道她能在大选中击败 Mike Rogers，”最近退休的密歇根州参议员 Debbie Stabenow 在支持 Stevens 的背书信中表示，“风险从未如此之高。”
无论结果如何，11 月的结果将决定民主党如何评估 2028 年潜在的希望之星。如果 El-Sayed 赢得初选并击败 Rogers，这将证明极左翼进步派可以在总统摇摆州获胜。如果他输给 Rogers，这将成为民主党需要跨越政治中心地带以赢回白宫的证据。如果 Stevens 赢得初选并击败 Rogers，将证实一个传统观点，即中西部通往胜利的道路是通过“普通”温和派选民。如果 Stevens 输给 Rogers，将进一步增强进步派的信念，即温和政治（以及对以色列的支持）不再是更安全、更具选举竞争力的选择。多年来，进步派一直告诉自己以及任何愿意倾听的人，摇摆州选民比看起来更进步，而且左翼民粹主义思想即使在深蓝据点之外也能击败共和党的论调。如果 El-Sayed 赢得初选，民主党就即将见证事实。
企业 静修会 探讨 存在意义
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这类静修会已成为广义健康旅游（wellness tourism）大伞下的一个家庭作坊式产业。追踪健康趋势的非营利组织全球健康研究所（Global Wellness Institute）将其描述为一个规模近 $1 万亿美元的市场。这些集会围绕的主题可能包括精神领域、职业转型甚至更年期。部分项目通过网络运行，费用为几百美元。而其他项目则提供高端酒店、有机餐食以及接触名师的机会，价格高达数千美元。
格雷格·拉金（Greg Larkin）是为企业专业人士举办的哈德逊河谷静修会的组织者之一，他表示，他的客户属于那些在寻找“逃离‘碾压峰会’（crush-it summit）之避风港”的人。（拉金解释道：“在这种峰会上，你问一位高级领导者近况如何，他们会说：‘伙计，我简直是在碾压一切。’ ”）
拉金曾是一名华尔街分析师和企业家，于 2022 年在纽约市创立了 Punks & Pinstripes，旨在为那些已经攀登至白领成功之巅，却发现顶峰风景索然无味，并希望根据自己的标准重新定义成就的人建立一个社区。他从一系列私密晚餐和小组辅导课程开始，随后扩展到了高管静修会。
我原计划以观察者的身份参加这次集会——作为一名报道职业与管理的记者，我习惯于用笔记本和笔将自己与他人隔离开。但我发现，面对中年时期的内省，我也并非免疫。
在 Lundy 农庄（一座看似从 Restoration Hardware 目录中搬出来的静奢风格庄园）度过的两天时间里，其他参会者和我每天早晨冥想，用黏土制作捏制小罐，在森林中采集野荨麻和蒜芥，并在静修活动的过程中，将我们的生活与周围的自然世界进行类比。土壤成了我们在生活中孵化成长的隐喻。苔藓能创造自己的微气候，就像我们可以在企业功能紊乱的情况下，建立起快乐且高效的团队一样。在小组活动、鸡尾酒会以及由两三名参会者与引导者组成的小组会议中，参与者们就创业和职业转型寻求彼此的洞察与支持。但通常，他们似乎在努力应对的重大问题反映了更深层、更具存在主义色彩的疑问。
朱莉·霍兰德（Julie Holland）是一位精神科医生，她在我们共进的第一顿烤三文鱼、小米普拉夫（millet pilaf）和芦笋晚餐时告诉大家，高成就者在获得个人成功的同时，经常会感到困惑和空虚。她说她曾有一位患者赢得了普利策奖，随后立即陷入深度抑郁。“就像那首歌唱的：‘难道就只有这样吗？’（Is That All There Is?）”她说道。
丹妮尔·拉里什（Danielle Larish）是一位 41 岁的顾问，曾在十几个领域工作过，她在第一晚告诉我：“我很擅长我的工作，但这真特么累人。”她说，她通常在局面糟糕透顶的情况下介入并帮助扭转局面，但她厌倦了走进公司，与高管和员工交谈，开出解决方案，“结果他们却没有任何行动。”在一次三人小组会议中，她说美国企业界充满了毒性行为——找替罪羊、暗箱操作，以及领导者不惜牺牲好主意也要死守住手中的权力。在静修会开始前的一周，她意识到她想要带领她的丈夫……
但这也让我 他妈的精疲力竭。”
丹妮尔·拉里什 (DANIELLE LARISH) 一名 41 岁的顾问
将管理哲学转化为一本书或其他项目。但她不确定如何开始，并提到了一些障碍，包括自我怀疑，以及对自己曾在合作公司中未能付诸实践的构思感到沮丧。 讨论小组的其他两名成员向拉里什提问并提供建议。“为这个项目初步尝试两种或三种方法会有多难？”凯莉·罗杰斯 (Kellye Rogers) 问道，她是一位技术高管，去年创办了自己的 AI 咨询公司。 在另一个小组中，那位医院高管在谈论另一种截然不同的十字路口。他拥有常春藤盟校学位，在世界一流机构获得医学博士 (M.D.) 和哲学博士 (Ph.D.) 学位，并晋升至一家知名机构的高管层。随后，去年由于组织架构重组，导致包括他在内的几个团队被撤销。（由于未获授权讨论离职情况，他在接受《华尔街日报》采访时要求匿名。）
“在纸面上，没人比我更优秀，”他说。“我就读于名校，在最顶尖的地方工作。但不知怎么的，我竟然被抛弃了。” 他说在 40 多岁之前，他的生活一直很顺遂，直到一次离婚让他意识到，自己一直依赖运气、聪明和努力在顺风行驶。接着，他的工作消失了。 “我准备得极其不足，这种感觉既幸福又糟糕，”他说。 他当时也刚刚开始服用胆固醇药物，并进行了第一次结肠镜检查。“如果一切现在就结束了，我觉得我做了我想做的事吗？如果没做，那会是什么？”他沉思道。 他当时正在与一家 AI 初创公司洽谈入职。“如果是五年前，我秒就答应了，”他说。“现在感觉这是年轻人的游戏。” 加拿大精神分析师兼管理顾问埃利奥特·杰奎斯 (Elliott Jaques) 通常被认为在 1965 年创造了“中年危机”这个词。 但那个关于中年男子抛弃妻子和家用车，去追求更新、更性感的型号的陈词滥调，使这个概念变得扁平化且简单化了。 在杰奎斯发表于《国际精神分析杂志》(International Journal of Psychoanalysis) 的论述中，中年危机指的是对自己终将面对死亡的痛苦认知，而这种认知可能会导致一个人在工作的质量和成熟度上发生决定性的改变。 “悖论在于，一个人进入了生命的黄金期，即成就阶段，但与此同时，这种黄金期和成就感也是有期限的，”他写道。“死亡就在其后。” 杰奎斯认为，中年迫使人们转向“悲剧性的、反思性的和哲学性的”思考。他暗示，这种“沉思式的悲观主义”可能会引导一个人走向更好的生活——并深化天才的特质，正如巴赫和莎士比亚等艺术家的后期作品所示。 在这次静修营中，没有人在创作永恒的协奏曲或世界上最伟大的悲剧。 但这里存在着脆弱感和坦诚。 我发现自己被那些冥想活动和课程深深打动，尽管在工作周期间用叶子和树枝拼凑一个曼陀罗 (mandala) 最初感觉很傻。
伦迪农场 (Lundy Farm) 的景象，从上至下：骑行的自行车；组织者格雷格·拉金 (Greg Larkin，左) 和参与者卡伦·鲁特 (Karen Root)；一个桑拿房；勒妮·鲍曼 (Renee Baumann) 引导的一次采集徒步；农场场地；以及在阳光下晾干的捏制小陶罐。
有一天晚上，作为引导者之一的诗人兼医疗保健高管艾米莉·卡根（Emily Kagan）分发了马克笔和彩色的折纸。她指示我们写下那些我们已经“不再需要”的东西——那些我们准备从生活中抛弃的物品和情绪。我们在壁炉照亮的长餐桌旁依次传阅并朗读我们写下的内容。
在我们携带的沉重负担中包括：冒充者综合征。前妻的鞋子。旧的身份。周日焦虑。羞耻感。从未有过满足感。
随后，卡根要求我们写一封信，设定在假设的五年后，告诉某人我们热爱生活中的什么。我选择了我的青春期儿子。
突然间，在阐述我所看到的景象时——我希望尝试的创意写作项目，以及看到孩子步入成年期时的自豪感——我发现自己正强忍着哽咽。在 55 岁这个年纪，我的开端早已过去，而希望我的终点还远在数十年之后。但也许是第一次，我能感觉到一种对“中年”明确且感性的接纳。
在静修的最后一天，我们为自己的捏制小碗（pinch pots）做最后的修饰。
我的作品看起来更像一个笨拙的哈曼塔申饼（hamantaschen），而不是一个能带来人生顿悟的护身符。但黏土已经干了，我面前摆着一盘色彩丰富的颜料。我开始绘画。
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但 X 世代仍然想派对。
通过怀旧主题之夜以及在午夜前很久就结束的活动来吸引他们
作者：WILL GROFF
在最近的一个周五晚上，费城的 Trestle Inn 迎来了一群参加普林斯 (Prince) 主题舞会的宾客。狂欢者们涂着紫色眼影，佩戴着“爱心符号”，一边啜饮着威士忌酸，一边在舞池中尽情舞动，一名 Go-go 舞者则随着《Let’s Go Crazy》和《1999》等热门金曲摇摆。几乎所有人的年龄都超过了 50 岁。其中许多人都在饮酒。而此时才 7:30。“我们意识到年轻一代的饮酒量在减少，而这些早起派对是吸引年长者光临的一种方式，”该酒吧老板 Ian Cross 说道，“他们花钱买鸡尾酒，喝酒，寻找乐趣。”
酒吧老板们现在有了心仪的新客户：X 世代。一项 2025 年由密歇根大学开展的、针对 19 到 65 岁人群物质使用情况的长期研究显示，随着美国年轻人的饮酒量在 2024 年创下历史新低，那些大约出生在 1965 年至 1980 年之间的人在很大程度上维持了他们的饮酒习惯。他们想要派对，且希望按照自己的方式来。因此，酒吧们正在相应地规划日程，推出怀旧主题之夜和在午夜前很久就结束的派对。
“我注意到去吧台点酒的总是同样的一群人，而且总是年长者。年轻人进来后直接就去了舞池，” 50 多岁的进化遗传学家 Rob Kulathinal 在描述他在费城的出行体验时说道，“好的一面是，现在点酒从未如此方便。”
被夹在规模更大（且更吵闹）的婴儿潮一代和千禧一代之间，许多 X 世代认为自己是“被遗忘的一代”。典型的 X 世代具有韧性和愤世嫉俗的特点，他们是成长于 MTV 时代且缺乏父母监管的“钥匙儿童”，后来变成了不屑于世的懈怠者。一张流行的网络表情包配文道：“X 世代：我们完全是靠自己长大的”，配图是一个没戴头盔的孩子骑着一辆看起来摇摇欲坠的自行车在翘车头。
对于 56 岁的高中辅导员兼 Trestle Inn 常客 Dina Cirillo Strachan 来说，缺乏“直升机父母”或“除雪机父母”的管教让童年充满了刺激——同时也为青春期的未成年饮酒提供了大量机会。
“我们会约在看台下方见面——总有一个聚集地。无论是否提前通知，你大概……”
IAN CROSS
在他出名之前
作者：ESTHER ZUCKERMAN 主厨 Eric Ripert 讨论他在电影中的客串——以及他参与的原因
安东尼·波登，1976 年
喝得更多…… 且在整个 夜晚中 保持稳定。”
扎克·布什 (ZACK BUSH) Mad Room Hospitality 联合创始人
“通常会带着六瓶装啤酒出现，”斯特拉坎 (Strachan) 说道。她将自己随心所欲的青年时代与她的 Z 世代子女进行了对比，后者的“第三空间”主要在网络上，并且是在大规模社交媒体监控下成长的——这简直是最高级别的兴致杀手。
新电影《托尼》(Tony) 中所描绘的安东尼·波登 (Anthony Bourdain)，并不是主厨埃里克·里佩尔 (Eric Ripert) 在十多年友谊中所熟知的那个安东尼·波登。“电影里的安东尼经常撒谎，”里佩尔说。“在我们共同作为朋友的那些年里，我从未见过安东尼撒谎。他非常诚实。”
但《托尼》并不是在刻画波登作为受人敬仰的电视节目主持人，也不是在刻画他在曼哈顿 Brasserie Les Halles 餐厅工作期间，写就 2000 年畅销书《厨房机密》(Kitchen Confidential) 时期的他。它没有涵盖波登的全球名声，也没有涵盖他 61 岁时自杀身亡的事实。
电影中的托尼由多米尼克·塞萨 (Dominic Sessa) 饰演，是一个 19 岁的朋克青年。在与他告诉同龄人和家人绝对能拿到的奖学金擦肩而过之后，他跟着一个女孩（由艾米莉亚·琼斯 Emilia Jones 饰演，原型是他的第一任妻子南希·普特科斯基 Nancy Putkoski）于 1975 年前往马萨诸塞州的普罗温斯敦。在那里，他谎报了自己的资历，并发现自己在一家厨房工作，
在那里，他被那些准备海鲜的无业之辈以及管理该地的严谨主厨（安东尼奥·班德拉斯 Antonio Banderas 饰）所吸引。
这部由马特·约翰逊 (Matt Johnson) 执导的电影，呈现为一个成长故事，讲述波登如何振作起来，并意识到自己既渴望厨房的混乱，也渴望其严谨。
在最后的时刻，托尼决定申请就读于美国烹饪学院。他接受了一位由里佩尔客串饰演的主厨面试。看着托尼单薄的简历，里佩尔说：“至少他很诚实。”
“埃里克恰好触及了我认为这部电影的核心，”约翰逊在谈到托尼在银幕上走向诚实的轨迹时说道，“将少年安东尼·波登转化为成年安东尼·波登的，是他不再觉得需要通过撒谎来抬高自己的地位。”
里佩尔的出现，实际上代表了那些与波登最亲近的人对该项目的含蓄认可。他是应执行制片人金伯利·威瑟斯庞 (Kimberly Witherspoon) 的建议而加入的，威瑟斯庞曾是波登的文学经纪人，现负责管理其遗产。
在其一份声明中，遗产管理机构表示，选择支持《托尼》是因为它“不是一部
“我可以全天每秒钟都追踪我孩子的行踪，”她说，“（现在的年轻人）根本没有同样的机会。”
波士顿大学公共卫生学院教授大卫·杰尼根（David Jernigan）表示，酒精行业在 1980 年代和 90 年代向年轻人进行了大量营销，利用葡萄酒冰镇饮品（wine coolers）和含糖酒精饮料等产品，将其作为吸引 X 世代的酒精“辅助轮”。
“虽然现在开始觉醒永远不晚，但——且行业内对此心知肚明——饮酒模式与许多其他习惯一样，是在青少年时期到 20 岁出头这段时间定型的，”杰尼根说道。
当时，该行业受益于模糊的饮酒公共卫生信息。1991 年，《60 分钟》节目播出了一段探讨所谓“法国悖论”的内容，暗示法国人心脏病发病率较低的原因——尽管他们的整体生活方式并不那么健康——是因为他们饮用大量葡萄酒。根据监测美国葡萄酒销量的 Gomberg-Fredrikson 报告，在节目播出后的几周内，超市中热门红葡萄酒的销量激增了 45%。随后的几年中，观察性研究似乎支持适度饮酒有益健康的观点。
相反，Z 世代和更年轻的千禧一代在进入成年期时，面对的是关于酒精对身体负面影响的日益增加的证据。在 2010 年代期间，一系列研究在很大程度上揭穿了“法国悖论”，包括世界卫生组织（WHO）在内的各类健康组织发布指南，建议最健康的选项就是根本不喝酒。去年，美国卫生总监呼吁酒精饮料应标注癌症警告，导致啤酒和烈酒公司的股价大跌。
“确实出现了一种不利于该行业利益的健康叙事，”杰尼根说。
多米尼克·塞萨（Dominic Sessa）在电影《托尼》（Tony）中饰演布尔丹。
标准的传记片，并且并不试图总结完整的一生。”该声明称这部电影为“一种诠释”，并补充说，普罗温斯敦（Provincetown）“在托尼生命中占据的一部分将永远在某种程度上不为人知”，但它捕捉到了布尔丹的“复杂性、他的知识渴求及其信念”。
共同编剧托德·巴特尔斯（Todd Bartels）和卢·豪（Lou Howe）表示，决定将焦点集中在布尔丹生命中如此短暂的一段时期，部分原因是他们“反感”那些试图将从出生到死亡的叙事压缩在约两小时放映时间内的电影。在构思故事时，他们还希望避免围绕布尔丹之死而兴起的“小规模产业”，那些作品专注于他生命最后几天的谜团。
“我们想回到开始，而不是结尾，回到他生活混乱的时期，”巴特尔斯说。在那些早年时光里，“他说过他把世界当成自己的烟灰缸，但最终，那一切都充满了潜能、希望和前景，”巴特尔斯说道。
关于布尔丹生命中那个时期的详细资料并不丰富。编剧们——他们还与约翰逊（Johnson）以及制片人马特·米勒（Matt Miller）共同创作了剧本——依赖于《厨房机密》（Kitchen Confidential）的一节内容、劳里·伍利弗（Laurie Woolever） 2021 年出版的《布尔丹： definitive 口述传记》（Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography），以及《未知部分》（Parts Unknown）中布尔丹访问普罗温斯敦的马萨诸塞州剧集。
具体信息的匮乏，以及布尔丹本人在描述其年轻时的胡作非为时使用了文学化的修饰，给了电影制作者发挥想象的空间。由班德拉斯（Banderas）和里奥·伍德尔（Leo Woodall）饰演的角色，是布尔丹在鳕鱼角（Cape Cod）期间所认识的几个人物的综合体。
对于约翰逊来说，班德拉斯饰演的厨师
当然，Z世代并非完全禁酒。在市场研究公司 IWSR 7月发布的一项调查中，全球 74% 的 Z世代受访者表示在 2026 年上半年饮过酒。“X世代在一次夜晚的饮酒过程中，目的性更强，且更具持续性，”Mad Room Hospitality 的联合创始人 Zack Bush 说道，该公司经营着包括迈阿密著名的 Ball & Chain 夜总会等多个场所。“他们到场更早，停留时间更长。”底特律地区的 Magic Bag 现场音乐场所总经理 Andrew Bochenek 表示，迎合 X世代的活动产生的酒精销售额比深受 Z世代欢迎的活动高出约 25%。“从商业角度来看，你希望人均饮酒量更高，”Bochenek 说道，这就是为什么 Magic Bag 举办的独立摇滚演出——在其 30 年历史的大部分时间里是该场所的核心业务——正在减少，而更多地举办由怀旧驱动的主题之夜。他们的夏季活动计划包括一个“超级 80 年代”之夜和两场“80 年代 vs 90 年代”派对，此外还有向 Duran Duran、Tool 和 Talking Heads 致敬的活动。“‘酷’这个因素基本被抛到脑后了，”他开玩笑说。Magic Bag 还承办了 Earlybirds Club，这是一个为“早晨有正经事要做的女士们”准备的舞会。这些复古派对在下午 6 点到晚上 10 点之间举行，在年长的千禧一代和 X世代中极受欢迎。自 2024 年初在芝加哥举行首场活动以来，Earlybirds 已经扩展到美国和加拿大的 50 多个城市。旧金山 Cat Club 和 Eagle 的 51 岁总经理 Randy Maupin 表示，他这一代人也未能免于日益增长的清醒运动的影响。不过他认为，即使是滴酒不沾的 X世代仍然维持着某种酒吧礼仪。“我们在年长客户群中拥有一个很好的支持系统，”Maupin 说道。“即使他们不喝酒，也会买水或无酒精鸡尾酒，仅仅是因为他们想要支持并维持我们的生意。年轻人呢？就不太如此。他们会成群结队地进来，只点几杯饮料，然后要求给水杯。”
代表了波登公众形象中伦理上的“纪律约束”一面，而 Woodall 饰演的 Sal 则是这个药物成瘾的不可控因素，代表了“放纵”元素。Howe 表示，相比于事实的准确性，Witherspoon 似乎更在意故事的部分内容在情感上是否真实。Johnson 并不认为自己是波登的铁杆粉丝，因此他并不感兴趣于迎合那些刷遍了《未知之旅》或《没有预订》每一集的观众。“我尝试为那些完全不知道安东尼·波登是谁的人制作这部剧，”Johnson 说道。尽管如此，如果说《托尼》讲述的是观众并不熟悉的年轻版波登，那么 Ripert 的出现则是对他未来将成为的样子的一个致敬。Miller 表示，电影制作团队最初针对这个小角色寻找马萨诸塞州拍摄地的当地演员进行试镜，随后决定由一位知名人士客串。米其林星级餐厅 Le Bernardin 的主厨 Ripert 在没有看剧本的情况下就答应了，因为他信任 Witherspoon。“这是他年轻时一个非常重要、关键的时刻，实际上对他后来的生活产生了巨大影响，”他说道。
左起：FRANK CRIVELLI; SEACIA PAVAO / A24
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理查德·D·伍德二世 (RICHARD D. WOOD JR.) / 1938-2026
珍妮特和迪克·伍德在 2018 年超级碗期间为费城老鹰队欢呼。
深受追捧的便利店巨头
作者：JON MOOALLEM
1682, 一位名叫理查德·伍德的贵格会教徒从英国抵达殖民时期的费城，并开始建立一项家族事业。这项事业在几代人的传承中不断扩张和分化，涵盖了朗姆酒与糖蜜店、铁铸造厂、纺织厂，直到 1902, 由其后裔乔治·伍德创建了一家乳品厂。乔治从海峡群岛进口了根西牛，并通过火车和马背将他那据称品质更优的牛奶配送到千家万户。
乔治将他的乳品厂命名为 Wawa 乳品厂，得名于他所居住的宾夕法尼亚州农村地区。而该地区的名称是由白人定居者采用奥杰布瓦语中对在此停留的迁徙鹅的称呼而定的（尽管奥杰布瓦人实际上居住在更北的地方，而确实居住在 Wawa 的伦尼莱纳佩人对鹅的称呼完全不同）。
随着数十年的时间流逝，家庭配送市场开始下滑。美国人现在在商店购买牛奶——这就是为什么乔治·伍德的孙子格雷厄姆·伍德在 1964 年于宾夕法尼亚州福尔瑟姆开了一家店。
格雷厄姆·伍德的 Wawa 食品市场生意兴隆。很快，他又开了几家店，销售更多种类的商品——直到 1970, Wawa 已发展成为一个足够复杂的企业实体，以至于格雷厄姆需要聘请一名总法律顾问。
由于 Wawa 是一家家族企业，他聘请了表兄的儿子理查德·D·伍德二世。这是一个聪明绝顶、年仅 32 岁的律师，大家都叫他迪克——格雷厄姆很快意识到，这个男人可能应该……
具有军旅生涯的《华尔街日报》读者对睾酮检测做出回应
针对国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）宣布美国军队中所有 30 岁及以上的“战斗员”将每年进行一次睾酮缺乏检测，塞巴斯蒂安·荣格（Sebastian Junger）在近期发表于本报的一篇文章中认为，战斗确实需要巅峰的体能，但这远不止于激素。读者在评论区延续了这一争论；退伍军人的回应则结合了他们在军队中的经验。以下是部分评论，为了篇幅和清晰起见经过了轻微编辑。
可能掌控着整个局面。 迪克·伍德（Dick Wood）于 7 月 10 日在宾夕法尼亚州费城以西的非建制社区 Wawa 的家中去世，享年 88 岁。50 多年来，他一直是“Wawa 宇宙”的核心，曾担任总裁、首席执行官和董事长，领导该连锁店的发展。在此期间，伍德从家族企业的继承人变成了企业的家长，将公司扩展成为一家备受喜爱的便利店和加油站巨头。目前，该公司在 14 个州拥有 1,200 家门店。根据《福布斯》报道，Wawa 去年的营收为 190 亿美元 billion。伍德还帮助培养了 Wawa 热情的客户群——从那些每天早晨停下来喝杯咖啡，并与陌生人简单聊聊老鹰队或费城人队的顾客，到那些将该连锁店的标志（一只鹅）纹在身上，或者在 Reddit 上争论各种三明治订单的优劣及其符号学的超级粉丝群体。伍德似乎很享受这种粉丝文化，最重要的是，他享受围绕其门店而产生的共同目标感。 他留下了两个孩子，丽莎·赖特（Lisa Wright）和理查德·伍德三世（Richard Wood III），以及五个孙辈。与其结婚 61 年的妻子珍妮特（安德鲁斯）·伍德（Jeanette (Andrews) Wood）于去年去世。
“最快的购物之旅” 伍德于 4, 1938, 在费城出生，是玛格丽塔（Margaretta）和理查德·D·伍德（Richard D. Wood）之子。1961 年从弗吉尼亚大学毕业后，他进入宾夕法尼亚大学法学院学习，随后在费城的一家律所工作数年，直到 1970 年加入 Wawa。 两年后，Wawa 开设了第 10 家门店。1977 年，伍德成为首席执行官。到 20 世纪 70 年代末，
在我 26 年的职业生涯中，我一直在进行“体能”测试（我很喜欢海军，决定留下来）。因此，海军拥有一位体能并不出色但训练有素的军医，他在海军舰艇上航行全球，与海军陆战队一起部署，并前往南极洲，且在美国的急诊室和诊所工作。我一直想知道，如果我体能测试完全不及格，他们会因为这个原因把我除名吗？现在我想知道海格塞斯是否希望他们这么做。 —Bernard Spencer Thomas Jr.
很多前线作战与个人意志和态度有关，而不是身体化学反应。我是根据经验说话的。我 19 岁时入伍，从 1970 年 5 月到 1971 年 6 月在越南随第 4 步兵师和第 1 骑兵师服役。我的父亲在第二次世界大战期间被征召入伍，当时他大约 32 岁。19 岁时新兵训练就很艰苦；我不知道
他 32. 岁时是如何熬过来的。我从未问过，但他曾说他感到自豪，因为他能跟上比他年轻得多的人。 —James Ventrilio
这篇文章就像许多论点一样：它呈现了一种非黑即白的二元论，而使用睾酮、安非他命和其他药物来增强战斗性能的问题实际上是细碎且复杂的。虽然我认为这些药物并不适用于每个人，而且在巡逻时可能找不到用武之地，但一旦回到后方区域，它们可能有助于恢复，并帮助重建在长期行动中流失的肌肉。将美国国内的训练与 8 到 12 个月的部署如何磨损你的身体进行任何比较，都是不诚实的。 —Mark Matteson
克里斯·盖森斯 (CHRIS GHEYSENS) Wawa 首席执行官
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作者在假设中认为只有直接面对敌人的人员才需要最高水平的杀伤力（我也对睾丸激素政策有所担忧），这是错误的。我在 9 / 11 期间身在五角大楼。我曾在西南边境驻守；我 2001 年 12 月第一次前往阿富汗；并在该国度过了 15 个月。在每一次经历中，那些原本认为自己不会处于“矛尖”的人员都遭遇了袭击，在保护他人的过程中，有时失去了生命。FEBA（前沿战斗区域）的时代已不复存在。所有军事人员都需要能够
当时有 238 家门店。 美国人的生活变得更加忙碌，通勤时间更长，随着更多女性进入职场，高效地完成家务琐事成为了关键。Wawa 从所有这些社会变革中获益。该品牌已经将重心放在便利性上——广告语写道“全球最快捷的购物之旅”——而伍德（Wood）现在则推动门店实现 24 小时营业。在 20 世纪 80 年代，Wawa 的门店数量再次翻倍多，达到了 480 家。 伍德始终关注着每家店的动态。他每年大约会访问 150 家 Wawa，且每月至少一次随访夜班员工。每年夏天，他会带家人去泽西海岸，以便在那里的一家 Wawa 度过工作周末——补货、结账，做任何有帮助的事情。 伍德还要求 Wawa 的高管每年有一天要在门店工作。他的儿子里奇·伍德（Rich Wood）说：“他把这称为‘ flounder 之日’（Flounders Day），因为他们会在店里笨拙地摸索，挡在所有人的路中间。” 伍德认为，在基层层面了解 Wawa 至关重要，他优先考虑客户以及那些实际在倒咖啡、做潜艇堡的人员的视角。现任首席执行官克里斯·盖森斯解释道：“公司办公室有时会让自己相信这里是公司的宇宙中心，但事实并非如此。”盖森斯于 1997 年加入该公司。“这就是 Dick 试图传达的原则之一：始终将门店放在首位。” 伍德认为，培养这种特质以及 Wawa 增长的关键在于公司是一家私有公司。他说，专注于股东价值的上市公司必须做出短期决策，“而我们专注于长期决策。” 2004, 一个持有 Wawa 股份的私人投资团体（由泰诺药业继承人 McNeil 家族支持）极力推动 Wawa 上市。但伍德领导了一次行动，让员工利用其 401(k) 余额，通过他在十年前为 Wawa 创建的员工持股计划（ESOP）买断该投资团体。根据 Wawa 发言人的说法，员工目前持有公司 40% 的股份。
一辆由马匹牵引的 Wawa 乳制品配送车。
“Boli”的黑暗时代 在1990年代，面对更为激烈的竞争，Wawa的业务陷入低迷。回顾过去，那个时期的总体基调被该公司对“Wawa Boli”的极力推崇及其迅速失败所概括——这是一种手持式风味卷饼（stromboli），Wood及其团队希望以此提升该连锁店快餐产品的吸引力。他将那个时代称为“黑暗时代”。
Wood重组了他的管理团队，让后来接任他CEO职位的Howard Stoeckel担任营销副总裁，并授权他对Wawa门店内部进行变革。
与此同时，Wood专注于在门店外部做出一个重大且最终至关重要的改变。在1970年代和1980年代尝试销售汽油的失败经历，使得Wawa内部当时几乎没有人愿意再次尝试。但Wood在公司内部开展了一场极具信心地推广，论证了如何正确开展燃料销售并以此振兴该连锁店。Wawa于1996年开始销售汽油，从此彻底走出了黑暗时代，并将Wawa推向了其“超级商店”era.。
Wood于2004年从CEO岗位退休，并一直担任Wawa董事会主席直到2020, 年，随后成为名誉主席。
7月20, 日，该连锁店在每家门店提供免费咖啡以表敬意。
持久自由行动 一名退伍军人。军官候选学校的座右铭是“标准，绝不妥协”。听起来很俗，但事实并非如此。Junger先生是对的，我们战斗力核心在于晋升和部署前必须达到的高强度训练和标准。其中许多是身体和情感上的，一些是学术上的。这些测试需要在整个服役期间持续实施。简而言之，这些事情非常复杂。陆军必胜！ —Michael Lawrence Coyne
在需要时——采取行动——果断出击——无论身在何处。 —Andre Hollis
我在越南的有限经验表明，许多身材矮小瘦弱的人在炎热潮湿的日子里拥有坚持下去的“毅力”，而那些肌肉男却做不到。对我来说，精神通常比身体更强大。前第一军区美国海军陆战队下士。 —Michael Butler
左起：WOOD家族；WAWA
图书
《时代的凯恩斯》(Keynes for Our Times) 作者：罗伯特·斯基德尔斯基 (Robert Skidelsky) 耶鲁大学出版社，200 页，$28
作者：萨缪尔·格雷格 (SAMUEL GREGG)
在 1946 年去世 80 年后，约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯 (John Maynard Keynes) 的影子依然笼罩在经济思想和公共政策之上。凯恩斯的名字已成为干预主义政策的代名词，他改变了经济学家理解世界的方式。他也很幸运地在罗伯特·斯基德尔斯基 (Robert Skidelsky) 身上找到了一位卓越的传记作者。在 1983 年至 2000 年间出版的，斯基德尔斯基的三卷本传记精彩地地呈现了凯恩斯作为思想家、政策制定者，以及最引人入胜的——作为一个人的完整画像。在这些卷册出版时，学者们认为其具有权威性；这一评价经受住了时间的考验。然而，斯基德尔斯基与其研究对象的关联并未在记录和分析凯恩斯的生命历程后就此停止。随着时间的推移，他成为了凯恩斯主义政策方案的坚定倡导者，尤其是在 2008-09 年金融危机之后。与此同时，他成了对弗里德里希·哈耶克 (Friedrich Hayek) 和米尔顿·弗里德曼 (Milton Friedman) 等著名自由市场思想家之经济思想的犀利批评者。这些以及其他主题在斯基德尔斯基最终完成的这本书中汇聚在一起。在 4 月 15 日他去世后不久出版的《时代的凯恩斯》的主要目的是“不仅传达凯恩斯的想法，而且传达他的思考方式”。斯基德尔斯基告诉我们，这种“方式”深受一些独特的哲学承诺的影响，而这些承诺塑造了凯恩斯对经济学应该关注什么的理解。凯恩斯在哲学，甚至在经济学方面几乎没有接受过正式培训。他的学位是数学。但作为剑桥大学一名二年级的本科生，凯恩斯阅读了 G.E. 摩尔 (G.E. Moore) 的哲学论文《伦理学原理》(Principia Ethica, 1903)。斯基德尔斯基认为，这本书引导凯恩斯拒绝了主导“当时以及我们这个时代的经济学主流”的功利主义观点。摩尔的书促使凯恩斯思考成为“好人”意味着什么，以及最终，从经济角度来看，人们需要多少才“足够”过上美好的生活。斯基德尔斯基证明，凯恩斯希望让更多的人能够体验到摩尔所认定的更高价值（如友谊和审美享受），这使得凯恩斯倾向于将经济学视为一个“满足目标的系统”。这也引导他主要将经济学视为一门道德科学，而非纯粹的实证研究。在这个意义上，凯恩斯与亚当·斯密 (Adam Smith) 属于同一个阵营。这位现代经济学的创始人坚信，“进步”和“文明社会”的增长是值得在道德上赞赏的目标，而通过严谨的经济思考可以推动这些目标的实现。然而，手段与目标同样重要，而凯恩斯为了实现其目标而倾向采用的经济政策最终会产生严重的负面后果。例如，凯恩斯有时近乎痴迷的关注
撕裂 国家的选举
他拥有民众 作者：乔纳森·厄尔 (Jonathan Earle) 牛津大学出版社，232 页，$29.99
作者：路易斯·马苏尔 (LOUIS MASUR)
有些总统竞选确实具有变革性。托马斯·杰斐逊 (Thomas Jefferson) 在后来被称为 1800 年革命的时期就职，当时反对党首次获得权力。1932 年的选举是富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福 (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) 的压倒性胜利，他在任 12 年，永久地改变了联邦政府在美国人生活中的角色。然而，在 1860 年，一场选举几乎摧毁了国家，当时亚伯拉罕·林肯 (Abraham Lincoln) 当选总统，随后七个南方州脱离了联邦。
为了保持低利率。斯基德尔斯基（Skidelsky）指出，这在一定程度上反映了他的信念，即现代经济中的真正问题“不在于资本家，而在于高利贷者”。
尽管凯恩斯是一个彻底的现代人，但他继承了古代对所谓“用钱生钱”这种不产生实际价值活动的敌视。他还猛烈抨击人们对拥有金钱的痴迷，认为这扭曲了他们的想象力，使他们无法意识到存在更令人满足的可能性。这与凯恩斯的观念相契合，即许多当代经济生活实际上是债权人与债务人之间的斗争。他从未掩饰过自己的信念，即应当将“债权人阶级” firmly 限制在适当的位置上。
因此，凯恩斯试图寻找政府机构如何降低利率的方法。他认为，持续的低利率将使经济重新平衡，有利于债务人，并减少人们囤积资金的动力，转而鼓励他们消费和投资，从而刺激就业。斯基德尔斯基承认，实施此类政策所要付出的代价将是失去“抗通胀之锚”。
这种损失在很大程度上促成了吞噬大多数国家的“大通胀”。
凯恩斯主张政府对市场进行强有力的干预。其长期结果一直充满争议。
在《他拥有民心》（He Has the People）这本对 1860 年选举的敏锐回顾中，路易斯安那州立大学的历史学教授乔纳森·厄尔（Jonathan Earle）深入探讨了细节并强调了随之而来的不确定性：1859 年，记者 D.W. 巴特利特（D.W. Bartlett）列出了一份 21 位最有可能成为总统候选人的名单，而林肯的名字并未出现。为了帮助解释林肯是如何脱颖而出并赢得共和党提名及总统职位的，厄尔先生邀请了一位记者穆拉特·哈尔斯特德（Murat Halstead）作为目击证人导游。
哈尔斯特德是一名共和党人，当时 30 岁，是《辛辛那提商业报》（Cincinnati Commercial）的编辑，参加了那年所有的全国政治大会（共有七次）。其他报纸转载了他的报道。哈尔斯特德还出席了 1859 年 12 月 2 日约翰·布朗（John Brown）的绞刑现场。六周前，布朗袭击了当时位于弗吉尼亚州的哈珀斯费里（Harpers Ferry）联邦军械库，旨在煽动奴隶起义。这位废奴主义者的行动削弱了诸如纽约州参议员威廉·休厄德（William Seward）等共和党候选人的竞争力，因为后者被视为反奴隶制的激进分子。与此同时，这也提升了林肯的地位，因为他较为温和的方式显得更具吸引力。在库-
1965年至1980年间的西方国家。斯基德尔斯基会对后一点持有异议；他坚持认为，严重损害了凯恩斯主义政策信誉的通货膨胀爆发是由“林登·约翰逊总统政府未能削减美国民用支出以支付越南战争费用”所触发的。但这种解释极大地低估了政府和中央银行通过赤字支出和宽松货币政策来优先追求低失业率所扮演的角色。这种意愿导致了过度需求，最终刺激了剧烈的需求拉动型通货膨胀——即由需求超过可用商品和服务而引起的物价上涨。
这场关于就业和通货膨胀的争论将我们带到了贯穿斯基德尔斯基著作的一个潜在主题：凯恩斯与哈耶克的冲突。作为一名坚定的反通胀主义者，哈耶克同时也是“新自由主义”的代表，而斯基德尔斯基认为正是新自由主义导致了我们当代许多经济和政治上的苦恼。
在20世纪30年代，在《经济学》（Economica）杂志的页面上，凯恩斯和哈耶克就经济低迷期间储蓄、消费和刺激计划的功能进行了激烈的辩论。随后，他们就经济计划对自由的影响展开了交锋。但斯基德尔斯基主张，他们分歧的核心在于哈耶克倾向于“将道德价值与市场价值等同起来”。
在斯基德尔斯基看来，哈耶克将市场的道德功能简化为经济如何给人们提供做出自身道德选择的机会。
1860, 2月，在纽约市的一次工会会议上，林肯宣布“约翰·布朗并非共和党人”。
同月，经过八周的时间和44轮投票，第36届国会终于选出了议长。（按照当时的惯例，1858年选出的代表直到1859年12月才召开常规会议。）新泽西州的威廉·彭宁顿最终以一票之差当选。俄亥俄州的约翰·谢尔曼在大部分投票中领先，但在南方民主党人对他一致反对后选择了退出，因为他支持欣顿·罗温·赫尔珀的《南方的迫在眉睫的危机》（1857），该书预测，由于奴隶制对非奴隶所有白人农民产生了不公平的影响，南方将面临经济灾难。甚至请转到C8页
在林肯就任总统后，七个南方州脱离了联邦。
选择，并由此在面对匮乏时承担责任。在他看来，凯恩斯从事的是一项更严肃的事业，即通过追求美、艺术和和谐关系等审美商品，使人类能够“脱离必然王国的束缚，进入自由的领域”。
斯基德尔斯基对哈耶克在这些问题上立场的描述过于贫乏。例如，从20世纪30年代后期起，哈耶克很大一部分支持市场的主张，旨在阐明市场如何助力文明增长，尤其是通过以自由交换取代掠夺行为，并提供一种跨越时空协调数百万条知识的手段。哈耶克还将某些对市场至关重要的制度——尤其是法治——视为不仅仅是经济产物。对他而言，这些制度本身就是道德和文明的成就。
然而，尽管斯基德尔斯基对哈耶克诸多批评，但他承认哈耶克和凯恩斯在渴望保护自由文明免受当时左右翼激进分子侵害这一点上是一致的。他警告说，类似的势力在今天以民粹主义和民族主义的形式出现。对于斯基德尔斯基来说，部分应对措施必须是一种能够维持“持续高水平劳动力需求”的“现代化凯恩斯主义”。斯基德尔斯基认为，这将缓解他对失业普遍焦虑的看法，而他认为正是这种焦虑使得极端主义对许多人具有吸引力。
所谓现代化凯恩斯主义，他指的是更多且更直接的干预形式。在国家层面，他呼吁进行广泛的财富和收入再分配，在被他模糊地称为“公共项目”的领域进行大规模公共投资，而最激进的措施是，为任何无法在私营部门找到工作的人保证一份公共部门的职位。斯基德尔斯基还认为，“本着凯恩斯主义的精神”，我们应该“目标建立一个支持而非阻碍国内充分就业政策的国际 / 金融体系”。
然而，考虑到美国经济中的国家干预（以政府总支出衡量），在 2025. 年消耗了国内生产总值的 37.7%。同年，欧盟的这一比例为 49.5。
斯基德尔斯基的政策只会放大西方经济中已经如此巨大的干预程度。考虑到随着公共部门吞噬越来越多的资源，生产力（更不用说自由）会发生怎样的变化，人们很难想象现代化凯恩斯主义将如何维持必要的增长，以确保富足而非生存维持成为常态。
斯基德尔斯基这种21世纪的凯恩斯主义，体现了著名思想者的传道者在阐述其偶像的观点时，往往如何失去分寸感。他是一位出色的传记作者，在另一本书中将凯恩斯描述为“大师”。然而，斯基德尔斯基将凯恩斯的思想具体应用于当代的诠释，只会进一步危及凯恩斯毕生致力于捍卫的自由文明。
格雷格先生是美国经济研究所（American Institute for Economic Research）主席。
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《强盗男爵》（The Robber Barons） 作者：马修·约瑟夫森 (1934) 1
马修·约瑟夫森对镀金时代权力最顶峰之人的群像刻画——其研究对象包括杰伊·古尔德、詹姆斯·菲斯克、约翰·D·洛克菲勒和J.P.摩根——是对残酷竞争的一次研究。权益接管（Equity receivership）是一种类似于破产的程序，用于重组陷入困境的公司，是许多大亨用来击败竞争对手的常用手段。古尔德精通金融危机的“黑艺术”。用约瑟夫森的话来说，他“在西部游走，审视着跨大陆铁路的残骸”，并从中搜刮“富有的碎片”。接管也是摩根偏爱的武器。约瑟夫森写道，“面对……急需新鲜营运资金的颓势客户”，摩根会提供贷款并“强加苛刻条款”，通常在债务重组后安置一名盟友作为“管理层中的主导声音”。这本书出版于大萧条时期，当时人们对华尔街的敌意很高，这部关于前时代商业巨头的喧闹群像画大获成功，并使书名中的短语流行起来。
《拯救纽约的人》（The Man Who Saved New York） 作者：西摩·P·拉克曼与罗伯特·波尔纳 (2010) 2
在这本关于休·凯里的传记中（他是 1975 到 1982 年间的纽约州州长），讲述了纽约市在 1975 年如何险些避免财政崩溃的故事。书中生动地刻画了相关人物，例如：亚伯拉罕·比姆，这位倒霉的市长差点辞职；费利克斯·罗哈廷，一位著名的华尔街银行家（被有些人称为“修理工费利克斯”），他主持了由该州设立的市政援助公司，旨在为该市的债务进行再融资；以及阿尔伯特·尚克，该市教师工会主席，他对成员退休金的控制对于再融资协议至关重要。西摩·P·拉克曼和罗伯特·波尔纳肯定了凯里在劝说州级和联邦级立法者采取行动方面的贡献。其中一个障碍是总统杰拉尔德·福特，他最初表示将否决凯里请求联邦贷款以扩大州政府努力的申请。《纽约日报》将福特在 1975 年 10 月 30 日的立场解读为：“福特对纽约市：去死吧。”纽约的公众舆论最终发生了转变。
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在南方销售这本书可能会被证明是危险的：北卡罗来纳州的当局曾因一名传教士分发了四本书而将其监禁。 作者认为，议长的竞争是即将到来的选举的代理战，届时将有四名候选人竞争总统之职。4月，民主党在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿聚集，史蒂芬·道格拉斯未能赢得南方民主党人的支持。（这位伊利诺伊州参议员既反对堪萨斯州支持奴隶制的利康普顿宪法，也反对将保护领地内奴隶制的联邦奴隶法典。）厄尔先生报道称，哈尔斯特德对道格拉斯评价极低，将其描述为一名“口出秽言、自认懦弱的恶霸”。 查尔斯顿会议在未选出提名人的情况下结束；当南方代表无法获得一个保护奴隶制扩张的纲领时，大多数代表愤而离场。北方民主党人于6月在巴尔的摩重新集会并提名了道格拉斯。南方民主党人则单独集会，选择了肯塔基州的约翰·C·布雷金里奇，当时他正担任支持奴隶制的副总统。 5月，第三个政党——宪法联盟党提名了田纳西州的约翰·贝尔。尽管如此，
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摘录自 Frederick Burr Opper 的《让他们全部拿走，就这样完结吧！》(1882)
城市的支持，这有助于促使福特支持一项 23 亿美元 billion 的联邦贷款计划，从而为整理该市的财务状况赢得了时间。
游戏结束 作者：George Papaconstantinou (2016) 3
当多年来由增加债务支撑的臃肿政府预算终于在 2009 年让希腊不堪重负时，希腊转向欧盟寻求帮助。在接下来的六年里，希腊与所谓的“三驾马车”——欧盟委员会、欧洲中央银行和国际货币基金组织——谈判达成了三项救助贷款，以削减开支和采取紧缩措施作为交换。George Papaconstantinou 并非一名客观的观察者。作为 2009 至 2011 年期间的希腊财政部长，他主导了第一次救助以及第二次救助的早期阶段。Papaconstantinou 先生以充满激情且带有些许讽刺幽默的笔触，将读者带入决定国家命运的房间之中。这部记录有着一个卡夫卡式的结局，作者
作为一名奴隶主，他曾是一位显赫的辉格党人，反对任何关于分裂的讨论以及将奴隶制扩展到领地的行为。Halstead 观察到，“两大党普遍的愚蠢使得第三党获得了不寻常的活力。”他指出，宪法联盟党主张通过“忽略当时所有棘手的问题”来拯救国家”——其纲领中没有直接提到奴隶制。共和党在 5 月 16 日至 5 月 18 日期间在芝加哥正面应对这些问题。伊利诺伊州共和党主席 Norman B. Judd 通过多种方式推举林肯参选，包括争取有影响力的《芝加哥新闻之报与论坛报》对林肯的背书，并交付一份由伊利诺伊州全票通过的委派代表名单。考虑到西沃德的受欢迎程度，以及其他候选人（如 Salmon P. Chase, Simon Cameron 和 Edward Bates）的知名度，这并非一项简单的成就。在该月于迪卡特举行的州共和党会议上，林肯打破了政治惯例，亲自出席。他的朋友和一名表亲带来了两根据称由林肯亲自劈开的围栏木轨，于是他成为了“劈轨者”——“一个活生生的象征
接受审判，被指控从一份在瑞士银行账户有资金的希腊人名单中删除了其亲属的名字。最终，他被免除最严重的指控，从而能够撰写关于该国金融灾难的这段记述。
《美国的破产》(Bankrupt in America) 作者：Mary Eschelbach Hansen 与 Bradley A. Hansen (2020) 4
美国第一部永久性的联邦破产法于 1898 年颁布，其设计初衷是面向企业，但个人也发现了其中的好处，正如 Mary Eschelbach Hansen 和 Bradley A. Hansen 在《美国的破产》中所解释的那样。到 20 世纪 20 年代，宣布破产的个人数量超过了同样采取此举的企业。法院尽力适应这一变化。作者写道，法官 Kenesaw Mountain Landis 试图确保只有“诚实但不幸”的债务人能从破产中获益，通过将“职业破产者……送往赔偿或入狱”。Valentine Nesbit “统计了 20 世纪 30 年代出现在他法庭上的债务人的‘开支’，将其‘从债务人的工资中扣除’，并将余额支付给债权人”。这种在法庭上对个人的关注无法长期维持。百货公司的信用账户以及对利率法律限制的取消，为 20 世纪末信用卡业务的爆发以及相应的债务和资不抵债铺平了道路。债权人游说者抱怨债务人利用破产来逃避义务，而消费者团体则指责剥削性的贷款行为。这一趋势仍在继续。如今，个人破产的数量远超企业，比例高达 22 比 1。
《凯撒宫政变》(The Caesars Palace Coup) 作者：Max Frumes 与 Sujeet Indap (2021) 5
在 2007-09 年经济衰退之后，凯撒娱乐 (Caesars Entertainment) 赌场帝国几乎在超过 250 亿美元的债务上违约，一场异常残酷的公司银行——
正如 Earle 先生所言，这是“边疆民主的体现”。 David Davis 当时是一名巡回法院法官，后来成为最高法院大法官，他负责管理林肯的候选资格以争取内阁职位。他的目标是通过让林肯在第一轮投票中获得 100 票（而实际需要 233 票），来阻止西沃德 (Seward) 立即获胜。为此，Davis 将林肯定位为那些支持其他候选人的人的首选第二选择，并且是一个能够拿下宾夕法尼亚州、伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州的人，而这些州在 1856 年被詹姆斯·布坎南 (James Buchanan) 赢得。在第一轮投票中，林肯获得了 102 票，而西沃德获得了 173.5 票。（当一个州的代表人数与大会分配给该州的投票数不一致时，会出现半票情况。）在第二轮投票中，林肯跃升至 181 票，仅落后西沃德 3.5 票。在第三轮投票中，林肯获得了提名。Halstead 感到失望：“这次大会的事实是西沃德的失败，而非林肯的提名。这是‘可用性’假设对‘才智卓越’和‘名声无匹’的胜利。” 总统选举最终演变为北方的林肯对阵道格拉斯 (Douglas)，以及南方的布雷金里奇 (Breckinridge) 对阵贝尔 (Bell)。由于共和党在南方没有影响力，且是由政党而非州分发选票，林肯在 10 个南方州没有获得任何选票。他在北方和西部（俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚州）取得了胜利，这在一定程度上得到了帮助。
破产之战由此开始。拥有这家陷入困境企业的两家私募股权基金——阿波罗全球管理公司（Apollo Global Management）和TPG资本（TPG Capital），于 2015 年带着一项提案进入破产法院：凯撒（Caesars）将向受宠的债权人偿还大部分欠款，而给不受宠的债权人极少的一笔钱，从而让阿波罗和TPG继续掌权。一群被激怒的对冲基金（他们就属于不受宠的债权人之列）从各个角度攻击该提案。Max Frumes和Sujeet Indap描绘了这场博弈中不断变化的联盟以及那些狂妄的个性，这使其成为了21世纪最著名的第 11 章破产重组案例之一。作者写道，阿波罗的David Sambur就像一只“始终处于攻击模式的比特犬”，而对冲基金的律师Bruce Bennett则“总是必须拥有最后一句话的权力”。在破产之前，阿波罗和TPG已将凯撒的部分优质资产转移给其他实体。当一名审查员估计这些转移可能欺诈了凯撒 50 亿美元 billion 时，最初的提案崩塌了，不受宠的债权人获得了一份好得多的协议。
由“觉醒者”（Wide Awakes）支持，这是一个由白人和黑人男性组成的准军事青年运动，他们走上街头支持他。（一名民主党人谴责他们为“觉醒的禁卫军”。） 道格拉斯赢得了密苏里州以及新泽西州七张选举人票中的三张。布雷肯里奇夺取了除田纳西州、肯塔基州和弗吉尼亚州（这些州投给了贝尔）以外的所有蓄奴州。这意味着林肯以 39.7% 的普选票和 180 张选举人票获胜（实际仅需 152 张）。令人震惊的是，符合条件的选民投票率达到了 82%。 霍尔斯特（Halstead）赞扬了选举过程中“几乎普遍的良好秩序和得体”，并称此次结果为一场“无声的革命”，且未流一滴血。他欣喜于“奴隶制已经达到了扩张的极限”，以及“共和政府实验的命运”不再处于危险之中。但很快，霍尔斯特就被证明错了。 无论林肯作为候选人时看起来多么不可能胜出，但作为总统，他维护了联邦并帮助终结了奴隶制。四年后，在再次当选后， he offered his thoughts on electoral politics: “没有选举就不能有自由政府；如果叛乱能强迫我们放弃或推迟全国选举，那么它就可以理直气壮地声称已经征服并摧毁了我们。”随着今年一场关键角逐的临近，埃尔先生（Mr. Earle）的这本书提醒读者，民主这种混乱的实践从来都不是一件容易的事。
《灰烬帝国》(Empire of Ashes) 作者：詹姆斯·M·斯科特 (James M. Scott) 诺顿出版社，528 页，$41.99 这场战争的一次爆炸性终结
作者：乔纳森·W·乔丹 (JONATHAN W. JORDAN)
美国对日本的战争是一场三幕剧：从珍珠港到中途岛海战 (1941-42) 是低谷；从瓜达尔卡纳尔到关岛 (1942-44) 是反转；而从塞班岛到日本最终战败 (1944-45) 则是清算。理查德·B·弗兰克 (Richard B. Frank)、约翰·C·麦克马纳斯 (John C. McManus) 和伊恩·W·托尔 (Ian W. Toll) 的三部曲通常遵循这一时间线（弗兰克先生正在创作的三部曲开始时间更早，始于 1937 年日本对华战争）。
詹姆斯·M·斯科特采取了不同的方法。他的太平洋战争系列书籍——《深海之战》(The War Below, 2013)、《目标东京》(Target Tokyo, 2015)、《横扫》(Rampage, 2018) 和《黑雪》(Black Snow, 2022)——探讨了那些揭示被战争镰刀卷入其中的个体命运的行动。在《灰烬帝国》中，斯科特先生将目光转向了战争的最后几个月，从 1945 年春季美国对日本主要城市的轰炸行动，到同年 8 月这个帝国的原子弹之死。
当裕仁天皇在思考日本的处境时，杜鲁门总统被迫考虑原子弹选项。
《灰烬帝国》以富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统的突然去世和哈里·杜鲁门尴尬地接任总统开篇。在斯科特先生的叙述中，杜鲁门是戴维·麦卡洛 (David McCullough) 笔下那位平民英雄的缩减版：一个政治拳击手，尽管内心充满疑虑，但从未逃避艰难的道德抉择。杜鲁门在就任总统不到两周时就遭遇了最大的冲击，当时他得知了原子弹项目。“他担任总统仅 13 天——而现在他面临着这样的前景：为了结束战争并挽救美国人的生命，他可能不得不抹除日本的城市，”斯科特先生写道。“这种武器将杀死数以万计的男人、女人和孩子。”在轰炸瞄准器的十字准线中，是裕仁天皇，一个温柔、学究气的人物，对于珍珠港引发的剧烈动荡毫无准备。“乍一看，裕仁似乎更适合在图书馆而非战场，”斯科特先生写道。“他在社交上十分尴尬且孤独，裕仁的一生被隔绝在任何真正的朋友以及广大民众之外；正如他后来承认的那样，他过得就像‘笼中鸟’。”
斯科特先生描述了日本的普通平民，他们在 1941 年到 1945 年间忍受着不断升级的灾难。从简单生活设施的消失——茶馆关闭；为了满足军方的金属需求而征收寺庙的钟和锣——到药品、布料、食物甚至棺材的短缺，家庭们发现自己被困在一个无法自给自足的被封锁的岛屿上。在从城市撤离到农村的 1.3 million 名学童中，斯科特先生写道，许多人“不得不靠吃蝗虫、蛇和溪蟹，甚至吃牙粉、油漆和蜡笔来维持生命”。1945 年 2 月，裕仁开始与前任首相们秘密会面，征询他们是否应请求和平。除一名外，所有人都……
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《二垒上的融合》 作者：Peter Eisenstadt 弗吉尼亚出版，344 页，$29.95
作者：PAUL FINKELMAN
在 20 世纪 50 年代初，杰基·罗宾逊（Jackie Robinson）和瑞秋·罗宾逊（Rachel Robinson）试图在纽约市周边的郊区买一套房子。正如瑞秋后来回忆的，这对夫妇想要的是“空间、新鲜的空气、良好的学校、孩子们的玩伴，以及强烈的社区意识”。杰基在布鲁克林道奇队的薪水很高。代言、演讲和写作又带来了更多收入。罗宾逊夫妇受过大学教育，经济成功，且是虔诚的基督新教徒。谁不想让一名著名的运动员住在附近呢？
但在长达一年的寻房过程中，罗宾逊夫妇发现，从纽约州长岛到康涅狄格州的郊区，几乎没有人想要他们。一名卖家宁愿将房子撤出市场，也不愿接受一对黑人夫妇支付的全部要价。房地产经纪人拒绝带他们看许多社区的房子。正如费城的一家黑人报纸评论员所指出的那样，“杰基不是因为太穷而买不起房，而是因为他太黑了。”
最终，罗宾逊夫妇在康涅狄格州买了一块空地并自己建了房。一些邻居欢迎他们，另一些则搬走了。在后来的生活中，作为全美有色人种协进会（NAACP）的董事会成员，杰基在反对住房歧视的斗争中回忆起了这些经历。
在《二垒上的融合》（Integration at Second Base）一书中，Peter Eisenstadt 审视了棒球运动的肤色界限、战后美国，以及一位从天才运动员演变为商人、黑人民权倡导者及一切形式歧视反对者的人物。罗宾逊的勇气——以及他的击球、接球和跑垒能力——为美国社会法定种族隔离的终结和融合的开始奠定了基础。
1945 年，道奇队总裁布兰奇·里基（Branch Rickey）签下了罗宾逊，违反了美国职业棒球大联盟关于棒球是“白人运动”的“君子协定”。里基总是声称他这样做是因为罗宾逊是一名伟大的运动员，能帮助道奇队赢得冠军。但里基作为一名虔诚的循道宗信徒，同样鄙视偏见，认为这不符合基督教精神。
1947 年 4 月 15 日，罗宾逊在布鲁克林的埃贝茨球场（Ebbets Field）参加比赛，打破了棒球运动的肤色界限。Eisenstadt 先生讲述了罗宾逊在被评为年度最佳新秀之前，如何忍受了一个赛季持续的种族主义骚扰、故意投向头部的死球、仇恨邮件和死亡威胁。两年后，罗宾逊在打击率和盗垒数均领跑国家联盟后，被评为最有价值球员。1955 年，罗宾逊带领道奇队赢得了该球队历史上首个世界大赛冠军。
（图片说明） 遗迹：日本长崎在 1945 年 8 月 9 日遭受原子弹轰炸后的一座神道教神社。
（正文接续） 有人敦促他继续战斗。但裕仁屈服于鹰派，坚持要求取得一项能让日本在和平谈判桌上拥有筹码的胜利。
由于轰炸和封锁没有明显结果，杜鲁门选择原子弹方案在很大程度上是由另一种替代方案驱动的：对日本本土岛屿进行两栖入侵。在塞班岛、硫磺岛和大冲绳的战斗揭示了入侵日本将付出怎样的代价。斯科特（Mr. Scott）写道：“灾难性的伤亡反映了定义战争最后一年的惨烈战斗，这些战斗因狂热的‘万岁冲锋’、大规模平民自杀，以及当然还有恐怖的‘神风特攻队’袭击而变得更加剧烈，金属与血肉的暴雨倾泻在美军战舰上。”
这本书展示了斯科特先生的长处：传达战争的人力代价。在描述美国的大规模纵火轰炸时，他写道：“夜复一夜，波音公司巨大的‘超级堡垒’（Superfortresses）——B-29 重型轰炸机——像喷火的巨龙一样系统地‘焚烧日本的城市’。”“公共避难所寥寥无几，导致居民在自家花园里挖掘原始的单兵掩体，许多人在此被窒息或被烤死。混凝土建筑，如学校和……
“火车站经常充当烤炉，将内部的尸体化为灰烬和骨骸。” 面对入侵，日本领导人武装儿童使用竹矛来对抗美国的坦克、战斗轰炸机和火炮。斯科特先生引用了一名女学生的日记，记录了她的训练情况：“‘这真的很有趣，’她写道，‘虽然我很累，但我意识到即使是一个人也能杀死很多敌人。’” 杜鲁门和裕仁都对即将到来的屠杀感到恐惧。杜鲁门知道，仅在南部的九州岛上，美国入侵者就可能要面对超过 900,000 名防御者和 10,000 架神风特攻队飞机。在日本本土，裕仁无力地看着美国轰炸机在炸完大城市后，开始摧毁较小的城市。然而，日本帝国内阁中的强硬派依然不愿让步。 僵局的核心在于裕仁的命运：他是应该继续担任天皇，还是作为战犯被绞死？为了安抚日本而保留皇位的逻辑，与美国对帝国暴行（从中国的南京到菲律宾的巴丹）的愤慨发生了碰撞。当原子弹试验照亮新墨西哥州的天空时，杜鲁门坚定地坚持罗斯福提出的无条件投降要求。
这位 37 岁的罗宾逊在 1956 赛季后从棒球界退休。到那时，大多数大联盟球队都有非裔美国球员。数以百万计的美国人经常为包括罗宾逊在内的黑人球星的成功而喝彩，
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击球手布鲁：在从棒球界退休后，杰基·罗宾逊成为了纽约咖啡店连锁店 Chock Full o’ Nuts 的副总裁。
汉克·亚伦、罗伊·坎帕内拉、威利·梅斯和萨切尔·佩奇。艾森施塔特先生暗示，这些球员在重塑美国人关于种族和平等观念方面起到了至关重要的作用。你不可能在为自己最喜欢的球队中的黑人球员欢呼时，而不去质疑那个 era. 的种族主义假设。 《反对地狱之犬：霍华德·瑟曼传》（2021）的作者艾森施塔特先生认为，罗宾逊开创了前运动员利用其名声来推进政治事业的先河，在他的案例中，这是为了“实现全面且有效的公民身份”。罗宾逊作为全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）的一名领导人，倡导黑人平等。他还谴责反犹主义，并且是全国基督徒与犹太人会议的积极成员。在 1960 年一篇关于欧洲反犹情绪盛行的报纸专栏中，他警告称“希特勒主义正在复活”，并提出了一个普世的民权愿景：“既然我们每一个人都是某种弱势少数群体的成员——无论是基于种族、宗教、国籍、政党、教育、职业还是其他差异——一旦群体仇恨被释放到任何其他群体身上，我们中就没有人是安全的。”
斯科特先生以紧凑的节奏和令人心碎的细节描述了广岛和长崎的轰炸。在描述广岛时，他写道：“爆炸使街道上的人碳化，焦黑的手仍然紧紧握着火车上的悬挂吊环。内脏蒸发，飞翔的鸟类瞬间汽化。” 通过五卷关于太平洋战争的著作，斯科特先生已证明自己是传达战争人体代价的大师。在《灰烬帝国》中，他挖掘了幸存者令人心碎的叙述，将读者带到了原子弹废墟的瓦砾之中。他引用了一位广岛母亲在无法救出被困在燃烧木材下的 6 岁女儿时留下的最后话语：“‘和子，’她哀求道，‘我是一个糟糕的母亲，但请原谅我。我知道你也不想死。妈妈不够勇敢，不能留在这里和你一起死。我害怕火。和子，原谅我，原谅我。’” 随着城市的毁灭，裕仁向不可避免的结局低头。
乔丹先生是《艾克与温斯顿：世界大战、冷战与一段非凡友谊》的作者。
罗宾逊最初是一名共和党人，部分原因是南方民主党隔离主义者的势力强大。他在 1956 年支持艾森豪威尔，在 1960 年支持尼克松，但在 1964 年，由于这位亚利桑那州参议员投票反对当年的《民权法案》，罗宾逊强烈反对戈德沃特。
除了政治倡议，罗宾逊还推动非裔美国人的创业，他认为这是实现真正平等的必要条件。在从棒球界退休后不久，他成为了纽约咖啡店连锁店 Chock Full o’ Nuts 的副总裁。他还帮助在哈莱姆区创立了自由国家银行（Freedom National Bank）。尽管自由国家银行的业绩参差不齐——最终于 1990 年关闭——但该银行曾是社区的支柱，为许多黑人拥有的企业提供融资。
正如罗宾逊在晚年所观察到的那样：“作为一个个体，当我最卑微的兄弟在下方大声呼救却无人听见时，我无法为我被允许争取并习得的那些好事而感到欣喜。”这位美国英雄明白，他的个人成功不能替代广泛的平等与成就。
杰基·罗宾逊打击种族偏见的努力并不局限于体育世界。
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《罗马帝国地图集》(Atlas of the Roman Empire) 作者：大卫·波特 (David Potter) Basic 出版社，320 页，$50
作者：马克斯·卡特 (MAX CARTER)
在探讨公元 98 年至 117 年统治罗马帝国的图拉真时，爱德华·吉本思考了伟人们对暴力的偏好。他反思道：“只要人类继续给予破坏者比给予行善者更热烈的掌声，对军事荣耀的渴求将永远是那些最高尚之人的缺陷。”吉本所描述的这种渴求是永恒且无法熄灭的；如果没有这种渴求，他那部关于罗马帝国的里程碑式历史著作几乎无法问世。同样的情况也适用于大卫·波特的《罗马帝国地图集：战争、征服、军团与统治者》(Atlas of the Roman Empire: Battles, Conquests, Legions, and Rulers)，该书通过地图、文物、解释性绘图以及简洁、客观的散文，追溯了罗马帝国的演变。正如波特先生所观察到的，罗马帝国“并非凭空出现”。相反，正是“此前半个千年的历史——罗马共和国——的最终失败，铺就了帝国的道路”。在他看来，共和国的制度无法管理其众多的遥远行省，也无法遏制其内部军事领导人危险的野心。在公元前 1 世纪中期，共和国中最具政治洞察力和个人魅力的角色尤利乌斯·凯撒，通过摧毁存在了数百年的罗马保障机制和传统来培植个人权力。他与罗马顶级将领格奈乌斯·庞培 (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus，或称庞培) 以及罗马最富有的人马库斯·利齐尼乌斯·克拉苏斯结盟。在公元前 49 年，凯撒率领军队跨过了卢比孔河——这条河流将罗马直接控制的领土与顺阿尔卑斯高卢行省分开，公然蔑视参议院的权威。在随后的内战中，他击败了曾经的盟友庞培，并宣布自己为独裁官。波特先生讲述道，“具有讽刺意味的是，正是因为担心凯撒会让自己变得不可撼动，才终结了他的统治，使共和国陷入死亡阵痛，并最终孕育了帝国时代。”一群自认为解放者的约 60 名参议员在公元前 44 年刺杀了凯撒，从而引发了另一场血腥的内战。凯撒的曾侄子屋大围与凯撒的副手马库斯·安东尼 (Marcus Antonius，或称马克·安东尼) 联手，在公元前 42 年的腓立比之战中击败了效忠于共和国的军队。波特先生随附的地图以简单的方式地展示了这场战役中军队和舰队的移动。共和国空壳化的残余在公元前 27 年让位于帝国，当时屋大围获得了奥古斯都的称号（波特先生翻译——
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在被从舒适的加州家中绑架，并被送到加拿大克朗代克（Klondike）充当雪橇犬后，杰克·伦敦 1903 年作品《野性的呼唤》中的圣伯纳山犬与牧羊犬混血品种巴克（Buck），被其物种古老的冲动所掌控。伦敦写道：“他以一种模糊的方式回想起这个品种的青春时代，那时野狗成群地在原始森林中漫游，追击并捕杀猎物。”本能与驯化之间的紧张关系是几乎所有犬类小说核心所在，包括今年推出的三本粗犷且耐人寻味的书籍。
其中最具有独创性的是摩根·戴（Morgan Day）这部标题大胆的处女作《最年长的母狗》（The Oldest Bitch Alive，Astra House 出版，208 页，$28），讲述了一只名叫杰尔索米娜（Gelsomina）的受宠法式斗牛犬的最后日子。小说始于杰尔索米娜在舔食湖水后感染了五条寄生虫。在 13 年的大部分时间里，这只斗牛犬与主人夫妇惬意地生活在一起，在基础的日常琐事和陪伴中寻找意义。但蠕虫引发的疾病以及对死亡意识的觉醒，激活了戴女士所谓的“原始本能的政变”。杰尔索米娜开始惊觉，在它精心维护的栖息地之外，还有一个更广阔的世界。
戴女士通过一种叙事策略的结合，传达了杰尔索米娜奇怪的存在主义觉醒——
小说 萨姆·萨克斯 (SAM SACKS)
（译注：此处为接续前文）……将该术语解读为“非凡之人”），他在战胜了安东尼及其伴侣——埃及女王克娄巴特拉后取得了胜利。奥古斯都将自己定位为罗马“同辈之首”，开展了紧迫的军事改革，将军团数量削减了一半，同时将其部署在所有方向进行扩张。新的行省意味着新的新兵，以及用于支付退役士兵薪金的资源。这种金字塔式的动态在一定程度上解释了该帝国近乎持续不断的战争状态。
皇帝 A：一件约四世纪的器皿，描绘了将尼西亚基督教确立为罗马帝国国教的狄奥多西一世。
奥古斯都于公元 14 年去世，享年 75 岁——而当时罗马男性的平均寿命为 50 岁。在他统治的四十年之后，皇帝的素质在能干与放荡的狂妄自大之间波动。波特先生对梳理凯撒们所谓的淫秽行径不那么感兴趣，而更倾向于探讨国家的运作方式。提比略（公元前 42 年-公元 37 年），奥古斯都的继子兼继承人，在位期间大部分时间不在罗马，而是在卡普里岛上享受奢华生活。作者暗示，这种影响是持久且出人意料地有益的，新皇帝的超脱加强了罗马“新兴的官僚机构”，该机构由一群“其自身利益保证了地方问题能得到有序解决”的行政人员组成。
这里没有探讨的问题是，一个甚至能够支撑起最疯狂的凯撒的行政体系，是否对帝国的公民有好处。公元 54 年掌权的尼禄是奥古斯都血统的最后一人。他不关注军事事务，对高级将领极不尊重，并下令杀掉自己的母亲。在疏远了即便最谄媚的部下之后，尼禄逃离城市并在公元 68 年自杀。波特先生写道，他的死亡提出了“一个关键问题：现在什么样的条件能让一个人有资格成为罗马皇帝？”
在接下来的 400 年里，答案各不相同。在弗拉维王朝（公元 69-96 年）期间，韦斯帕……
（此处为另一篇书评 / 评论） ……以第三人称叙述的章节描述了这只狗在进食和打盹的平淡日常是如何被疾病改变的。格尔索米娜一直接受她的世界被一种不可捉摸的“无形力量”所禁锢，如果她试图冒险走出界限，这种力量就会伤害她；然而，这种限制——我们理解为电子围栏——突然之间成了一种折磨，她渴望摆脱这些残酷的枷锁。其他章节则以碎片化、具有强烈诗意的片段写成，采用了格尔索米娜的视角。甚至还有一些章节详细阐述了那些蠕虫的视角，它们发现自己处于格尔索米娜胃部那个令人不安的黑暗环境中，并努力在宇宙中寻找自己的正确位置。
平凡与哲学的融合创造了一种对柏拉图“洞穴寓言”的重塑，尽管戴女士的直接影响似乎更多地来自后现代主义。“今天我放下了我的毛绒球，去寻找真实，”格尔索米娜想道，令人有趣地引用了如让·鲍德里亚等符号学家的观点，后者探索了拟像与真实性。
事实上，这种理论化走得太远了。戴女士有年轻作家的通病，喜欢炫耀知识，而且不必要地沉溺于关于修辞术语和拉丁语词源的论文式离题。开篇引用加缪的一段话，其中一个章节几乎没有其他内容，仅仅是为了回答一个迫切的问题：戴女士是否读过加缪。
但大多数这类知识性的飞跃都被巧妙地包裹在斗牛犬生活的臃肿琐碎之中。在主人看来，格尔索米娜仅仅是一只深受欢迎的宠物，而且变得越来越……
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《最年长的母狗》 (The Oldest Bitch Alive) 摩根·戴 (Morgan Day) 著
《狼，月亮，狗》 (Wolf, Moon, Dog) 托马斯·沃顿 (Thomas Wharton) 著
《埃特纳》 (Etna) 保罗·尹 (Paul Yoon) 著
孤独且不适。在想象她紊乱的感知时，小说展现了这只老狗那被局限的世界，是如何被久被遗忘的渴望和强力改变的认知所重塑的。
托马斯·沃顿（Thomas Wharton）的狗故事集《狼，月亮，狗》（“Wolf, Moon, Dog”，Pegasus出版社，272页，$27.95）以一个关于驯化的寓言开篇。一只名叫“狼”的野犬在被族群驱逐后，收到了一名石器时代少年的结盟邀请：如果狼能提供保护并协助狩猎，男孩将给他提供庇护和充足的熟肉。狼有些不情愿地接受了邀请，由此建立了一种共生关系，书中的后续故事随时间线追踪这段关系。
这些故事中的许多篇幅仅有寥寥几页。其中一个关于陪伴——并启发了——犬儒哲学派哲学家第欧根尼（Diogenes）的狗；另一个则围绕一名佛教僧侣的犬类伴侣展开。书中还掠影了狗在中世纪、种植园奴隶制时代以及伦敦大轰炸期间的角色。关于苏联太空犬莱卡（Laika）的小片段，则铺陈了一个未来主义的幻想，讲述一个仅由狗组成的太空殖民地最终摆脱了对人类的依赖。
沃顿先生以一种俏皮、口语化的方式创作这一切。石器时代的角色会说诸如“我的天（Omygod）”和“哇，这挺胆量十足的（Wow, that’s pretty ballsy）”之类的话。有一个故事是用押韵的双行诗讲述的，另一个则完全通过爪印和足迹的图像来传达。读者会觉得这种过度活跃的风格很可爱，或者（像我一样）觉得有些聒噪且烦人。这最终取决于一个人对犬种的偏好。
保罗·允（Paul Yoon）在他的小说《埃特纳》（“Etna”，Scribner出版社，208页，$28）中，更新了动物奥德赛的经典模板。埃特纳是一只混血牧羊犬，在一次发生在某个未具名国家（尽管暗示指向朝鲜半岛）的毁灭性未来战争中，担任美国军队的地雷探测犬。战争结束时，埃特纳的人类和犬类同伴全部阵亡。伤痕累累且疲惫不堪的他，决定寻找
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……（前任）被其子提图斯（Titus）继任，提图斯又被其弟弟多米蒂安（Domitian）继任。他们建造了罗马的一些重要纪念碑，例如罗马斗兽场。也许没有什么父子组合能比马可·奥勒留（公元121-180年）及其继承者康茂德（公元161-192年）更能证明世袭继承的危险。马可·奥勒留的著作《沉思录》是帝国的瑰宝之一。波特（Potter）先生指出，马可的儿子与他那开明的父亲截然不同。“残酷且无视帝国的管理需求，”康茂德痴迷于角斗比赛，自封为“地上的赫拉克勒斯”。他最终被勒死，在此之前他曾幸存于数次被刺杀和下毒的企图。
他的当代人如果知道罗马人在四世纪接纳了基督教，一定会感到惊讶。君士坦丁大帝（约280-337年）将他在公元312年米尔维安桥之战中的著名胜利归功于基督教上帝。（他在战斗前还是战斗后皈依，仍有争议。）波特先生指出，君士坦丁召开的尼西亚公会议（公元325年）产生的信经，确立了“基督教信仰的第一个官方声明”——这可以说是罗马最深远的遗产。
作为密歇根大学的希腊和罗马历史教授，波特先生并没有模仿吉本（Gibbon）那层层堆叠的句法，也没有效仿罗马历史学家苏埃托尼乌斯（Suetonius）那种八卦的视角。
对于奥古斯都而言，新省份意味着获得了新的招募人员和资源。
那位在公元二世纪以记录帝国不端行为而著称的历史学家。而《罗马帝国地图》（Atlas of the Roman Empire）则显得简练且公正，论证了罗马人在维持权力方面的成功，更多地归功于其行政效率，而非个人天赋。
波特先生采取的这种平稳、按时间顺序排列的方法，其缺点在于它所要求的严苛简洁。共和国的解体被匆匆带过；凯撒与庞培之间的冲突仅用了三个短句地描述。波特先生对卢基乌斯·科内利乌斯·苏拉·费利克斯（138-79 B.C.）的简短描述认为，这位独裁者对暴力的使用“为凯撒一代的政治奠定了基调”，但作者并未提及苏拉的宿敌盖乌斯·马里斯（157-86 B.C.），如果没有后者，苏拉的榜样便是不完整的，且显然缺乏启发性。
没有任何一个帝国仅凭征服而定义。简·莫里斯曾说过，大英帝国最真实的道德（无论是真实的还是想象的）是公平竞争的道德。罗马共和国非常强调节俭与正直；而它所孕育的帝国则两者皆无。但在其巅峰时期，罗马先进且极具韧性的帝国体制塑造了早期的现代世界。
卡特先生是佳士得（Christie’s）20世纪及21世纪艺术全球主席。
那座位于战斗区域附近某处的沿海农场，那是他幼年时居住的地方。
这次旅程带着埃特纳穿过一座被炸毁的城市，进入一个被难民和游击队占据的山脉。他遇到了危险的人物，但同时也结交了朋友。有些是同样被战争迫使流离失所的狗；另一些则是富有同情心的人类，包括一名拥有与犬类沟通能力的人道主义工作者。埃特纳的叙事被一种犬类的感官特质所激活。气味在他的描述中至关重要。（我们读到，地雷散发出一种令人想起牙膏的甜味蒸汽。）埃特纳还拥有一种在传统战争小说中常见的、饱经创伤的忧伤与智慧。他对回家和母亲照顾的渴望，看起来像是可被识别的人类本能。
在致谢词中，尹先生写道，他的灵感来自约翰·伯格的小说《国王》（King，1998年），讲述了一只照顾无家可归夫妇的流浪狗的故事。而在《埃特纳》（Etna）中加入的一抹魔幻现实主义和直截了当的道德模式，让我更多地想起了跨物种寓言，例如希拉·伯恩福德的《不可思议的旅程》（The Incredible Journey，1961年），或者彼得·布朗受欢迎的儿童系列丛书中的《野生机器人逃脱》（The Wild Robot Escapes，2018年）。《埃特纳》具有感伤色彩且无疑过于简单，但其永恒的叙事公式使其成为一次令人动容的体验。
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TOM MINDTE
作者：EDDIE DEAN A
战后向华盛顿特区迁移的农村移民潮引发了一场乡村音乐热潮，改变了这座城市的夜生活。一群名为 Dixie Pig、Club Hillbilly 和 Ozarks 的啤酒馆和乡村酒吧让顾客们感到宾至如归。其中最粗犷的场所被称为“爆头店”（bust-heads），因为那里经常发生台下的混乱，未来的明星们（如以《Hee Haw》闻名的 Roy Clark）就在酒瓶满天飞的环境中学习弹奏吉他的技巧。这些热门“爆头店”之一就是位于华盛顿市中心的 Pine Tavern。那是一个铺着亚麻油地毯的破烂地方，只有十来张桌子，窗户上还有一个弹孔。1954 年夏天，驻场乐队 Buzz Busby and the Bayou Boys 开始引起轰动，吸引了源源不断的顾客，他们来这里是为了听音乐而不是打架。在 Busby 机关枪般的曼多林切分音和令人心惊胆战的男高音引领下，该乐队拥有一种硬朗的蓝草音乐风格，与当时城里随处可见的那些同质化、甜腻的乡村-西部音乐完全不同。这是一种在 Busby 的偶像 Bill Monroe 精神指引下的器乐技巧展示，Monroe 将传统的弦乐团音乐重新打造成为一种新旧融合的激进风格。当地的电视制作人得知此事，在 Pine Tavern 安排了一场现场试演。“他们不能理解为什么我们在这样一个肮脏的地方演出，”Busby 后来回忆道。音乐赢得了那些西装革履之辈的认可，Bayou Boys 很快拥有了自己的每日节目《Hayloft Hoedown》，该节目融合了极其激烈、纯原声的现场表演和狂躁的庸俗喜剧小品。尽管仅播出了六个月，《Hayloft Hoedown》立即走红并产生了持久的影响。坚定走乡土路线的 Busby 引起了广大观众的共鸣，而这些观众此前甚至分不清根源音乐（roots music）和芜菁（rutabagas）。各行各业的华盛顿居民可以在自家的客厅里安全地欣赏 Busby 在主题曲《Mandolin Tango》中 shredding 独奏，或者演唱《Deep Freeze Mama Blues》，而不用去那个到处是携带剃刀的暴徒的“爆头店”。“我们真正地触达到了参议员、老太太的缝纫圈以及其他所有人，”Busby 回忆道，“我知道，因为我们收到了信。”在 Busby 于 2003 年去世二十多年后，他 20 世纪 50 年代的开创性录音使其成为一名邪典英雄，在硬核蓝草音乐圈及其以外的领域受到推崇。现在，他的首部传记《Buzz Busby：华盛顿特区蓝草音乐之父》出版了。“Buzz Busby 是一个令人沮丧、自我毁灭且极具天赋的人物，这一点毋庸置疑，”作者 Kip Lornell 和 Tom Mindte 写道。“他仍然是蓝草音乐史上一个重要但被低估的人物，也是一名极具影响力的曼多林演奏者，他的天才在同行音乐家中比在普通粉丝中更容易被认可。”其中一位崇拜者就是感恩死带（Grateful Dead）的 Jerry Garcia，他曾翻唱过 Busby 的歌曲《Lost》。
生活 作者：JULIA M. KLEIN
Mindtothe VeryLast
Auden 作者：Peter Ackroyd Reaktion出版社，400页，$30
这似乎是一个充满魅力的项目：由伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基（Igor Stravinsky）作曲，由20世纪最杰出的诗人之一 W.H. 奥登（W.H. Auden）撰写剧本的歌剧。作曲家的灵感来自威廉·霍加斯（William Hogarth）为其讽刺系列作品《放荡之徒的进步》（1734）所做的习作。奥登以其特有的热情回应了这一想法。他在给斯特拉文斯基的信中写道：“我几乎无需多言，能与您合作是我人生中最大的荣幸。”
在作曲家位于加州西好莱坞的家中度过的10天旅程既愉快又高效，尽管据报道奥登拒绝淋浴或洗澡。事实上，奥登的邋遢程度是出了名的。斯特拉文斯基在评价这位诗人时说，“他是我见过最肮脏但我也最喜欢的人。”
奥登热爱协作，经常与朋友组队，包括剧作家兼小说家克里斯托弗·伊舍伍德（Christopher Isherwood）和诗人路易斯·麦克尼斯（Louis MacNeice）。在这种情况下，他寻求其长期浪漫伴侣切斯特·卡尔曼（Chester Kallman）的帮助，正是后者将他引入了歌剧世界。
电视画面：Buzz Busby, Don Stover, John Hall 和 Pete Pike 在《Hayloft Hoedown》（1954-55）的拍摄现场。
Lornell 和 Mindte 先生绘制的关于 Busby 的简短且有力的人物肖像，揭示了乡村音乐中一段鲜为人知的篇章——当时 Busby 和他的同伴们正在城市环境中播种初兴的、基于乡村的蓝草音乐（bluegrass）之种子。Lornell 先生是乔治·华盛顿大学音乐历史与文化名誉教授，撰写过多部关于本土音乐的作品，从 Lead Belly 的传记到对华盛顿 go-go 音乐场景的调查。
凭借其疾风骤雨般的曼陀林演奏和男高音的哀鸣，Buzz Busby 曾在华盛顿特区的廉价酒吧（honky-tonks）中令观众沉醉。
Mindte 先生是一位唱片制作人和音乐家，在 Busby 晚年与他结交，并加入了他在 80 年代和 90 年代仍在艰苦奋斗的华盛顿蓝草音乐乐队。他们的这部作品是一部罕见的音乐编年史，不仅提供了曼陀林独奏的谱本，还附有详细的逮捕记录。
Busby 是二战后数千名为了联邦政府工作而来到华盛顿的南方移民之一。Bernarr Busby 出生于1933年，在路易斯安那州偏远地区的农场长大，在收听广播中的《大奥普利剧场》（Grand Ole Opry）环境下成长，并沉迷于像曼陀林天才 Monroe 这样的明星。高中时期，Busby 在当地演出；音乐事业在向他招手，但基于他的学业成绩
卡尔曼出乎意料的介入让斯特拉文斯基感到不安，他担心奥登的性倾向正影响其文学判断。但他们的第一幕写得很有前景，而在纽约与卡尔曼共进的一次午餐进一步让这位作曲家放心了。“这个年轻人的魅力和显而易见的音乐热情赢得了他的心，”英国历史学家兼传记作家彼得·艾克罗伊德在《奥登》一书中写道。
艾克罗伊德认为，1951年首次在威尼斯成功上演的《浪子回头》（The Rake’s Progress）是这段经常充满波折的关系的巅峰。这部剧本赋予了卡尔曼“一个他原本缺失的目标”，使他从“在他人看来显然毫无价值的附庸”转变为一名“创作伙伴”。
这对伴侣的纽带是艾克罗伊德这部情感亲密且在性方面坦率的传记的一条主要主线。卡尔曼机智、迷人且毫不掩饰自己的同性恋身份——起初让一直觉得自己不被爱、感到孤独的奥登沉浸在狂喜之中。但在艾克罗伊德的叙述中，两人被证明在性方面不和谐，而卡尔曼的拒绝让奥登心碎。两人随后都追求其他的性与情感关系，尽管长期分离，但仍保持联系。（令人惊讶的是，奥登最认真的感情经历之一是一位名叫罗达·贾菲的女性。）奥登继续在经济上支持卡尔曼，两人在余生中时而同居，时而分开。
在艾克罗伊德这段简洁且具说服力的叙述中，最令人震惊的是奥登诗句中的自律与精湛技巧，与其日益放纵且不快乐的个人生活之间——最终演变成深渊般的——巨大差距。
一名联邦调查局（FBI）的招聘人员向他提供了一个在局内指纹实验室工作的职位。 在华盛顿特区，巴斯比（Busby）开始在乡村酒吧（honky tonks）兼职演出，很快地，他用曼陀林赚到的钱就超过了作为联邦雇员的收入。1954年的一档电视节目让他成为了当地名流并获得了丰厚的报酬，但他对制片人们感到不满，他说这些人“试图把我们变成机器人”。 他还与乐队成员发生争执，因为后者试图引导“海湾男孩”（Bayou Boys）转向更商业化的乡村西部音乐领域。对于追求纯粹蓝草音乐（bluegrass）的巴斯比来说，这是不可接受的。 巴斯比的遗产在于他为 Jiffy 和 Starday 等低成本独立厂牌录制的少数几首作品——如《寒风之夜》（Cold and Windy Night，1953年）、《迷失》（Lost，1956年）、《只有我和点唱机》（Just Me and the Jukebox，1956年）以及其他几首直击痛处的原创曲目。这些唱片呈现了斯科特·斯通曼（Scott Stoneman）充满激情的、融合了爵士与蓝调的小提琴演奏，斯通曼同样是个不羁之辈，且是华盛顿特区那些狂热乐迷（bust-heads）中的资深人物。根据音乐家、历史学家及前 Opry 主持人埃迪·斯塔布斯（Eddie Stubbs）的说法，巴斯比与斯通曼在 Starday 的合作“代表了蓝草音乐中‘高处孤寂之声’（high lonesome sound）绝对最高强度的水平”。 通过这些里程碑式的唱片，巴斯比还将新的都市题材引入了蓝草音乐。他不再赞美山中旧小屋或野林里的小教堂，而是歌唱国家首都生活中孤独与疏离感。可以称之为“蓝草黑色电影”（Bluegrass Noir），而巴斯比则是那位在歌曲中演绎自己悲剧命运的导演。 巴斯比从青少年时期起就开始酗酒，在1957年一次演出后遭遇了一次几乎致命的车祸，随后的几年里他染上了止痛药成瘾。
个人生活方面。奥登（Auden）是个烟瘾很大的人，经常使用苯钠明（Benzedrine）且酗酒严重。在晚年，他在诗歌朗诵会上明显处于醉酒状态，衣冠不整。尽管他对自己的日程安排极其严格，但他不仅鄙视清洁和锻炼，而且不愿接受常规的医疗护理。 阿克罗伊德先生（Mr. Ackroyd）非常钦佩奥登在诗歌上的成就，从他深奥的早期作品，到后来一些评论家不喜欢的、更具对话感且受宗教启发而作的诗句。但作者对于奥登热衷于修改已发表的诗作，以及在作品集中删去如《西班牙 1937》（Spain 1937，1937年）和《9月1, 1939》（September 1, 1939，1, 1939年）等广受好评的政治诗作之倾向，则不那么认可。 《奥登》一书真正出彩之处在于对生活的描绘。在牛津大学，奥登在考虑过科学职业生涯后，重新确认了自己的诗歌志向，但最终仅获得了一个并不出色的三等学位。即便在当时，阿克罗伊德先生写道，奥登就已经是“教条的……爱发牢骚，自以为是且讽刺”。随着时间推移，他的说教倾向会“演变成欺凌”。他曾在一次诗歌朗诵会上对他人的演出起哄，对方是安妮·塞克斯顿（Anne Sexton）。 作为一名教师，奥登肆无忌惮地追求未成年男孩，其中一人启发了他创作的歌词：“将你沉睡的头颅，我的爱人， / 放在我背信弃义的手臂上。” 1935年，应伊舍伍德（Isherwood）的要求，他与托马斯·曼（Thomas Mann）的小说家之女埃里卡·曼（Erika Mann）结婚，以便她能获得英国护照。他们之后从未办理离婚手续。 随着第二次世界大战迫在眉睫，奥登与伊舍伍德一起移居美国。1946年，他成为了美国公民。他的主要活动基地是纽约一系列破旧的公寓。与卡尔曼（Kallman）一起，他还在意大利南部海岸外的伊斯基亚岛（Ischia）以及维也纳附近的基希施特滕（Kirchstetten）拥有季节性住所。在生命最后阶段，他回到了牛津，在那里，一位朋友在他身上看到了“老年极端的孤独感”。 有时传记作者在研究对象时会保持距离。但阿克罗伊德先生并非如此。他巧妙地整理了
在他漫长的康复期间，他的乐队队友们组建了一支新团体——乡村绅士乐队（Country Gentlemen）。凭借一种精炼且前卫的风格，该乐队在曲目中加入了鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）的作品和流行歌曲，助力蓝草音乐（bluegrass）在 70 年代进入富裕的华盛顿特区郊区，并成为公共广播电台的主打内容。
与此同时，巴斯比（Busby）在监狱中进进出出（涉嫌处方药欺诈、酒驾、袭击等），并在精神病院和康复中心度过了一段时间。不过，他总能重新回到舞台，熟练地挥舞着他那把破旧的曼多林琴。他是最后一代那些更偏好潜水酒吧，而非那些音乐已经迁入的绅士化高端场所的古老蓝草音乐创始之辈之一。“尽管经历了所有的考验、磨难和成瘾，”明特（Mindte）先生写道，即便到了 20 世纪 80 年代，巴斯比的“演奏水平依然如以往一样出色，他展现出了自 50 年代初起就令观众着迷的神奇舞台掌控力和幽默感。”
巴斯比将 60 小时的自传式漫谈录音带托付给了明特先生，这些录音让部分枯燥的叙述变得生动起来。巴斯比的声音时而显得苦涩、困惑且对自己被毁掉的生活感到迷茫，他呈现出一个具有自我意识且令人同情的幸存者形象，他深知自己最好的作品出现在事业初期。“我从顶端开始，然后勤奋地一路跌到了谷底，”他说。
这听起来就像是一首巴兹·巴斯比（Buzz Busby）歌曲的歌词。
迪恩（Dean）先生是拉尔夫·斯坦利（Ralph Stanley）博士传记《恒久忧伤之人：我的生活与时代》（Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times）的合著者。
通过奥登（Auden）亲近之人的讲述，作者提供了关于这位诗人性倾向、心理状态、崩塌的外貌以及日益恶化的习惯等细节，这些细节令人难以面对。它们让人们（几乎）想要转过脸去——或者在诗歌中寻求慰藉。
克莱因（Klein）女士是费城的文化记者和评论员。
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快捷指南：虚构类
作者：JOANNE KAUFMAN 一位旨在 取悦他人的 小说家
德怀特·海姆达尔（DWIGHT HEIMDAHL）对他前两任妻子来说是个暴虐的丈夫，对他五个女儿来说则是个疏忽的父亲。三女儿朱莉娅（Julia）形容他“复杂、破碎且可怕”。“但我们都成了他的心魔。”也许吧。但现在已经去世的德怀特也同样成了朱莉娅的心魔。小时候，她试图通过背诵他最喜欢的歌曲、表现得聪明能干来取悦他。“我当时是一个，”她回忆道，“渴望关注、想要父亲爱的孩子，在得到之前我无法安宁。而我永远也得不到。”遗憾的是，朱莉娅那同样匮乏、愤恨且与她疏远的母亲，被证明与她的父亲一样令人恐惧。当朱莉娅在童年被诊断出患有乳糜泻时，母亲仍然让她摄入含麸质的食物，导致了严重的后果。她后来解释说：“给你准备不含麸质的食物太麻烦了。”凯特·克里斯滕森（Kate Christensen）的《良伴》（Good Company）（Harper出版，256页，$28.99）的故事发生在一个周末书展期间。此时已步入中年的朱莉娅是一位小有名气的小说家，她参加一个小组讨论，目的是宣传她的新回忆录《别让它让你崩溃》（Don’t Let It Bring You Down）。活动在她母校举行，这为朱莉娅带来了相当大的困扰。而这本回忆录过于坦诚，则让她与一名年轻得多的男友产生了矛盾。书中的内容在《别让它让你崩溃》的摘录与朱莉娅在书展上与一名好色同行作家、一名前学生以及一名她在大学期间被吸引的女性的遭遇之间交替展开。朱莉娅在成长过程中制定了一套赢得男人的作战计划。男人需要她成为什么样子，她就变成那样：一个敏锐、风趣、能倾听、会问正确问题、能听懂笑话、保留个人观点、能喝威士忌、在钓鱼之旅中能成为愉快且有用之
僚机，而且——直白地说——是一个“良伴”。但她后来承认，“女性一直比男性更让我害怕，因为她们给我带来的痛苦总是深得多，而且我对待她们要严肃得多。”关于坏男人、权力游戏和性别不平等的陈词滥调，有时让《良伴》读起来较为吃力。但克里斯滕森女士让那种痛苦变得触手可及。关于乡下姑娘搬到城市的小说通常是失去纯真的阴郁故事。与此同时，关于都市人搬到乡村前哨的小说几乎总是关于愚钝被奖赏的滑稽叙述。后者一个典型的例子就是丹尼尔·梅森（Daniel Mason）那部带有讽刺意味的迷人作品《乡村之人》（Country People）（Random House出版，320页，$30）。在过去的 14 年里，迈尔斯·克热莱夫斯基（Miles Krzelewski）一直在努力完成他的博士论文。注意力集中时间短是问题的一部分。但也是因为迈尔斯——他与梅森先生广受好评的 2018 年历史小说《冬日战士》（The Winter Soldier）的主角卢修斯（Lucius）拥有相同的姓氏和浪漫天性——无法确定一个主题。它“在地理上、时间上、主题上一直在漂移”。迈尔斯研究过“一个默默无闻的游吟诗人”，结果三年后才发现这家伙默默无闻是有原因的；随后他转向研究“拉伯雷作品中的肉体，然后是拉伯雷作品中的怪物，接着是法国民间故事中的怪物”，在经历了多次学术中转后，才到达目前（但可能并非最终）的集中点：俄罗斯民间故事中的农民。这与迈尔斯那个极具自律精神的妻子凯特形成了鲜明对比，凯特是弥尔顿（Milton）和布莱克（Blake）诗歌专家，一名学术之星。她被任命为佛蒙特州格林斯伯里（Greensbury, Vt.）乡村一所大学的客座教授，这使得《乡村之人》的故事背景设定在
舒缓而悠闲的漫游。凯特和这对夫妇的两个孩子，奥利夫和卫斯理，很快就适应了他们的教室。但迈尔斯却徒劳地挣扎着无法留在座位上，经常逃课去探索格林斯伯里，并结识这座小镇的居民，这些人显然古怪得离谱。其中包括一名乘坐代步车出行、正在编写一部愚蠢错误集（不出所料，该书很长）的摄影师，以及一名从学者转行为果园主、教迈尔斯挥舞镰刀之乐趣的人。一个涉及可通过当地洞穴进入的地下世界的剧情转折，让人想起梅森先生 2023 年的小说《北林》（North Woods）中的超自然元素。在《乡村人民》（Country People）中穿插着一个名为“杂项分钟”（The Miscellaneous Minute）的电话广播节目的转录文本，尽管名字如此，该节目实际时长一小时。梅森先生在这一切中加入了一些温和而讽刺的幽默。当迈尔斯还是一名大学生时，
一位教授告诉他，人们的生活可以分为历史、悲剧和喜剧。只有幸运的人才能在喜剧中找到自己。幸运的迈尔斯。幸运的读者。
图：阿尔弗雷德·希区柯在《错误的人》（1956）片场指导薇拉·迈尔斯。下方为希区柯《39级阶梯》（1935）的剧照。
希区柯的一世纪 作者：Tony Lee Moral 肯塔基州，304 页，$29.95 全神贯注于希区柯
作者：JEANINE BASINGER
阿尔弗雷德·希区柯（1899-1980）可能是 有史以来 最 著名的 电影导演。他拥有漫长的职业生涯——横跨六个十年，拍摄了 50 多部电影。他如此成功地吸引了大众观众，以至于他的谋杀之谜、间谍传奇和冤狱故事成为了一个独立的类型：阿尔弗雷德·希区柯电影，虽常被模仿但从未被超越。希区柯成为了一个明星，观众很容易认出他，这在很大程度上归功于他自己的努力：主持自己的电视系列剧，以及在自己的长片中客串出现。（我个人最喜欢的是 1944 年被困在海洋上的《救生艇》，其中一个减肥产品的报纸广告里有希区柯的“之前”和“之后”对比照。）然而，Tony Lee Moral 在《希区柯的一个世纪：这个人，这些神话，这份遗产》（A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy）中声称，希区柯的名声使他成为了批评的对象。
《希区柯的一个世纪》“并非传统意义上的传记”，此前已写过四本关于希区柯书籍的作者莫ラル先生写道。这本书旨在“呈现一个更完整的形象”，去描绘这位被誉为“悬念大师”的人，并挑战传记作家唐纳德·斯波托（Donald Spoto）两本书中的“指控”。莫ラル先生断言，斯波托的《天才的阴暗面》（The Dark Side of Genius, 1983）和《被美色迷住》（Spellbound by Beauty, 2008）为这位导演塑造了一幅“令人震惊的画像”，而这种画像
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“被媒体延续了下来”。莫ラル先生进一步认为，这两本书在涉及斯波托 1980 年对《群鸟》（1963）和《玛妮》（1964）的主演蒂皮·海德伦（Tippi Hedren）的采访时，包含了他委婉称之为“选择性框架”的内容。
莫ラル先生并非随意地指责。（如果他的书是一部希区柯电影，它可能会被命名为《执念》）。《希区柯的一个世纪》基于详尽的研究，包括此前未发表的对希区柯演员和剧组人员的采访，以及来自英国和好莱坞的档案资料。莫ラル先生对希区柯的生平和作品有扎实的理解，并对已有的关于他的海量资料有深厚见解。莫ラル先生针对斯波托负面画像的质疑是不容忽视的。
尽管作者涵盖了希区柯作为电影制作人的崛起过程——从他在德国的最早尝试，到在故乡英格兰的成长时期，再到他成功转型进入好莱坞——但《希区柯的一个世纪》的焦点在于其主角的“复杂遗产”。莫ラル先生追踪了这位导演的职业轨迹，从一名“电影神童”到“无可争议的悬念大师”，最后，由于斯波托和海德伦女士，变成了一个在……
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幽默地被“放在 #MeToo 的透镜下审视”。莫拉尔先生并不质疑希区柯克对电影艺术的掌控力，也没有否认他对比尔·斯皮尔伯格、克里斯托弗·诺兰和奉俊昊等当代电影人的影响。作者的目的不是为了定义希区柯克，而是在关于“我们能否将艺术与艺术家分开”的争论中为其辩护。
观众曾接受希区柯克为自己塑造的角色。他被认为是一个乐观的、体型偏胖、有些神秘的英国家伙，拥有令人愉悦的、带有死亡气息的幽默感。《天才的阴暗面》（The Dark Side of Genius）的出版引发了震惊。书中将他刻画为一个控制欲强的暴君、一个不可靠的朋友，以及一个可能虐待海德伦女士的人，该书被广泛阅读并引发讨论。其八卦素材暂时让斯波托本人成为了名人，尽管在他之前已经出现了一本更为正面地传记——约翰·罗素·泰勒的《希区柯克：阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的生平与时代》（Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock）（1978）。莫拉尔先生说，希区柯克的家人更喜欢泰勒的作品，而且希区柯克“见过斯波托，但并不喜欢他”。（希区柯克心爱的梗类犬也表达了强烈的意见，据称它咬了斯波托的手。）
莫拉尔先生努力追求客观，但他确实抨击了斯波托的人格。他称其为“社交势利小人”，并表示“他谴责希区柯克的那些特质，在斯波托身上反而变得日益明显”。他对海德伦女士的批评则较少，她现在 96 岁，是一位动物权利活动人士。他论证了她关于希区柯克虐待她的故事是如何随着时间而演变的，反映了“不断变化的文化和个人语境”。他提醒读者，希区柯克接受过严格的天主教教育，并与阿尔玛·雷维尔结婚 50 多年。他没有留下情妇或低俗私通的痕迹。莫拉尔先生说，海德伦女士的指控没有得到其他女演员公开声明的支持，尽管他讨论了戴安·贝克在《玛妮》剧组中，当希区柯克进入她的化妆间并“在她的唇上深情一吻”时感到的“显著不适”，这个故事也被斯波托重复过。莫拉尔先生得出结论，“希区柯克和海德伦之间发生了什么永远不会为人所知”。这在客观上是正确的，但这并不意味着这件事不重要。
斯波托于 2023. 年去世。他的负面刻画是在 40 多年前发表的。大多数电影学者和粉丝已经走出了他的攻击。斯波托的作品并未被完全摒弃，但人们通常认为他有点像个学术骗子。一本对希区柯克的生平、作品以及斯波托和海德伦女士的所有指控均持有平衡观点的传记是帕特里克·麦吉利根的《阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克：黑暗与光明的生活》（Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light）（2003）。《希区柯克世纪》是一本关于“希区柯克书籍”的书。它探讨了我们如何解读天才的缺陷，扩展了我们对电影史上这一重要人物的认知，并增强了现有的希区柯克研究，因为正如莫拉尔先生所明确指出的，“希区柯克将永远是电影界的巨匠”。
《39级》（The 39 Steps）（1935） 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克电影的定义：一个被诬陷的无辜男人与一名美丽的金发女郎一同在逃。由罗伯特·多纳特和玛德琳·卡罗尔主演。
《蝴蝶》（Rebecca）（1940） 他的第一部好莱坞作品，也是他唯一一部获得奥斯卡最佳影片奖的电影。一次浪漫的尝试，希区柯克在对达夫妮·杜穆里埃 1938 年小说的这部充满氛围感且令人难忘的改编作品中使用了抒情的镜头移动。由劳伦斯·奥利弗和琼·方汀主演。
《火车上的陌生人》（Strangers on a Train）（1951） 大师完全掌控全局之作，呈现了一个关于罪孽、谋杀的世界，以及他最令人难忘（且迷人地精神不稳定）的反派。由罗伯特·沃克和法利·格兰杰主演。
《后窗》（Rear Window）（1954） 一个关于受控空间和视角的实验，创作者已经学会了如何让观众在享受刺激、魅力和神秘感的同时，将他们转化为偷窥者。由詹姆斯·斯图尔特和格蕾丝·凯利主演。
贝辛格女士与萨姆·沃森共同撰写了《好莱坞：口述历史》（Hollywood: The Oral History）。
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42 酒吧供应 43 呼吁 44 《金钱至上》导演卡梅隆 45 骨架船 46 《黑道家族》的法尔科 47 萨克斯片段 49 老化设施 53 “别算我一个” 54 反对派回答 55 日漆 56 罗勒碎片 57 营房中的床 58 画家 / 艾滋病活动家基思 59 歌手杰克逊 63 精神指南 64 简易 / 无装饰 65 胸肌上的照片 67 对男性的屈尊称呼 68 鱼钩特征 69 人权活动家克鲁尼 70 Met（大都会博物馆）主打嘉宾 72 “愿上苍你的事业！”：波夏 74 《离开拉斯维加斯》的伊丽莎白 75 监狱（Slammers） 76 评论家的担忧 78 租___ 79 清仓标签缩写 80 名宿里彭 82 南极广袤之地 86 带着倒计时的凯西 87 天空划痕 88 阴影 / 色调 89 《法律与秩序》的克里斯 90 低头 / 垂头丧气 91 ___ 罪责 (culpa) 92 弗农山庄和蒙蒂塞洛（例如） 95 狮子，有时指 96 医生访视 97 市场单位 98 子系统 99 付诸实践 100 南美烧烤 101 指示词 102 大蒜单位 103 人员主管，有时指 104 正在发生 105 辛辛那提球队 107 顿悟的惊呼 111 罗马 300 112 困惑的反应 114 斗牛场呐喊
迷失在洗牌中 (Lost in the Shuffle) / 由 Patrick Berry 设计的隐晦谜题
在这个谜题的一些答案中，你在将字母填入网格之前，必须重新排列三个或更多连续的字母。重新排列后的字母将始终组成一个新单词，尽管完整的填入项最终可能是一个非单词。例如，答案 SMOLDER 可能会被填入为 SMODELR，其中中间的五个字母被洗牌拼写为 MODEL。（重新排列的部分可能在填入项的开始、中间或结尾，甚至可能是整个填入项。）当网格完成后，请使用排除法来找出在洗牌中丢失了什么。同时，阴影字母（从左到右，从上到下读取）将拼出一个你想要询问的问题。
横向 1 缓慢移动经过朝鲜战争战场遗址 (6) 5 杂耍 / 操纵，没有案件负荷 (6) 10 冰雕，设置优雅特征 (8) 11 田地尽头未完成的收获 (4) 12 机场航站楼之外的线？ (5) 14 国际象棋棋子的极度黑暗 (6) 15 羞辱了一对年长者，陷入糟糕境地 (6) 17 脏话中仇恨的核心 (4) 18 在几秒钟内慷慨地涂抹泡沫 (8)
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19 抓住猪头，客人更换了服装 (6) 22 误将马杜拉洗劫一番 (6) 24 夏娃穿着尼克的充气夹克 (4,4) 25 掉头中的空间码头 (4) 27 锋利的屠宰刀不持有答案 (6) 29 同样没有真爱的事务 (4,2) 30 巴黎地铁穿过中欧 (5) 31 Sicilian 地标的入场费被退回 (4) 32 混乱中，小熊队错失第二个组别 (8) 33 寻求赦免者开始演唱灵歌 (6) 34 在阿塔瓦尔帕的轿车中滑过 (6)
纵向 1 搬运工进入小酒馆，体验当地文化 (2,4) 2 巨大的洪水再次冲刷河流 (7) 3 英国宴会演讲者的问候，佩格 (4,3)
道路感 (Road Sense)
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全部相加 (It All Adds Up)
长而曲折的路 (The Long and Winding Road)
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4 啃笔尖导致流血 (7) 6 在我看来，最简单的敞篷车仅能容纳一人 (2,1,3,2) 7 解雇最后一名员工 (4) 8 留声机热门曲目带来经典流行乐 (4) 9 填满剧院座位 (5) 13 淫秽小说——它很露骨 (7) 16 张口排出大部分麻醉剂 (4,3) 18 场景中未完成的任务毁了系列剧 (8) 19 对氧气进行猜测：它像氢气 (7) 20 前首相梅在场，由TSA护送 (7) 21 热情洋溢的纽约大学教师投入工作 (7) 23 给一些胡扯的推销词增加花式印刷 (6) 24 忍受洛杉矶街道 (5) 26 哀悼折断的膝盖 (4) 28 高效清单 (4)
查看前几周的谜题，并与其他解题者讨论策略，请访问 WSJ.com / puzzles。
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hipotle 创始人 Steve Ells 希望能为我们现在熟知的“午餐碗”争取一份功劳。 当 60 岁的 Ells 在 1993 年创办这家卷饼连锁店时，“顾客们会把卷饼放在那些红色篮子里摊开，然后用叉子吃，”Ells 说道。有些人甚至完全摒弃碳水化合物，这导致用餐情况变得混乱且易漏。Ells 带着一个红色篮子去了缅因州波特兰的一家造纸厂，并说道：“我想要一个这个形状的纸碗。”卷饼碗于 2003 年首次亮相，在短短几年内，它就比 Chipotle 最初提供的产品更受欢迎。 二十多年前，我们可能已经度过了“碗类食物”的顶峰。 “现在有很多关于‘糊状碗’ (slop bowls) 的讨论。也许人们已经审美疲劳了，”Ells 表示。虽然他认为这类产品永远有其市场，但 2020 年离开 Chipotle 的 Ells 已将重心转向三明治。 去年，他推出了 Counter Service，一家提供慢烤肉类、手工面包和酱料的三明治店，目前在纽约市设有五个门店，并计划明年在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市和达拉斯等地开店。Counter Service 是 Ells 在离开 Chipotle 后的第二次尝试，而他的第一个概念是一家由机器人主导制作食物的纯素食连锁店。 Ells 在创办 Chipotle 之前曾在美国烹饪学院接受厨师培训，目前与他的伴侣、设计企业家 Tariq Dixon 住在纽约。在这里，他讨论了最近读过的一本伟大的书、每天吃三明治的习惯以及他漫长的早餐流程。
你周一几点起床，醒后第一件事做什么？ 通常在 6 点前一点或 6:30 左右。 早餐时间大约两小时。我们一起准备早餐，然后处理邮件、聊天，有时会有电话，接着我会尝试阅读几篇论文。 还有个人日程安排，这非常复杂。在 Chipotle 时，我有私人助理管理日程，而在 5½ 年前退休时，我决定由自己管理。我在这方面很糟糕，所以我必须在周一坐下来专门处理日程表。
你们早餐做些什么？ 每天早上，我们吃鸡蛋和吐司，或者小扁豆或某种谷物（如法罗麦）、牛油果，以及永远少不了的沙拉——很多苦苣，仅加橄榄油和少许片状盐。偶尔吃酸奶、坚果和水果。
你的锻炼计划是怎样的？ 周一是和我的教练一起去健身房的日子。五年来我一直有一位非常出色的私人教练。他是一名专业健美运动员，身材魁梧，皮肤黝黑，青筋暴起，而我在这儿。我的爱好是滑雪，所以我们做了很多
名作 / 莫高窟（4 世纪至 14 世纪）
作者：ZACHARY GINSBERG 虔诚信仰的活记录
在中国甘肃省戈壁沙漠的边缘，那里风沙横掠，炸骆驼驼峰是当地美食，坐落着莫高窟：这是世界上最重要的佛教艺术宝库之一。当我乘坐旅游巴士——这是唯一获准的参观方式——接近该遗址时，数百扇保护石窟的红色锁门映入眼帘，它们点缀在长达一英多米的被阳光漂白的峭壁上。 如今看来一个不太可能成为纪念碑的选址，在当时却完全合理。敦煌，离洞窟最近的城市（步行约一日路程），曾是丝绸之路上一个至关重要的贸易枢纽。它是进入路线中最艰苦路段前最后一次储备物资的机会，也是回程时见到的第一个绿洲。从 4 世纪到 14 世纪——直到海运逐渐取代陆路商队——来自欧亚大陆各地的商人、劳工、宗教领袖和政府官员在此聚集，交换商品与文化。 或许最受欢迎的“商品”便是佛教，其对宁静的承诺吸引了大量的中国信徒。
极其热爱早餐
训练以保持灵活性并维持肌肉量。 在不去健身房的日子里，我会做一些有氧运动：跑步、游泳、骑行。当我在市区时，尤其是天气不错的时候，我会多次使用 Citi Bike。这让这座城市变得非常、非常小。而当你必须开车时，简直太令人沮丧了。由于堵车，时间花费得极其漫长。
Counter Service 与其他连锁三明治餐厅的不同之处在哪里？ 我们的面包只有四种原料：
在四世纪，人们厌倦了暴力与混乱。随着这种宗教的兴起，经过敦煌的旅者开始在附近的岩石中开凿洞窟，作为休息和冥想之所。最初的洞窟非常简陋，仅足够为一名隐士遮风挡雨。后来，商人与政府官员资助开凿更大、装饰更精美的洞窟，以求在旅途中获得业力加持，并推广他们特定的宗教与审美愿景。这些 492 个洞窟共覆盖了超过 400,000 平方英尺的壁画，共同构成了中国千年艺术史上无与伦比的重写本。
莫高窟一直以来——且至今仍是——一部进行中的作品。我们今天看到的景象，与唐代工匠在七至十世纪看到的截然不同，当时数百个洞窟同时在建，鲜红与深紫的色彩尚未因氧化而褪色。这又与洞窟建设最后几个世纪人们所见的不同，那时后来的统治者资助工匠用灰泥覆盖并按照统一风格重新装饰许多洞窟——也与俄国革命后寻求庇护的白军士兵在墙上涂写西里尔字母涂鸦时所见的不同。而这一切又与……
我的周一早晨 / 作者：LANE FLORSHEIM
面粉、水、酵母和盐。我们每天烘焙。而我们的肉类是精选的优质切块，经过我们的调味、腌制、烹饪和切片。这些肉块不像你在那些连锁三明治店里看到的那样形状完美。我们所有的酱料、渍物和装饰品都是自制的。完成这些工作非常困难。
你对环孢子菌（cyclospora）有多担心？ 这确实很可怕。当然，我对食源性疾病了解很多，目前外界存在一些病原体。
关于未来的访客将看到什么，由政府资助的敦煌研究院——也就是那个开启红色大门的团队——雇佣了一支保护员队伍来维护和研究这些洞窟。 在许多不同朝代的风格中，最常见的主题之一是文殊菩萨（智慧之菩萨，为了帮助他人而留在物质世界的觉悟者）与维摩诘（一位极其富有且精通修辞的赞助人，其技巧之高，以至于佛陀亲自派遣文殊从天而降与他对质）之间的辩论。在 103 号洞窟中，这两个人物坐在门口的两侧。维摩诘身体前倾，靠在有顶床的边缘，目光焦急，他主张在遵循佛教“无执”的同时，依然可以享受尘世生活。文殊菩萨则带着平静的微笑，轻轻举起手反驳道，在超越物质世界之前，永远无法理解佛陀真正的非物质本质。胜负由我们来决定。 那个洞窟以及许多其他洞窟的墙壁和天花板上，布满了数百尊盘腿而坐的小佛像，这构成了一个压倒性的证据网，证明在我们之前，无数的人曾思考过同样的奥秘，却未得确切结果。佛像在上方漂浮，
那里，我们有责任设置屏障，所以我们当然在非常、非常密切地监测这件事。我们没有使用那些已被确认的问题材料。
我读到 Counter Service 开发了一种可以检测订单组装是否错误的技术。目前你们是否在研究其他令你兴奋的技术？ 我们有一支工程师团队，他们花时间在餐厅里观察瓶颈点并尝试理解哪里存在摩擦——涵盖了从通过监测有多少车辆过桥、多少乘客乘坐公共交通、天气、假期和学校日程来预测销售额的所有环节。所有这些有助于我们确定业务量，进而影响库存，并最终影响人员配置。
一个立面遮挡住了中央洞窟，其中安置着一座巨大的佛像雕塑。
像神圣的理想一样悬在头顶，但同时也压在访客身上，向我们强调达到觉悟的艰难。在一些描绘觉悟天堂的洞窟中，那里是乌托邦式的：歌手和舞者在狂欢中翩翩起舞。云朵翻滚盘旋；战车向上疾驰，代表着可以将你送往天堂的经书。在其他洞窟中，最终的目的地则更为阴森——墙壁被染成牛血红色；比真人还大的恶魔雕像怒视着，露出牙齿，手持长矛；神灵在墙上疾驰——强调了真正追求觉悟的严苛。 中央且最著名的洞窟内安置着一座公元 695 年的佛像，高度超过 100 英尺——从外部看被一个立面所遮挡。
作为一名厨师，你最喜欢为自己烹饪什么？ 简单的意面。事实上，前几天我烤了一块猪肩肉，中午刚过就开始烤，然后在晚餐时食用。就是在烤架上慢炖，并不断添加燃料。那非常有意思。
你和手机的关系如何？你会陷入“末日刷屏”（doom-scroll）吗？ 当然会。我认为任何拥有设备的人都会。我现在对此意识更强了。我真的努力尝试拿起一本书，或者如果我有一份印刷的简报，我认为对我来说这样健康得多。我注意到当设备控制我时，会产生一种紧张感。
你读过的最后一本好书是什么？ 我读的最后一本书恰好是一本好书，帕特里克·拉登·基夫（Patrick Radden Keefe）写的《伦敦陨落》（London Falling）。仅仅是序言——从古罗马时期的伦敦开始——我在阅读 30 秒后就被吸引住了。
你现在还去 Chipotle 吃饭吗？ 我在 Chipotle 吃了 27 年，每天都吃，有时一天吃好几次。现在，我每天在 Counter Service 吃饭。我会在这里开会，或者拜访朋友。有时我只是随便进去一个人吃顿午饭。
你喜欢在什么东西上挥霍？有没有什么地方是你比较节省的？ 我发现自己非常反感应用程序带来的小额扣费。尝试取消订阅这些东西简直让我抓狂。我花好几个小时试图搞清楚这些事情。这些开发者做得非常阴险，让取消订阅变得很困难。所以，出于原则，我可能花太多时间在尝试省这几分钱上。我大概在美食和美酒上比较挥霍。这是我热爱的事情。
你收到过的一条对你起到引导作用的建议是什么？ 最终，你拥有最重要的事情是你的健康、你的家庭和你的朋友，我发现自己现在花在这些事情上的时间比年轻时要多。事实上，在我在 Chipotle 奋斗的 27 年冲刺期中，我可能忽略了这些事情，我在最后阶段才有所好转。但我觉得今天我的生活平衡得好多了。
本次采访经过编辑和浓缩以确保清晰。
一个伪装成多层建筑的拱顶。当我从地面一层的一扇小门进入时，他从一个低矮的天花板后出现，站在他身边时，我的身高甚至没超过他的脚趾。看到他的唯一方法就是直视上方——但即便如此，就像宇宙的秘密一样，你永远无法获得全貌。这种体验表明，要达到觉悟，必须接受这些局限，与矛盾达成和解，并对我们无法揣测的更高秩序保持信念。莫高窟让人初步体验到达到那种状态是什么感觉，但随之而来的是让你渴望更多。
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成为了最新一家涉足生活方式产品的 大型科技公司。这一举动与 AI 本身一样， 招来了批评。
作者：JAMIE WATERS
“周边商品。” “品味低劣。” “令人尴尬。” 这些仅仅是人们对 OpenAI 新发布产品 产生的激烈网络反应的一部分：一套 服装和配饰系列，包括 $15 的罗纹 袜、一件 $175 的半拉链卫衣，以及—— 原因尚不明确——一个绿色的 ChatGPT 篮球。
OpenAI 的设计总监 Ben King 已经 听到了这些反馈。“我们见到了 所有反应——好的，坏的，还有 一些古怪的，”King 在该系列 于 7 月中旬推出后的首次采访中 说道。但他继续补充道，“数据 不会撒谎。”
该公司的在线商店 Supply Co. 已经 有部分商品售罄。华尔街日报 的母公司 新闻集团 (News Corp) 与 OpenAI 拥有内容许可合作伙伴关系。
此次发布是在其他领先的 AI 公司 销售自有品牌周边产品之后进行的。 国防科技巨头 Palantir 在 4 月份发布 的一款 $239 的美国制造工装外套， 据该公司称，在数小时内便售罄。
“就像你最喜欢的乐队发布新 T 恤 一样，”40, 岁的 Dorothy Bartomeo 说道。 她在纽约市米德敦经营一家 AI 研究公司，并购买了一件 $40 的 OpenAI T 恤，上面印着“优质研究 需要时间”的标语。她还很喜欢 一款 Codex 品牌连帽衫的外观（该产品 参考了编码代理），但觉得袖子上的 图案难以辨认。“我认为在时尚方面， 他们需要稍微改进一下，”她说道。
AI 公司统治着现代世界，主导着 经济并塑造着我们的日常决策。 现在，它们也想征服我们的衣橱。 在技术反弹情绪高涨的时代， 这些公司发布风格化的周边商品， 让拥趸们能够代表他们心爱的品牌， 同时也让那些将 AI 视为既知世界终结的 怀疑论者感到反感。
随着反 AI 情绪的上升，一些公司 已劝阻员工不要穿着带有公司标志的 服装，因为担心遭到公众攻击。 尽管如此，这些品牌依然能激发 技术布道者们的忠实追随。
King 表示，OpenAI 偶尔会发布 单品，以“让观众稍微窥见 [我们的] 生态系统”，但公司希望与粉丝分享 更多的产品。
King 的团队已经设计周边产品 两年了。在 2024, 年夏季，他们 为员工发布了首个限量系列产品， 全部免费。
“每个人都愣住了，然后涌入 网站——我们可能延迟了许多 模型的进度，”King 笑着说。 一些 OpenAI 的开发人员通过 黑入网站获取了 200 个水壶， 导致网站不得不重启。一名员工 在 Slack 上创建了一个“火人节风格” 的仅限以物易物的频道，人们可以在 那里用一件商品换另一件。
King 说，在那个频道上，员工们 提供了“很多反馈”。大多数意见 集中在标志的大小上——他说，他们 希望标志可见，但不要像“广告牌 一样铺满”。
此后， Supply Co. 发布了 T 恤、 帽子以及电饭煲和折叠椅等随机商品， 以纪念公司团建以及研究和产品 里程碑。King 曾见过 OpenAI 的 首席执行官 Sam Altman 穿着其中 一件连帽衫。他表示，已故街头服饰 设计师 Virgil Abloh 是这个新系列的 参考点。
OpenAI 的估值为 8520 亿美元 billion， 它不需要通过兜售 $45 的 印有“Building Things”且带有 Bloop-the-bot 图案的帆布袋来获利。Palantir 同样不需要通过销售工装外套和 网球裙来维持底线。在——
一个 $70 的 ChatGPT 篮球引发了热议。
AI 公司主导经济并塑造我们的日常决策。 现在，它们也想征服我们的衣橱。
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可穿戴技术：一件 ChatGPT 长袖衬衫在 OpenAI 的在线商店 Supply Co. 售价 50 美元。
相反，这些举措更像是一种软实力的博弈——一次试图扩张其品牌身份的尝试。OpenAI 的新系列照片采用了模特在极具“Instagram风格”的橄榄绿背景前摆拍，非常像时尚品牌的拍摄活动。Palantir 的战略参与负责人 Eliano Younes 曾在 X 平台上将这家国防公司称为一个“生活方式品牌”。
多本畅销品牌书籍的作者、咨询公司 Prophet 的副主席 David Aaker 认为，这是明智的品牌建设举措。他表示：“过去那种单纯向广告预算投入资金的做法已经不再奏效了。”
投资银行古根海姆证券（Guggenheim Securities）的高级董事总经理 Simeon Siegel 说道：“很难想象大型科技公司真的在努力成为成功的服装品牌，更有可能的解释是，这感觉像是一种字面意义上‘给他人贴品牌标签’的方式。”OpenAI 的网站指出，Supply Co. 将以合作、实验和“研究能量的实体表达”为特色——这是一个极其考究的营销术语，据 King 解释，这意味着周边商品将与公司的里程碑挂钩，而不是按照时尚系列的发布时间推出。在在线商店的商品中，Bartomeo 表示，“篮球似乎是大家都在谈论的东西”，尽管她不太确定原因。（King 对此解释道：这是在向金州勇士队致敬，因为他们的主场就在 OpenAI 总部对面。）作为公司在线社区的活跃成员，Bartomeo 获得了一些福利：一名 Codex 大使给她寄了一个免费的 Codex Micro 键盘（230 美元）。
35 岁的 Jared Diaz 在手腕上纹了 OpenAI 和 Codex 的标志。Diaz 在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索的陆军与空军交易所服务部工作，他在业余时间开发应用程序，并且非常喜欢 Codex 和 ChatGPT 增强了他的编码能力。他最近从新系列中购买了四件商品。他已经拥有之前发布的单品，包括一顶印有 OpenAI 标志的帽子和一件 T 恤。他将穿着这些衣服比作穿着限量版 Kaws 街头服饰连帽衫，因为它们都会引发许多“你在哪里买的？”这样的询问。但它们也会引发愤怒。OpenAI 目前正与甲骨文（Oracle）在埃尔帕索附近建设一个数据中心，Diaz 穿这顶帽子和 T 恤时，经常有陌生人走过来问他：“你知道他们正在对我们的社区做什么吗？”他会回答：“每个人都可以持有自己的信仰。”他说，就像选择体育俱乐部一样，现在每个人都会选择自己的 AI 阵营，无论是 Anthropic 的 Claude、Perplexity 还是 Google Gemini。“我选择了 OpenAI。”
硅谷风格 / AI 巨头们在售卖什么
今年夏天最热门的饮品既不是抹茶拿铁，也不是价值十亿美元的奶昔，而是一瓶水。从洛杉矶高端杂货店 Erewhon 的货架到 Casa Cipriani 等俱乐部的私人活动，Loonen 水已成为时尚、富裕且注重健康的人群选择的补水饮品。其玻璃瓶吸引了那些希望在生活中根除微塑料的、对环保感到焦虑的消费者。随着水过滤成为富人的痴迷之事，该品牌的不锈钢工艺帮助其向高端客户销售 $3.99 的瓶装水（在某些商店甚至接近 $6 瓶）。“Loonen 已经变成了那种‘懂行的人才知道’的‘养生女孩’配饰，”Bravo 现实节目《In the City》的明星 Whitney Fransway 说道。真主妇 Lisa Rinna 和流行星 Dua Lipa 都在网上发布了带有该水瓶的照片。Loonen 表示，它会向“我们认为可能真正感兴趣的人”发送免费产品，但并不支付给影响力者。“在我亲眼看到一瓶水之前，它已经在我的社交动态中出现了好几周，”Ash Hotels 的品牌总监 Allegra Lorenzotti 说道。突然之间，它无处不在：在她的健身房里，在“翠贝卡妈妈的婴儿车”里，在高端的 Happier Grocery 商店里出售。每隔几年，一种新的、精英式的补水方式就会抓住时代的精神。依云（Evian）让位于斐济（Fiji）。詹妮弗·安妮斯顿（Jennifer Aniston）使 Smartwater 成为一种文化现象。Liquid Death 为“加州禁欲（Cali-sober）”的音乐会人群赋予了补水的一种颓废气息。由 Jay-Z 和格温妮丝·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）大口饮用的 Mountain Valley 绿玻璃瓶则是为巨头准备的。超级电离碱性水 Essentia 则是为模特和卡戴珊（Kardashians）准备的。“一旦普通的水变得可疑，它就成了一个你可以通过收取溢价来解决的类别，”消费者包装商品趋势 Substack 通讯 Express Checkout 的联合创始人 Jenna Mowsowitz 说道。Loonen 由在风险投资领域崭露头角的 Clara Sieg 和前 Spindrift 高管 David Kimmell 于 2025 年创立。Sieg 表示，当她尝试怀孕时，她开始好奇她的水、食物和家用产品中含有什么。 “这引导我走上了一条学习很多关于微——”
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“一旦普通的水 变得可疑，它就 成了一个你可以 通过收取溢价 来解决的类别。”
饮水刻板印象 无论你是否喜欢，你首选的水代表了什么
名人通常有助于让 补水趋势保持在 时代的精神之中。 演员詹妮弗·安妮斯顿（上图） 和杰森·莫莫亚（右图） 手边都准备着 瓶装水。
微塑料和内分泌干扰物，以及它们对健康的危害程度，”她说道。研究发现，瓶装水中的微塑料含量高于自来水。Sieg 表示，Loonen 旨在向消费者透明地展示其产品。她表示，Loonen 的水源来自南加州的一处泉水，采用不锈钢过滤（Sieg 称从未进行过任何化学干预或使用塑料），随后添加了如凯尔特海盐、镁、钾和钙等天然矿物质。该公司在网站上发布质量报告，并称这些报告由第三方实验室出具。其瓶身印有 QR 码，可直接链接至这些报告。
Loonen 拒绝透露迄今为止生产了多少瓶水，但分享称其产品已在 2,000 家商店、餐厅和咖啡馆以及亚马逊上销售。根据 PitchBook 的数据，该公司在去年 12 月获得了 $6.1 百万美元的种子资金。
在高端水市场中，Loonen 的价格点远非最高。在去年秋季 The Row 于巴黎举办的时尚展上，唯一的饮品是 Litewater 瓶装水，该品牌声称其为“全球最纯净”（其 12 瓶装的 5 ppm 氘枯竭水玻璃瓶售价为 $248）。奢侈水合品牌 One Water Global（20 瓶装约 $45）是去年达沃斯论坛的赞助商。名媛美容师 Iván Pol 在为艾玛·斯通等客户进行标志性的“美容三明治”护理前，会给她们递上一杯 Hallstein 水（六瓶装售价 $71）。
根据向纽约五个区运送无数加仑水的经销商 Tribeca Beverage Company 的说法，对碱性水（而非泉水或蒸馏水）的需求激增。
流动资产 Loonen 已在 2,000 家商店、餐厅和咖啡馆销售。 该品牌成立于 2025 年。
“消费者越来越愿意升级到能提供健康益处的功效性选择，”国际瓶装水协会首席执行官 Matt Herrick 说道，并补充称全球碱性水市场规模约为 50 亿美元 billion。
“现在健康真的就是财富，”奢侈食品店 Meadow Lane 的创始人 Sammy Nussdorf 说道。他的店是纽约市第一家进驻 Loonen 的门店，在前两周内就售出了 2,700 瓶。
归根结底，水就是水。
塔夫茨大学营养学教授 Roger Fielding 表示，没有证据表明高端品牌在生物学或生理学上比其他瓶装水具有任何优势。
宾夕法尼亚大学研究水安全与可持续性的教授 Samantha McBride 表示，任何瓶装版本都不太可能完全没有微塑料痕迹。
“塑料无处不在，”她说道。
尽管 Loonen 的瓶身是玻璃材质，但其瓶盖包含塑料内衬，尽管公司称其未上漆、无涂层且不含 PFAS 和 BPA。其网站上发布的 6 月质量报告称，一家独立实验室在其水中未检测到微塑料。然而 6 月份，允许消费者扫描产品条形码并查看独立检测数据的应用 Oasis 表示，其发送检测的一瓶 Loonen 水显示出的微塑料水平高于其分析过的其他玻璃瓶装水。Oasis 拒绝置评。
“我们已经多次联系 Oasis，以更好地了解他们使用的实验室、其方法论以及样本的监管链，但他们尚未”
“他们与我们分享了这些信息，”Loonen在的一份声明中表示。 “正如他们在自己的视频中所提到的，测试仪器可能包含与其结果中识别出的某些相同材料，而这正是导致检测结果出现偏差的已知原因。”
这些高端饮用水的承诺在于纯净。 “你购买的不是某种成分，而是购买关于‘剔除了什么’的证明，”Movsowitz说道。
这是一种以营销形式呈现的安心感。将其装入精美的瓶中，加上一些社交媒体上的热议，你就拥有了一款产品——它不仅关乎水本身，更关乎加入一个文化时刻。
最近，食谱作者及美食界权威 Alison Roman 在加州沙漠热泉市（Desert Hot Springs）的 Two Bunch Palms 酒店发现 Loonen 后，在社交媒体上对其给予了认可。 “这些天我太不关注网络了，以至于我以为自己挖掘到了某个酷炫的传奇西海岸水品牌，结果当天晚些时候我就收到了它的 Instagram 广告，”Roman 说道。
顶部图片：LOONEN；KRISTIN CALLAHAN / SHUTTERSTOCK；AFF-USA / SHUTTERSTOCK；ISTOCK
在经历了多年使用肉毒杆菌注射来对抗额头皱纹后，Stephanie Abend 意识到了一件令人惊讶的事情：她希望能找回其中一部分皱纹。她觉得，自己如此努力才获得的平滑且光泽的皮肤传递了错误的信息——即在 45 岁时，她正试图让自己看起来比实际年龄更年轻。“当你处于 40 多岁时，这就像是在你的头上指了一个箭头，”Abend 说道，仿佛在挑战周围的人去推测你是否做了医美手术。
如今，Abend 依然在继续注射肉毒杆菌，以及在脸部其他部位注射填充剂。但她说，她保留了部分额头皱纹，以追求一种不至于显得过火的“高级感”。
Abend 是纽约的一名家族办公室高管，她是许多重新审视额头纹对抗之战的人之一。自从 2002 年肉毒杆菌被批准用于暂时减轻皱纹外观以来，这种通过放松面部肌肉的美容神经毒素已变得如此流行且普及，以至于完全平滑的面容已经失去了一些令人向往的魅力。
现在，一些 30 岁及以上的客户正在寻找皮肤科医生和持有护理学位的美容师，希望他们能帮助自己保留一层淡淡的皱纹——至少要足以让眉头紧锁或挑眉。
纽约威尔康奈尔医学中心皮肤科副教授、护肤品牌 Dr. Rossi 的创始人 Anthony Rossi 博士将这一趋势称为“战略性皱纹”。关于追求这种效果的客户，Rossi 表示：“这给了他们一点个性。”
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除了帮助客户实现优雅的额头纹理外，Rossi 表示，他接触到越来越多希望……
为了在眼周保留一些皱纹。他们中的许多人仍然使用肉毒杆菌（Botox）和填充剂，这些药物有助于平滑面部并恢复容量，
但使用量大大减少了。在许多情况下，他们在护理方案中加入了其他疗法。这些疗法有助于打造更自然的外观，但每年仍可能花费数千美元。 纽约皮肤科医生 Anetta Reszko 表示，这些疗法包括“皮肤增强”注射产品，例如 Juvederm 的 Skinvive，它将透明质酸注入皮肤下方以达到平滑效果。 另一种是射频微针疗法，它将微小穿刺与热能结合，以减轻线条感。 Reszko 称，两者的费用各不相同，但在她的诊所中，Skinvive 每次治疗费用约为 $800 到 $1,200，建议每年进行两次；而射频微针每次疗程费用为 $1,000 到 $2,500。Reszko 通常建议客户最初进行两到三次射频微针疗程，之后每年进行一次。 其他热门疗法包括点阵激光 resurfacing（旨在刺激胶原蛋白生成），以及将身体其他部位的脂肪转移并注射到面部的手术。 根据行业组织美国整形外科医生协会（American Society of Plastic Surgeons）在 2024 年发布的最新数据，点阵激光 resurfacing 平均每次费用约为 $1,800，而抽脂注射手术的费用在 $3,000 到 $5,500 之间。 根据美国整形外科医生协会的数据，包括 Botox、Galderma 的 Dysport、Merz Aesthetics 的 Xeomin、Evolus 的 Jeuveau 和 Revance 的 Daxxify 在内的神经毒素注射，仍然是最受欢迎的微创美容手术。该协会表示，2024 年的手术数量比前一年增长了 4%，达到 9.8800 万 次。
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面貌之变：Stephanie Abend 停止了额头注射。
战略性衰老的成本 一些追求自然衰老迹象的肉毒杆菌使用者正在减少注射单位，转而投资于这些疗法
可注射皮肤增强剂
价格：每次治疗 $800 到 $1,200
这些治疗方案（包括 Juvederm 的 Skinvive）涉及数十次透明质酸微滴注射，为皮肤提供额外水分。纽约皮肤科医生 Reszko 将其描述为一种在不增加面部容量的情况下，改善面部薄弱、褶皱区域光泽的方法。
价格：平均每次治疗 $1,800
旨在刺激胶原蛋白生成，该程序利用受控的微光束针对皮肤多个层面。休斯顿面部整形外科医生 Anthony Brissett 博士表示，它可以软化面部线条，而不会完全去除皱纹。恢复期可能需要 7 到 10 天。
Lacey Harris, 40, 德克萨斯州 Friendswood 的一名正畸医生，她的面部各处（包括额头和口周）仍在使用肉毒杆菌，但表示最近开始要求减少注射单位。“我宁愿能看起来有一点惊讶，并且拥有自然的表情，”她说。
有些人希望保留一层淡淡的皱纹——以便于皱眉和抬眉。
其他客户由于觉得神经毒素注射给他们带来了问题，而不再使用 Botox。通常情况下，注射是通过暂时阻断发往面部肌肉（特别是前额中部和眉周）的神经信号来发挥作用的。产品用量过多（或放置位置不正确）可能会导致不希望出现的地方出现下垂。
Reszko 表示，老年客户常见的一种抱怨是“括号”效应，即在注射过多神经毒素后，眉上方会出现新形成的弧形皱纹。
纽约皮肤科医生 Doris Day 告诉她的患者和社交媒体追随者，将频繁的前额 Botox 预约改为面部练习。她提到她的“耳朵提升”——一种她实践的通过挤压耳周下颌肌肉的练习——有助于通过侧向运动减少皱眉。她说：“我试图教人们真实的良好面部姿态。”
纽约皮肤科医生 Rossi 过去曾注射 Botox 以避免前额皱纹，但现在已经停止了。他说，让面部上半部分有更多活动能让他看起来更值得信赖，并传达出多年的医学专业经验。
尽管他仍然使用美容疗程，但他更倾向于保留眼周的笑纹，这正是他经常给患者的建议。他说：“我也保留了我的皱纹。”
价格 每次治疗 $1,000 至 $2,500 之间
Brissett 表示，这种治疗使用的设备采用微小针头穿透皮肤并传递热量，这同时也能刺激胶原蛋白的产生。他补充道，这一过程保留了面部的自然动作和表情，皮肤质地会在几周内逐渐改善。
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20 / 聆听 一位悲剧英雄讨论观鸟 《Get Birding With Sean Bean》播客 这部获奖的英国播客《Get Birding》迎来了一位新主持人，他因在《权力的游戏》中饰演内德·史塔克（Ned Stark）等注定悲剧的英雄而闻名，而非因其对绿啄木鸟的了解。比恩（Bean）带来了对鸟类终身的热情。—S.M.
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在马里兰州克拉克斯堡（Clarksburg，华盛顿特区郊外一小时车程）的一家山顶酒庄——Burnt Hill Farm，最好的位置就是日落前 45 分钟的任何一张桌子。
在最近的一个夜晚，我坐在餐厅里浅色的槽纹木质吧台前，看着蜂蜜般的灿烂光芒透过一整面窗户洒进来，窗外是起伏的葡萄园和阿巴拉契亚山脉的丘陵地带。这足以让我分心，忘记手中那杯充满烘烤香气的起泡酒，更不用说摆在我面前的食物了：一份由庄园内饲养的芒果里察猪（Mangalitsa pigs）制成的丝滑熟成猪肉酱（torchon），以及一块加入了大蒜青酱的烤番茄佛卡夏面包。
马里兰州并不以葡萄酒闻名——几十年来，弗吉尼亚州一直占据该地区的聚光灯。但这种情况可能开始改变了，部分归功于 2025 年开业的 Burnt Hill，该酒庄餐厅在今年春天推出了一个 12 个座位的主厨吧台。
“马里兰州的葡萄酒一直是我们的小秘密，”住在马里兰州银泉市（Silver Spring）、《Dave McIntyre’s WineLine》时事通讯作者 Dave McIntyre 说道。“这里有一批令人兴奋的酒庄，为品质设定了很高的标准。”
据曾任《华盛顿邮报》葡萄酒评论家的 McIntyre 介绍，马里兰州大约有 85 家酒庄，其中最适合种植葡萄的条件集中在华盛顿西北部的一个小区域内。对于那里来说，一次日游就足够访问几家酒庄，而且如果规划得当，还能享受极佳的美食。
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Old Westminster Winery（西敏斯特老酒庄） Black Ankle Vineyards（黑踝葡萄园）
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Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard（糖顶山葡萄园） Burnt Hill Farm
Windridge Vineyards（风岭葡萄园）
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上方为 Burnt Hill Farm 主厨吧台供应的佛卡夏面包。下方为 Black Ankle Vineyards 的内部景象。
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聚会之所 我的酒庄之行始于 Old Westminster Winery，它与 Burnt Hill 隶属同一家族。在 2020 年之前，这家位于马里兰州威斯特敏斯特的经营场所看起来就像任何一家基础酒庄：一个简朴的品酒室和几张野餐桌，客人可以在这里食用自带或从现场餐车购买的食物。
在疫情期间，Old Westminster 设置了户外充气帐篷（igloos），随后将其更换为一座由 A 型框架“小屋”（cabanas）组成的现代主义村落。这些小屋最多可容纳 6 人，可预订用于品酒或享用来自酒庄餐厅的柴烧披萨，该餐厅于 2020 年开业。其菜单包括经过精致加工的配菜，如配以搅拌费塔奶酪的蜂蜜釉烤胡萝卜。负责监督 Burnt Hill 餐厅的主厨 Tae Strain 同时也经营着 Old Westminster 的厨房。
Old Westminster 的葡萄酒比 Burnt Hill 的更平易近人（意即：价格更低）。尽管如此，知识渊博且充满热情的员工对产品的认真程度毫不逊色。在炎热的日子里，他们可能会向你推荐草莓色的桃红葡萄酒，或是 Honey——一种由维欧尼 (Viognier)、霞多丽 (Chardonnay) 和雷司令 (Riesling) 调配，并加入当地蜂蜜收尾的混酿酒，即使是不喜欢甜口葡萄酒的人也很容易接受。
啜饮与漫步 从 Old Westminster 开车 20 分钟即可到达 Black Ankle Vineyards，那里有严肃的波尔多风格混酿酒在等待。在吧台点一份品鉴套装或一瓶酒，然后前往酒庄的餐车买一份油炸米球 (arancini) 或一块 smash burger。在周末，访客可以支付 $25 参加时长一小时的导览游，游览农场并品鉴一些平时可能无法按杯购买的葡萄酒。
我们的导游 Taylor 充满活力，他穿着一件短袖纽扣衬衫并打着领结与我们见面。在引导我们游览时，他深入讲解了酿酒的专业细节，并讲述了酒庄最受欢迎几款酒的背景故事。他解释说，一款名为 Passeggiata 的轻盈红葡萄酒其实是一次“失败”的桃红酒，因为酿酒师忘记在正确的时间去除葡萄皮。
明年春天，Black Ankle 的业主将在克拉克斯堡 (Clarksburg) 推出 Live Edge Vineyards，这是一家距离 Burnt Hill 不远的新酒庄。该物业将设有品酒室，并在树林间设有平台桌，高度在 6 到 30 英尺之间。
再停一站——或两站 为了完成对该州酒庄的巡访，你还有其他选择。你可以前往达内斯敦 (Darnestown)，Windridge Vineyards 在那里生产一种充满活力的、类似兰布鲁斯科 (Lambrusco) 的起泡红葡萄酒。如果你想在午餐后散散步，可以在 Sugarloaf Mountain 徒步，然后在 Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard 享用最后一杯葡萄酒。
马里兰风味：值得尝试的六款酒
1 Boordy Vineyards Albariño, $25；以及 Albariño Dry Bench Reserve, $46。葡萄酒评论家 McIntyre 非常喜爱这些 Albariños。前者具有清脆、清爽的特质，是切萨皮克蟹的理想拍档。Reserve 款则更为浓郁，带有柠檬凝乳、白色花朵和烤坚果的风味。
2 Old Westminster Rosé 2025, $34 理想的夏季葡萄酒，清爽且带有一丝俏皮，但通过（主要是）经典波尔多葡萄品种的混酿，提供了足够的复杂感，令人满足。
3 Burnt Hill Dreamscape 2021, $88 （仅限现场购买）马里兰州种植的 Gamay 并不多，这使得这款带有成熟草莓和樱桃气息的浓郁红葡萄酒显得更加特别。
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葡萄酒之州 俯视图：上图为马里兰州 Old Westminster Winery 葡萄园的景色。左侧为 Old Westminster 的白混酿酒 Honey，配以精选披萨。
4 Black Ankle Vineyards Rolling Hills 2023, $52。一款体现了 Black Ankle 实力的波尔多风格混酿酒：优雅且具有陈年潜力的红葡萄酒。
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如果接下来的描述显得有些含糊，请原谅。我的目的是为我上周在英格兰东安格利亚地区该公司的测试赛道上试驾 Lotus Emira 420 Sport 时所感受到的快乐命名。我确信科学解释涉及令人狂喜的大脑激素，从而导致过度刺激的微笑反射。也许是我小时候没被抱够，因为这些 G-力感觉就像爱。无论如何，这关乎身体的连接。这关乎亲密感。这关乎 Lotus 的极轴恰好穿过驾驶员内侧的髋部，因此机器是围绕着驾驶员旋转的，而不是某个偏离中心的无形轴心。Lotus 将你置于 Mach 的桶形座椅中，即宇宙的中心。
这种快感源自通过齿轮齿条转向系统传到手掌中的类似“电击玩笑”的能量，以及随着过弯载荷和侧滑角增加，方向盘变得沉稳且具有类似布莱叶点字的灵敏度。它体现在转向液压系统在全打死时轻轻减轻回馈的方式中。尽管电动助力转向系统具有可调节性，但其触感就像是一个 Ouija 自动写字板的平面指针。法拉利，我说的就是你。
这款中置发动机、双座的 Emira 刚刚完成了中期生命周期的“水疗护理”，继续提供多种动力总线选择，每种都具有其魅力。对于倾向于手动操控的驾驶者，3.5 升 V6 机械增压发动机 (406 hp) 搭配六速三踏板手动变速箱。我驾驶的这款 420 Sport 采用了梅赛德斯-AMG 供应的 2.0 升涡轮增压四缸发动机和八速双离合自动变速器，通过方向盘后方配重精良的换挡拨片进行操作。
2027 LOTUS EMIRA 420 SPORT
叮叮叮。砰砰砰。Lotus 将 420 Sport 标榜为世界上最快的量产四缸车，0-60 mph 加速仅需 3.7 秒，最高时速为 186 mph。升级内容包括侧面经过美化的进气罩和前翼的百叶窗面板，名义上是为了帮助在高速行驶时排出气压。如果是我为自己定制车辆，我会选择删除这些选项。
驾驶这辆充满活力且锋利的 420 Sport 跑了几个圈后，我意识到我已经很久没有在跑车中感受到真正的乐趣——没错，就是“乐趣”这个词！这是因为 Lotus 是唯一一家真正拥抱“侧滑”的量产车制造商。其他跑车制造商利用复杂的牵引力和稳定性系统将他们宝贵的客户牢牢固定在沥青路面上，一旦计算机感测到牵引力丧失或即将失去控制，系统就会立即介入。而对于 Lotus 来说，这种“即将失去控制”的状态正是关键所在。这些轻量级赛车的快感在于让它们达到、并维持在轮胎的瞬时极限及其周围——在转向时用力地...
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快车道更新 针对 2027 年，Lotus Emira 的产品线现在包括 Emira 420 Sport（选装前价格为 $122,900）。该车提供左舵和右舵版本，尺寸与即将停产的保时捷 718 Boxster 相当。专栏作家 Dan Neil 在下方位于英国海瑟尔 (Hethel) 的 Lotus 总部测试赛道上担任驾驶员。
方向盘，全力加速，左右摆动。对于这些车和这些工程师来说，“幸福之鸟”的声音就像一群嘈杂的米其林轮胎。Lotus 枯燥地将这种状态称为“渐进包络线 (envelope of progressivity)”。它定义了一辆车在刹车和油门作用下，在不失控打转的情况下，摆动车尾的预见性和舒适程度。420 Sport 那极其出色的摇曳姿态源于大量冷峻的计算：40 / 60 的后向重量分布；101.2 英寸的轴距；以及一个开放式后差速器，将 369 磅-英尺的发动机扭矩传递到路面上（尽管有时并不稳定）。此外，还应向定制配方的米其林 Pilot Sport Cup 2 轮胎致敬。这些轮胎的性能最佳区间非常宽广。
在这一切背后，是 420 Sport 最不公平的优势。它的重量为 3,153 磅（配备轻量化操控包）。作为对比，在中置发动机跑车类别中的竞争对手 Corvette Z06 约重 350 磅。Z06 很多方面都很出色，但绝称不上“轻盈可操”。
六十年前，赛车工程师 Colin Chapman 将 Lotus Cars 迁至英国海瑟尔，将附近二战时期的机场改造成测试赛道。他的格言是：增加轻量化。Chapman 随后打造了一系列卓越的跑车，赢得了多次一级方程式锦标赛冠军，并在 1982 年去世前耗尽了数百万美元的投资。2017 年，中国企业吉利集团取得了该公司的控股权。
你可能记得 Lotus 最畅销的车——马自达 Miata (1989)。当这家日本公司决定制造一款英式路斯特 (roadster) 时，它深情地剽窃了 60 年代的 Lotus Elan。
这条由跑道改造的测试赛道在 2011 年进行了翻修——采用了新布局、新沥青和安全护栏——现在包括两个临床级别完美的、恒定半径的 180 度弯道：决定命运的发夹弯。
在一名满头大汗的 Lotus 驾驶教练陪同下，我决心通过在整个弯道完成一次完美的漂移来展现风采——这是一个我在其他车辆和其他场地尝试过零次成功的动作。我以高速冲入，处于二档顶端，松开油门，轻拨方向盘（更像是在示意“往那边”），然后重新踩油门。
接着，奇迹发生了：它旋转了——笃定地、可预见地——进入尾部外甩的姿态，就像直线行驶一样轻松。它没有打转，也没有反抗。我设法保持在这种状态，依靠油门维持平衡，滑行并侧步前行，直到我必须进入主直道。在另一次尝试中，我甚至能够从二档
在 420 Sport 上跑了几圈后，我意识到我已经很久没有在跑车中获得真正的乐趣了。
切入三档而没有失去漂移状态，在赛道边缘大半径摆动，拖出壮丽的烟云。 颇具讽刺意味的是，路特斯在过弯和牵引力管理方面的历史手法——车身倾斜，车尾甩出，速度惊人——看起来非常像现在年轻人所说的“漂移”。 路特斯的计划是继续在海瑟尔（Hethel）的工厂生产所有内燃机驱动的跑车，那里是该品牌的情感之家。按照这个速度，海瑟尔可以在未来很多年里继续量产活塞驱动的跑车。 这听起来像是好消息，对吧？毕竟美国市场并未出现极具魅力的中置发动机跑车供应过剩的情况。 去年，保时捷停止了其优秀的 718（Cayman 和 Boxster）系列的生产，从而消除了 Emira 最直接的竞争对手。然而，路特斯公司的高管们在私下担忧，针对欧洲进口商品的潜在关税以及对中国软件的限制可能会使在美国的商业计划脱轨。 目前完全不清楚特朗普政府是否会对此睁一只眼闭一只眼。
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The largest U.S. oil com- panies reported a block- buster quarter after the Iran war caused a dislocation in global markets that sent en- ergy prices soaring. A1
The largest U.S. oil compa- nies reported a blockbuster quarter after the Iran war caused a dislocation in global markets that sent energy prices soaring. At ExxonMobil, profits more than doubled from a year ear- lier to their highest level since 2022, while Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings on record. Exxon said high oil-and-gas production and its nearly two dozen refineries from Texas to Singapore pushed earnings to $14.5 billion. The total was its highest since the peak of an energy crisis kicked off by Russia’s in- vasion of Ukraine. Chevron reported earnings of $12.1 billion that rose nearly fivefold from the same period last year, driven by record oil- and-gas production and refin- ing throughput. Both companies raked in cash as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz water- way between Iran and Oman cut off a big chunk of the world’s fuel supplies. U.S. oil prices climbed as high as $112.95 a barrel in the quarter, and gasoline prices surged to the highest levels in PleaseturntopageA8
BP put its U.K. North Sea business up for sale, paving the way to end oil production in its home country after more than half a century. B10
Trading Friday pushed the Dow into positive territory for the month, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.1% and 3.2%, respectively, in July. B11
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is prompting compa- nies to raise prices on many products to offset their higher commodity and freight costs. A1
The Fed’s chairman floated to colleagues the prospect of meeting less often, which would mark a substantial shift in the central bank’s operations. A2
KKR is near a deal to take Texas-based medical-device outsourcing company Inte- ger Holdings private. B11
Couche-Tard plans to ac- quire Polish convenience re- tailer Zabka for about $8.7 billion to expand in Central and Eastern Europe. B10
Newell Brands raised its earnings outlook, expecting that receipts from tariff re- funds will help offset the ris- ing cost of supplies. B10
Worldwide
A day after Trump her- alded a breakthrough in Gaza that would lead to the disarmament of Hamas, the militant group and Israel were at odds over what was actually agreed to. A1
Trump ordered a fresh at- tack on Iran aimed at getting Tehran to surrender that could begin as soon as this weekend, predicting the coun- try’s leaders would buckle. A8
FIFA President Gianni In- fantino abandoned his plan to sell part of the World Cup’s commercial rights to private investors in the face of global outrage. A14
New York state sued Kalshi, alleging the company runs an illegal gambling op- eration, after talks about tax revenue and customer pro- tections broke down. A3 Former congressman George Santos will pay more than $35,000 to settle a reg- ulator’s claim that he manip- ulated wagers on Kalshi over whether he would attend the State of the Union. A3
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., dropped its case against the three- time Olympian it charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A3
Arizona, California and Nevada would take less wa- ter from the Colorado River under a proposal by the fed- eral government to con- serve the resource. A3
PEGGY NOONAN Anthony Fauci unmasks himself. A13
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CHAOTIC SCENES: Migrants run back to Morocco after Spanish soldiers moved to secure Ceuta. As many as 60,000 migrants streamed into the Spanish territory in North Africa on Thursday and Friday but authorities said most of them left. A6
Trump’s Fundraising Operation
WASHINGTON—Almost ev- ery night in the White House, President Trump calls his fund- raiser, Meredith O’Rourke, for an update. Trump asks O’Rourke which companies and donors have cut checks and which haven’t, and for how much. He often asks her to make much larger financial requests than she was plan- ning—for some donors the ask is $5 million, for others it is $50
Firm sees its steepest single- session drop in market cap. B11 Israel, Hamas at Odds On Latest Gaza Plan
TEL AVIV—A day after President Trump announced a breakthrough that he pre- dicted would see Hamas relin- quish its weapons and power in war-torn Gaza, both Israel
By Feliz Solomon, Suha Ma’ayeh and Abeer Ayyoub
and the Palestinian militant group appeared at odds over what actually was agreed to— and who should make the first move. On social media Thursday, Trump said the U.S.-desig- nated terrorist group accepted a plan that would lead to its “complete disarmament.” U.S.
And It’s Making Things Awkward
i i i Racy outfits pop up at business conferences; ‘I have no idea where to look right now.’
BY SUZANNE KAPNER
When Jennifer Epstein wore a sheer lace skirt that showed off her underwear to dinner with her husband, his response—after he regained his ability to speak—was “Where is the rest of your outfit?” Epstein, a pharmacist in Fort Washington, Pa., said she wasn’t looking for his ap- proval. “It feels empowering,” the 43-year-old said. “It’s a modern kind of feminism that embraces self assurance and femininity on your own terms.”
By Josh Dawsey, Dana Mattioli, Annie Linskey and Emily Glazer
million. And the president gives her names to call, often includ- ing people who have recently met with him, according to peo- ple with knowledge of the calls. “This is very important to the president. He’s asked me to
officials said the plan would include Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. That would be a big step forward in a peace process that has been stagnat- ing as the Trump administra- tion struggles to find a way out of the Iran war. Trump’s optimistic assess- ment ran up against skepti- cism in Israel, where many are deeply distrustful that Hamas would willingly disarm, and sets up a potential clash be- tween the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Benja- min Netanyahu. The Israeli leader, who faces elections this year, is reluctant to accept any plan short of PleaseturntopageA8
“Naked dressing” started as a look for publicity-seeking ce- lebrities and fashion design- ers. Now it is migrating from the runways and red carpets to everyday shoppers—and it’s not exactly going smoothly. People are showing up in barely-there outfits to busi- ness conferences and wed- dings, prompting shock and discomfort among other at- tendees. When Christian Espinosa walked into a dinner during a cybersecurity conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., he did a dou- ble take. Seated near him was PleaseturntopageA10
call you and ask you for this do- nation,” O’Rourke has relayed on phone calls with companies, persistently following up with them. In some calls, she has re- ferred to Trump as the boss, saying “the boss wants this money.” In turn, Trump has called her the “princess of dark- ness” because she is such a “killer” with donors, according to people who have heard his comments.
Takes Beating
Largest 1-day market cap declines for U.S.companies
Nvidia Jan. 27, 2025
–$592.7 billion
SpaceX June 22, 2026
–$403.3
Apple Friday
–$357.8
Microsoft Jan. 29, 2026
–$357.4
Nvidia June 5, 2026
–$328.2
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After Anthropic’s Rise
BY BERBER JIN
OpenAI, the company that sparked the AI boom, fell be- hind rival Anthropic. Now, it’s fighting for a comeback. Growth of OpenAI’s flagship consumer product, ChatGPT, has slowed. The departure of Fidji Simo, Chief Executive Sam Altman’s heir apparent, prompted a reshuffle of re- sponsibilities among his top deputies. And sales staff are locked in a costly battle to win over lucrative business cus- tomers by offering volume dis- counts and other sweeteners. Some of OpenAI’s largest in- vestors have privately ex- pressed concerns about the startup’s high cash burn rela-
SoftBank donated $50 million toward Trump’s presidential li- brary. Apple cut a check for around $25 million toward his White House ballroom project, while Microsoft gave around $10 million and Amazon chipped in around $5 million, according to people familiar with the contri- butions. Meta Platforms re- cently gave $10 million to a Trump-aligned political com- PleaseturntopageA10
In Prices—For Now
BY RYAN DEZEMBER
The continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is begin- ning to hit Americans’ wallets far beyond the pump. Compa- nies say they are raising prices on products ranging from french fries and beer to paint and packaging to offset their own rising commodity and freight costs. Samuel Adams brewer Bos- ton Beer, Sherwin-Williams, International Paper and Uni- lever—maker of Dove soap and Hellmann’s mayonnaise— are among the companies that have told investors in recent days that they have raised
tive to its growth, people in- volved in those conversations said, while others have hedged their bets on the company by pouring money into Anthropic. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s rev- enue growth has surpassed OpenAI’s, as did its valuation, which is nearing $1 trillion, powered by the success of cod- ing tool Claude Code. It’s accel- erating plans for a fall initial public offering, kicking off meetings with potential inves- tors in which it has empha- sized its lead over the Chat- GPT-maker, people familiar with those talks said. “We did not have our best last 12 months ever, which is mostly my fault, but we are PleaseturntopageA2
Turmoil, Oil Giants See Huge Windfall
Industry titans post blockbuster earnings as conflict disruptions stoke energy prices
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BP looks to sell U.K. North Sea business..................... B10
prices or plan to soon to com- pensate for more expensive raw materials. The price increases have been cheered by investors, who have bid up shares of several companies following notice of increases. Sharp gains in shares of manufactur- ers, materials producers and makers of consumer staples have helped buoy the broader stock market as concerns about the data-center splurge have dragged down technol- ogy stocks that powered in- PleaseturntopageA8
Trump orders new attacks against Iran.......................... A8
EXCHANGE The ‘Nostradamus of AI’ didn’t see it coming, and he needed a lifeline from Citadel. B1
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conomists don’t typically worry about machines re- placing people. Job displacement is, af- ter all, a natural byproduct of labor-saving technology. Artificial intelligence is starting to change that. More than 1,000 economists, including 17 Nobel laureates, were worried enough to sign an online petition circulated recently by Stanford Univer- sity’s Erik Brynjolfsson warning of “large scale job displacement” from AI and pleading for action. But what action? As it happens, there is one policy response drawing growing support, at least among economists if not legislators: Stop taxing capital more fa- vorably than labor. This runs counter to de- cades of tax policy in the U.S. and indeed most ad- vanced nations. To attract investment and boost growth they have lowered taxes on profits, business in- vestment, capital gains and dividends. Lower taxes on capital that made sense in normal times might not in the face of a technology that could wipe out jobs to an unprecedented
Meeting Less Often
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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh this week floated to colleagues the prospect of meeting less often, which would mark a substantial shift in its operations, according to people familiar with the matter. Warsh last week presided over his second meeting of the 12-person Federal Open Market Committee, which convenes in Washington eight times a year to determine where to set inter- est rates. The idea of fewer meetings was presented as a subject for discussion rather than a formal proposal, and a brief discussion centered on whether there would be bene- fits from meeting six times a year, these people said. The New York Times earlier re- ported about the discussion. The idea offers a window into the Fed that Warsh is try- ing to build—one that speaks less often and commands less of the market’s attention. In his first two meetings as chair- man, the committee has issued a shorter statement. This week, Warsh said he expected to continue holding a new con- ference after every meeting this year; he hasn’t said whether that will continue. Reducing the number of meetings would be in the same spirit: fewer scheduled occasions on which the Fed is the main event. Any change would face near-term practical con- straints. Last September, the Fed published its tentative meeting dates through January 2028. Events and other com-
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degree. “There’s a reasonable case that with the rise in AI, it’s more important to protect labor demand than to encour- age more capital investment, and therefore capital taxes could be higher,” said Har- vard economist Doug Elmen- dorf, a former Congressional Budget Office director. AI’s threat to safety, na- tional security and computer networks is frightening, but we have experience regulat- ing the negative side effects of otherwise helpful prod- ucts. Nuclear power, for ex- ample. The jobs threat is infi- nitely more complicated. All labor-saving technology re- places humans. It makes us more productive and wealthy over time. Some jobs are lost in the short run, but even more are cre- ated in the long run. H
istorically, anyway. With AI, economists have real doubts. A major survey published in March found that in the un- likely yet plausible scenario in which “AI systems surpass humans in most cognitive and physical tasks,” econo- mists see roughly 3% of the working-age population gone
mitments have been scheduled around the existing calendar, as have certain contracts for interest-rate futures. The Fed’s governing law says the FOMC must meet at least four times a year. The eight meeting schedule dates to 1981. The committee’s governing pro- cedures say that the chair or any three members of the com- mittee can call a meeting. Warsh has advocated a sim- ilar change before. In a 2014 review of the Bank of Eng- land’s transparency practices, commissioned by then-Gover- nor Mark Carney, Warsh rec- ommended the bank cut its policy meetings to eight a year from 12, which brought the bank into line with the Fed and the European Central Bank. The thinking was that judgments about the economy rarely shift much over four weeks and that fewer meet- ings would give policymakers more time for reflection. The bank accepted the recommen- dation and moved to the new schedule in 2016. At his confirmation hear- ing, Warsh was asked whether he would keep the eight-meet- ing schedule and declined to commit either way. Fewer meetings could con- centrate rather than diffuse market attention as each meeting becomes a bigger event. While the Fed has the ca- pacity to meet by videoconfer- ence, such unscheduled meet- ings have typically generated outsize attention because they signal a significant degree of urgency.
California Attorney Gen- eral Rob Bonta said he favors a 2027 start date for an antitrust trial concerning Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. A Business & Finance article on Tuesday about the companies incorrectly said Bonta favors a January 2027 start date.
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from the labor force by 2050, and the permanent loss of 10 million jobs. Brynjolfsson, a leading technology economist, says it’s in business leaders’ “en- lightened self interest” to complement rather than re- place workers with AI. “We are right now steering them in the wrong direction.” But how to steer them? If complementing rather than replacing workers is more profitable, successful firms will choose that path with- out government interven- tion. If replacement is the
Barkin Says Next Move On Rates Is Hard Call about to have our best 12 months to date,” Altman posted on X in July. OpenAI’s challenges in try- ing to regain its crown are rooted in a misreading by com- pany leaders of where the AI market was headed. Its predic- ament speaks to the intense competition that defines the race for AI supremacy. Altman staked the growth of the business on ChatGPT, bet- ting that more people would subscribe to the chatbot as AI became a bigger part of their lives. Instead, the overnight success of Claude Code made clear that the bigger prize came from selling tools to soft- ware developers and the deep- pocketed companies that em- ployed them. While OpenAI pursued flashy projects, from a video generator to consumer devices and chips, its smaller, more fo- cused rival filled in the gap, de- veloping a hit coding tool that helped it seize the lead. As it chases its top competi- tor, OpenAI has released a se- ries of new models focused on coding and other professional work, and put its president, Greg Brockman, in charge of revamping its product lineup. It also struck a deal with Ama- zon.com to sell AI tools to the cloud giant’s customers and hired former Slack CEO Denise Dresser to become its first chief revenue officer. “I think that now we’re at a point where it feels like we have this really humming ma- chine,” Brockman said at a July media lunch. Executives are still trying to figure out the most effective pricing plans for its Codex en- terprise product, including price cuts that could help it gain market share, though that risks eroding closely watched profit margins ahead of an IPO. OpenAI may now wait until next year to go public, people with knowledge of the plans said. When it filed to go public a week after Anthropic, it hedged on timing, saying “it may be a while” because there are “things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company.” OpenAI was initially well positioned for the enterprise business it is now trying to land. It launched a series of so- called reasoning models in the fall of 2024 that were able to work through problems step- by-step before answering, a ca- pability that turned out to be well-suited for writing code. But researchers trained those models to ace coding problems from high-school competitions, not to handle the messier, more open-ended work of building software. Anthropic took the opposite approach with its own reason- ing model, called Sonnet 3.7, a
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said it is “a close call” whether the central bank’s interest-rate setting is high enough to bring inflation down, and that he didn’t know whether he would have joined three fellow regional Fed pres- idents who voted this past week for higher rates. “I think there is a strong case there” for adding re- straint and taking back some of last year’s rate cuts, Barkin said Friday. After a softer in- flation reading in June, “I think you could also make a case…that there’s time before the next set of meetings” to determine whether the current setting is adequate, he said. The Fed held its benchmark rate steady Wednesday in a range between 3.5% and 3.75%, where it has been since De- cember, at Chairman Kevin Warsh’s second meeting lead- ing the central bank. Barkin doesn’t vote on rate decisions until next year. In nine years as Richmond Fed president, he has built a prac- tice of describing what he is learning from businesses, col- leges and community groups in his district rather than opining on where rates should go. He says his views on inter- est-rate policy can be more in- fluential if shared privately with the chair and his col- leagues rather than “in the public square,” he said. The Fed cut interest rates by 1.75 percentage points over the past two years to guard against the risks of a weaken- ing labor market amid signs inflation was heading to its 2% goal. But inflation has defied those forecasts this year, pres- sured in part by tariffs, energy markets roiled by the Iran war, and the AI build-out. “That just gets to the ques- tion of…are rates still restrictive today like you thought they were? And if you don’t think rates are that restrictive today, the evidence for that could be nominal consumption or the AI investment boom,” or signs of healthy loan demand from banks, he said. “Do you have to add some restraint? I think that’s the question,” he added. The softer June consumer prices report didn’t settle the question. Barkin called the de- cline in underlying inflation “a positive sign” but added, “you have to be open in these jobs to ask yourself whether you’re get- ting enough restriction or whether you need more.” Barkin was skeptical the la- bor market has strengthened meaningfully. “It does not feel like a tight labor market,” he said.
more efficient path, a firm that refuses to cut jobs will lose to one that does. R
etraining those dis- placed by AI is proba- bly the most popular policy response. But it’s un- clear what workers should be retrained to do. Five years ago, everyone was told, “learn to code,” said Pascual Restrepo, a Yale economist. “That career ad- vice has gone out the win- dow. ... We don’t know in which order AI is going to advance and make leaps.”
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Then there are ideas for compensating job losers such as wage insurance or “univer- sal basic income.” But they don’t preserve employment. To actually discourage AI- driven job replacement, some call for a “compute” or “ro- bot” tax, perhaps levied on to- kens (the unit of AI usage). This, though, could be a night- mare to design and adminis- ter, and discourage the use of AI to benefit all humanity, such as new drug discovery. That brings us to the tax system. The case for low taxes on capital is that this boosts investment, which raises productivity and, ulti- mately, wages. The bipartisan drive for lower capital taxes goes back decades, to accelerated de- preciation (that is, expens- ing buildings and equipment faster than they wear out) in 1954 and the investment tax credit in 1962. From the 1980s through the 2000s, depreciation became even more generous, while taxes were trimmed on capital gains and dividends. The most sweeping reduc- tions came in the 2017 tax bill that slashed the corpo- rate rate to 21% from 35% and temporarily allowed im-
OpenAI’s Sam Altman in Washington this past week.
few months later. In a February 2025 blog post, the company said it was focused on “real- world tasks” that reflected how businesses actually used AI. OpenAI gave employees early access to a new version of Codex last year, expecting it to be an instant hit, particu- larly among software engineers who had long been tracking the technology’s progress. Instead, usage was lower than anticipated, frustrating executives who repeatedly flagged the issue internally. At first, the challenges with Codex appeared to be a blip. ChatGPT’s weekly active users continued to climb, as did the company’s valuation. In Au- gust, OpenAI brought in Simo, the former Instacart CEO, to help prepare it for a block- buster IPO. Instead, Codex’s troubles turned out to be an early warning sign. After OpenAI announced the tool publicly in May, it under- performed ex- pectations. Soft- ware engineers flocked to Claude Code. Many devel- opers felt that Codex was too slow and clunky to use, leading OpenAI to change the product to more closely mimic An- thropic’s. The company also created a team tasked with making sure new models were designed in a way that custom- ers found useful. But executives were also distracted by other, more pressing issues, such as fend- ing off a talent raid launched by Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and fixing a wors- ening relationship with Micro- soft, its largest investor. They spent precious computing re- sources on other projects that flopped, including the video- generator app Sora. By the time the company turned its attention back to Co- dex, it was already behind. Executives released a new model, GPT-5.2, in December, focused on coding and other professional tasks, overruling some employees who asked to push back its release so the company could have more time to make it better. When the company heard Anthropic was in talks to part- ner with Cerebras, a startup that had built a specialized chip to process coding tasks at a rapid clip, it rushed to sign a
growth tapered after Google’s chatbot began to surge.
mediate 100% expensing of many capital expenditures. That 100% expensing provi- sion was restored and made permanent last year. The up- shot is that since 2017, the marginal tax rate on new equipment dropped to 4% from 14% while the marginal rate on labor edged down to 27% from 29%, the CBO said. In theory, taxing capital would slow AI’s deployment. It would also deter non-AI investment, a potential drawback. In practice, how much tax rates alter invest- ment decisions isn’t clear. One study found the 2017 tax cuts did boost invest- ment, while raising eco- nomic output over the long run by less than 1%. Still, even if capital taxes have little effect on AI de- ployment, there is another consideration. The share of national output going to cap- ital instead of labor is at an- all time high, and AI prom- ises to push it even higher. As long as capital tax rates remain low, that limits how much new revenue flows into the Treasury. Narrowing the imbalance in taxes on capital and labor is one way of deal- ing with the largest peace- time deficits on record.
deal of its own in an effort to box out its rival, people famil- iar with the matter said. It wasn’t enough to stem the bleeding. While Altman visited St. Barts during the December hol- iday break, coders in San Fran- cisco spent hours on so-called “Claude-benders,” marveling at capabilities enabled by a new Anthropic model called Opus 4.5. Anthropic then went on a multimonth growth streak that surprised even its own lead- ers. Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s growth suddenly tapered off after Google’s own consumer chatbot began to surge in pop- ularity. The company missed an internal goal of hitting 1 bil- lion weekly active users by the end of the year, although it hit the figure recently. Before long, Anthropic’s growth rate surged past Ope- nAI’s, as did its valuation—and OpenAI found itself waging two separate battles as its lead in the AI race came un- der siege. When execu- tives pitched se- nior leaders at Blackstone on a partnership to create a com- pany to sell AI tools to the pri- vate-equity giant’s portfolio companies, they didn’t bite. Blackstone went with An- thropic for the project instead. OpenAI later struck a separate deal with other private-equity players. Simo, who recently left the company after a health condi- tion worsened, said the com- pany had lost its way chasing “side quests” and had fallen behind its rival in both re- search and product. Anthropic’s revenue “is a proxy for how well they are ac- complishing their mission,” she said. “And the fact that they are accelerating such a big part of the economy should be a real wake up call for us.” OpenAI recently released a “super app” that integrates Co- dex with ChatGPT and a web browser, and said it has boosted the number of users for the new product, plus the standalone Codex app, to 10 million users. In July, it released a new model that became an instant hit with developers—and led Anthropic to extend access to its powerful Fable model to compete.
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Three western U.S. states would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal released Friday to stave off a crisis in the belea- guered waterway. The U.S. Bureau of Reclama- tion proposal spares four other states from facing mandatory
BY LYDIA WHEELER Charges Dropped in Lincoln Pool Case
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington is dropping its case against the three-time Olympian it charged with dam- aging the Lincoln Memorial Re- flecting Pool, saying it learned the problems that have plagued the renovated pool were caused by a “botched installation not vandalism.” In a court filing Friday, Jean- ine Pirro’s office asked a D.C. judge to dismiss the criminal indictment against David Hearn, a former canoe racer, saying documents recently pro- duced by the Interior Depart- ment “significantly undermine” the evidence that was the basis for charging him with a felony for destruction of property. “Finally, a recent visual in- spection showed damage
BY ANNA WILDE MATHEWS Hospitals Take a Hit as More Go Uninsured
Suzanne Mercer and her husband, Kip, lost their Af- fordable Care Act plan this year because they couldn’t af- ford to pay more than $4,000 a month for the coverage. The couple, who manage a condo- minium complex in the Flor- ida Keys, have stopped going to see their doctors. Mercer, 59 years old, also hasn’t gotten a follow-up scan a doctor ordered after a mam- mogram in December turned up a concerning spot. “It’s aw- ful, you just cross your fin- gers,” she said. “I just don’t want to know right now, be- cause I can’t do anything about it.” Mercer is one of millions of Americans going without health insurance after the ending of federal subsidies that kept their health pre- mium bills down. The loss is starting to bleed into the wider healthcare economy. In recent earnings reports, hospital companies including Tenet Healthcare, Universal Health Services and Commu- nity Health Systems all cited growing costs from patients who didn’t have health cover- age—in the case of HCA Healthcare, a $400 million drag on profit in the second quarter. Intuitive Surgical, maker of da Vinci robot-assisted sur- gery machines, and lab opera- tors Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp Holdings said their businesses are being affected, too. The number of people with plans under the ACA fell by about 2.6 million as of Febru- ary, compared with a year ear- lier. The drop came as people dropped plans that in some cases started costing them twice as much after enhanced
cuts for now. It’s meant to be flexible, allowing deeper cuts in drier times while giving the states more time to collectively agree on how to manage the dwindling resource that flows through dams to produce hy- dropower. (Hoover Dam, above) Arizona, California and Ne-
Olympian David Hearn, center, with his legal team in July.
throughout the Reflecting Pool, even in the middle of the pool, where a vandal would not likely attempt to peel the lining,” Pirro’s office wrote in the court filing. “Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the wide-
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Number of people by health-insurance coverage in the U.S., 2025
Uninsured 27 million
63 million 166 million 81 million
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*Children's Health Insurance Program Note: 2025 estimate is preliminary and subject to revision. Estimates and projections are the annual averages across all months within a year. Some people have multiple sources of coverage.
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federal subsidies lapsed at the start of this year. The ACA drop-offs varied by state. Some of the steepest were in Ohio, Oklahoma and Arizona, said KFF, a health-re- search nonprofit. Insurers and actuaries expect enrollment will fall further this year. Nearly all of those letting their ACA plans go appear to be dropping insurance alto- gether, hospital company ex- ecutives said, which is more than HCA and some others had expected. “For us, obviously, it’s not a good thing,” said HCA Chief Executive Samuel Hazen in a call with analysts last week. “We still have to take care of these patients, and we do, and our people do a wonderful job,
vada could together be forced to reduce their use by up to 3 million acre-feet annually through 2036—about the amount that Arizona and Ne- vada receive and enough to serve more than 25 million people a year. The actual re- ductions would be determined
spread damage to the Reflect- ing Pool to vandalism.” President Trump blamed vandals for the problems that appeared after he had the pool bottom resurfaced to turn the landmark’s gray basin blue in time for American’s 250th
Medicaid and CHIP* Employment-based coverage
ACA 22 million Other insured 13 million
2036 projection:
Uninsured: +41%
Medicare: +17% Employment- based: +3%
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Medicaid and CHIP: −14%
ACA: −33%
but it does put pressure on” the profit and loss statement. The problems for hospitals are set to grow, with Medicaid adding federal work require- ments next year. Already, Medicaid enrollment is ticking downward this year. The Con- gressional Budget Office proj- ects a further 4.1 million peo- ple will lose coverage in 2027. For hospitals, uninsured patients bring a financial dou- ble whammy. They often stop coming for elective proce- dures, hurting revenue. Yet the bigger blow hits when pa- tients without coverage come to the emergency room. Hos- pitals are required to treat and stabilize them, but they typically don’t get paid. The hospitals can provide the care
every two years. Arizona and Nevada have faced mandatory reductions before, but the proposal out- lines deeper cuts that could im- pact agriculture, cities and tribes. It could translate into higher water prices. —Associated Press
birthday. The government awarded the resurfacing con- tract to Virginia-based Atlan- tic Industrial Coatings without a full bidding process. Pirro’s office blamed the In- terior Department for provid- ing “less than fulsome infor- mation” at the outset of the case and said it wouldn’t have sought a grand jury indictment had the agency been forthcom- ing with the information that was “clearly in its possession.” Hearn’s lawyers said the case never should have been brought and the Trump administration owes their client an apology. “Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charg- ing a patriotic American who did nothing wrong,” they said. “The government’s approach was ready, fire, aim.”
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free of charge or at dis- counted rates through finan- cial assistance, or try to charge patients. But often those patients can’t pay, leav- ing their bills to become bad debt that erodes hospital profits. “We still provide care for all those that show up that need it,” said Ryan Cross, chief government affairs offi- cer at FMOL Health, a 10-hos- pital Catholic nonprofit based in Baton Rouge, La. The sys- tem’s monthly bad-debt write- offs jumped about 23% in the second quarter of 2026, com- pared with the first, he said. Banner Health, a 33-hospi- tal system based in Arizona, has seen emergency-room vis- its grow 10% this year for pa- tients who lost ACA coverage, and 13% for people who lost Medicaid. Among the condi- tions being treated are diabe- tes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pul- monary disease. CEO Amy Perry said Banner has seen uninsured patients stop coming in for preventive tests and regular checkups, and the nonprofit expects a rising need for serious emer- gency care later this year. “These things can be delayed for a certain amount of time,” she said, but eventually that catches up with people. “Un- fortunately, we’re expecting a crisis at the end of this year.” Hospitals are also experi- encing a squeeze from pa- tients who tried to keep their bills down by switching to cheaper plans with higher out-of-pocket charges, said Andrew Cooper, an analyst with Raymond James. Deduct- ibles can be $6,500 or higher. For many, “that’s a big chunk of your annual income and not something that you’re able to pay,” he said.
Kalshi as Talks Break Down
BY KEVIN T. DUGAN AND KATHERINE LONG
New York state doubled down on its fight to rein in prediction markets by suing Kalshi, alleging the company runs an illegal gambling opera- tion, after weeks of negotia- tions over tax revenue and cus- tomer protections broke down. The suit filed Friday by New York Attorney General Letitia James targets the biggest pre- diction market operator in the U.S. in a nascent industry where users can wager on just about anything. Earlier this year, James also sued Coinbase and Gemini for offering predic- tion markets. The attorney general’s office is asking the court to ban Kalshi from operating in New York without a gambling li- cense and to force it to forfeit all of its gains. Should the state succeed, it could wring as much as $36 billion from Kalshi in penalties and dis- gorgement. Kalshi spent weeks trying to head off the suit, according to a person familiar with the mat- ter. Starting around early July, the company proposed several framework agreements that would have bound it to follow- ing existing customer protec-
Over Prediction Markets
BY VICTORIA ALBERT
Former congressman George Santos will pay more than $35,000 to settle a regulator’s claim that he manipulated wa- gers on prediction market Kalshi over whether he would attend the State of the Union. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said San- tos made more than $17,000 by making timely bets on his atten- dance at the president’s annual address to Congress. The regu- lator accused him of making misrepresentations and omis- sions on social media that influ- enced the price of his positions and said he improperly traded on an event that he had the power to influence. Santos’s attorney Joseph Murray acknowledged his cli- ent made bets about his State of the Union attendance but denied that the ex-congress- man intentionally manipulated the market. “He chose a prompt, practical resolution rather than protracted, costly
tions laws in the state. Some of the proposals were in line with Kalshi’s practices, such as allowing users to bar themselves from being able to trade—an option called self-ex- clusion that casinos are re- quired to follow. Other topics included rules around market- ing and advertising. The company also proposed a state tax revenue agreement similar to one in North Caro- lina, that will charge a 6% tax on prediction market trades— far below the 23% to be charged on traditional gam- bling earnings. The New York proposal would have raised $10 billion in five years, according to the person familiar with the matter. States generally argue that prediction markets offer unli- censed sports betting opera- tions and should be subject to state gambling regulations and taxes. Kalshi and other predic- tion markets argue that states have no right to regulate them, since their markets are more akin to Wall Street trading overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. “States can’t just shut down a federally licensed exchange,” said Kalshi spokeswoman Elis- abeth Diana, calling the law- suit “political theater.”
litigation,” Murray said. “And that choice should not be mis- taken for an admission of any wrongdoing.” As part of the agreement, Santos was ordered to return $17,570 in profits and pay a $17,500 penalty. He will also face a three-year trading ban. Santos, a New York Republi- can, was expelled from the House in 2023, and in 2024 he pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and iden- tity theft. President Trump commuted his sentence. According to the CFTC, San- tos first bet that he would at- tend the event in February. He made roughly $3,500 on that position after posting about what kind of suit he should wear, the regulator said. After severe weather jeopar- dized his travel plans, Santos al- legedly bought more than $8,500 in contracts saying he wouldn’t attend the event. He sold those contracts for a profit after multiple misleading social- media posts, the CFTC said.
Nation’s most prominent doctor during Covid stays silent during hearing
BY SABRINA SIDDIQUI AND LIZ ESSLEY WHYTE
WASHINGTON—Dr. Anthony Fauci and his lawyers knew that invoking his Fifth Amend- ment right against self-incrim- ination during a congressional hearing this past week was a gamble. The doctor millions trusted through the pandemic risked looking like a man with something to hide. His team decided it was his best play, according to people familiar with his legal strat- egy—because his alternatives were worse. His lawyers be- lieved that answering could open him up to a perjury charge from Republican oppo- nents hunting for discrepan- cies in his near constant stream of statements during the chaos of the pandemic. Refusing to testify at all could land a contempt-of-Congress referral at President Trump’s Justice Department. So this past week Fauci in- voked the Fifth more than 100 times during a combative Sen- ate hearing, sitting silently as frustrated Republican sena- tors peppered him with exple- tives and accusations. “You have for years avoided responsibility,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), who led the charge against Fauci. “Loss of trust may be your most dam- aging legacy.”
‘Unimaginable’ fame The scene marked a stag- gering shift for a man who, at the height of the pandemic, marveled at his own “unimag- inable” fame. Americans sported socks and bobble- heads with his face. Time magazine put him on its cover. Now, despite a pre-emptive pardon from former President Joe Biden, Fauci is confront-
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From left, voters Christine McClellan, Joe Thomas, Natalie Bui, Sam Cain and Peter Wong. Wong says Democratic socialists are hurting the party’s ability to appeal to more voters. Bui voted for a Democratic socialist in a House primary in Colorado in June.
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cialists are hurting the party’s ability to appeal to more vot- ers because they refuse to compromise on policies even when they might not be prac- tical. He said Democratic so- cialists are too similar to sup- porters of President Trump, describing both groups as “in- tolerant and dogmatic.” Wong, an I.T. specialist, wants the Democratic Party to appeal to a spectrum of vot- ers, including those who might not support every pro- gressive policy or position. “I would like to see conser- vative Democrats who might be antiabortion running in red districts,” he said.
BY TERELL WRIGHT Democratic Voters Split Over Party’s Identity
Insurgent Democratic so- cialist candidates are knocking off establishment-backed in- cumbents in primaries this year, powered by voters drawn to populist promises such as universal healthcare. At the same time, many centrist Democrats, fearful of the party’s leftward lunge, are fighting back and warning the Democratic socialists could doom the party in November and beyond. This collision faces its next test in August, when Democratic socialists are on the ballot in Missouri, Wis- consin and Michigan, includ- ing state Rep. Donavan McKinney, who is bidding to unseat Rep. Shri Thanedar in Detroit. Some Democrats see the insurgents as the jolt the party needs to become more competitive with Republicans in elections. “People are fed up with this entire system,” McKin- ney said while knocking on doors in Detroit. Others worry the party is trading an emphasis on elect- ability for riskier policies and candidates that alienate inde- pendent voters. “They’re socialists and I think they’re very focused on using the Democratic Party as a vessel for their extreme ideas,” said Rep. Josh Got- theimer (D., N.J.). The Wall Street Journal talked to voters on both sides of the divide, in places where the battle is intense.
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth more than 100 times during a combative Senate hearing this past week.
ing the biggest challenge to his legacy to date. Republicans are pointing to private and sometimes embarrassing jour- nals released before the hear- ing to argue he misled the public about the origins of Covid-19 and the merits of pandemic-era restrictions. And while polls taken before the journals were released show a majority of Americans still trust Fauci, public opinion around the pandemic health measures he championed— and the deference owed to sci- entific expertise—has shifted. “He was a hero until he wasn’t,” said Dr. Jeanne Mar- razzo, who succeeded Fauci as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis- eases and who was fired dur- ing the second Trump admin- istration. A spokesman for Fauci de- clined to comment.
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Christine McClellan, 72 Detroit
McClellan said she is sup- porting McKinney because he wants to end American wars abroad. The retiree’s nephew, who serves in the Navy, was supposed to come home in May but remains stationed abroad amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and the U.S. war with Iran. As fighting has reignited, she can’t stop thinking about what he is experiencing, as well as the civilian death toll in Gaza and Iran. “My cousin was in the Viet- nam War. I don’t know what that war accomplished. I don’t really know what this war is all about,” said McClellan, standing on her porch on a warm day in the Farwell neighborhood. “We need peace.”
Sam Cain, 18 Demarest, N.J. Cain, a moderate, said the rise of Democratic socialism has pushed him further away from the Democratic Party. As a Jewish American, he said Democrats also aren’t doing enough to curb antisemitism. He has said he would become an independent if Democrats move toward Democratic so- cialist policies, such as public ownership of corporations, which he described as “anti- American.” He lauded Gottheimer, the Jewish and moderate Demo- cratic lawmaker who represents the New Jersey district where Cain lives. Cain said Democratic
An Annenberg Public Policy Center survey earlier this year found that 54% of Americans have confidence in Fauci to provide trustworthy public- health information. Some 38% said the same of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Still, confidence in Fauci has declined from the 71% support he enjoyed in an April 2021 Annenberg poll. Fauci faced repeated death threats during and after the pandemic, prompting Biden to authorize a federal security detail even after his retire- ment, according to a person familiar with the decision. Trump revoked that protec- tion shortly after taking office. Fauci was also among a handful of officials who re- ceived a pre-emptive pardon— which wouldn’t cover present- day congressional testimony—
socialists aren’t true Demo- crats. “A lot of Jews, young and old, are feeling like the Demo- cratic Party doesn’t care about them anymore, while the Re- publican Party is making efforts to appeal to them,” he said.
Joe Thomas, 77 Detroit Thomas said McKinney is his top pick because of the progressive’s housing policies, such as increasing federal oversight of corporate land- lords. Living in Detroit for most of his life, Thomas watched friends and neigh- bors lose their homes throughout the 2008-09 finan- cial crisis, which ravaged De- troit’s manufacturing-based economy. A retired union plant worker at Chrysler, Thomas said he has voted for Demo- crats his whole life but doesn’t think they are doing enough to address his community’s needs and help lift up the homeless. McKinney might of- fer a new path forward, he said. “The party needs some backbone to it,” Thomas said. “My concern is about people living in the street. And I hope Democrats can wake up and see that issue.”
from Biden in one of his final acts as president. Ellen Sigal, a cancer-re- search advocate and friend and former neighbor of Fauci’s, said the doctor would have an- swered questions if he felt the process was legitimate. “He had no choice unfortunately because this clearly was not a hearing that was looking for the facts,” Sigal said. Paul, the Kentucky Republi- can who chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Se- curity and Governmental Af- fairs, has been a longtime Fauci critic. He has accused the doctor of supporting dan- gerous research that some sci- entists think might have led to the first coronavirus cases, conspiring with others to dis- credit that theory, attempting to evade federal transparency laws and ignoring evidence that didn’t fit with his pre-
Natalie Bui, 38 Denver Bui, who works in end-of- life care, supported a Demo- cratic socialist for the first time when she voted for Melat Kiros in a House primary in Colorado in June. A Colorado native, Bui values the state’s independent streak but said Democrats haven’t done enough to combat a Republican Party that she sees as pushing the nation further to the right. She said she previously didn’t think Democratic social- ist policies were attainable in America, but said it was worth giving a shot to politicians promising a new direction. “The right changed their game. The left needs to change their game, too. I wanted to see what that looks like,” Bui said.
ferred public-health measures. Fauci’s lawyer Wednesday called Paul’s accusations false.
Personal musings Ahead of the hearing, Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s journals from the pandemic period. They re- vealed, among other things, Fauci’s close tracking of his many media appearances and what he described as his “ex- plosive” growing fame, leaving his supporters to awkwardly defend him. “I think we all would’ve been better off, including him, if he hadn’t written his per- sonal musings on an HHS server,” said Dr. Deborah Birx, who worked closely with Fauci while coordinating the White House’s Covid response. Fauci, in his diaries, recalled clashing with Paul in August
CALIFORNIA Newsom Expresses Worries About Suit California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expressed con- cerns about the state’s anti- trust lawsuit that seeks to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, and the ramifica- tions of it for Hollywood, ac- cording to people close to the suit. In recent weeks, Newsom has told people involved in the matter that if the deal is blocked as a result of the suit, state employment would suf- fer, the people said. Newsom’s office has encouraged Attor- ney General Rob Bonta’s of- fice, which has independent authority to file such suits, to find a resolution out of court, the people said. It is unclear what impact, if any, Newsom’s urging will have on the California attor- ney general’s suit. Newsom doesn’t have a role in the liti- gation and doesn’t have au- thority over the state attor- ney general’s actions. Representatives for Newsom and Bonta declined to comment. In July, California led a coali- tion of 12 states in a lawsuit to block the $81 billion deal. The suit alleges that the merger would hurt consumers and movie theaters by reducing competition, leading to higher prices, lower quality and less content for film and television. —Jessica Toonkel —and Eliza Collins
2020, accusing him of bluster while acting like an “experi- enced epidemiologist.” By June of the following year, complaints about Paul and “the crazies” were com- mon in the doctor’s journals: Trump, on the last full day of his first term, awarded Fauci and other members of the Operation Warp Speed team presidential commenda- tions. But he tapped Kennedy, one of Fauci’s fiercest critics, as his health secretary this term, and has more recently slammed Fauci.
Threats to his life Fauci now teaches at Georgetown University and gives talks at various confer- ences. He still requires expen- sive private security because of the threats on his life. People who know him said he is happy at Georgetown but is frustrated by the continuing attacks. They said he has often been willing to go toe-to-toe with Republicans, and that it took a toll on him to sit through the hearing without responding to senators’ criticisms. “The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this com- mittee is to get me to say something—anything—that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words—quote—‘behind bars,’ ” Fauci said of Paul in his opening remarks Wednesday. Paul threatened “repercus- sions” for Fauci’s silence and scheduled a time for his com- mittee to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress and potentially refer him for prosecution to the Justice Department. Democrats in the hearing focused more on criticizing Republicans and the Trump administration than they did on explicitly defending the de- tails of Fauci’s record. Two Democrats on the committee, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.), didn’t speak at the hearing.
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ARIZONA Authorities Release Guthrie Notes Authorities released an early ransom note in the in- vestigation into the disap- pearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will rec- ognize the writing style. A second note released Friday indicated Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped. Both notes initially were sent to a Tucson television station days after the 84- year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie went missing from her home outside Tucson on Feb. 1. Au- thorities haven’t said whether Nancy Guthrie is still alive. No suspects have been ar- rested in Guthrie’s disappear- ance. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington didn’t respond to questions about the notes. In releasing the notes, the Pima County Sheriff’s Depart- ment said “we believe these distinctive linguistic character- istics may be recognizable.” The first note, sent Feb. 2, said Guthrie would be released unharmed once her captors re- ceived $4 million in cryptocur- rency, with the ransom increas- ing if the first demand wasn’t met. It said Guthrie would be released within 12 hours if the payment was received, and in- cluded a threat to kill her if the ransom wasn’t paid. The sec- ond note was sent Feb. 6 and said Guthrie died shortly after she was taken. —Associated Press
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Most migrants return to Morocco one day after thousands poured into Ceuta
MOROCCO
Less than a day after tens of thousands of immigrants streamed into a Spanish en- clave in North Africa, most of the new arrivals turned around and went home Friday, leaving a Spanish government grappling with those who re- mained.
By David Luhnow, Margherita Stancati and Andrea Figueras
It was a bizarre twist to one of the most unexpected and sudden immigration cri- ses in modern times. Roughly 50,000 people en- tered the Ceuta enclave from surrounding Morocco on Thursday and early Friday, ac- cording to Spain’s Interior Ministry. Local officials said 60,000 had entered. Chaotic scenes captured on videos went viral and sparked alarm in European capitals. But by Friday evening, most of the immigrants had crossed back voluntarily to Morocco, the ministry said. At least 57 people died dur- ing the rush into the territory, mostly by drowning as crowds of people tried to swim around breakwaters that di- vide Ceuta from Moroccan ter- ritory, Spanish officials said. The seemingly voluntary departure of tens of thousands of the immigrants did little to quell the fear and anger in Ceuta, where 84,000 people live in an area about six times the size of New York’s Central Park. That left several thou- sands of immigrants roaming the streets. Many residents stayed indoors, and many shops shut, fearing looting. Rocio Gil, a Ceuta resident, wept as she told Spanish tele- vision that she was frightened to be in a city overrun with foreign young men. Visibly shaking, and surrounded by a
BY MILÀN CZERNY AND MATTHEW LUXMOORE Russia Clamps Down on Video Posts
When a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted a major retail warehouse in southern Russia this past week, police released a video aimed at sending a message to anyone thinking of sharing clips of such attacks online. The video showed a 19- year-old woman apologizing for filming the aftermath of a drone attack on a warehouse belonging to online retailer Wildberries in the city of Krasnodar. “I admit my guilt and promise that this won’t hap- pen again,” said the woman, whose face was blurred and who wasn’t named by police. She faces a fine if found guilty of violating rules on filming drone attacks. Ukraine has increasingly used drones in recent months to hit targets deep inside Rus- sia and disrupt its economy. Strikes on oil refineries have led to fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations through- out the country. Now authorities are trying to stop Russians from posting videos showing damage from the attacks, which are widely shared on messaging plat- forms such as Telegram. Police across Russia have detained people for filming
BY ED FRANKL EU Inflation Rebounds on High Energy Prices
Inflation in the eurozone rose further above the Euro- pean Central Bank’s target in July, as energy costs acceler- ated again and services prices firmed, with the future path of price rises heavily depen- dent on the Middle East war. Annual consumer-price in- flation in the 21-nation euro- zone was 2.9% in July, up from 2.8% in June, the European Union’s statistics agency said Friday. That was a little above expectations of a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal that saw the
A migrant is on his knees Friday after crossing the border between Spain’s territory of Ceuta and Morocco. At least 57 people died.
crowd of young Moroccans, she said: “As a woman, you have to live this to understand what it’s like. It’s an inva- sion…. and there is no law.” Analysts said the incident looked like it was orchestrated by the Moroccan government, and was less about immigra- tion than regional politics, in- cluding the rivalry between Morocco and Algeria and dis- putes over Western Sahara, a territory claimed by Morocco and an Algerian-backed group. Moroccan officials didn’t re- spond to requests for comment. The crossing came 10 days after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Algeria, a visit aimed at improving re- lations between both countries after Spain in 2022 ended de-
Video screenshot from TikTok in 2025 shows Russians in front of a burning oil depot.
the attacks and publicly warned that doing so could be deemed tantamount to trea- son. Russia has sought to block Telegram. On Wednesday, the country’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said it was charging Telegram’s Russian- born founder, Pavel Durov, with facilitating terrorism, cit- ing the platform’s failure to remove channels that Ukraine uses to coordinate attacks. Restrictions on filming strikes have been introduced in about two-thirds of Russia’s regions in recent months, ac- cording to a tally by Depart- ment One, a Russian human- rights group.
rate holding at 2.8%. Energy inflation, which cooled in June after tensions in the Persian Gulf eased, re- bounded to 10% in July from 8.5% the previous month. The resumption of hostilities be- tween the U.S. and Iran led oil prices higher during much of July, though they lost some gains this past week. The in- crease in energy inflation also likely is because of the elaps- ing of a fuel tax-reduction pro- gram in Germany in early July. There also were tentative signs that the rise in oil-and- gas costs since the war started in late February could
cades of neutrality and backed Morocco’s plans for resolving the territory’s status. The visit to Algeria likely angered Morocco, said Moussa Bourekba, a research fellow at the Barcelona Centre for In- ternational Affairs. “There is a longstanding ri- valry between Morocco and Algeria for regional leadership in the Maghreb. If, as a coun- try, you establish a favorable relationship with Morocco, you will almost automatically provoke Algeria’s discontent, and vice versa,” he said. In 2021, there was a similar mass crossing of about 5,000 to 8,000 Moroccans into Ceuta. That came at a time of diplo- matic tensions between Mo- rocco and Spain—shortly after
In May, when Ukraine stepped up its strikes on Mos- cow, the Russian capital banned the publication of pho- tos and videos showing the af- termath of what authorities called terrorist attacks. Russian authorities say sharing videos of the attacks online allows Ukraine to as- sess the damage and pinpoint the likely location of Russian air-defense systems. Critics say the ban is a face-saving move by the Kremlin that is intended to maintain the illusion that the war is having a minimal effect on the lives of ordinary Rus- sians. President Vladimir Putin’s
be driving up prices elsewhere in the economy. Services infla- tion picked up to 3.3%, from 3.2%, while core inflation— which strips out energy and food costs—edged higher to 2.5% from 2.4%. “This is likely to mark the beginning of a rise in the core inflation rate…The longer the conflict in the Middle East persists and disrupts the transport of oil and oil prod- ucts, the more companies will pass on their higher energy costs,” said Vincent Stamer, senior economist at Commerz- bank, in a note to clients. All that took the inflation
Spain had allowed an indepen- dence leader in Western Sahara, who is fighting against Moroc- can control, to enter the coun- try for Covid-19 treatment. Morocco, which doesn’t recognize the Spanish en- claves in North Africa, could also be simply demonstrating to Spain that it has the ability to disrupt and overwhelm the enclaves at a time of its choosing, said Gemma Pinyol, a former Spanish government official and lecturer at the UPF university in Barcelona. Spain’s own leader, Sán- chez, offered a different theory earlier in the day— blaming human smuggling gangs for taking advantage of a recent ruling by Spain’s Su- preme Court that made it
problems have been mounting in recent months, with Rus- sian gains on the battlefield having slowed and its army taking heavy casualties. Ukraine has, meanwhile, found that its stepped-up drone pro- duction and deep strikes are allowing it to inflict a greater toll on Russia than at any pre- vious time during the war. “To a mass audience, visu- als matter much more than words,” said Abbas Gallyamov, a former Putin speechwriter. “If there are no images of burning targets, it will be much easier to maintain the illusion that everything is go- ing according to plan. And that is Putin’s main message.”
rate further ahead of the ECB’s 2% target, above which it has been since March. The ECB left its key interest rate in July, with most investors expecting it to rise again at its next meeting in September. At the bank’s July meeting, its President Christine Lagarde said the outlook for energy prices, while volatile, is in line with the ECB’s base- line projections, even if that is well above levels before the start of the war. Meanwhile, food, alcohol and tobacco inflation declined to 1.2%, its lowest level since June 2021.
more difficult for authorities to turn back people who ar- rived into Ceuta or another Spanish enclave in North Af- rica by sea rather than land. The scenes of thousands of mostly young men pouring across the border went viral across Europe and elsewhere, and raised fears the immi- grants would use the enclave as a springboard to Europe. France said it was reinforc- ing security at its border with Spain, and Italy’s Prime Minis- ter Giorgia Meloni said her country might consider sus- pending Europe’s Schengen rules—which allow workers and goods to cross borders freely—to prevent Spain from being used as an entry point for illegal immigration.
In Pakistan Avalanche
BY KRISHNA POKHAREL AND WAQAR GILLANI
British climber Nirmal Purja, whose record-setting climb of the world’s 14 highest peaks was the subject of a Netflix doc- umentary, is missing along with the rest of his expedition after an avalanche hit the mountain they were climbing in Pakistan. Rescuers have recovered four bodies, said Naik Nam Karim, a local tourism minister. U.S. climber Mallory Geis, an Omani national and one of the Nepal nationals accompanying Purja have been confirmed dead. Ten people were on the expedition. Purja’s business partner, Mingma David Sherpa, said that a Garmin satellite device that was with the team was still showing signs of move- ment Friday, sparking hope that at least some members of the team could still be alive.
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The mountaineers were climbing Broad Peak, the 12th- highest mountain in the world at 26,400 feet, part of the Karakoram mountain range. There was no communication with them since the avalanche hit midday Thursday, said the Alpine Club of Pakistan, which is coordinating the rescue. Geis, a travel photographer from Texas, was making her first attempt to climb the mountain, along with her Pak- istani team member, according to a social-media post from Moving Mountains, an expedi- tion company in Pakistan. Information from the climb- ers’ trackers showed they stopped their ascent around 9:30 a.m. Pakistan time Thurs- day and fell several hundred meters, according to informa- tion shared by the minister. Purja, a 43-year-old born in Nepal, became a mountaineer- ing celebrity in 2019 when he summited all of the world’s 14 peaks higher than about 26,250 feet, in six months and six days. His achievement was the sub- ject of the Netflix documentary “14 Peaks.” He later climbed the peaks again, this time without sup- plementary oxygen. In recent years Purja’s climb- ing prowess was shadowed by allegations of sexual misconduct from female climbers. He has denied wrongdoing.
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Rebecca Papin and her children spent four days stuck in their holiday home
By the time Rebecca Papin found out about the evacua- tion of the French town where she was staying on vacation, it was too late.
By Margherita Stancati, Noemie Bisserbe and Andrea Figueras
Papin was at the beach with her two young children when police were going door- to-door, on the evening of July 23, telling people to evacuate the coastal town of Biscarro- sse. It wasn’t until the next morning, when the American mother woke up to a town filled with smoke, that she re- alized she had missed an evac- uation order. “I thought there were still people around me. I was not aware we were alone,” Papin recalled. Papin and her family were caught in some of the worst fires to sweep Western Europe in decades. The blazes in Spain and France ripped through forests and scrubland, destroying homes and camp- sites, forcing the evacuation of more than 300,000 residents and vacationers. The wildfires came as vaca- tioners filled the towns on France’s Atlantic Coast for the summer holidays. Spanish and French fire- fighters were still battling the blazes on Friday, even as they made some progress contain- ing them. The flames were no longer spreading uncontrolla- bly, and thousands of people were able to return to their homes. Papin, who is from Frank- lin, Tenn., arrived at her fam- ily’s holiday home in Biscarro- sse in June. France was in the grip of a heat wave. Papin, her 9-year-old daughter and 11-
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THEY ARE NAPOLETANO: Fans celebrated the Napoli soccer club’s centenary Friday, marching from Piazza dei Martiri, the club’s historical headquarters, to Rotonda Diaz on the Naples seafront.
SOUTH AFRICA Oprah to Close Her Girls’ School Oprah Winfrey will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Af- rica two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007. Winfrey’s charitable foun- dation ran and funded the school, but it was always part of the agreement that the academy campus near Johan- nesburg be handed over to the provincial education de- partment, the academy said. The academy said Win- frey’s commitment to educat- ing South African girls would continue through an ex- panded scholarship program. More than 500 girls have graduated from the academy and some have attended the world’s top universities, accord- ing to the Oprah Winfrey Char- itable Foundation. The academy drew interna- tional attention shortly after opening in 2007 when several students accused a dormitory matron of physically and sexu- ally abusing them. Winfrey met meet with students and par- ents, publicly apologized, and commissioned an independent investigation. The matron was acquitted of criminal charges in 2010. —Associated Press
year-old son settled into a routine of horse-riding lessons in the morning and surfing in the afternoon. They were at the beach with friends when, at around 4 p.m. on July 23, Papin saw a plume of smoke rising from the thick forested area around Biscarrosse. She didn’t know what was burning—perhaps a tree or a truck, she thought— but she assumed it would be
SRI LANKA Prison Term Is Set For Ex-Police Chief A Sri Lankan court Friday sentenced former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara after find- ing him guilty of criminal negli- gence that allowed Islamic State-inspired bomb attacks on Easter in 2019, killing more than 260 people. While he was sentenced to a death penalty, in Sri Lanka that typically means life in prison because the country has had an informal moratorium on executions since 1976. Current President Anura Kumara Dis- sanayake supports maintaining the moratorium. The near-simultaneous bombings in 2019 were carried out at three tourist hotels and three churches and killed 42 foreigners. A parliamentary committee found that police anare d intelligence officials failed to act on repeated intel- ligence warnings of the at- tacks. Jayasundara has the right to appeal the verdict by the three-member High Court bench. Two Sri Lanka-based Is- lamic militant groups were accused of carrying out the bombings, and none of those believed to have been directly involved are living. Separate trials are taking place for people allegedly connected with the perpetrators. —Associated Press
put out quickly. When she arrived home later that evening, she real- ized the magnitude of the danger. “When I looked out of my daughter’s bedroom, it looked like an inferno, an apoca- lypse,” she recalled. “I could see a wall of fire in the dis- tance, a wall of solid orange, covered by gray clouds. There were water planes and heli-
MALI Russia Is Linked To Deadly Airstrike Human Rights Watch said Friday that Russian govern- ment-controlled Africa Corps aircraft killed eight civilians, including three children, in an airstrike on a village in cen- tral Mali last month. The rights group said an at- tack aircraft identified as a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 dropped two munitions on Kyrnia vil- lage in the Mopti region on June 15. One strike hit near the home of the village chief, killing his wife and three chil- dren. The second hit a nearby cattle market, killing four men. No fighters from the Islamic militant group JNIM, which has controlled the village for six years, were reported among the casualties. Russian mercenaries have been present in Mali since 2021 to help its military junta fight militants and separatists. Last year, Africa Corps, which reports to Russia’s Defense Ministry, replaced the private mercenary Wagner Group in the country. The rights group called on Mali’s government to investi- gate the strike and hold those responsible accountable, saying it could otherwise be complicit in war crimes. Russia’s Defense Ministry didn’t respond to a re- quest for comment. —Associated Press
Fires swept through the town of Biscarrosse, where Rebecca Papin and her family were vacationing in southwest France.
copters flying above the flames.” Papin decided to go back to the beach because she thought it was safer. There were other vacationers there, and no one seemed too worried. Papin concluded the situation wasn’t as bad as she feared and set off for home. The traffic going in the op- posite direction was omi- nously heavy. Still, Papin fig-
ured French authorities would warn her if there was real danger. When she woke up on Fri- day morning, ash was falling like snow and pieces of burn- ing wood were dropping from the sky. A police officer buzzed the gate of her home. She told Papin it was too late to evacuate—the roads out of Biscarrosse had been barri- caded—and that the safest
thing to do was to stay in the residence. Papin and the children were now stuck in Biscarrosse, just as one of the worst fires in recent French history raged near them. During the four days they were stuck at home, they left only once. On Sunday, they went to buy frozen baguettes, orange juice and pasta from the one supermarket that had reopened. The only other cus- tomers were troops involved in the emergency response. From her home’s upstairs window, the flames appeared less threatening than they had initially, but the air quality was still terrible. Papin devel- oped a bad cough. By Tuesday, some second- ary roads had reopened. Papin mapped a route to the airport in Bordeaux. At 5 a.m. the fol- lowing morning, Papin and her children got in the car and headed out of Biscarrosse. For the next two hours, Papin drove down country roads through a post-apoca- lyptic landscape. The smoke was thick like fog. There were security checkpoints and bar- ricaded roads. She feared they would encounter a roadblock at any point, and have to turn back. They drove through villages empty of cars or people. “They were like ghost towns,” she recalled. In the distance, she could see the bil- lowing black smoke of a rag- ing fire in nearby Gironde. When she finally arrived at the airport and checked in for her flight, she burst into tears. “That is when I realized I was safe. I was maybe not fully aware of the danger up to that moment,” said Papin. As the flight took off, the captain said that if passengers looked out of their windows they could see the raging fires. Papin chose not to look. Despite the ordeal, she is looking forward to returning to France at Christmas. “I love Biscarrosse. My chil- dren and I will continue to come,” she said.
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dexes to new highs this year. Yet higher prices on every- day items threaten to ignite a new round of inflation that could muddy the path of inter- est rates and become a big factor in this autumn’s mid- term elections. “Investors in these particu- lar companies celebrate every price increase announcement, but of course collectively all of these price increase an- nouncements are very bad for the economy, and they are problematic for interest rates,” said Adam Josephson of Sakonnet Research. The cost of living was al- ready a hot political issue in late February when the U.S. began bombing Iran, which re- taliated by restricting passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 20% of the world’s oil
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supply moved through the strait before the war, as well as much of its aluminum, fer- tilizer and other materials. Prices at the pump immedi- ately surged, straining house- hold budgets and boosting costs for businesses. Traders went from expecting the Fed- eral Reserve to reduce bor- rowing costs to positioning bets in the futures market in anticipation of rate increases, according to CME Group data. Fed officials on Wednesday voted 9-3 to leave rates un- changed. The central bank’s rate-setting panel is scheduled to next meet in September. “What we’re trying to un- derstand is to what extent are these shocks broadening in their effects, broadening in their impact on prices that are quite far removed from it,” Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said. Benchmark U.S. crude fu- tures traded around $85 a barrel on Friday, up about 25% since the war began. Prices for gasoline, diesel and many pet- rochemicals have risen even more sharply and aren’t ex- pected to ease until normal tanker traffic through the
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strait resumes. The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was about $4.11 on Friday, up from $2.98 at the start of the conflict. Household-products maker Unilever attributed less than 15% of its first-half sales growth to higher prices, as opposed to greater volume. But executives told investors that will likely flip during the remainder of the year due to higher commodity prices. “We expect pricing to lead growth during the second half of the year,” Chief Financial Officer Srinivas Phatak told investors. Sherwin-Williams shares jumped more than 8% Tues- day, their biggest one-day gain in more than four years, after the paintmaker said it would raise prices 8% effective Sept. 1 to offset rising materials costs, including oil-linked in- puts. It forecast that prices for its raw materials would rise further in the second half of the year by a percentage in the high-single digits. “We were able to delay this increase for customers and avoid disrupting their busi- ness during the height of the paint-selling season,” said Chief Executive Heidi Petz. Illinois Tool Works shares shot up more than 10% Tues- day after CFO Michael Larsen assured investors that it raised prices during the spring quarter to more than make up for costlier inputs, like the resins consumed by units that make automotive components and plastic six-pack rings. Idaho french-fry producer Lamb Weston Holdings said it raised prices in North America to counteract rising costs for everything but potatoes. Higher crude prices have lifted the company’s transpor- tation costs and spilled into the market for edible oils, which motor-fuel makers are guzzling up given national av- erage diesel prices that have surged above $5 a gallon. “Demand for biodiesel has driven up the cost of most ed- ible oils,” finance chief James D. Gray told investors. Packaging expenses have become especially problem- atic. Plastic bottles and bags are made from oil and natural gas derivatives. Meanwhile, aluminum supplies have been reduced because a big chunk of global supply is stuck be- hind the strait. Boston Beer executives said more expensive commodities, including aluminum, which is also subject to President Trump’s tariffs, partially off- set price boosts last quarter. Few companies will be im- mune to rising prices for cor- rugated boxes: All three of the largest U.S. box makers an- nounced price increases in quick succession in July. International Paper, Smurfit Westrock and Packag- ing Corp. of America have cited rising costs, including recycled boxes and freight, as well as tight supplies due to a run of containerboard mill clo- sures.
WASHINGTON—President Trump has ordered a fresh at- tack on Iran aimed at getting Tehran to surrender that could begin as soon as this weekend, U.S. officials said.
By Alexander Ward, Michael R. Gordon and Philip Wegmann
Earlier Friday, Trump said he planned to resume heavy military strikes to force the regime to come to the negoti- ating table. He predicted that if the U.S. hit Iran hard enough, the hard-line regime would “peter out.” “We will be hitting them very hard,” Trump said during
Israel Balk At Plan
Hamas’s complete surrender, and to risk being seen as be- holden to Washington. Netanyahu hasn’t com- mented publicly on the plan. Israeli national security minis- ter Itamar Ben-Gvir said Fri- day that the draft agreement is “not acceptable to Israel.” An Israeli official reiterated that Israel demands genuine demilitarization of Palestinian forces in Gaza before it would pull its troops back. Trump said the U.S. “has an understanding with Israel,” and that “Israel is very happy about [the deal].” Hamas also pushed back against Trump’s narrative. The group said Israel must stop all attacks on the terri- tory before it would take fur- ther steps. It said it agreed only to relinquish its heavy weapons—stopping short of a pledge to hand over light arms, such as assault rifles, which security analysts say are crucial to its control over the population. “We didn’t say disarma- ment, we didn’t say handing over the weapons, and we didn’t agree on any Israeli in- volvement,” Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’s negotiat- ing team, told The Wall Street Journal. The central question for both is sequencing. From the start, Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which paused two years of fighting with a ceasefire in October, was hamstrung by a central dilemma: Hamas in- sists Israel withdraw before it turns over its weapons, while Israel refuses to relinquish
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four years. “While we didn’t anticipate the current situation, we were prepared for it. In our mar- kets, disruption is inevitable,” Exxon CEO Darren Woods said in a conference call Friday with analysts. “Despite the temporary loss of approxi- mately 10% of our upstream production, we delivered ex- ceptional financial results.” In March, Iranian missile strikes damaged some Qatari natural-gas facilities in which Exxon has a stake. Exxon’s adjusted earnings came in at $3.52 a share, slightly below Wall Street’s forecast of $3.56, according to FactSet. Chevron’s was $6.06, topping analysts’ estimates of $5.55. Margins for making prod- ucts like jet fuel, diesel and gasoline climbed to record highs. Oil prices eased toward the end of the quarter on hopes for a lasting peace deal be- tween the U.S. and Iran that would fully reopen the Strait. But prices for products kept climbing—allowing refineries to profit from the difference between the cost of crude and the revenue generated from refined petroleum products. Exxon Chief Financial Offi- cer Chief Neil Hansen said the oil market’s biggest pinch point isn’t necessarily stunted oil flows through the strait—
a televised cabinet meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat. “And you know at some point, they’re going to say, ‘We just can’t take it anymore.’ ” Trump authorized the new attack plan presented to him at the meeting, U.S. officials said. But, they noted, any immediate progress on the diplomatic front could convince him to halt the strikes. He also could change his mind. His threats contrasted his in- sistence this past week that “very friendly negotiations” were under way, enabling a ceasefire. Since then, Iran launched a surprise attack on troops in Jordan, triggering a U.S. attack Wednesday. For weeks behind closed
Palestinians sort through the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
territory until the group is completely dismantled. The U.S. has pressed ahead, trying to convince both sides that progress can be piece- meal. Trump’s original 20-point peace plan was designed to end the war in phases, with progress in one area unlocking new steps in another. The first phase saw the release of all remaining hostages taken dur- ing the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which triggered the war. It also called for the establishment of a National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a group of Palestinian techno- crats to eventually rule the enclave, and a peacekeeping mission called the Interna- tional Stabilization Force. A Board of Peace, chaired by Trump, was also created to oversee the process. The truce effectively paused the fighting and split the territory in two, with Hamas controlling a strip of land along the coast and Israel controlling a buffer zone sev- eral miles wide around the en- clave.
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it’s the lack of refining capac- ity around the world. Crude prices have stayed within historical ranges throughout the crisis because of China’s swift drop in oil purchases and demand de- struction in some countries, he said. But the supply crunch has shifted to products because of a decline in refining in places like Russia and China, which both banned some product ex- ports during the quarter. “The level of refining ca- pacity that is available is the lowest we’ve seen,” Hansen said, largely due to fuel-mar- ket developments beyond the Strait. Exxon said it made the larg- est amount of diesel in a quar- ter since at least 2014, and its refining unit collected about $5.5 billion in earnings, up from about $1.4 billion in the same period last year. Exxon also cited years of structural cost savings, which have reached $16.3 billion since the company began overhauling operations a few years ago. Exxon reported its highest oil-and-gas production in two
doors, Trump has been telling aides the Iranians are “crazy,” U.S. officials said. He has com- plained to confidants that he al- ways knew the interim deal wasn’t going to work. His frus- tration was on full display at Camp David when the president accused Iranian diplomats of being “very dishonorable.” “Well, they always want to talk, but they break their words so often,” Trump said. “All they do is make me angry.” The frustration is mutual. Iranian diplomats have ex- pressed exhaustion at the nu- merous times negotiations broke down. From their per- spective, officials say, there is a lack of trust between the two countries and the prospects for
Since the ceasefire, Israel has increased its area of con- trol, now commanding nearly 70% of the territory and squeezing the population into an ever-shrinking space. Fighting largely has subsided but Israel has kept up targeted killings of Hamas leaders and attacks against the group’s op- eratives and infrastructure. Local health authorities say more than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks since the truce, without say- ing how many were combat- ants. Gazans have had mixed re- actions to Thursday’s declara- tion by Trump. After three years of conflict, about 80% of Gaza’s roughly 2.1 million peo- ple have been displaced, with roughly half of them living in squalid encampments where they rely on humanitarian aid. “Most of us in Gaza don’t believe it—there has been no real sense of joy or celebra- tion,” said Dina Hamada, a mother of four who lives in Gaza City. “Maybe that’s be- cause we’ve lived through too many promises. Every time we
decades, when excluding its disrupted output in the Middle East, which it has said ac- counts for roughly 20% of its global production. In the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oil field, its output climbed to a record 1.8 million barrels a day. The U.S. oil giant’s oil pro- duction unit collected $7.9 bil- lion in earnings for the quar- ter, up from $5.4 billion in the same period last year. Chevron’s U.S. oil-and-gas production climbed to a quar- terly record of 2.1 million bar- rels a day, up 382,000 barrels a day from the same period last year. That growth was driven by assets it bought from Hess last year, following a protracted arbitration fight with Exxon, as well as the Permian. Hess’s crown jewel asset was its 30% stake in an Exxon- led consortium in Guyana, a generational oil discovery. Exxon said a fifth oil-produc- tion vessel—capable of pump- ing 250,000 barrels a day—has set sail for Guyana from ship- yards in Asia and is expected to begin production in the
diplomacy deteriorate every time Trump threatens military force. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday vowed to renew its attacks af- ter the U.S. retaliatory strikes. As the Iran war enters its sixth month, Trump continues to insist that Iran must relin- quish its nuclear program and abandon its control of the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran has dug in on both counts. Among Trump’s options is a proposed two-week cam- paign of intensive airstrikes intended to blunt Iran’s mis- sile capabilities. Dwindling munitions, however, have been cited by Trump’s military ad- visers as a potential risk.
allowed ourselves to hope, re- ality ended up crushing us.” The U.S., Israel and Hamas are eager for some sort of a win, though their interests di- verge. Netanyahu is under pres- sure from members of his right-wing coalition to keep up or even intensify military pressure on Hamas. Hamas has been battered by Israel’s yearslong assault, and the war has eroded its popular support. In July, the group’s governing body said it was ready to hand power over the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which some political analysts took as a sign that its grip on civil affairs may have been slipping. Trump, meanwhile, is un- der growing pressure over the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. “Trump is really eager to demonstrate an accomplish- ment,” said Michael Milshtein, a former senior Israeli intelli- gence officer. “Things are very complicated in Iran and Leba- non, and I think he really wants to show he’s achieved something in Gaza.”
fourth quarter. Chevron CFO Eimear Bon- ner said the company isn’t changing its spending plans because of market volatility and that it’s growing produc- tion 7% to 10% this year. In Venezuela, where Chev- ron is the only active U.S. oil producer, the company has boosted oil production 15% over the past six months to about 280,000 barrels a day. “We’re in active discussion for additional opportunities, and we’re very encouraged with how those discussions are ongoing,” she said. Exxon and Chevron both showered investors in cash and emphasized their capital discipline. Exxon paid out $9.4 billion in dividends and share repur- chases combined, while Chev- ron spent $6.6 billion. Exxon has also spent $13 billion in capital expenditures in the first half of the year, with a spending plan for the year that is 20% higher than its nearest competitor. Exxon’s Hansen said the company used part of the quarterly cash influx to cut down its net debt by $7 billion in the quarter, and its stronger balance sheet will allow it to “pursue advantaged opportu- nities.” In late 2023, after profits surged the prior year, Exxon snapped up Pioneer Natural Resources, a big West Texas oil producer, for $60 billion in stock. Exxon isn’t in a rush to dive into the mergers-and-acquisi- tions market again, Hansen said, but “we’re always look- ing.” “We’re in the catbird seat,” he said. “We can be very picky, very patient.”
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To Show China Naval Might
Despite Trump’s partnership slams, the military is closely working with friends
BY TIMOTHY W. MARTIN
HONOLULU—Dozens of warships sat docked next to one another at Pearl Harbor. The hulking vessels loomed so large that they were visible from planes flying overhead. The largest of them all was the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the American aircraft carrier used in filming for 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” Nearby were a Japanese Aegis de- stroyer, a South Korean tank- landing ship and a Canadian patrol submarine. A string of miniature national flags flapped in the wind. Fresh- faced sailors crewed the decks. The occasion was the Rim of the Pacific exercise, a biennial event that is the world’s largest international maritime drill. U.S. allies turned out in record numbers, with 30 nations and roughly 30,000 personnel par- ticipating in the five-week ex- ercise that ended Friday. The massive drills allowed the par- ticipants to test new weapons, logistics systems and com- mand-and-control techniques. The growing size and scope of exercises illustrated the fact that, even as President Trump lambastes allies and threatens to withdraw U.S. support, mili- tary cooperation with many U.S. partners, particularly in the Pacific, has been steadily deepening in response to in- creased aggression by China and an expansion of North Ko- rea’s nuclear program. Asia lacks a single alliance such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to bind U.S. partners together. As a re- sult, multilateral exercises such as Rimpac are a chance for the U.S. and its allies to practice
A Big Technological Gap
BY CHUN HAN WONG AND ASHLEY CAI
China aims to match the U.S. as the world’s leading space power and is catching up fast, especially when it comes to satellites—giving Beijing the potential to impair rival networks and blunt U.S. military might. Among other advances, Bei- jing has made strides in up- grading its GPS-rivaling navi- gation system and its “remote- sensing” abilities—the use of satellite technology to capture data from the Earth’s surface— according to analysts. These systems give China the ability to gather intelli- gence and conduct military operations with greater preci- sion—undermining Washing- ton’s ability to project power. The Pentagon has voiced con- cern about China’s growing abilities, while the State De- partment has accused Chinese companies of providing satel- lite imagery that Iran could use to target U.S. forces in the Middle East. “Beijing sees space as an arena for geopolitical competi- tion, where the United States is the main competitor,” said Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Wash- ington think tank. “China now can do a lot of what the U.S. can do from space.” China has accelerated its deployment of civilian and military hardware into orbit, with technological advance- ments and growing constella- tions of satellites that help Beijing track events on Earth in real time and in greater de- tail than ever before. China’s gains have spurred calls by officials in Washing- ton to head off what they see as Beijing’s quest to displace the U.S. as the pre-eminent space power. China has “a growing array of space-based capabilities that has strengthened its ability to coordinate its own operations as well as to conduct the persis- tent surveillance and targeting
South Korean forces taking part in the Rimpac exercise.
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working together—and to show that they are doing more to bolster their own defenses. Rear Adm. Takuo Ko- bayashi, of Japan’s maritime self-defense force, is one of several U.S. allies taking senior leadership roles commanding Rimpac’s thousands of multi- national exercises. Just three of Rimpac’s most senior roles this time are American. “If you have 30, 50 or 100 friends,” he said, “it’ll be better than just one or two formal alliances.” Jeff T. Jablon, deputy com- mander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, serves as the top official
China has deployed a growing fleet with military capabilities
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of U.S. forces,” the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its latest annual report to Congress. China’s gains in remote sens- ing are driven by what Western analysts say is world-leading re- search in sensors and satellite positioning technologies. Chinese systems were ranked as top performers in five out of 11 technological cat- egories in a 2024 CSIS-led re- port on commercial remote- sensing satellites. American systems topped four categories. Beijing’s advancements will likely enable its military to monitor and attack U.S. forces more successfully, with greater range and precision, OTH Intel- ligence Group, a U.S. consulting firm, said in a 2024 report to a congressional commission. China’s military, which launched its own space force in 2024, has access to more than 510 satellites with intelli-
overseeing Rimpac. He de- clined to say how China or North Korea might perceive the mass exercise featuring more than 500 maritime events and 2,400 air missions. “I’m sure there’s some de- terrent effect when they see 30 like-minded nations work- ing together,” he said. Rimpac is one of the largest of the more than 100 annual joint exercises the Pacific Com- mand, which oversees joint U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific, conducts with allies. It isn’t the only multilateral event growing in size and scope.
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gence, surveillance and recon- naissance technologies that boost Beijing’s ability to track the movement of U.S. forces, including its aircraft carriers and other assets, according to the U.S. Space Force. The advancing capabilities and growing numbers of China’s intelligence, surveil- lance and reconnaissance sat- ellites “have increased its abil- ity to monitor U.S. and allied military assets and activities throughout the Pacific and provide targeting support to long-range kill chains,” or the process of identifying, attack- ing and destroying targets, the Pentagon said in December. Experts say these new satel- lites offer higher resolution im- agery that China can use to track U.S. forces more effec- tively in Asia. Such imagery can be analyzed using artificial intelligence to extract timely military intelligence.
The biennial Talisman Sabre exercise last year in Australia featured the first live-fire ex- ercise of the mobile, ground- launched Typhon missile sys- tem outside the continental U.S. The number of full-partici- pant nations at Talisman Sabre roughly have tripled in recent years. Earlier this year, Cobra Gold in Thailand featured, for the first time, the participation of the U.S. Space Force, which specializes in satellite defense and electronic warfare. And this year’s Balikatan exercise in the Philippines doubled in size from four years ago, featuring seven countries and more than 17,000 person- nel. Those personnel fanned across the archipelago nation, carrying out a wider range of activities than in the past. To be sure, concerns about the reliability of the U.S. loomed over the exercises. Trump has questioned the U.S. commitment to alliances such as NATO. And with active con- flicts in Europe and the Mid- dle East, the U.S. has shifted some personnel and military hardware out of Asia, sparking fears that the U.S. is over- stretched, said Jessica Taylor, a former Department of De- fense official who focuses on Asia-Pacific security issues. “Why do we risk antagoniz- ing China if we don’t know if Trump and the U.S. will be there tomorrow?” said Taylor, who is now a nonresident fel- low at the Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative. Meanwhile, the Trump ad- ministration has demanded that allies boost military spending, pony up more for U.S. troops present on their soil, and invest in the supply of critical materials and items. Some allies are ready to meet those demands. “I agree with what Washington is saying that allies need to do more,” said Capt. Ryan L. Bakabak, of the Philippines Navy.
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The U.S. Treasury Depart- ment told banks that it might make currency trades to sup- port the Japanese yen and strengthen its exchange rate against the dollar, said a per- son familiar with the matter. The message was delivered by the Treasury to major banks on Friday via the New York Fed, which acts as the Treasury’s agent for trades in financial markets. Some banks were told to have executable trades ready to exchange Japa- nese yen for euros, said people familiar with the matter. The U.S. holds some of its foreign- currency re- serves in euros. The alert comes amid what investors s p e c u l a t e d could be a coor- dinated inter- national effort to strengthen the Japanese yen against the dollar, in which Japanese authorities have also taken part. Reuters reported the alert to banks from the Treasury. In recent trading, the yen was stronger than 160 to the dollar, strengthening from Thursday morning when it traded near 164 to the dollar. Currency traders broadly be- lieve that the yen’s strength- ening reflected yen purchases by Japanese authorities, as well as speculation of a possi- ble U.S. intervention. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday declined to comment on Japan’s market moves. She highlighted international awareness of the yen’s slide, and said it was meaningful that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned of the yen’s undervaluation.
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Given the sheer scale of the suspected Japanese interven- tion—estimated to amount to as much as $70 billion—and the relatively limited yen strengthening that has re- sulted, American and Japa- nese authorities are running the risk that a coordinated in- tervention wouldn’t succeed, said James Malcolm, a Lon- don-based analyst at JB Drax Honoré. “Credibility is the most im- portant thing for any govern- ment authority, and this risks wasting that credibility,” Mal- colm said. Many currency trad- ers are upsizing their bets that the yen will continue to weaken despite the sus- pected efforts by authorities, he said. Under Bes- sent, the Trea- sury has at times taken a more active role in shaping key exchange rates. In January, the Treasury in- structed the New York Fed to reach out to banks for quotes on dollar-yen trades, a step known as a rate check often used to signal that a currency intervention might follow. In October, the Treasury also stepped in to strengthen the Argentine peso in a bid to support the economic reforms of President Javier Milei, an ally of President Trump’s. Even after Friday’s strength- ening, the yen is down more than 5% against the dollar dur- ing the past 12 months. On Fox Business Thursday, Bessent said the U.S. wants to see a more stable yen, a currency that has weakened against the dollar in recent years to near multidecade lows. “The Japa- nese yen seems very underval- ued to me,” he said. “The cur- rency is very cheap. The economy is doing well.”
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a woman in a bralette and sheer black skirt. “I’m not someone who rat- tles easily,” said the 47-year- old founder of a cybersecurity company. “But I remember thinking, ‘I have no idea where to look right now.’” The woman turned out to be the keynote speaker. She killed the speech. But Es- pinosa said attendees spent more time whispering about her outfit than talking about her presentation. Naked dressers have more options than ever. Zara has a page on its website devoted to lingerie dresses. L’Agence is selling sheer lace dresses through which bra and panties are visible. Michael Kors is pairing triangle bralettes with
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mittee, people familiar said, on top of a multimillion donation to the ballroom and a prior $22 million payment to the planned presidential library. Trump stands out for taking personal control of the fundrais- ing, and no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. At the same time, companies have paid new attention to the White House as Trump has gotten in- volved in regulatory decisions that once were made by inde- pendent agencies, dramatically shifting the balance of power across Washington. Trump has been demanding checks from companies for a range of political and legacy projects—telling executives and lobbyists their companies should give $25 million or $50 million. No laws prohibit presidents from raising unlimited sums for nonprofits, like the ones used for the ballroom and his presi- dential library, his super PAC or political issue committees. For most of these types of transac- tions, public disclosure of do- nors isn’t required and report- ing on spending is infrequent. All told, the second-term president has raised more than $800 million since returning to office, according to an updated Wall Street Journal analysis. Some of the money is ear- marked for specific projects, in- cluding the White House ball- room and the Freedom 250 funds for the nation’s birthday celebrations, but Trump has floated using funds in other ways. The president, at the din- ner thanking contributors to the ballroom project, said, “We’ll have money left over, and we’ll use that for something…maybe for the arch or something else that will come.”
Tracking who gives Interviews with dozens of donors, executives, lobbyists, Trump advisers and others indi- cate a staggering fundraising and influence operation, with Trump at the center. The presi- dent closely tracks who gives, aides said, repeatedly assigning O’Rourke with big asks that she has told others make her un- comfortable. Danielle Alvarez, an outside spokeswoman for Trump and O’Rourke, said it was “laughable” that O’Rourke had ever been uncomfortable with a request. Chevron was asked to give $50 million. The oil company gave millions, but far less than the requested amount. Several top Washington lobbyists have been asked to raise $50 million or more for Trump projects. Meta executives convened a series of calls among themselves to discuss strategy after being repeatedly asked to give money to various Trump funds. The company has donated to the in- auguration, the ballroom and two Easter events. About $22 million of Meta’s money went to the library after the social-me- dia company agreed to settle a lawsuit Trump had filed for sus- pending his accounts. Meta also wrote a $10 million check to Securing American Greatness, a political committee aligned with Trump that high- lights conservative issues such as lowering taxes and crime.
trousers. Aerie has an entire collection called “Show Off,” including a bra embedded in a sheer lace camisole. “We’re not pairing the bra tops with underwear—but with pants,” said Haley Palese, who runs merchandising for Aerie and its sister chain Off- line. One of Victoria’s Secret’s hottest product launches this spring was a strapless bra that could be worn sans shirt. Hailey Bieber modeled it with an unzipped jacket. “It’s innerwear as out- wear,” said Hillary Super, chief executive of Victoria’s Secret, which also owns the PINK brand. “You are seeing people wear less and less.” Some women say showing skin makes them feel liber- ated. Others see it as another form of female objectifica- tion. “A lot of people aren’t com- fortable looking like they are wearing a bikini as an outfit,” said Brooke Rounick, a stylist in New York. Pulling off the look requires a certain amount of confi-
Construction on the helipad and the ballroom at the White House. Below, Meredith O’Rourke, and a place setting for a dinner.
Contributions to Securing American Greatness aren’t pub- licly reported, unlike contribu- tions to super PACs, which dis- close donors in regular filings. When some donors have been put on the phone with Trump after giving millions, they expected to receive thank yous, but instead were asked for more money, people familiar with the calls said. In one case, O’Rourke asked an executive to cut a $1 million check to a Trump entity just days after he’d attended a thank you din- ner for a separate multimillion- dollar donation he’d made to the president’s ball- room, according to a person fa- miliar with the exchange. “Trump is shattering all fundraising par- adigms in re- gards to hitting up corporate America for do- nations. The scope is mind-bogglingly large,” said Douglas Brinkley, a presi- dential historian at Rice Univer- sity. “We used to talk about the Lincoln bedroom being for sale, but this is just a wholesale money trough that’s totally dif- ferent.” Critics alleged in the 1990s that the Clinton adminis- tration allowed overnight stays in the White House’s Lincoln bedroom in exchange for cam- paign contributions. In the Rose Garden on an April evening, some of the presi- dent’s big donors mingled with White House aides and the pres- ident. Some of the guests re- ceived special tours, including of
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dence and an investment in nipple covers, boy shorts and other undergarments designed to be visible while hiding the most private parts. “It’s a hard no,” said Regina Levy, a 41-year-old attorney in Westchester, N.Y. “I have two prepubescent boys. They would go insane if they saw their mom dressed that way.” Women have been shedding
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the Oval Office. “Have you ever seen anything like this?” Trump said on the tour, people with knowledge of the event said. Then one businessman stood up. It was the reclusive billion- aire Timothy Mellon, who has donated millions of dollars to Trump causes—even in the form of solid gold, some of the people said. Mellon has contrib- uted more than $100 million to MAGA Inc., Trump’s super PAC. He gave a toast, several Rose Garden attendees said. He called Trump the “greatest president in my lifetime.” His remarks drew polite applause from the Fortune 100 ex- ecutives arrayed around him. At another Rose Garden dinner, Google c o - f o u n d e r Sergey Brin was seen sitting next to White House chief of staff Su- sie Wiles. The White House referred requests for comment to Alvarez. She said the president is the “most suc- cessful fundraiser in modern po- litical history” and that Trump plans to use the money to “help Republicans win big in the mid- terms, build an enduring politi- cal infrastructure and continue advancing innovative private- sector initiatives.” “One thing has never changed. President Trump can’t be bought,” she said. Trump’s stance on fundrais- ing has dramatically changed from when he was first running for president. In 2015, he called political-action committees a
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clothes for over a century, starting with the corsets and structured undergarments of the Victorian era. In the 1930s, film star Mae West wore a sheer lace dress with strategi- cally placed floral appliqués. Actress and singer Jane Birkin later immortalized the see-through crochet dress. Madonna’s Jean Paul Gaultier- designed cone bra was a star
“scam” and said he had dis- avowed them. Marc Short, Trump’s former director of legislative affairs, said, “One of the things that most rallied his crowds in 2016 was draining the swamp. The crowds would go wild.” Short and other former ad- ministration officials said Trump had little interest in fundraising during his first term. “There definitely wasn’t a corporate shakedown like you see now,” he said, adding that the president during his first term didn’t aggressively seek money from companies with business before the government. In 2020, Trump raised money for his re-election campaign but wasn’t notably aggressive. Wiles had to persuade Trump during the 2024 campaign to do fundraising calls. But he em- braced big money on the cam- paign trail, even asking oil exec- utives to give $1 billion at a Mar-a-Lago event in April 2024. At one point, he told donors he wouldn’t have lunch for less than $5 million, according to au- dio from a 2024 fundraiser re- viewed by the Journal. O’Rourke, a well-known fundraiser in Florida, was part of Trump’s 2016 and 2020 oper- ations. In the 2024 cycle, she was tapped to lead fundraising for the whole campaign. She opted to drive six hours be- tween the Trump campaign headquarters in Palm Beach and her homebase in northwestern Florida instead of flying so she could spend the time on back- to-back calls with donors. After the 2024 election, Trump realized how many do- nors and companies were lining
attraction of her 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour. And women still talk about the sheer, sil- ver slip dress that Kate Moss wore in 1993 that showed just about everything. The look has become so ubiquitous among celebrities that last year the Cannes Film Festival adopted a no nudity policy. That didn’t stop stars from Bella Hadid to Riley Ke- ough showing up at this year’s festival in barely-there gowns. Weddings are another chal- lenge. At a recent Hawaiian- themed wedding in Sausalito, Calif., most guests arrived in Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts. But one wore a nude colored thong bikini bottom and bandeau top, said Nikita Khandheria, whose events company hosted the affair. Khandheria told the woman there was a dress code and if she didn’t put on more clothes, she would be asked to leave. She walked her across the street where she bought a cover-up. Khandheria said the style is becoming so pervasive that
up outside Mar-a-Lago to cut multimillion-dollar checks and told O’Rourke to start soliciting donations, advisers said. Strike while the iron is hot, Trump told O’Rourke, according to Trump advisers and an account the president has repeatedly given in private settings. O’Rourke isn’t a government employee, although she is often at Trump’s side. She sometimes sits in on meetings, including when Trump meets with corpo- rate executives about issues that affect them. O’Rourke also trav- els with top officials on Air Force One. She often posts pho- tos of herself with Trump, in- cluding in the Oval Office. At a meeting with tobacco executives in May at Trump’s golf club in Jupiter, Fla., the president promised to do much of what executives wanted on policy related to vaping and the Food and Drug Administration. He also took in millions of dol- lars in contributions for his po- litical committees. O’Rourke sat in on the meeting. Shortly after, the FDA lifted restrictions on some flavored vaping products, and the FDA’s chief was gone. At the time, White House spokesman Kush Desai said, “The only guiding factor behind the Trump administration’s health policymaking is Gold Standard Science. FDA’s regulatory treat- ment of nicotine pouches and vapes is rooted in recent evi- dence that has found they can help adults quit smoking.” Trump, tapping his real-es- tate sales roots, has conversa- tions with O’Rourke about how to specifically sell various proj- ects, giving her pointers on how to pitch the library, according to
she now includes explicit in- structions on invitations. Some brides are bringing extra dresses in case of guest- related wardrobe violations. An attendee at one black-tie wedding wore a white dress that was practically see- through. She wasn’t wearing a bra. Khandheria borrowed the photographer’s camera and showed the woman how her dress looked in the photos. She suggested the woman change into a fully-lined blue dress the bride had brought for just such an emergency. “At a wedding, the bride should be the center of atten- tion,” Khandheria said. “Not some friend who is basically naked.” Epstein’s husband Brian Epstein is still getting used to his wife’s fashion choices. “It’s shocking when she wears something see- through,” said the 55-year-old entrepreneur. He has learned not to argue with her about fashion. “She tells me I don’t know what I’m talking about and I say, ‘You’re right.’”
people familiar with the conver- sations. Trump has told allies that he doesn’t want to struggle to raise money for his library the way Joe Biden has. Plans for the Trump library show a glass- walled skyscraper that is ex- pected to also have a hotel. “She’s a combination of tough but charming, and she ab- solutely has the president’s 100% trust and respect,” said Brian Ballard, a top Washington lobbyist who first worked with her in Florida in the 1990s. “She literally is the most talented fundraising professional I’ve dealt with, and I’ve dealt with a ton of them.”
Candlelight dinners O’Rourke sends out invites to prominent CEOs and their han- dlers and lobbyists to attend $1 million-per-head candlelight dinners at the White House or one of Trump’s properties, where guests are given extraor- dinary access to the president. O’Rourke often attends the dinners and takes notes about what the president promises and what the donor says, and she will filter the notes to White House officials. Trump will of- ten ask the donors to follow up with O’Rourke, attendees said. At times, donors with partic- ular agendas have shown up, such as a marijuana CEO push- ing for changes in drug laws or the CEO of Pfizer who talked up experimental cancer drugs. A regular presence at Trump’s dinners are cryptocur- rency executives. The president has made more than $1.4 billion from his family’s crypto-related ventures since taking office, his financial disclosures show, and has often told the cryptocur- rency crowd how he has made them richer. The president sits at the cen- ter point of a horseshoe-shaped table. Trump has surprised do- nors at how long he will stay and talk. Within 24 hours of launching the war in Iran, he at- tended a lengthy $1 million-a- plate fundraiser in Florida. Many expected he would cancel, and the event was interrupted at one point for him to learn that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed. After that, Trump listened to a range of corporate concerns and even engaged in a lengthy back-and- forth with Verizon’s CEO about what kind of cable was best. Executives said Trump is one of the most accessible presi- dents in recent times. In private, they acknowledged that this ad- ministration is much more transactional than prior ones. If a company encounters an issue with the federal government that comes to Trump’s atten- tion, he will want to know how much money the company gave, according to a person familiar with the matter. At times he’ll rib the corporate leaders who haven’t met the goals he set, the person said. Several CEOs and board mem- bers said they believe there is a link between their contributions and their access to the president. One chairman of a publicly traded company said that if you give the money, you know you are either checked on a list, or crossed off a list if you don’t. Some lobbyists said they tell their clients to be noncommittal when Trump asks for a large do- nation and to say they’ll get back to him and his team. Many of the corporate donors have business before the government, are seeking federal contracts or are lobbying on a range of is- sues from trade policy to de- fense policy and appropria- tions.
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he conversation is happening all the time at Jewish tables in Britain,” says Si- mon Sebag Mon- tefiore. Jews ask each other: “ ‘Where could we go?’ ” “Oct. 7 has caused a sea change in the treatment of British Jews,” Mr. Montefiore, a historian, says in an interview at his own dinner ta- ble. “We’ve seen several terrorist attacks on Jews. Jews killed at Yom Kippur in Manchester. Bomb- ing, arson attacks and stabbing at- tacks in London. Our synagogues and schools are fortresses.” British news was quick to add to local Jewish dread. On July 29, days after my interview with Mr. Montefiore, the mayor of the Lon- don borough of Hackney wrote to his counterpart in Haifa that Hack- ney had begun the process of ter- minating its twin-city relationship with Israel’s third-largest munici- pality. In the grimmest bad taste, the letter gave Haifa until “7 Octo- ber 2026” to respond. “There is a huge crisis of Anglo Jewry,” says Mr. Montefiore, 61, a scion of Anglo-Jewish aristocracy. He is descended from Sephardic Jews who came to Britain from Tuscany in the 1790s and from Mizrahi Jews who arrived from Morocco in the 1820s. The latter wore turbans and robes and spoke
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Arabic. His great-great-great-un- cle, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885), was a storied finan- cier and philanthropist whom Queen Victoria described as “a no- ble Hebrew.” Sir Moses also re- ceived praise (albeit backhanded) from Czar Nicholas I, with whom he’d sought an audience to inter- cede on behalf of Russian Jews. “If our Jews were like you,” the czar told him, “they wouldn’t be a problem.” Mr. Montefiore is a man who treats the sweep of history as his own backyard. He’s written a shelf’s worth of big history books, including “Jerusalem: The Biogra- phy” (2011), “The Romanovs 1613-1918” (2016), and “The World: A Family History of Humanity” (2022), the last of which a re- viewer for this newspaper de- scribed as “history as collective bi- ography, a journey across almost two million years, from the ap- pearance of Homo erectus in east Africa to the rise of Xi Jinping’s China.” He has now turned his hand to a subject that only someone “bon- kers”—his word—would dare to ad- dress. To be published in Septem- ber, his new book is titled “The Cauldron: The Making of the Mod- ern Middle East,” a chronological account from 1900 to February 2026 (when the current war with Iran started) of an area “set with ambushes.” It is, he writes, a region “more present in the Western con- sciousness than any other, its his- tory more debated and contested
The next battle be- tween socialists and conventional Demo- crats will be fought in Michigan on Aug. 4, in a primary elec- tion for the U.S. Sen- ate. Many Michigan- ders will vote that same day on tax hikes and other crit- ical local ques- tions—all in off-cycle elections in which low turnout makes them like- lier to pass. This isn’t unique to the Great Lakes State and deserves more attention nationwide. Dozens of Michigan counties have tax-and-spend measures on the Au- gust ballot. The largest proposal, in the Detroit suburbs of Oakland County, is a $750 million property-tax hike. In Wayne County, which includes Detroit, residents will vote for a “tran- sit millage” costing taxpayers $500 million over a decade. In Ingham County, which includes the state capi- tal, Lansing, voters will consider a $30 million tax to fund the local zoo. In the counties that include the struggling towns of Saginaw and Flint, voters will be asked whether to fund institu- tions like museums and libraries. These requests might seem hum- drum, but one factor makes them calculated and hazardous for tax- payers: the date.
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than anywhere else yet conversely less understood.” Its “pivotal mid- dleness” makes it “the epicenter of our tumultuous, rushing, intercon- nected world.” Mr. Montefiore’s definition of the region is expansive, going be- yond “the usual focus on the Le- vant and the Holy Land” to include everywhere east to west from Mo- rocco to Iran, and south to north from Sudan to Turkey. It covers 19 countries, as well as the “seaside Palestinian Islamist statelet” of Gaza. “I call Gaza a semi-independent ‘statelet,’ and I think that’s impor- tant because there’s a pretense now that it was occupied from 2006 to 2023,” Mr. Montefiore says. He points out that since Is- rael withdrew troops and civilians from Gaza and the Palestinians held elections the following year, Hamas “had had prime minister, ministries, ministers and police.” It also had “what was in effect a for- midable army of 40,000 paramili- taries, and it had a foreign policy. It was independent enough to launch a war.” Unlike anywhere else in the world, “it was a base for a military but it eschewed any need to educate or feed its citi- zens. That was the responsibility of international aid organizations. A very unique arrangement.” From this perverse “statelet,” the horrors of Oct. 7 emerged. “A vile act of terror, an almost Mon- gol style of raid and massacre and rapine,” Mr. Montefiore says, de- scribing the events of that day. “It was also an illustration that in the Middle East, violence and war work, and force is incredibly effec- tive at changing the whole destiny of geopolitics.” Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas commander, was “a diligent student of Israeli weaknesses.” He managed to put together a military and “a unique subterranean war- scape of fortified tunnels that was capable of exploiting Israel’s flaws, its hubris and its political division to score what has to be seen as a very short-lived and murderous but decisive military strike against one of the great military powers of the Middle East.” Sinwar, whom Israel killed on Oct. 16, 2024, “successfully changed the whole destiny of the Middle East,” Mr. Montefiore says. The worst pogrom in Jewish his- tory since the World War II was turned into a propaganda victory for the perpetrators. “He, Sinwar, understood much better how the Middle East worked than this Israeli government,” Mr. Montefiore observes. “You have to say that it was an act of total evil. But it was also one of the most successful Arab victories since Hattin in 1187, when Saladin de- feated the Crusaders and took Je- rusalem.” Although Hamas “ulti- mately failed militarily,” abandoning Gaza’s civilians to a prolonged and bloody war, “it has also won massive success in terms of political consequences. The whole Middle East has been up- turned by this tiny statelet and the gamble of one psychopathic leader who had immense freedom to act, since Hamas leaders didn’t care what happened to their people.” Mr. Montefiore quotes a Hamas official, Sami Abu Zuhri: “The price of the suffering is worth paying. The benefits are extensive.” Mr.
Aug. 4 is a seemingly random time to ask voters to fork over more money. So is May 5, when Michigan voters were asked to ap- prove $2 billion in local tax and spending plans, according to the Michigan Information & Research Service. But these dates are no ac- cident. Local politicians, school- board officials and special-interest groups such as teachers unions de- liberately choose little-known dates to push their demands.
measures are on Tuesday’s primary ballot. Why can’t they wait for November?
Off-cycle elections have dramati- cally lower turnout than the typical November Election Day. It isn’t un- common for off-cycle elections to see a third, a quarter or even less than a fifth as many people show up to vote. This August election coin- cides with the Senate primary, but turnout will still be lower than on the traditional November date. For local politicos with big spend- ing plans, this provides an opportu- nity to tilt the playing field. When comparatively few people are voting,
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Abu Zuhri added that “the wombs of our women will give birth to twice the number of martyrs.” Is- rael won “in the pitiful ruins of Gaza,” Mr. Montefiore says. “Hamas won in the West,” in part by con- trolling the media within Gaza and presenting all losses as civilian, a narrative that proved “irreversible even when Hamas’s allegations were later proven to be untrue.” “Who would have thought,” Mr. Montefiore asks, that Oct. 7 would result in “students at Harvard and Columbia calling for a one-state solution—‘from the river to the sea’—not a two-state solution?” Is- raelis have also had to confront “another nightmare they never contemplated, that a moral inver- sion of the Holocaust would be used against them.” What’s more, “the Israeli lobby” in Washington, “which was im- mensely powerful in the 1980s and ’90s and into the 2000s, has been totally eclipsed.” Mr. Montefiore explains this as a consequence of Oct. 7, “in part thanks to the de- velopment of the new ‘decoloniza- tion’ and anti-Zionist movement, and in part thanks to the misgov- ernance of this present Israeli gov- ernment. There remains the per- sonal relationship between Trump and Netanyahu, but that will not outlast these two personalities. In- deed, its very closeness may fur- ther contribute to the Israeli lobby’s decline.” M
r. Montefiore doesn’t hold Benjamin Netanyahu in high regard. His Israeli icon is David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), the country’s first prime minister, whom he describes as “a tactical genius who managed to do the impossible—create a Ju- daic republic in the Middle East.” He wasn’t flawless, however, and made what Mr. Montefiore called “massive mistakes”: “He never cre- ated a constitution, and that has proved to be very dangerous in the 21st century. And he completely misunderstood the nature of the Haredim”—Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews. “He believed that they should be protected as a sort of vanishing species. Well, that turned out to be madness, right?” In his book, Mr. Montefiore highlights what he calls Israel’s contradictions: It is, he writes, “both swaggering and insecure, over-reaching and under-pre- pared, secular liberal and milita- ristic messianic, spectacular in tactics, impoverished in strategy.” Yet he says there is “a moment of massive opportunity for Israel po-
politicians and interest groups can rally their bases to secure easy victo- ries. Local officials can use taxpayer money to grease the skids. While it’s illegal in Michigan to electioneer with public money, officials at school boards can publish guides and mate- rials that “inform” voters about how tax-hike revenue will be spent. So long as they don’t say “vote yes,” they are fine. The combination of these “educational materials” and low turnout can get the votes to pass such ballot measures. The political class almost always wins. I’ve analyzed the past 10 years of available state data and found that on average 87% of local off-cycle tax proposals passed at the ballot box. It isn’t uncommon for more than 90% of ballot proposals to succeed in these off-cycle elections. By contrast, 82% of ballot-measure tax proposals over the past decade passed during traditional November elections. The good news is that public oppo- sition to tax hikes has grown in recent years. Voters in several Michigan school districts rejected bonds in low- turnout elections on May 5. In Saginaw County, voters have shot down three significant school bonds since 2023. I know people who ran these Saginaw County opposition campaigns, and if they hadn’t stepped up to get out the vote against the measures, politicians’ tax-and-spend dreams almost certainly
litically, even now, in the region. But they’ve got to work out how to convert their ability to win tac- tical military victories into lasting settlements.” That would require the Palestin- ians to “recognize the permanence of the Jewish republic in the Holy Land” and “to signal clearly that they do not aspire to its total de- struction.” Oct. 7, however, means that “in the short term—and I’m talking about decades here— they’ve prevented any creation of a Palestinian state for the foresee- able future.” As Mr. Montefiore sees it, his- tory in the West’s “postreligious age,” and the uses to which it is put, may not be on Israel’s side. “History has assumed much of the propulsive legitimacy and author- ity that religion once held. Many of the movements in Western poli- tics now, like the new decolonial activism, depend on a specially cu- rated version of history”—which is to say a false one. Mr. Montefiore says the West’s “self-regarding secularism,” is hampering our understanding of the Middle East. “The irony is that we are in fact still Christian-adja- cent, and the modern, ultra-radi- cal, secular, decolonialist activism has many of the characteristics of a religious movement.” These in- clude its “language of righteous- ness, of piety, of guilt, of sin,” along with “orthodoxies, credos, purity tests and jargon.” The result is a “semi-religious movement” grafted onto the West’s longstand- ing “weird fetish and obsession with the Middle East, particularly the Holy Land.” The history of this “fetish” dates back to the moment that Constantine the Great (272-337) “converted the Holy Land into a sacred route and landscape. Then came the Crusades, after which, one’s got to remember, every church in Europe had a Jerusalem room with a picture of what Jeru- salem would look like under the Christians.” The Holy Land is em- bedded in our consciousness, and “the proprietorial moral belief that we need to adjudicate for what happens in the Holy Land is very, very deep in the Western soul.” This belief persists to this day. But in present times it strives to overturn Israeli, not Muslim, con- trol. Where the fate of the region was once in the hands of “Edward- ian imperial grandees like Churchill and Balfour and Lloyd George, you now see international lawyers and decolonialist activists believing they have a moral right to decide
would have become reality. Turnout matters in every election, but proponents of low taxes and sane spending shouldn’t have to fight harder to get people to the ballot box. Off-cycle elections heavily ad- vantage politicians and special inter- est groups to the detriment of tax- payers. The solution is simple: Move meaningful local ballot questions to Election Day in November. States could implement this re- form with a simple law that applies to every county and locality within their borders. Local officials and interest groups would complain, but they have dominated the sys- tem for too long. They also have no reasonable defense for keeping the status quo. It is one thing for pri- maries to be held off-cycle, so a
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what happens in the Middle East.” This gives rise to a further irony. Though today’s activists are “very critical of Western interven- tion, and blame much of what’s happened on Western intervention, their pressure may well lead to a new Western intervention in the Middle East,” Mr. Montefiore says. “After all, that’s what they’re call- ing for—a new intervention to change the political status quo in the Holy Land.” And so, alongside the jihad be- ing waged against it, Israel also faces what Mr. Montefiore calls “a secular moral crusade. These are modern missionaries. And their mission is very Christian, with features of deep religiosity. We’re living in a fascinating period. That these activist movements in the West may force their govern- ments to make a new intervention in the Middle East would be so beyond irony.” This new external impulse to re- shape the Middle East originates not in grand chanceries but in nongovernmental movements. “Ac- tivist alliances are putting pres- sure on Western governments,” Mr. Montefiore says. “Though great powers should not have their foreign policies formed by small but aggressive cadres of activists, that is exactly what is happening.” It is an “extraordinary moment”: “Gaza and Palestine have become domestic issues in small towns in postindustrial northern Britain and in the poshest universities and the bourgeois activist class.” T
hese activists, he notes, are “not interested in any other regions or atrocities”—not Syria, Sudan, Yemen or Iran. “That selectivity is prefigured, and pre- programmed, by the history of Christendom.” There have been no protests of any scale against the atrocities in Iran, where in two days—Jan. 8-9—more than 30,000 people were killed. Altogether, Mr. Montefiore says, 42,000 civilians were slaughtered, “an event so co- lossal that it may be the largest single event massacre in the entire Middle East since 1900.” He says the regime killed more people in a week than the Shah did in his nearly 40-year reign. What accounts for the selective moral outrage? “It shows the dan- gers of ideology,” he says. “When you sublet your judgment about facts and morals to a rigid ideol- ogy, you really surrender your abil- ity to make real moral judgments, and also to make real factual judg- ments.” Instead, “you end up with this mad situation where the United Nations was resisting talk- ing about the killing of 40,000 young people and the once-human- itarian NGOs refuse to discuss it because it might help the U.S. and Israel.” We are in a “completely differ- ent moral realm now, of how to judge the Middle East,” Mr. Mon- tefiore says. “We are in a new world of counterhistory, where neither historical facts nor pres- ent-time facts matter if they don’t fit the ideological orthodoxy.”
Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal con- tributor, is a fellow at the Ameri- can Enterprise Institute and at New York University Law School’s Classical Liberal Institute.
smaller number of voters can de- cide each party’s candidate before the big day in November. It is an- other matter entirely for a rela- tively tiny slice of the electorate to foist tax hikes and spending deci- sions on everyone else. State governments should encour- age the largest number of people possible to make their voices heard on important ballot questions. Aug. 4 may or may not be a win for social- ists in Michigan. But hopefully this is the last August when Michiganders, or voters anywhere in America, are asked to fork over money with little awareness or fanfare.
Mr. Reitz is executive vice presi- dent of the Mackinac Center for Pub- lic Policy.
your feet outside the sheet or blan- ket can help your body shed heat and cool down enough to sink into sleep. Beyond those recommendations, [Climate Central’s Kristina] Dahl says one of the best sleep aids isn’t a pill or a meditation app, but cut- ting back on burning fossil fuels, the primary driver of climate change.
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emo to Wall Street: Quit whining about the Federal Reserve. Your cli- ents are paying you (a lot) to make judgments about risks and re- turns in real time, and it’s em- barrassing when you complain now that Daddy Fed isn’t tell- ing you how to do it. We’re sorry for any ruffled feathers, but someone has to say this after the outpouring of scorn directed at Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh this week. The second Federal Open Market Committee meet- ing he led in his still-new tenure on Wednesday left the overnight Fed funds rate target range unchanged, though with three dissenting votes in favor of an increase. In his press conference following the meet- ing, Mr. Warsh delivered a strong statement that the Fed aims for 2% inflation and not 2%- plus-what-we-think-we-can-get-away-with. But he otherwise stuck to his determination to de- prive markets of “forward guidance” on future rate moves. Cue a freak-out on Wall Street, on bond desks—and among the journalists these folks talk to. This distills to two complaints that we can see. The first is that Mr. Warsh is blowing his credibility by not raising interest rates to tamp down stubborn inflation, especially with a new Middle East energy-price shock looming. This crowd argues that rising bond yields since Wednesday, especially at the long end of the curve, signal that investors doubt Mr. Warsh will bring inflation under control. Maybe, and maybe not. Even after this week’s rise, rates aren’t high by historical stan- dards. The 10-year Treasury at about 4.74% is lower than it was for most of the 1990s and the entirety of the ’80s. Ditto the 30-year at 5.28%. As of Thursday, the average annual inflation rate investors anticipate over the next decade, as measured by the 10-year breakeven on infla- tion-protected bonds, was 2.27%. That’s above the Fed’s target, but less than the 2.5% inflation priced in May. An alternative explanation for the recent rise in long rates could be anticipated economic growth as investors continue to digest the arti- ficial intelligence boom. Friday’s rising yields were accompanied by good days for equities around the world. Enthusiasm for stock invest- ments seems to have drawn capital into those markets and pushed up bond yields to compen- sate. It all sounds so old-fashioned, and also, dare we say, normal. We don’t know which of these factors—agita surrounding Mr. Warsh’s credibility and infla-
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he Senate next week intends to confirm its fifth batch of President Trump’s nominees using the “en bloc” process that Sen. John Thune inaugu- rated last year for non-major posts. The latest list of 74 names includes future ambas- sadors to Australia, Brazil and Equatorial Guinea. There are assistant secretaries, judges for the District of Columbia, and roles at agencies such as the National Credit Union Administration Board. Assuming this tranche goes through as ex- pected, the Senate will have used the method to fast track 375 of Mr. Trump’s nominees since September, when Mr. Thune led Republicans to change the chamber’s rules for group consider- ation. For the record, that figure will be about 63% of total civilian Senate confirmations so far in the second Trump Administration. Over the long haul, this procedural streamlining will benefit both parties. The point is to circumvent delay, not sub- stantive political debate. The en bloc process enshrined by Mr. Thune can’t be used to con-
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reat news. A Food and Drug Administra- tion advisory committee of non-agency scientists and doctors on Thursday voted 10-3 to support approval of Replimune’s melanoma im- munotherapy, though not without agency staffers put- ting up a fight. We hope FDA leaders heed the panel’s rec- ommendation when they de- cide as soon as this weekend whether to approve the therapy. Market analysts predicted that the panel would vote against Replimune’s RP1 after FDA staffers this week released highly critical brief- ing documents. The trial results apparently were so impressive that the bureaucrats couldn’t be- lieve them. The FDA reviewers cited a litany of dubious reasons why the outside experts shouldn’t trust the trial results, as we described in a recent editorial. RP1 is a re-engineered herpes virus that is in- jected into melanoma tumors and causes cancer cells to burst. This releases flares that train the immune system to track down and kill cancer cells hiding around the body. Many patients with metastatic melanoma don’t respond to, or de- velop resistance to, other front-line immuno- therapies. Replimune’s therapy turbo-charges the re- sponse to other immunotherapies by unmasking cancer cells. In this way it shrinks both superfi- cial and distant tumors, with far fewer side ef- fects than chemotherapy or radiation. A third of
Have they forgotten how to price risk without the Fed guiding them?
The new ‘en bloc’ route has sped hundreds of Trump’s confirmations.
An advisory committee sides with patients over the FDA bureaucracy.
tion, economic growth, or something else—is driving markets now. Neither, we’d venture, do many market pundits. Which leads us to the other complaint about Mr. Warsh—that he isn’t telling investors what to do. This leaves them to figure it out for themselves. This encompasses several whinges. One is that by aban- doning the Fed’s prior practice of sending strong signals about its future rate intentions, Mr. Warsh is losing control of the longer end of the bond yield curve. Never mind that this was never something the Fed aspired to dictate before the Ben Bernanke era. Mr. Warsh has said this loss of control is a feature, not a bug, of his method. He wants market participants to “play the ball and not the referee.” Whining about the lack of guidance is an odd complaint from the same people who worry markets are sending an important signal about Mr. Warsh’s policy choices (see above). Would they prefer he use forward guidance to head- fake markets into covering his tracks? A related complaint is that the Fed is too im- portant to be this quiet. This is more true than it used to be after repeated rounds of quantita- tive easing made the Fed a major participant in the Treasury market. But the Fed’s guidance often has been wrong and damaging—incor- rectly forecasting inflation, and trapping itself in policy errors. Especially because it’s the 800- pound gorilla in markets, better a gorilla that sits quietly for a change. i i i Much of this may not be about economics. One undertone to this debate is that many of Mr. Warsh’s critics want to goad him into a rate increase that would antagonize President Trump. The Fed press corps would love nothing better, after feuds between Mr. Trump and Mr. Warsh’s predecessor Jerome Powell made for rare compelling copy about a central bank. There’s also the awkward question of whether Wall Street knows how to do the risk- pricing Mr. Warsh now asks of it. Not since 2008 have trading desks had to make decisions on bond deals without reference to a cheat- sheet from the Eccles Building. That’s roughly a generation if not two, as measured by the ca- reer span of a bond trader. Mr. Warsh knows his reputation is on the line concerning his ability to deliver price stability. And it’s been all of two meetings and 71 days since he took on the job. The freak-out is prema- ture, and it reflects worse on Wall Street than it does on Mr. Warsh.
firm cabinet secretaries or federal judges, all of whom still need individual attention from the Senate. Yet more than 1,000 positions require confirmation, and an obsti- nate minority party can use each one as an opportunity for delay. That’s true even if there isn’t serious opposition to the President’s pick for ambassa- dor to Belize or the board of directors at Amtrak. Frustrated with dilatory tactics by Demo- crats, Mr. Trump has demanded that Congress simply adjourn and let him fill vacancies using recess appointments. Senate Republicans de- clined, rightly, since that would be an abdica- tion of their power to advise and consent, leav- ing no limits on whom Mr. Trump might install or in what roles. Does housing and spying czar Bill Pulte want another brass nameplate for his collection? Mr. Thune’s approach seems to be working, in that it’s speeding through batches of noncon- troversial agency subordinates, while preserv- ing the Senate’s right to confirm, or not, the next intended Attorney General.
patients whose cancer worsened on other immu- notherapies experienced remission on RP1, with cancers vanishing in one of six. While FDA staffers down- playedthisbenefit,one oncolo- gist at the advisory committee hearing pointedly noted that mostphysiciansconsidera30% response rate in metastatic pa- tients whose cancer worsened onothertreatmentstobesignificant.Anotheron- cologist chided the FDA for failing to establish a precise benchmark for determining what consti- tutes a benefit of “large magnitude.” The FDA reviewers said tumors may have shrunk because of run-of-the-mill biopsies per- formedduringthetrial,orfromtheimmunother- apy thatpatientshadn’tpreviouslyresponded to, or from the mere poking of the tumor with a nee- dle.Youhavetomarvelattheirbull-headedoppo- sition to a medicine that is saving lives. The FDA reviewers even claimed they are act- ing in patients’ best interest by protecting them from a drug that might not work. Protecting them by consigning them to an inevitable death sentence? George Orwell, call your office. Mela- noma patients and their family members who testified at the hearing disagreed and begged the agency to approve the medicine. The advisory committee listened. Still, the agency’s fierce resistance to approv- ing RP1 underscores the need for systemic changes to a bureaucracy that prioritizes pro- tecting its control over helping patients.
No one is trying to ban Mercedes Benz from the U.S. market, as your ed- itorial “Republicans Go for a UAW Ride” (July 27) claims. You left out of your analysis that the German-based, Chinese-owned automaker could con- tinue to operate in America even un- der the Connected Vehicle Security Act by simply having its Chinese share- holders divest so that the company is under the proposed act’s equity limit. The Journal’s line of thinking requires us to believe that Mercedes Benz would choose to fire at least 7,500 Americans and lose the U.S. market to keep two Chinese owners. This legislation, which I’m leading in the House of Representatives, passed unanimously from the Senate Commerce Committee and has more than 80 bipartisan co-sponsors across both chambers. The lawmak- ers supporting it recognize that China’s massive state-subsidized overcapacity in automaking has crip- pled Europe’s automakers and poses
Dennis Kneale’s op-ed “At Home in Florida’s Wild Kingdom” (July 27) per- fectly captures one of the great reali- ties of living in Florida: We don’t sim- ply observe nature, we live alongside it. Most of the time that coexistence is one of the state’s greatest attractions. Occasionally, however, it requires gov- ernment to perform a task that only government can. Recently, a large alligator took up residence in a pond within our condo- minium community. With residents walking the paths daily and many owners exercising their dogs near the water, the alligator became a legiti- mate public-safety concern. We contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program. Frankly, I expected the response might take a day or two. Instead, within ap- proximately four hours, a licensed trap- per arrived, safely captured the animal and removed it from the community. In today’s political climate, govern- ment successes rarely receive the same attention as failures. This one deserves recognition. Florida has cre- ated a program that is focused, effi- cient, professionally administered and responsive. It protects residents while responsibly managing one of the na-
In his letter “A Trump Tariff Suc- cess Story: American Steel” (July 16), Steel Manufacturers Association Exec- utive Vice President Brandon Farris points to rising steel production and capacity utilization as proof that Sec- tion 232 tariffs are a success. But that view leaves out the vehicles that keep America’s core industries running— and the workers now struggling to af- ford them. Consider our farming community. Rural America runs on working vehi- cles like utility-task vehicles and all- terrain vehicles. Farmers like my fam- ily rely on them daily to feed livestock, move equipment and sup- plies, and monitor irrigation systems. We’re already facing the toughest ag- ricultural economy in nearly 50 years,
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Tevi Troy wonders in his op-ed “Dear Diary, I Hope They Don’t FOIA You” (July 30) why anyone in public service would keep a diary that could someday come back to haunt them. The answer seems clear to me: The only professionals who keep di- aries believe that future historians are going to be interested in them. They are not keeping a diary for themselves. They are writing it for their fans. Such motivation betrays some- thing about their personalities. They write because they want others to fawn over the content. DAVID LANGE Lincoln, Neb.
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a threat to our nation’s auto industry. Too many of our nation’s banks, cor- porations and media outlets still cling to poorly reasoned China apologetics, despite ample evidence they shouldn’t. No amount of trade liberalization will make the Chinese Communist Party for free markets or free people, and it isn’t “rent-seeking” to acknowledge that fact. Our nation’s broader industrial base has been hollowed out by willful blindness and a dogmatic insistence that we continue granting Chinese companies all the privileges of our market without demanding reciprocal treatment for our own companies. The Select Committee on China looks forward to working with compa- nies and institutions that want to seri- ously address the threats our country faces from China’s communists. The Connected Vehicle Security Act is a vi- tal step to doing so. REP. JOHN MOOLENAAR (R., MICH.) Chairman, Select Committee on China Washington
tion’s most iconic wildlife species. Mr. Kneale reminds us that living in Florida means accepting both the beauty and responsibilities of its unique environment. Our experience reinforced another lesson: When gov- ernment is well-designed, narrowly fo- cused and competently managed, it can deliver exceptional value to the public. K.J. NYGAARD Naples, Fla.
Mr. Kneale could have added to his list of creatures with which Floridians are willing to coexist: sharks, raccoons, armadillos, possums, rattlesnakes and bugs of every variety. Add to that hur- ricanes and ferocious lightning caused by humidity from ocean breezes. All of these things help give Florida its unique character. We love our state and wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else. CHAD PRICE Winter Park, Fla.
My wife and I lived in Oregon for 30 years and now happily reside in Florida. After reading Mr. Kneale’s op- ed we have an idea for a new slogan for the Sunshine State: Florida, where wildlife roams free and so do you. JERRY DAWSON Citrus Hills, Fla.
on top of persistently high fertilizer and fuel costs. Yet an April revision to the president’s 232 proclamation now applies these tariffs to the full value of ATVs and UTVs, threatening to add thousands of dollars to the cost of a single vehicle. These same vehicles keep other core industries running. Energy and mining crews use them to transport equipment in work zones, while emer- gency responders depend on them to mobilize in tough terrain. When tariff policy makes basic equipment unaf- fordable for the people who use it ev- ery day, it stops protecting American industry and starts undermining it. To ensure our nation’s farmers, ranchers, energy producers and first responders can still afford the equip- ment they need to do their jobs, poli- cymakers should adopt targeted tariff relief that protects working vehicles. TODD CRANNEY Executive director Save America’s Working Vehicles Meridian, Idaho
Hey, Burglars and Squatters!
Your editorial “Mamdani’s Class En- emies List” (July 30) rightfully casti- gates the New York mayor for his coun- terproductive campaign against part- time residents. I’d go further: Zohran Mamdani’s release of the names of nearly a million owners of potentially partially vacant domiciles along with their addresses is sheer madness. It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters. MOSHE YUDKOWSKY Chicago
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t wasn’t good for Anthony Fauci or anybody else that he took the Fifth at his Senate hearing this week. That plus his diary may well have been a reputation-destroying event. It was obviously his right as a citizen to invoke the protections of the Constitution, and he surely had his reasons, but everyone who takes the Fifth knows what it looks like: It’s the early ’60s, we’re at congres- sional hearings on la Cosa Nostra, and the head of one of the five fam- ilies is fiddling with his diamond pinkie ring as he asserts his right not to incriminate himself. Dr. Fauci is the man who ran the pandemic response in America. He was the face of it. When you have been appointed, in effect, to lead a nation through a disaster you owe that nation a full and frequent ac- counting. To seem to dodge is un- becoming. He has already been
he saw the pandemic less as a historic emergency than a media opportunity.
given a sweeping presidential par- don by Joe Biden; in the time after and not covered by that pardon, he owes it to the public to speak truthfully. It would have been good to hear Dr. Fauci, now 85, distill what the entire pandemic experience was and what it did to us as a society, what could have been done to make its management better, what decisions in retrospect made it worse. Look- ing back, did he or others, in their newfound ascendancy, get carried away? On reflection, is there any justice to the charge they became power-drunk? Dr. Fauci’s pandemic diary, re- leased this week, was also damag- ing. When I heard of its existence, I
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he Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has been in the news for disparaging our nation’s history and engaging in partisan activism. Addressing such charges, the mu- seum’s director, Anthea Hartig, tes- tified at two congressional hearings. The most interesting thing about her prepared testimony is that she chose not to address a single exhibit that has opened under her seven- year watch. Responding to a 160-page report from the White House Domestic Pol- icy Council that details how the mu- seum has strayed from its intended mission, Ms. Hartig’s response was to invoke the flag—specifically, the Star-Spangled Banner. In her pre- pared testimony, she referenced it multiple times. That flag, which so inspired Francis Scott Key, has been displayed at the National Museum of American History since 1964 and housed in its current gallery for 18 years. That exhibit is excellent and patriotic, but the newer parts of the museum are heavy-handed, dumbed- down and anti-American—the oppo- site of what a national museum should be. I sat directly beside Ms. Hartig as a witness in her second hearing. I testified that the National Museum of American History increasingly is a museum not about American his- tory, but about activists’ attempts to shape the future. The museum’s newer exhibits offer no coherent sense of a shared national identity, and they divide Americans into op- pressors and the oppressed. Since Ms. Hartig didn’t want to discuss the offerings unveiled dur- ing her tenure, let me highlight a few. A stand-alone display case in the midst of a busy walkway con- tains a lone National Football
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thought: Good. What history most needs is first-person testimony, the more the better, in real time—if possible. I thought of Samuel Pepys, a senior govern- ment administrator for the British navy in his late 20s and 30s, whose diary gave his- tory the finest first- person reporting on two different cata- clysms that hit London, the Great Fire of 1666 and the Great Plague the year before. Pepys watched the Great Fire from the Tower of London, near where he lived, and came to grasp, with shock, the size and scale of it. In a famous passage on Sept. 2, 1666, he described see- ing “poor people stay- ing in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the water-side to another. And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hov- ered about the windows and balco- nys till they were, some of them burned, their wings, and fell down.” Pepys recorded all the chaos around him. His writing was jagged and real-time. He reported what he’d seen to King Charles II. He was also an eyewitness to the Great Plague of 1665, which took an estimated 100,000 lives, about a fourth of London’s population, in 18 months. He records empty streets and carts collecting the dead. On June 7, 1665, Pepys passes the homes of the quarantined: “This day, much against my Will, I did in Drury-lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and ‘Lord have mercy upon us’ writ there.” He was pained and fright- ened: He’d never seen such a thing. With this frame, alas, I read the first five months of Dr. Fauci’s pan- demic diary. As has been reported, it isn’t
League jersey. It isn’t one that was worn by Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, Jim Brown or any other early NFL legend. The jersey belonged to Carl Nassib, who in 2021 became the league’s “first openly gay player to take the field in a regular-season game.” Nearby, in a mini-exhibit on video games, visitors are asked, “Have you ever experimented with your identity in video games?” In April, apparently to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence, the museum opened “¡Puro Ritmo!: The Musical Journey of Salsa.” In the “family friendly” exhibit “Change Your Game / Cambia tu juego,” visitors are asked, “Is Gen- der Testing Fair?” They’re told that “critics argue that gender tests are humiliating and discriminate against athletes who challenge traditional gender norms.” Aside from its com-
Two things seem obvious in the fight over whether to ban open-weight arti- ficial-intelligence models from China. Nothing is likely to be de- cided formally un- less there’s a big event, and a big event seems likely. Anthropic’s most advanced model, Mythos, remains withheld from general distribution because it could be used in cyberattacks. Then there’s the recent hooligan- ism of an OpenAI model, which es- caped a testing environment, stole credentials of multiple private- company servers, then burglarized
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about witnessing or capturing the size and scale of a crisis, or feeling shock or anxiety. It is about other things. On Jan. 6, 2020, he goes to a “Super A list” party. At a meeting later that month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hugs and kisses him and tells everyone “how great I am.” At another, President Trump tells Dr. Fauci, “Lou Dobbs . . . told me that you were one of the smart- est, knowledgeable and outstanding persons he knows.” Dr. Fauci was “very pleased,” others “stunned and impressed.” Jan. 30: “All my friends kept say- ing I was a national hero” and that they “ ‘felt safe in my arms.’ ” March 8: “Nice profiles of me in Politico and NY Times today.” March 15: “I did all 5 Sunday Shows today (my 3rd ‘Fauci 5’).” Apparently this is his version of “the full Ginsburg,” named for Monica Lewinsky’s attorney, Wil- liam Ginsburg, when he did five Sunday shows in one morning. March 26: “Donuts are being named after me; T shirts have my picture on them.” April 7: “Press still hot and
mitment to activism, this is essen- tially an exhibit about nothing, pushing the outer limits of vacuous- ness. Prominent signs ask and an- swer, “Who Can Be a Game Changer? Anyone.” “Who Is a Game
Museum of American History doesn’t want to talk about her exhibits.
Changer? You Are.” What this has to do with American history is any- one’s guess. While making space for such drivel, the museum ignores huge swaths of American history. It offers little to nothing on the colonial pe- riod, the American founding, the
one to steal the answer to a prob- lem-solving challenge. Hugging Face, the company whose server was violated, counts an impressive 17,600 distinct acts as part of the attack. Log inspections subsequently revealed that An- thropic’s experimental models are no strangers to such behavior too. The big concern should be open- weight AI models from China, dis- tributed free or cheaply, which can be modified by the user beyond the purview or control of the creator. These Chinese models are catching up quick. They’ll soon be creating such incidents if they aren’t already, and will be harder to catch or stop. When is Beijing going to wake up? Which brings us to the oddest circumstance of all. Any urge by the Trump administration to ban the Chinese models is being swallowed up in a tsunami of protest from U.S. tech influencers. See a recent op-ed in these pages by Mark Zuckerberg. Critics of a ban pitch their argu- ment in terms of generalities like freedom and innovation. Between the lines, their fear is Washington seizing a role in deciding what AI capabilities will be allowed in pub- lic hands. They fear U.S. leaders OpenAI and Anthropic effectively becoming authorized monopolists. For their own businesses, Mr. Zuckerberg and other tech executives want cheap AI. They also want to avoid being overmastered in their own domains by government-backed giants. And yet, as with many AI debates, this one seems a case of being on a
heavy about me.” May 21: “POTUS seems to be en- amored of me.” That’s before he gets to the movie star sending him flowers. In one sense, it screams Seven Deadly Sins—he gave in to his pride. But it also makes the his- tory in which he took such a big part look banal and inhuman: Your historic emergency is his media opportunity. A deeper criticism is that in the diary he doesn’t seem at all hum- bled by the role in which he’s been cast, or by his responsibilities. I saw no deep reflection on the suf- ferings of his countrymen. He doesn’t see the red crosses on the door. He attaches clippings of or links to fawning newspaper profiles and columns, but not to stories about what was happening in the civilian population of his country as it went through a crisis. The sweep and detail of Pepys’s diary captures the spirit of his age, the Restoration; let’s hope the flat- ness and self-adulation of Anthony Fauci’s doesn’t capture ours. I end with a thought that may sound extreme, but I think there’s
Louisiana Purchase, the Louis and Clark expedition, the Lincoln-Doug- las debates, the pioneers and set- tlers of the American West, the Roaring ’20s, the Great Depression, the Cold War and much else. During questioning, Ms. Hartig claimed that the museum has “a dozen exhibitions that include the founding era.” In response, I noted, “You could put everything in the museum that mentions the founding into the rooms that feature the low- rider exhibit and the salsa music ex- hibit, and you’d have space left over.” What little the museum does pro- vide on the founding and pre-found- ing eras is largely critical. In one ex- hibit, 1492-1776 is referred to as the period of “Unsettling the Conti- nent.” Visitors are told, “Our world today grows out of that unsettling history.” Elsewhere, they’re told
fast-moving train and arguing whether to get off at a stop we’ve already missed. Fear (or hope) of unassailable U.S. AI monopolies is obsolete, if it was ever justified. Better fixes are already reverberat- ing, such as requiring domestic frontier labs to license “distillation” for U.S. builders of open-weight competitors. Distillation is the practice by which Chinese models are suspected of free-riding on U.S. pioneers in
intelligence agencies to tell us what they know about the Chinese models.
their training and development, giv- ing the Chinese a cost advantage in competition with U.S. pioneers. In essence, let a thousand flowers bloom and make sure more of them are U.S. flowers. There’s a big but: With the pass- ing of the monopoly moment also is passing the most obvious strategy for dealing with AI risks before they come out of the lab. These risks include a Chernobyl- like or Chinese wet market acci- dent—a mass disruption event in a form we might not even be able to visualize right now. The risks also include the more familiar ones of terrorists, criminals or rogue states getting their hands on advanced cy- ber or bioweapon capabilities. Letters are circulating by AI
some degree of truth in it. Looking back on the public-leadership aspect of the pandemic—while we were in the trauma and fear of the first months, while we were banging pots at 7 p.m. to thank hospital work- ers, and scientists were zooming to find out more about treatments and protocols, and ear- nest medical officials were showing up on ca- ble explaining what they believed to be true—a lot of people tried to do a lot of good things. But it all became pretty political pretty fast, pretty insidery and groupthinky, and pretty smug as the previously obscure became famous overnight. It all came together and yielded a little so- cietal Chernobyl. The reactor blew, causing a ca- lamity. The politicians lied and couldn’t be trusted, the bureaucrats lied and couldn’t be trusted, the government scientists lied about the data in front of their eyes, the national press was a propaganda machine. As much as anything, Chernobyl contributed to the top- pling of the Soviet Union. Looking back on the Covid crisis, a lot of professionals were trusted beyond the point they deserved. So were many politicians. As people on the ground in America rose up against lockdowns, closed schools, mask mandates, closed churches, they were often unheard, or heard slowly, reluctantly and disrespect- fully. The medical and scientific es- tablishment didn’t seem to be a part of the public anymore, but handling the public. And by the end, a lot of people thought they couldn’t trust the politicians and couldn’t trust the scientists. My fear is that next time, and there likely will be a next time, reg- ular people will think: There’s no one to trust. We’re on our own. That won’t be a good thing.
that our founding can either be viewed as a “complete, perfect, sa- cred event led by a great patriot who, as American children would learn, never told a lie” or else as “part of a wider, unfinished move- ment” that was “deeply imperfect.” Viewing our founding as one of the greatest events in world history, warts and all, apparently isn’t an option. Americans deserve a National Museum of American History that expresses a love of that history and views it as the wondrous story of a nation conceived in liberty. They don’t deserve a museum that alter- nates between ignoring and con- demning our extraordinary heritage.
Mr. Anderson is president of the American Main Street Initiative. He served as director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2017-21.
leaders calling for a slowdown in the release of new models, and for a joint effort by the U.S. and China. Good luck, at least before we get a focusing mishap. In the meantime, how about putting more informa- tion before passengers of this run- away train? I asked Google’s Gemini AI to draft a “statement of concern” for the Trump administration to help clarify the risks to private us- ers of proliferating AI models. Of the Chinese threat, it says, “While low costs and downloadable model weights may appear attrac- tive to American enterprises seek- ing off-the-shelf software, free or low-cost foreign AI software comes with hidden national security costs, severe legal liabilities, and compro- mised data security.” U.S. national-security concerns aren’t going to be a big factor for private users deciding whether to use Chinese AI models. Fears of data piracy and legal liability are rational dissuaders. We’ve seen as much—liability risk was almost cer- tainly a factor in Anthropic’s deci- sion to withhold Mythos. But an important piece is miss- ing. What do our spy agencies know about the relationship be- tween China’s AI labs and China’s Communist Party? That is, beyond the stipulation that applies to all Chinese companies that they coop- erate on national goals when Bei- jing rings up. If U.S. intelligence knows some- thing that the private user base should know before trusting their prompts to a Chinese AI, now would be a good time to tell us.
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BY JOSHUA ROBINSON But even Infantino hadn’t ex- pected the reaction from the global soccer community to be so forceful. European countries an- nounced that they would boycott all FIFA competi- tions, including the men’s and women’s World Cup. Federa- tions in Asia, North America, and the Ca- ribbean all ex- pressed deep con- cerns. And, on Friday, even Infan- tino’s closest allies began to turn against him. First came the resignation of Carlos Cordeiro, a former Goldman Sachs banker and president of U.S. Soccer who had been a key architect of this summer’s World Cup and a con- duit to the White House. Then,
FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday abandoned his contro- versial plan to sell part of the World Cup’s commercial rights to private investors in the face of global outrage—barely 72 hours after the proposal was first leaked. “Having listened carefully to all the views,” Infantino said, “it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.” The plan had been designed to raise $4.2 billion of capital through the sale of roughly 20% of an entity called FIFA Forward En- terprise. And Thrive Capital, the firm founded by Joshua Kushner, was positioned to be a leading in- vestor.
Where It All Went Wrong For FIFA’s Boss
On the day that Gianni Infan- tino stood alongside President Trump to present the World Cup trophy to Spain, he was still one of the most untouchable figures in sports. The FIFA president, who has led soccer’s world governing body for a decade, had recently an- nounced his intention to run for a third term. He had guided the World Cup to unprecedented reve- nue. And he knew that around 200 of the 211 associations that make up FIFA’s membership already supported his bid for re-election. That was less than two weeks ago. On Friday night, Infantino was forced to backtrack on his contro- versial proposal to spin off the commercial rights of FIFA compe- titions into a private company and sell a roughly 20% stake to inves- tors that would value the venture at $20 billion. Support turned against him from federations around the world. And a key adviser, the for- mer Goldman Sachs banker and U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cord- eiro, resigned in protest on Friday morning. Cordeiro had been at Infan- tino’s side for the past five years and acted as a leading emissary to the White House. “Let me be clear: I had no in- volvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally,” Cordeiro said. “It is a bad deal for FIFA’s
member associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game.” The groundswell against Infan- tino began on Thursday with the threat of a World Cup boycott from all 55 European countries un- der UEFA. Then Concacaf, which oversees the game in North Amer- ica, Central America, and the Ca- ribbean expressed deep concerns over the project, known as FIFA Forward Enterprise. And even af- ter FIFA issued a clarification on Friday morning, insisting that “Nobody is selling football,” the Asian Football Confederation joined the chorus. “The fact that the situation has reached the point where the real possibility of a FIFA World Cup boycott has entered public dis- course should concern everyone who cares about the future of our game,” the AFC said. Should those three confedera- tions band together behind a rival candidate in FIFA’s presidential election early next year, they would, in theory, have enough sway to oust Infantino under the organization’s one-country, one- vote system. First, however, they would need to nominate an oppo- sition candidate. At the moment, Infantino is still due to run unopposed, just as he did in 2023. Back then, at a vote held in Ki- gali, Rwanda, the support for him was so overwhelming that he was
hours later, Infantino was casti- gated by FIFA’s own No. 3 execu- tive, chief operating officer Kevin Lamour. “It is the project of one per- son,” Lamour wrote in a statement re- leased to the Associ- ated Press. “Not only must this project not go ahead…but the time has now come for football political leaders to ask them- selves the right questions and make the right decisions.” Lamour added that FIFA staff had been “deceived” by Infantino’s plan for FIFA Forward Enterprise, which completely blindsided the organization’s staff and 211 mem- ber associations when it leaked on Tuesday. “And if that means I lose
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office with President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FIFA adviser Carlos Cordeiro.
ushered back into office by ac- claim, with a storming round of applause replacing a formal vote. “To all those that love me, and I know there are so many, and those that hate me, and I know there are a few, I love you all of course,” Infantino, a Swiss lawyer and former UEFA executive, said at the time. “Today especially.” Already, the key plank of his campaign had been to increase payments to member associations all over the world for development projects. It was an approach per- fected by the former FIFA presi- dent Sepp Blatter, who made it his mission over 17 years in charge to gain support outside the tradi- tional soccer heartlands. By spending liberally to grow the game beyond Europe and South America, Blatter earned unflag- ging support from huge blocs of
my job then so be it,” Lamour wrote. “I will understand and re- spect that decision. At least I’ll sleep well tonight.” For Infantino, a 56-year-old Swiss lawyer, the torrent of out- side criticism had been one thing. But the internal rebukes were par- ticularly cutting—and posed the greatest risk. Infantino has always run FIFA with little regard for dif- fering views inside the building. The man who once said he would like to be “the King of Football” has often conducted himself as the organization’s sole executive, be- lieving that any opponents simply misunderstood his purpose. When he celebrated his 10th anniversary in charge, he threw at least three separate parties. And, as recently as a few weeks ago, he expected to be swept into office for a third full term next March with the support of at least 200 of
voters who viewed him not as a soccer official, but as a great hu- manitarian. Anything Blatter spent, though, has been dwarfed by the funds In- fantino promised this week. In a proposal first leaked on Tuesday, Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enter- prise pledged up to $40 million over the next four-year cycle to every national soccer federation on the planet, from defending men’s and women’s world cham- pion Spain to 211th-ranked San Marino. The revenue for this summer’s World Cup went beyond FIFA’s wildest dreams, generating $15 billion in revenue, up from an ear- lier projection of $11 billion. But the organization believed it could press even further. FIFA had begun working with JPMorgan Chase early in the year
FIFA’s 211 member associations. “To those behind their pens and papers, behind their screens spreading hate and false rumors,” he wrote in an Instagram screed before anyone had even heard of FIFA Forward Enterprise, “I want to say that while you are sitting behind, we at FIFA are on the front lines organizing, working hard, and delivering the best show in the world.” The past week, however, has proven to be the most damaging of his tenure. Though he has scrapped FIFA Forward Enterprise, the legacy of the program will have been emboldening Infantino’s sharpest critics. “Moving forward, my intent is to bring all interested parties back together in the coming days and weeks,” Infantino said, “in the spirit of shared interest in our game.”
to eventually invite outside investors to buy a stake in FIFA’s commercial operations, including broadcast rights, ticket sales, marketing and licens- ing. (JPMorgan had also been involved in the doomed 2021 Euro- pean Super League project. The bank ulti- mately issued an apol- ogy after the ESL col- lapsed in the face of fan protests.) The plan this time was for FIFA Forward Enterprise to “upgrade monetization” and “en- hance access to capi- tal” for the organiza- tion, according to a 25- page pitch deck for the program obtained by The Wall Street Jour- nal. One way they planned to do that was by increasing the total number of FIFA competitions across all age groups and ver- sions of the game to 450 over the next four years, up from around 200. But in discussions on both sides of the Atlantic, soccer exec- utives have wondered why any of this was even necessary from a highly successful nonprofit. “If member associations be- lieve additional investment is needed to develop the game, FIFA already has the financial capacity to provide that support from its existing resources,” Cordeiro said. This all ended on Friday night when FIFA issued a statement that said after listening to all views, the plan created divisions that “are no longer in the interest of the objective in the first place.”
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His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart
BY BERBER JIN, GREGORY ZUCKERMAN, PETER RUDEGEAIR AND ANISSA GARDIZY W
hen the week began, Leopold Aschenbrenner was preparing for his wedding. The plan was for a multiday celebra- tion in Carmel, a sea- side town in Northern California, with the ceremony at a Tuscan-style villa and the send-off at a spa in the forest. There would also be a pre-wedding colloquium to discuss ideas in panels and breakout sessions. The couple’s only request: no gifts. The 24-year-old investor had amassed a fortune by promising he could see into the future, building a $45 billion investing powerhouse that primarily bought stocks in the AI trade. For months, the holdings of his hedge fund Situational Awareness shot up in value, as did Aschenbrenner’s standing in the upper echelons of San Francisco’s elite. But by the time guests began to ar- rive, his fund was unraveling—and Wall Street was closing in. Aschenbrenner borrowed too much money to make his AI bets, leaving him at risk as they faltered. With the value of his portfolio tumbling, he
SUVs, pickup trucks and sports cars are keeping the company profitable in a changing industry
BY RYAN FELTON
On a recent afternoon, Matt Simpson watched as a parade of brawny off-road SUVs, pickup trucks and high-powered sports cars stormed down a Nascar race- track in mid-Michigan. Each was the fruit of Simpson’s customization division at Ford Motor. His team designs packages that let Bronco SUVs and F-150 owners trick out their rides with unique paint jobs and high-horse- power engine upgrades, a lucra- tive business these days. Nowhere to be found: staid fam- ily sedans, cheap hatchbacks or frumpy minivans. Ford no longer makes any of those. “This is the most passionate lineup that Ford has ever had,” Simpson said. It is a shift away from cars that Ford’s chief executive, Jim Farley,
Leopold Aschenbrenner sold most of his firm’s stock portfolio to Citadel, led by Ken Griffin, right
has deemed “boring,” and it has been great for the automaker’s bottom line. Ford’s U.S. sales in 2025 were the highest in six years, though lower than a decade ear- lier, when it had more types of cars to sell. That has had down- sides for some Ford dealers, who now operate without cars like the Escape SUV and Focus sedan, which once generated significant sales. “It’s definitely a complete shift to everything that most dealers I know believe, which is, the more products you have, the more prod- uct you can sell,” said Shane Col- lins, executive general manager at a Ford dealer in Louisville, Ky. Ford, which helped pioneer the modern assembly line and still as- sembles most of its cars in the U.S., sees the shift as a business necessity—for itself and for deal- ers. Overall sales of new cars have shrunk in recent years, with about a million buyers opting out—and car owners keeping their old vehi- cles for longer than ever—as aver- age prices hover around $50,000. The market has shifted to favor large, expensive trucks and SUVs, and Ford has moved to capitalize
Leopold Aschenbrenner took on too much leverage and was scrambling for lifelines
scrambled to raise cash to satisfy his lenders, appealing to some of the larg- est hedge funds and selling billions of dollars in holdings in a fire sale to Ken Griffin’s Citadel. Aschenbrenner first made his way to California, after graduating from Columbia University in 2021 at age 19. An early convert to principles of the effective altruism movement, he began working for the philanthropic arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX before joining OpenAI, where he worked in the niche field of AI super-
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on it. A decade ago, a Ford vehicle could cost less than $15,000, with several options in the $20,000 range. Now, the least-expensive new Ford begins a little under $30,000. Tariffs and labor costs in par- ticular complicate plans for build- ing affordable cars in the country, and most budget-friendly cars in the U.S. today are built overseas and imported to the U.S. Cross- town rival General Motors, for ex- ample, sells two small SUVs priced below $25,000 that are assembled in South Korea. Ford assembles more cars than any competitor in the U.S., a point it routinely champions. The com- pany says it still wants to build small, affordable vehicles, and that it is planning to launch five new models priced below $40,000 by the end of the decade. They just have to look different from com- petitors, and be profitable. “If I had to grade us in the years past, in the affordable space, we were average at both, and therefore it wasn’t a sustainable winning proposition,” Andrew Frick, president of Ford’s electric- and gas-vehicle divisions, said in an interview.
alignment, focused on ensuring the technology didn’t go rogue and de- stroy humanity. After getting fired for leaking what OpenAI considered sensitive informa- tion to Holden Karnofsky, the husband of an Anthropic executive, he pub- lished a 165-page essay, “Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead,” that foresaw the path of AI’s develop- ment—and went viral. The manifesto helped him raise money for his new hedge fund and vaulted him into prominence. He is marrying the chief of staff to An- thropic CEO Dario Amodei, and lives in a San Francisco mansion not far from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. His in- vestors include top AI executives at Meta, and Patrick and John Collison, the brothers who co-founded pay- ments firm Stripe. Aschenbrenner piled into concen- trated positions in AI stocks, aided with debt and other tactics to super- size the bets. His early success turning a few hundred million dollars into $45 billion earned him a cult following in online circles, where his firm’s routine PleaseturntopageB12
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Wachtell, laying bare the existential debate roiling the industry
BY ERIN MULVANEY
At the Jean-Georges restaurant Nougatine near Central Park, Wa- chtell Co-Chair William Savitt re- ceived an offer in May that would turn the legal world on its head. Savitt met with a Gibson Dunn partner, who dangled before him the once-unthinkable prospect of leaving Wachtell—the Wall Street firm where the corporate litigator had worked for two decades—in fa- vor of a global juggernaut with some 2,200 lawyers and more than 20 offices. “Wouldn’t it be fun to practice law together? Here, the sky’s the limit for you,” said Orin Snyder, a litigator at Gibson Dunn who repre- sents stars such as LeBron James, Bob Dylan and Lady Gaga.
The number of lawyers at the global juggernaut Gibson Dunn.
It wasn’t just fun Snyder of- fered—or even a multimillion-dollar raise that would bring Savitt’s com- pensation to at least $20 million a year. It was an offer of scale— power at the kind of gigantic law practice that is increasingly the winning ticket in the frenzied law firm talent wars, where rainmakers play high-stakes musical chairs, lured by annual pay packages that rival those of NBA stars. The move punctured Wachtell’s invulnerable image, and it cuts to the debate roiling the legal industry about what law firms will look like in the future. When Savitt informed Wachtell leadership that he and five other partners would be leaving for Gib- son Dunn, people familiar with the conversations said leaders made emotional pleas. Firm leaders say they were disappointed that a top partner negotiated a deal to leave without discussion. Wachtell, which has about 80 partners, has lost some 16 partners since last year. Some of the depar- tures went to work in-house or re- tired. The firm also hired two part- ners, one from Paul Weiss and the PleaseturntopageB2
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If you want to make the Internal Revenue Service happy, invest in a private fund. You won’t hear that from the Wall Street giants pro- moting investments in funds that shun publicly traded stocks and bonds. But it’s something you need to know. Financial advisers could push $2 trillion of clients’ assets into alternative assets in the next five years, estimates Cerulli Associ- ates, a consulting firm. These in- vestments in private equity, pri- vate credit, real estate, venture capital, hedge funds and other nontraded assets might—just might—raise your returns. They almost certainly will raise your taxes. John West, co-founder of Flat- rock Wealth Partners, an invest- ment-advisory firm in Newport Beach, Calif., recently asked a simple but radical question: How good are the returns on private assets after tax? They’re lousy. West replicated the typical portfolio of a university endow- ment—some public stocks and bonds, plus loads of private as- sets—with funds that offer simi- lar strategies for individual inves- tors. Over the 10 years that ended March 31, this simulated endow- ment portfolio would have re- turned 8.6% annually, pretax. Af- ter federal and state taxes, West estimates, an upper-income inves- tor would have earned only 6.6% annually after tax. A simple basket of three funds investing in public assets—60% in two stock-index exchange-traded funds, 40% in a municipal-bond fund—would have earned almost the identical return pretax. After tax, it would have returned 8% annually, crushing the endowment portfolio. If you think about it, that makes perfect sense. An index fund holding publicly traded stocks can generate almost no tax bills for as long as you own it, especially if it’s a broadly diversified ETF. On the other hand, private- credit funds specialize in high-in- terest loans; many hedge funds trade rapidly, generating short- term capital gains; private-equity funds produce big payouts when they sell portfolio companies. Other alternative strategies, in-
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ContinuedfrompageB1 pay largely fell in line with senior- ity. The firms maintained yearslong relationships with Wall Street banks. Now, their kind is imperiled. Some of the old-guard firms have already shuttered or been forced to merge, including Shear- man & Sterling and Cadwalader, New York City’s oldest firm at the time, which suffered a wave of de- partures before folding into a much larger rival. Others, such as Davis Polk, have pursued rapid growth. The two firms at the top of the prestige pyr- amid, Cravath and Wachtell, are among the few that still hew to a more traditional model. A new breed of mega-firms now dominates the industry. These firms, with roots in places like Chi- cago and Los Angeles, include Gib- son Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins. They provide one-stop services to banks, hedge funds and other large financial cli- ents, raking in as much as $10 bil- lion a year. Their reach allows lawyers to provide corporations and private- equity firms with on-the-ground advice from dozens of offices. It gives the firms recruiting muscle; Kirkland has opened offices in Nashville, Tenn., and Salt Lake City to entice new partners. In an age where firms are grappling with ar- tificial intelligence, the larger ones have been able to invest heavily in proprietary models. Wachtell was founded in 1965 by Jewish outsiders to the world of white-shoe law. One of its original founders, Marty Lipton, retains a role on the eight-person executive committee at 95 years old. The firm built its prestige specializing in corporate dealwork and crises, fa- mous for inventing the “poison pill” takeover defense, which makes it prohibitively costly for an un- wanted bidder to acquire a large stake in a target company. Until 2020, Wachtell lost only one partner to a rival in more than half a century. Last year, the flood- gates started to open. One of the biggest shifts that put Wachtell and its brethren on the back foot was a move away from the so-called lockstep model, in
other from Sullivan & Cromwell. The news set off a feeding frenzy across the top echelons of corporate law, with rival firms reaching out to Wachtell lawyers who now seem poachable, and partners at the elite firm eyeing the exits and calling competitors, according to people familiar with the matter. To recruit a Wachtell co-chair “would have been absurd five years ago,” said Barbara Becker, the chair of Gibson Dunn, which did just that. With only one office, in New York, and roughly 300 lawyers, Wa- chtell remains the marquee place for companies to go for help with high-stakes mergers, hostile take- overs and activist shareholder bat- tles. It has remained intentionally small over the decades and is the most profitable firm in the world, although its revenue is a fraction of its larger rivals. In a statement, Wachtell said it is “performing at its highest level across every metric. The firm is having a record year, continues at the top of all the league tables and is as strong as it has ever been.” New York, the center of the legal universe, was for decades domi- nated by the kind of white-shoe law firms that were shaped by a gentlemanly code in which poach- ing was unheard of and partner
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cluding private real estate, also tend to produce titanic tax bills. In general, ETFs miniaturize your taxes. Private funds super- size them. To be fair, Wall Street is push- ing hardest to get alternative funds into 401(k)s and other re- tirement accounts, where any taxes would be deferred. But dozens of Wall Street Jour- nal readers have told me that their financial advisers are prod- ding them to put these funds in taxable accounts. West says he has seen “precious little evi- dence” that advisers are using them predominantly in tax-shel- tered accounts. Ironically, a tax Congress im- posed in 2025 on the investment income of the largest university
of 8.6% average annual returns for a portfolio full of private as- sets is too conservative, consider this. Over the 10 years that ended June 30, 2025, the median educa- tional endowment returned 7.6% annualized, according to the Na- tional Association of College and University Business Officers. Among the biggest, with more than $5 billion in assets, the me- dian return was 8.9% annualized. These are some of the top hold- ers of private funds, with less than half their total assets in pub- licly traded stocks and bonds. In fact, West’s study probably underestimates the impact of taxes on the returns of alternative assets, says Andrew Ang, a for- mer managing director at Black- Rock who now runs Tau Balance, a financial-planning software and research firm in New York. In a recent study, Ang found that over the past century, federal income taxes knocked the 10.5% average annual return on U.S. stocks down to 7%. Even in recent decades, as tax rates fell, federal taxes consumed more than one- sixth of the total return on stocks. Remember that with publicly traded stocks, dividend income is usually low and you can defer capital gains at will. With private funds, however, if you’re a typical upper-income in- dividual investor, Ang thinks a “reasonable assumption” is that your after-tax rate of return would be roughly one-third lower than the reported pretax return. Investing heavily in nontraded assets is often called “the Yale model,” after David Swensen, the brilliant manager of the Yale Uni- versity endowment, who died in 2021. Over the 35 years that ended June 30, 2020, Swensen steered the Yale endowment to an aver- age return of 13.1% annually. That vastly surpassed the 8.8% return on a conventional portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% taxable bonds. If Yale had been treated like an individual investor, Ang’s rule of thumb suggests that Swensen’s epic return would have been slashed to about 8.7% annually af- ter tax. That’s still much better than the less than 6% you would have earned on the 60/40 portfolio an- nually after tax. But it’s a hum- bling reminder that taxes cut even the greatest investors down to size—and your financial ad- viser isn’t David Swensen.
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The Wachtell lawyers who left and the Gibson Dunn partners who recruited them. Top row, left to right: Sarah Eddy, William Savitt, Randall Jackson. Bottom row, left to right: Orin Snyder, Barbara Backer, Bradley Wilson.
which partner pay is closely tied to seniority. Firms that abandoned that model were able to lure stars with ever-bigger pay packages, while the few holdouts didn’t have that flexibility. There are now huge disparities in what firms pay their top earners: At some, they com- mand as much as $35 million, whereas at others, the ceiling is $7 million. Wachtell has had a strict lock- step system for decades but has made modifications in a few indi- vidual cases. Savitt and others saw it as insufficient in scope. Savitt had been pushing for Wa- chtell to give more resources to the litigation team and clear the way for new leadership, according to people familiar with the matter. In addition to Lipton, the firm is still tightly controlled by a few leaders, including 79-year-old Ed Herlihy, one of the top dealmakers in the in- dustry who drives a lot of the firm’s business, according to people familiar with the matter. Some of the firm’s largest transactions were driven by some of the youngest partners of the firm, according to sources within the firm. When Savitt—who clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—first met with Gibson Dunn, he had just
endowments is already leading some of these big users of alter- native funds to reconsider their stakes. The tax on endowments maxes out at 8%. Individual tax- payers can face federal tax rates at least four times as high. Of course, promoters of private funds will contend that West’s re- sults aren’t fair. To represent the 10-year returns for each category of alternative assets, he used the largest fund offered to individuals that has a 10-year track record. Naturally, the best funds in some categories had higher returns. But no one ever knows in ad- vance which fund will end up on top—and individual investors aren’t likely to have access to the best private performers anyway. If you think West’s assumption
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come off a win for OpenAI in a landmark trial against Elon Musk. One partner who is a member of Savitt’s group is staying at Wach- tell, though he was also expected to make the move to Gibson. He was recently caught on camera kissing a junior lawyer in Central Park and has been placed on a leave of ab- sence. The video went viral on Tik- Tok. For the famously tight-lipped and proper firm, it was a stunning development in a week full of them. Savitt and another partner, who are both leaving for Gibson, have been in a relationship, the New York Post first reported. The rela- tionship doesn’t violate Gibson Dunn’s policies, according to people familiar with the firm. Sources within Wachtell said nothing about the relationship was disclosed to the firm. As at Wachtell, it was once a shock to see a partner defect from Cravath for a rival. The firm set the gold-standard for the legal industry over its 207-year history. Other New York firms mimicked its sys- tem of recruiting top Ivy League law school graduates and training them for lifelong careers at the firm. It was once known for setting the standard for first-year associate salaries. But there have been a string of
departures from Cravath, too—at least 10 in the past year or so. Sources close to the firm leadership said it also counsels lawyers out more frequently than in the past and that some departures were ei- ther to in-house positions or those in the new nonequity tier. Cravath has also seen its share of high-profile corporate deal work shrink. In the 1990s, it handled nearly one-quarter of deals by value. Last year, that share was 7%. By contrast, Kirkland and Latham together accounted for about 30% of all the deal value last year. Faiza Saeed, Cravath’s leader for the last decade, said it has been very intentional in staying small, and occupies a different niche in the market than some of its much larger rivals. “I don’t think the suc- cess of Lands’ End comes at the ex- pense of Brunello Cucinelli,” she said in an interview. The firm has been involved in blockbuster deals this year, and Saeed said she fears that if it grew too big it would be hard to main- tain the same quality of work. “The last 15 years have seen many firms build around highly scaled, very commoditized work,” Saeed said. “Cravath is 207 years old. Our view is, we’re happy with the tier that we occupy.”
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superstar mathematician. Now, he’s working on what he considers the most important problem.
Jacob Tsimerman
When he won the Fields Medal recently, Jacob Tsimerman accepted the most prestigious honor in math wearing a powder-blue tuxedo with satin lapels. Then he made an announcement as striking as his tux. After the ceremony, the four win- ning mathematicians were asked what they planned to do next. One said he would keep working on par- tial differential equations, one said he wanted to experiment with artificial intelligence and one said she had ab- solutely no idea. That left Tsimerman. “I’ll be starting a position at Open- AI,” he said. The decision was both shocking and not at all surprising. This is someone who recently wrote a paper categorizing the ways AI might kill everyone, applying a mathematician’s instinct for order to the apocalypse. He stopped taking graduate students who weren’t engaging with AI be- cause he couldn’t be sure about the future of math. He even shifted his focus away from number theory and complex algebraic geometry. It turns out he’s so worried about the dangers of AI that he’s now pivot- ing to work on AI safety. The star professor is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to be- come a researcher at OpenAI, but Tsimerman is not leaving math. In fact, he wants to use the formal language and verification methods of his field to advance the study of AI— evaluating its progress, wrapping his mind around its decisions, making ab- solutely sure it won’t lead to our ex- tinction. The companies on the AI frontier that are raiding universities for all kinds of talent can offer unimaginable salaries and stock options. But any- one who has ever met a philosopher or mathematician knows they are not primarily driven by money. Other- wise, they would not be philosophers and mathematicians. One of the greatest mathemati- cians of his generation is working on AI safety because he believes it’s the most important problem that he can help solve. “In a few years, AI systems will be robustly superhuman at the act of do- ing mathematics,” Tsimerman told me. “The social consequence of that, how we choose to react, what you feel about it—those are much harder questions.” For now, he’s thinking about ques- tions that he’s uniquely qualified to answer. How can we understand what AI
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Everyone knows that interest rates affect stock prices. It’s complicated, though. The Fed’s decision Wednesday to keep overnight rates un- changed sounds like it would have been clearly bullish, but stocks sold off just after Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference. (They’ve since rebounded might- ily). Also following Warsh’s Q&A, long-term Treasury yields hit a 19- year high. That extended what bond watchers call a “bear steep-
systems are actually doing? How can we get them to get along with each other—and us? How can we mathe- matically prove they’re not secretly plotting to destroy humanity? Mathematicians have long used their tools to make sense of human behavior. Tsimerman will be using them to decipher the behavior of ma- chines. His path to this moment began long before he won the Nobel Prize of math. Tsimerman, 38, is the son of a computer scientist and high-school math teacher. He was born in Russia, moved to Israel as a boy and grew up in Canada, where he won two gold medals at the International Mathe- matical Olympiad in high school be- fore enrolling in the University of To- ronto early and graduating college in
ener.” As ominous as an investing term with the word “bear” in it sounds, it usually isn’t for stocks. It’s called that because bond in- vestors can lose big in that envi- ronment. There are two takeaways when the Treasury yield curve’s slope is positive and increasing, like it is now. Steepening is wel- come when it’s a reaction to rising growth expectations. Examples in- clude 2003, 2009 and 2021, times when the economy was recovering from recessions. That pattern this many years into an economic boom is reminis-
Fields Medal: He won the prize for math whizzes under 40.
That Tux: He wore a powder-blue model with satin lapels for the Fields ceremony. His tailor also made his wedding tuxedo.
Funny Guy: He teaches math—and improv comedy.
Work and Play: He built a superhuman player of the board game Phutball. It took about 10,000 lines of code—and he didn’t code one line.
Jacob Tsimerman, top; geometric models, far left; an Einstein figurine in his office, left.
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cent of 1966 and (gulp) 1987. The 1960s episode was the start of a 16-year stretch when U.S. stocks went nowhere and lost much of their buying power to in- flation. The 1987 version was the year of the worst single-day crash ever—a fluke event, but one prompted by sharply rising bond yields. Inflation has now been above
two years. He got a Ph.D. from Prince- ton, taught at Harvard and returned to his alma mater as its youngest math professor ever. At this point in his biography, I could tell you about his groundbreak- ing work on the André-Oort conjec- ture and Griffiths’s conjecture on the algebraicity of images of period maps and—well, let’s just move on. After all, he’s now working on stuff you don’t need a doctorate to under- stand. For most of his career, Tsimerman was skeptical of AI. He always knew these systems would become more powerful. “But for the longest time,” he said, “I never really believed they would get this powerful.” He found it espe- cially hard to believe that AI could replicate things that make us human, like intuition and creativity. There were several moments over the past decade that forced him to rethink that assumption, and he changed his mind altogether in 2022, as soon as he tinkered with ChatGPT. “If it can talk about chocolate and write a poem,” he thought, “why can’t it talk about math and write equa- tions?” That epiphany led him to an un- comfortable conclusion: “I became very convinced that they would be- come extremely powerful.” Before long, his fear was that AI would get way too powerful. By last summer, he’d published an academic paper imagining multiple dystopian scenarios. It was called “A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artifi- cial Intelligence”—omnicidal, as in ev-
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the Fed’s target for more than five years, and there’s little sign of job- market weakness. That seemed like a time for Warsh to back up his recent tough talk about price stability with action or at least a call to future action. He didn’t. Warsh said a more hands-off attitude, in which bond yields tapped on the economic brakes on their own, showed mar-
kets are “learning how to play ball” instead of relying on central bankers to officiate. As the Journal’s Greg Ip wrote, though, the central bank “isn’t a neutral umpire, it is the most im- portant player in the game.” And, when it comes to inflation, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Rising yields and uncertainty about central banks’ commitment to stable prices, hall- marks of the 1970s, later required draconian rate hikes to repair. Then there’s a new worry— America’s fiscal health. Debt held by the public is on track to blow past $40 trillion very soon. Buying the longest-term debt requires faith that the pile of IOUs will be honored. Nobody expects the U.S. to ac- tually default, but the release valve for high debt and deficits might be a future inflation surge. The real (inflation-adjusted) yield on the long bond just hit a multi- decade high, too. An ump who can’t see that, or doesn’t want to see it, worries bond owners. Stock investors may not be far behind.
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After 18 years and more than 50 superhero movies and television series, Marvel Studios has one of the biggest hits in its history with a preschool cartoon called “Spidey and His Amazing Friends.” The series has been watched— and re-watched—for about 1.25 bil- lion hours since its 2021 launch, according to Nielsen, making it Marvel’s most popular television series. It starts 3- and 4-year-olds on an escalator of Spider-Man con- tent that leads them to TV shows and movies aimed at grade-school- ers, teenagers and adults. “The dream for a fictional char- acter is to be able to resonate across generations for genera- tions,” said Marvel Studios Presi- dent Kevin Feige. The strategy should help prime audiences for this week’s new movie “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Produced by Marvel and re- leased by Sony Pictures, it is ex- pected to have the year’s biggest box office opening, based on ad- vance sales and audience research. Spider-Man’s continued success stands out at a time when audi- ences appear tired of Hollywood’s superhero deluge. Marvel has had a number of underperforming films in the past several years and has significantly pulled back on TV production. Rival DC Studios, owned by Warner Bros. Discov- ery, recently bombed at the box office with “Supergirl.” But Spider-Man has remained a profit machine for nearly a quarter-century. He stars in Marvel’s top selling comic book, appears in theme parks and on cruise ships, and is parent company Disney’s second most lucra- tive consumer-prod- ucts brand, behind only Mickey Mouse. Gen Z largely views superheroes as entertainment for older generations. But just over 70% of the audience for Spider-Man movies and TV se- ries is between 17 and 33. The teenage superhero’s fans skew younger than those of Batman, Su- perman and even Harry Potter, ac- cording to research firm Parrot Analytics, whose data doesn’t in- clude children. Three-quarters of Spider-Man’s audience is male, slightly below Batman and Super- man, but higher than Potter. Unlike the wealthy playboy Iron
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clude compact cars, coupes, full- size sedans, station wagons, trucks and SUVs like the Bronco by the 1970s. Until fairly recently, Ford still sold hundreds of thousands of ev- eryperson vehicles each year like the Taurus and Focus—generic- looking, commoditized vehicles with direct competitors at compa- nies like General Motors or Toy- ota, that often yielded low profit margins. The last of that breed was the Escape, a crossover SUV that once started around $28,000 but ended production in 2025. As of July, only a few thousand unsold Es- capes remained on dealer lots. The former Escape factory is now filling up with a $30,000 all- electric pickup by Ford, designed to match the high-tech offerings from upstart Chinese competitors, which are gaining market share around the world. The approach makes sense based on Ford’s sales of late. The F-150 remains the top-selling model in the country, as it has been for decades. The compact Maverick truck, introduced in 2021, dominates an arena the in- dustry once largely abandoned. The Bronco, revived a year earlier, snatched a sale crown from Jeep Wrangler, which previously had no direct competition. The Mustang is the Mustang. But in 2025, Ford sold about 400,000 fewer cars than it did in a decade prior. Its total share of the market is down as customers have fewer choices. The cheapest entry- way to Ford today is the Maverick or small Bronco Sport SUV, which start at roughly $28,000 and $32,000, respectively, and lack the mass appeal of their predeces- sors. Frick said the company’s overall strategic shift is necessary long
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Man, the alien Superman or the Amazon princess Wonder Woman, Spider-Man was created in 1962 to be relatable for comic book read- ers. He’s typically portrayed as a socially awkward young man named Peter Parker with romantic, financial and family problems. His trademark quips are a coping mechanism for his insecurity. “The stories are always told from an emotional place,” said Amy Pascal, who helped launch
term. Ford’s generic vehicles like Focus and Escape required the au- tomaker to spend more on incen- tives and promotions to keep up sales, he said. Sometimes Ford had to cut sticker prices altogether, which “hurts the overall viability of the product line.” In 2018, the company made the bold move to cut cars from its lineup entirely, save for the Mus- tang. By that point, the market had been in decline in the U.S. for years. It also was an effort to boost then-sagging earnings and free up spending for what was seen at the time as the next big thing: electric and autonomous vehicles. That de- cision, pushed by then-CEO Jim Hackett, met resistance internally from engineers and designers at the company, according to people familiar with discussions at the time. “We play only where we have real competitive advantage, or we can build one, and we’re ruthless about where we put our money,” Farley said in a call this week with analysts. “Every dollar must earn durable returns and drive profit- able growth.” Ford executives hope the new
The preschool cartoon ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ is Marvel’s most popular television series.
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Spider-Man onto the big screen when she ran Sony Pictures and now produces his movies. “People think boys don’t want to be moved, but they do.” When 2-year-old Arlo Medina doesn’t want to get dressed or sit down for din- ner, he sticks his hands out and pre- tends to shoot webs at his parents, just like the star of his favorite car- toon. “He calls it ‘Byber-Man,’ and as soon as he wakes up, he asks if he can watch it,” said Arlo’s mother, Brianne, who lives in Pasadena, Calif. Before “Spidey and his Amazing Friends” made its debut on the Disney Jr. cable network and the Disney+ streaming service in 2021, showrunner Harrison Wilcox and his collaborators tried to deter-
$30,000 EV truck, and potential derivatives like a small SUV, will succeed at that, unlike its past money-losing electric models. They are designed to sell in large volumes. Yet industry observers say that’s a tall order at a time when the larger market has soured on electric cars. “That’s a really big bet on their part,” said Dan Levy, a Barclays auto analyst. Frick said he understands the reservations, because no company has “really broken out in the mar- ket to have a standout” EV outside of market leader Tesla. Designing a new EV assembly line from the ground up will allow Ford to marry a fresh concept for a vehicle with a solid cost structure, he said. “Our expectation is to compete not with some of the, you know, average EV players, but with the Teslas of the world,” he said. The event this month at the Na- scar track highlighted an opportu- nity Ford sees ahead. Roughly half of Ford’s customers are personal- izing their vehicle in some way— buying add-ons like cargo boxes mounted to SUVs, or special decals for a Mustang’s exterior—far more than other automakers, said Simp- son, the customization division
mine what aspects of the character worked for toddlers like Arlo. They scrapped Peter Parker’s haunting sense of responsibility for his uncle’s death, his working- class hustle and the lonesomeness of his secret identity. They made him a young child who has turned into a dinosaur, become a pirate and, in the recently launched fifth season, met an adorable trouble- maker named Symbie who’s in- spired by the gruesome Spider- Man villain Venom. Even with all the changes, the show’s creators tried to keep what they see as the essence of their su- perhero. “Spidey always does the right thing, even if it’s hard,” Wil- cox said. “That’s why he translates so well to fans of every age.” Because every Disney Jr. pro- gram needs an educational ele- ment, Wilcox’s team built “Amaz- ing Friends” around teamwork. The young Spider-Man fights crime with super pals named Spin and Ghost-Spider. The show’s success has made all three characters inescapable for parents of young children who see them on T-shirts, lunchboxes and bounce houses. Nik Ewing had an entertainer playing Ghost-Spider at his daugh-
At left, the 2004 Ford SVT Focus, which has been discontinued. Above, Ford Mustangs with high-performance packages.
head. Historically, Ford would develop a vehicle and then figure out ac- cessories for it, which caps how much the company could offer customers, Simpson said. Now, company designers are being en- gaged from the jump to figure out ways to provide personalization. Dealers can sell the packages as add-ons for customers as they’re obtaining financing for a new ve- hicle at the point of sale, making already lucrative sales of premium models even more profitable. Some dealers say they’re cau- tiously optimistic about the com-
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ter Linnéa’s fourth birthday party and waited in a long line so she could meet Spider-Man at Disney- land. He said he finds “Spidey” more challenging to watch than other shows Linnéa likes because it can feel like a toy commercial. “With ‘Bluey,’ I’ve teared up if the right episode hit me at the right time,” the Los Angeles dad said of the animated blue puppy. “I can confidently say ‘Spidey’ has never hit me emotionally.” Disney Jr. is now building a Marvel preschool universe of sorts. “Iron Man and his Awesome Friends” premiered last year and will be renamed “Avengers: Might- iest Friends” in 2027. The tiny su- perheroes, of course, appear on each others’ shows. “This has absolutely been the best example of introducing our characters, or, I should say, a cer- tain side of our characters, to a young audience,” said Feige. The company’s hope is that “Spidey” fans will graduate to its grade-school cartoon on Disney+, “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spi- der-Man,” and then start watching the movies. While Sony keeps all the money the films earn, Marvel benefits from the boost they give merchandise sales. After it licensed the Spider-Man film and live-action TV rights from then-struggling comic book pub- lisher Marvel, Sony launched the modern superhero movie era with a blockbuster 2002 adaptation starring Tobey Maguire. Nine live- action films followed, the last four of which were made with Marvel Studios. Sony’s two animated “Spider- Verse” films, which feature an al- ternate version of the superhero named Miles Morales, were award- winning hits that attracted youn- ger audiences. A third is coming next year. Sony has also made Spider-Man villain spinoffs, including the hit “Venom” trilogy and flops like “Madame Web” and “Kraven the Hunter.” But the live-action films about Peter Parker remain most popular. At the end of 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Peter made every- one he knows forget who he is in order to protect them. His search to re-establish relationships in “Brand New Day” is intended to be relatable for young adults in the 2020s. “Everybody longs for connec- tions, even though the world we live in is separating us as fast as possible,” said Pascal. “That felt like it worked perfectly with our story, because we put Peter in a situation where he was alone again.”
pany’s overall strategy. Phil Ma- guire, an upstate New York dealer with three Ford stores, said the carmaker has long offered a diver- sity of core products that appeal to most people. Maguire’s dad worked for Ford in the 1960s and launched his first Ford dealership in 1977. “Hopefully it will retain the ability to be that brand, and spe- cialize in some more iconic pieces,” Maguire said. In the meantime, Ford owners who historically drove smaller ve- hicles have had to make tough de- cisions. Ken Hall, 66, has owned Fords for decades, from the Thunderbird luxury car to the Taurus—and most recently an Edge SUV, which was discontinued in 2024. After moving to downtown De- troit, Hall and his wife downsized to one vehicle, and in a bigger city, the Edge made for a perfect fit, he said. “I didn’t feel like I was driv- ing too small a car, but we cer- tainly didn’t want to go any smaller,” he said. Hall recently visited a dealer- ship after hearing about incentives for Edge owners being offered to spur a trade-in. After testing it out, Hall said the couple “reluc- tantly” took on the Explorer. On the first drive of his new, larger SUV, Hall said he paused and thought: “What did we just do? This seems pretty big.”
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He and chief legal officer Makan Delrahim, the former head of the Justice Department’s antitrust divi- sion during President Trump’s first term, talk several times a day, people familiar with the matter said. They are discussing potential concessions, political appeals or other chess moves, with Ellison heavily involved. They aim to highlight the potential for a deal collapse to hurt employ- ment in Hollywood, the people said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ex- pressed concerns about the state’s lawsuit and the ramifications of it for Hollywood if the deal is blocked, The
Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Newsom’s office has encouraged Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, which has independent authority to file such suits, to find a resolution out of court. The battle holds risks both for Hollywood’s home state and the owner of a major studio fighting to gain scale in an industry suffering from cord-cutting and changing mov- iegoing habits. Paramount shares have nearly halved since its pursuit of Warner heated up in December. The company has spent more than $160 million on legal and other fees related to its Warner bid in the six months ended in March, according to filings. If the deal falls through or is still unsettled by June 2027, it could pay Warner a $7 billion breakup fee or renegotiate the deadline. Paramount executives have talked in internal meetings about their be- lief that the suit is politically moti- vated because Ellison’s father is close to President Trump. Paramount has not made such an allegation in court. Jon Leibowitz, who is serving as counsel for Paramount and is the for- mer Federal Trade Commission chair under President Obama, said the case seems “like an effort to prevent the Ellisons from owning CNN,” he said. CNN’s reporting has been critical of Trump and he frequently complains about its coverage. Bonta has said publicly that the states are not seeking a divestiture of CNN and that a sale of the news or- ganization would not address the con- cerns raised in the coalition’s suit. In recent days, lawyers for both sides have gone back and forth to negotiate a start date for a trial that is expected to last weeks. Para- mount is pushing for a Nov. 4 trial start date while the attorneys gen- eral’s lawyers want it to start April 5, according to a court filing Friday. A judge is expected to make the de- cision in the coming days. Among the strategies Paramount lawyers have discussed: potentially providing incentives to states in the coalition that get them to drop out of the suit and weaken the case, people familiar with those discus- sions said. In some states they could have leverage: Paramount has a pro- duction footprint in New Jersey, where the state has wooed major studios with tax credits, a headquar- ters in California and staff in New York. Paramount has reached out to some state AGs on the suit, the peo- ple said. William Kovacic, a George Wash-
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ington University law professor and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said that strategy could weaken the opposition, but “the states that really matter here are the big antitrust players: Califor- nia, New York and Colorado.” The team has brought on Beth Wil- kinson, a prominent trial attorney, for a legal rematch. Wilkinson success- fully beat the state’s lawyer James Weingarten in Microsoft’s successful defense of its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Wilkinson agreed that going straight to trial was the right thing to do, people familiar with Paramount’s discussions said. Paramount is also continuing to consider a potential move out of the state that’s suing it, people familiar with those discussions said. Such a move wouldn’t resolve the lawsuit, but it could represent a rebuke of a state that has seen a bevy of produc- tions move to other states and coun- tries with richer tax incentives and lower operating costs. Before Ellison’s Skydance merged with Paramount, he had discussed the idea of moving his production com- pany to Tennessee, where he and his wife previously lived and where his father’s company, Oracle, has a large presence. Ellison has told people close to him that while he does not want to move, relocating could help cover the cost of the ticking fee, a person with knowledge of his thinking said. Ellison quickly lawyered up more after the first hearing. Early on in the July 17 session in district court in Oakland, Calif., the judge interrupted Jeffrey Kessler, the top antitrust lawyer Paramount had hired, whose decades of trials included the seminal case against the NCAA that helped reshape college athletics. Did the evidence Paramount put forward “just bolster the conclusion that there are serious questions here as to the legality of the merger,” asked U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín. Kessler answered that his oppo- nents had to demonstrate that there was a probability the deal would lessen competition. Later in the hearing, Kessler cited Apple’s film “F1” as an example of a movie that was a box office success— and a sign of competition in the mar- ket. The film was made by Amazon, he said. Then he quickly corrected himself: It was made by Apple. The states’ lead attorney seized on the opportunity to undermine his point, countering that the movie had in fact been distributed for Apple in theaters by Warner Bros. That fact, he said, underscored the power of the five major players that the merger could strengthen. The judge later wrote that the states’ presentation “at least demon- strates that serious questions going to the merits remain, weighing in fa- vor of preliminary injunctive relief.” Warner employees, meanwhile, are awaiting details of what the post- merger future will look like and what
further cuts might be ahead. Chief Executive David Zaslav spent much of July on a European jaunt, which included meetings with top Warner international executives and side trips to Amsterdam, Wimbledon and Spain. Zaslav could make more than $800 million if the transaction goes through. In recent weeks, Paramount has sought new candidates for the com- bined company’s board. It ap- proached former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Meta President and Vice Chair Dina Powell McCor- mick about becoming directors, ac- cording to people familiar with the matter.
For now, some integration plan- ning between the two companies is continuing, but at a slower pace. Ellison has met with several War- ner executives and asked detailed questions about their businesses. Prior to the lawsuit, Paramount was having internal discussions about po- tential joint ventures involving its linear networks and adding other companies’ streaming services to its platform, people familiar with the discussions said. It has no plans to part ways with CNN, other people with knowledge of the matter said. It is unclear if changes to the com- pany’s networks might be offered as concessions to the AGs. The CEO has consulted with a number of people, internally and ex- ternally, about how he should orga- nize its news division. The company is discussing whether to bring CNN and CBS together or operate them separately and Ellison has spent time with CNN head Mark Thompson, peo- ple familiar with the matter said. CBS News head Bari Weiss, whom Ellison brought on when he bought her company Free Press last year, has been under fire for changes she is enacting at the news organization. Ellison still trusts Weiss, the people familiar with the matter said. In a memo to staff after hitting pause last week, Ellison said the deal had passed muster in 65 jurisdictions globally, a sign that it was not anti- competitive. “Let me be clear: we re- main highly confident that this transaction does not pose any legal issues, and we will complete it and bring these two companies together.” He signed off: “Let’s go!”
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Latest 52-Week %chg High Low Close Net chg % chg High Low %chg YTD 3-yr. ann.
Industrial Average 52623.14 51996.32 52485.03 276.97 0.53 53055.91 43588.58 20.4 9.2 13.9
TransportationAvg 21187.85 20971.48 21039.30 -49.93 -0.24 23933.14 15067.87 39.3 21.2 8.2
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Utility Average 1133.68 1121.60 1121.64 -11.34 -1.00 1190.23 1048.33 1.2 5.0 6.4
Total Stock Market 74324.07 73246.23 74106.82 423.20 0.57 75286.10 61627.03 20.3 9.8 17.3
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Nasdaq Composite 25460.86 25004.33 25373.85 251.68 1.00 27093.90 20650.13 22.9 9.2 20.9
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Nasdaq-100 28606.77 27954.24 28274.20 167.85 0.60 30660.60 22763.31 24.2 12.0 21.5
500 Index 7512.04 7399.83 7489.72 52.09 0.70 7609.78 6238.01 20.1 9.4 17.7
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MidCap 400 3782.75 3731.22 3758.64 -5.83 -0.15 3852.54 3104.60 21.1 13.7 11.3
SmallCap600 1776.94 1751.29 1768.56 -1.62 -0.09 1804.34 1323.05 33.7 20.5 11.3
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Russell 2000 2955.83 2902.47 2931.34 -14.76 -0.50 3024.37 2166.78 35.3 18.1 13.5
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NYSE Composite 24184.75 23930.53 24107.54 -30.75 -0.13 24229.67 20267.69 18.9 9.6 13.6
Value Line 680.95 673.33 678.06 -1.48 -0.22 685.30 590.50 13.8 7.9 4.4
NYSE Arca Biotech 8788.93 8463.84 8532.13 -256.81 -2.92 8917.63 5640.67 49.6 19.3 17.0
NYSE Arca Pharma 1238.35 1211.72 1226.60 -11.76 -0.95 1273.25 881.47 35.3 8.9 11.9
KBW Bank 188.17 186.01 187.03 0.25 0.13 191.84 139.52 33.9 13.9 27.9
PHLX§Gold/Silver 313.17 302.04 307.90 -10.05 -3.16 470.37 206.50 49.1 -10.0 34.3
PHLX§Oil Service 95.01 91.99 94.68 2.27 2.46 109.24 58.66 61.4 29.1 0.4
PHLX§Semiconductor 11885.74 11231.79 11311.08 8.09 0.07 14634.72 5527.61 104.6 59.7 43.1
Cboe Volatility 18.70 15.82 15.99 -1.10 -6.44 31.05 13.47 -21.5 7.0 5.5
Nasdaq PHLX Sources: FactSet; Dow Jones Market Data
Latest YTD Region/Country Index Close Net chg % chg % chg
World MSCI ACWI 1120.51 13.47 1.22 10.4 MSCI ACWI ex-USA 473.49 10.17 2.19 12.5 MSCI World 4847.88 26.10 0.54 9.4 MSCIEmergingMarkets 1665.89 102.88 6.58 18.6
Americas MSCI ACAmericas 2836.39 16.595 0.59 9.4 Canada S&P/TSX Comp 35226.14 –279.70 –0.79 11.1 Latin Amer. MSCIEMLatinAmerica 3090.14 –3.52 –0.11 14.1 Brazil Bovespa 177999.00 840.14 0.47 10.5 Chile S&P IPSA 5549.31 –6.96 –0.13 2.3 Mexico S&P/BMV IPC 66936.99 –353.41 –0.53 4.1
EMEA STOXX Europe600 649.19 –0.76 –0.12 9.6 Eurozone Euro STOXX 669.90 0.40 0.06 9.4 Belgium Bel-20 5685.82 30.82 0.54 12.0 Denmark OMXCopenhagen20 1598.75 –50.92 –3.09 –0.6 France CAC 40 8509.64 24.00 0.28 4.4 Germany DAX 25629.24 17.21 0.07 4.7 Israel Tel Aviv 4149.50 54.11 1.32 14.3 Italy FTSE MIB 52172.53 68.15 0.13 16.1 Netherlands AEX 1099.18 –5.51 –0.50 15.5 Norway Oslo Bors All-Share 2385.53 8.45 0.36 22.9 South Africa FTSE/JSE All-Share 111493.10 –379.60 –0.34 –3.7 Spain IBEX 35 19782.90 25.20 0.13 14.3 Sweden OMX Stockholm 1125.61 2.53 0.23 7.6 Switzerland Swiss Market 14346.14 –46.35 –0.32 8.1 Turkey BIST 100 13458.10 165.17 1.24 19.5 U.K. FTSE 100 10868.05 –29.22 –0.27 9.4 U.K. FTSE 250 23975.02 –104.12 –0.43 6.7
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Pricingtrendson someraw materials, or commodities
Friday 52-Week YTD Close Net chg %Chg High Low % Chg % chg
DJCommodity 1364.19 0.39 0.03 1467.33 1037.49 30.21 20.65 FTSE/CC CRB Index 385.10 0.65 0.17 406.18 291.69 30.42 28.89 Crude oil, $per barrel 84.67 1.08 1.29 112.95 55.27 25.75 47.46 Natural gas, $/MMBtu 2.747 -0.011 -0.40 7.460 2.523 -10.90 -25.47 Gold, $per troy oz. 4049.10 -51.00 -1.24 5318.40 3313.40 20.95 -6.39
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Federal-funds rate target 3.50-3.75 3.50-3.75 3.50 l 4.50 -1.75 Prime rate 6.75 6.75 6.75 l 7.50 -1.75 SOFR 3.65 3.64 3.50 l 4.51 -1.65 Money market, annual yield 0.44 0.44 0.41 l 0.45 -0.12 Five-year CD, annual yield 1.73 1.73 1.67 l 1.73 -1.13 30-year mortgage, fixed† 6.75 6.71 6.11 l 6.81 -0.63 15-year mortgage, fixed† 6.17 6.10 5.55 l 6.18 -0.49 Jumbomortgages, $832,750-plus† 6.84 6.71 6.34 l 6.87 -0.59 Five-year adj mortgage (ARM)† 6.02 5.95 5.66 l 6.26 -0.28 New-car loan, 48-month 6.96 6.97 6.85 l 7.21 -0.30 Bankrate.com rates based on survey of over 1,500 online banks. Base rate posted by 70% of the nation'slargest banks.† Excludes closing costs. Sources: FactSet; Dow Jones Market Data;Bankrate.com
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BTG Pactual Bank 4.15% New York, NY 212-652-7200
QuorumFederalCreditUnion 4.15% Purchase, NY 800-874-5544
Sallie Mae Bank 4.20% Salt Lake City, UT 877-346-2756
TAB Bank 4.20% Ogden, UT 800-355-3063
E*Trade 4.35% Purchase, NY 800-387-2331
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LatestSession 52-Week Company Symbol Close Net chg % chg High Low % chg
LatestSession 52-Week Company Symbol Close Net chg %chg High Low %chg
Replimune Group REPL 11.20 5.79 107.02 12.50 1.50 59.3 Tucows TCX 15.44 5.74 59.18 25.17 8.46 -10.4 Apnimed APMD 25.00 9.00 56.25 29.15 16.00 ... Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ELOX 17.43 4.13 31.05 18.42 .00001 1584445.5 IES Holdings IESC 744.54 173.00 30.27 804.00 309.51 110.9
GrShr 2xLong AMZN Daily AMZZ 38.80 8.92 29.85 43.11 22.21 11.0 Zenta Group ZTG 4.40 1.01 29.79 6.00 1.09 ... SCYNEXIS SCYX 4.84 1.11 29.76 10.48 3.53 -12.3 Direxion AMZN Bl 2X AMZU 41.72 9.56 29.73 47.14 24.54 0.9 AXT AXTI 60.43 13.49 28.74 143.16 1.85 2805.3
Shuttle Pharma SHPH 3.80 0.71 22.98 55.90 2.58 -89.6 Forum Energy Technologies FET 62.67 11.24 21.85 65.43 18.12 218.0 GrShr 2xSh COIN Daily CONI 54.26 9.38 20.89 141.65 28.41 36.3 Integer Holdings ITGR 121.21 20.35 20.18 123.50 62.00 11.7 CNS Pharmaceuticals CNSP 5.82 0.97 19.94 10.59 1.90 -27.1
JIADE JDZG 6.01 -43.99 -87.98 1014.98 3.65 -99.1 Karyopharm Therapeutics KPTI 1.92 -5.09 -72.61 10.99 1.80 -49.6 T3 Defense DFNS 27.68 -57.30 -67.43 1948.75 3.70 -96.3 BioAge Labs BIOA 9.04 -15.81 -63.62 25.96 4.11 105.5 Nuwellis NUWE 1.74 -2.71 -60.90 378.35 1.61 -99.5
Myriad Genetics MYGN 2.86 -2.51 -46.74 8.59 2.81 -25.5 Game Your Game GYGY 9.08 -6.90 -43.18 32.66 7.50 ... GrShr 2xLong RDDT Daily RDTL 12.12 -8.77 -41.98 89.84 10.89 -62.0 Monte Rosa Therapeutics GLUE 16.52 -6.16 -27.16 25.77 4.12 233.7 PN Smart Energy PN 17.27 -6.40 -27.04 76.80 2.18 -75.9
Roblox RBLX 35.60 -13.07 -26.85 150.59 33.88 -74.2 Cerus CERS 2.15 -0.74 -25.61 3.47 1.15 68.0 YieldMax RBLX Opt Incm RBLY 8.88 -2.93 -24.81 58.42 8.43 -84.3 Veracyte VCYT 46.32 -13.46 -22.52 60.91 22.92 97.0 Leverage 2X LgCOIN Dly COIG 3.90 -1.09 -21.82 54.30 3.50 -92.5 Most Active Stocks
Volume %chgfrom Latest Session 52-Week Company Symbol (000) 65-day avg Close % chg High Low
Wetour Robotics WETO 1,468,783 39985.0 0.09 200.00 2.51 0.03 Li Bang International LBGJ 931,571 4759.4 0.02 3.89 177.00 0.02 Mangoceuticals MGRX 508,400 20812.6 0.56 89.75 2.75 0.16 Zhibao Technology ZBAO 377,050 2405.1 0.20 16.00 1.34 0.15 Onfolio ONFO 296,572 3766.8 0.08 -6.18 2.48 0.06 * Common stocks priced at$2 a share or morewith anaverage volume over 65 trading daysof at least 5,000 shares =Has traded fewerthan 65days
and Rates Treasury yield curve Yield to maturity of current bills, notes and bonds
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Yield (%) 52-Week Total Return (%) Bond total return index Close Last Weekago High Low 52-wk 3-yr
32.61 32.67 24.79 29.95 0.57 0.69
Volume, Advancers, Decliners
NYSE NYSE Amer.
Totalvolume1,440,121,347 21,254,039 Adv. volume 640,165,366 4,006,577 Decl.volume 779,186,652 16,876,553 Issues traded 2,834 297 Advances 1,302 129 Declines 1,450 154 Unchanged 82 14 New highs 47 3 New lows 65 12 Closing Arms† 1.07 1.14 Block trades 4,460 164
Nasdaq NYSE Arca
Totalvolume11,942,508,537 414,958,293 Adv.volume7,000,549,657 169,389,496 Decl.volume4,889,615,161 219,328,460 Issues traded 5,018 2,662 Advances 2,200 1,232 Declines 2,635 1,384 Unchanged 183 46 New highs 93 57 New lows 228 139 Closing Arms† 0.58 1.14 Block trades 107,419 1,851
*PrimarymarketNYSE,NYSEAmerican NYSEArcaonly.
†(TRIN)Acomparisonofthenumberofadvancinganddeclining issueswiththevolumeofsharesrisingandfalling.An Armsoflessthan1indicatesbuyingdemand;above1 indicatessellingpressure.
Forex Race Yen, euro vs. dollar; dollar vs. major U.S. trading partners
Yen
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Index Currency, vs. U.S. dollar
Exchange- traded fund S&P 500 Consumer Discr 8.30% S&P 500 Communication Svcs 5.37 Japanese yen 4.11 Hang Seng 3.69 BSE Sensex 2.68 S&P/ASX 200 2.33 Bovespa Index 2.27 DAX 2.11 Comex copper 1.74 South African rand 1.67 CAC-40 1.64 Nasdaq Composite 1.59 Euro area euro 1.39 Swiss franc 1.30 FTSE 100 1.23 U.K. pound 1.19 South Korean won 1.16 S&P 500 Consumer Staples 1.15 Norwegian krone 1.12 S&P 500 1.05 S&P 500 Financials 1.05 Indian rupee 1.04 Dow Jones Industrial Average 1.04 IBEX 35 1.01 S&P/BMV IPC 0.83 Mexican peso 0.80 STOXX Europe 600 0.73 FTSE MIB 0.71 Euro STOXX 0.60 Australian dollar 0.59 Canadian dollar 0.52 Nasdaq-100 0.52 Shanghai Composite 0.47 S&P SmallCap 600 0.40 iShiBoxx$HYCp 0.32 Chinese yuan 0.31 iSh 1-3 Treasury 0.18 iSh TIPS Bond 0.12 iShNatlMuniBd 0.09 Russell 2000 0.05 iShJPMUSEmgBd 0.02 iShiBoxx$InvGrdCp 0.02
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S&P 500 Health Care -0.01
VangdTotIntlBd -0.06
iSh 7-10 Treasury -0.09
VangdTotalBd -0.11
S&P 500 Information Tech -0.12
S&P 500 Energy -0.19
NIKKEI 225 -0.39
S&P/TSX Comp -0.40
Comex gold -0.53
Indonesian rupiah -0.59
S&P MidCap 400 -0.67
iSh 20+ Treasury -1.20
Nymex ULSD -1.41
KOSPI Composite -1.42
WSJ Dollar Index -1.49
S&P 500 Industrials -1.59
S&P 500 Materials -1.72
Comex silver -1.91
Bloomberg Commodity Index -2.14
S&P 500 Real Estate -2.22
Lean hogs -3.89
S&P 500 Utilities -4.23
Nymex natural gas -4.88
Corn -5.06
Nymex RBOB gasoline -5.13
Nymex crude -5.20
Wheat -5.72
Soybeans -6.09
Dow Jones Transportation Average -6.39 *Continuous front-month contracts
Sources: FactSet (indexes, bond ETFs, commodities), Tullett Prebon (currencies). THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Methodology Performance reflects price change (except DAX, Bovespa, and Tel Aviv 35, which reflect total returns). Commodities are represented by the continuous front-month futures contract. Bond exchange-traded fund performance may diverge from that of their underlying index. Bond categories are represented by the following ETFs: U.S. Bonds Total Market: Vanguard Total Bond Market; 1-3 Yr U.S. Treasurys: iShares 1-3 Year Treasury; U.S. 7-10 Yr Treasurys: iShares 7-10 Year Treasury; 20+ Yr U.S. Treasurys: iShares 20+ Year Treasury; Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS): iShares TIPS; Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate; High Yield Corporate Bonds: iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate; Municipal Bonds: iShares National Muni; International Bonds: Vanguard Total International; Emerging Market Bonds: iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets.
U.S.-dollar foreign-exchange ratesat 5 p.m. ET
US$vs, Fri YTDchg Country/currency inUS$ perUS$ (%)
US$vs, Fri YTDchg Country/currency inUS$ perUS$ (%)
Americas Argentina peso .00071486.2253 2.4 Brazil real .1966 5.0876 –7.8 Canada dollar .7131 1.4023 2.2 Chile peso .001075 930.40 3.4 Colombiapeso .000316 3166.44 –16.0 Ecuador USdollar 1 1 unch Mexico peso .0577 17.3441 –3.7 Uruguay peso .02484 40.2572 3.1 Asia-Pacific Australiadollar .7021 1.4243 –4.9 China yuan .1481 6.7515 –3.5 Hong Kong dollar .1275 7.8422 0.8 India rupee .01048 95.403 6.2 Indonesia rupiah .0000555 18029 8.0 Japan yen .006354 157.38 0.5 Kazakhstan tenge .002109 474.22 –6.5 Macau pataca .1238 8.0804 0.7 Malaysia ringgit .2448 4.0852 0.7 New Zealand dollar .5879 1.7010 –2.1 Pakistan rupee .00360 277.867 –0.8 Philippines peso .0163 61.182 3.8 Singapore dollar .7797 1.2825 –0.2 South Korea won .0006930 1442.93 0.2 Sri Lanka rupee .0029773 335.87 8.4 Taiwan dollar .03095 32.311 3.1 Thailand baht .02992 33.420 6.1
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This market will resolve to the largest company in the world by market cap on Dec. 31, 2026, as of market close.
NVIDIA: 56%
Commodity, traded in U.S.*
Vietnam dong .00003802 26301 ... Europe Czech Rep. koruna .04759 21.012 2.1 Denmark krone .1542 6.4837 2.0 Euro area euro 1.1529 .8674 1.9 Hungary forint .003159 316.57 –3.3 Iceland krona .008121 123.14 –1.7 Norway krone .1056 9.4717 –6.1 Poland zloty .2675 3.7380 4.1 Sweden krona .1050 9.5261 3.4 Switzerland franc 1.2382 .8076 1.9 Turkey lira .0210 47.5127 10.6 Ukraine hryvnia .0223 44.7500 5.7 UKpound 1.3482 .7417 –0.04 Middle East/Africa Bahrain dinar 2.6520 .3771 0.03 Egypt pound .0195 51.1559 7.2 Israel shekel .3270 3.0581 –4.0 Kuwait dinar 3.2348 .3091 0.4 Oman sul rial 2.6007 .3845 –0.1 Qatar rial .2734 3.657 0.1 Saudi Arabia riyal .2666 3.7516 0.02 South Africa rand .0604 16.5574 –0.04
Close NetChg %Chg YTD%Chg
WSJDollarIndex 96.10 –0.22–0.23 0.18
Sources:Tullett Prebon,Dow Jones MarketData
Contract Open Open High hi lo Low Settle Chg interest Copper-High (CMX)-25,000 lbs.; $perlb. Aug 6.4515 6.5155 6.4095 6.4360 –0.0085 4,948 Sept 6.3495 6.5450 6.4295 6.4655 –0.0090 136,610 Gold (CMX)-100 troyoz.; $ per troy oz. Aug 4060.70 4118.50 4022.40 4049.10 –51.00 15,693 Sept 4076.00 4133.30 4032.30 4062.40 –52.30 4,723 Oct 4094.30 4148.00 4046.20 4076.60 –52.80 51,738 Nov 4101.20 4104.00 4101.20 4092.30 –53.20 282 Dec 4126.70 4180.20 4076.40 4107.00 –53.60 284,978 Jan'27 4120.80 4125.30 4120.80 4124.70 –53.90 254 Palladium (NYM) - 50 troy oz.; $ per troy oz. Aug 1244.50 1244.50 s 1244.50 1275.60 –26.60 26 Sept 1266.50 1322.00 1262.50 1281.40 –26.80 16,571 Platinum (NYM)-50 troy oz.; $ per troy oz. Aug 1612.10 1632.90 s 1612.10 1650.30 –1.60 41 Oct 1661.80 1671.20 1625.90 1658.70 –1.50 45,587 Silver (CMX)-5,000 troy oz.; $ per troy oz. Aug 59.200 59.200 57.340 57.591 –1.224 1,248 Sept 59.260 59.405 57.220 57.786 –1.231 80,685 Crude Oil, LightSweet (NYM)-1,000 bbls.; $perbbl. Sept 83.92 86.87 81.06 84.67 1.08 265,736 Oct 81.15 83.44 78.63 81.49 0.69 167,361 Nov 78.54 80.37 76.32 78.65 0.46 114,336 Dec 76.49 78.00 74.48 76.44 0.32 204,863 June'27 71.22 72.24 70.05 71.14 0.13 137,548 Dec 69.11 69.86 68.09 68.98 0.08 149,044 NY Harbor ULSD (NYM)-42,000 gal.; $ per gal. Aug 4.3601 4.3118 4.1047 4.1215 –.0879 1,567 Sept 4.2330 4.2293 4.0561 4.0955 –.0336 75,491 Gasoline-NY RBOB (NYM)-42,000 gal.; $ per gal. Aug 3.2402 3.2626 3.1992 3.2216 –.0631 2,660 Sept 3.1291 3.1735 3.0650 3.1142 –.0171 106,204 Natural Gas (NYM)-10,000 MMBtu.; $per MMBtu. Sept 2.746 2.802 2.712 2.747 –.011 371,988 Oct 2.785 2.840 2.756 2.787 –.012 153,038 Dec 3.701 3.735 3.665 3.689 –.017 139,882 Jan'27 4.177 4.217 4.145 4.165 –.018 144,573 March 2.992 3.017 2.953 2.975 –.014 139,091 April 2.850 2.871 2.814 2.832 –.013 115,922
Agriculture Futures Corn (CBT)-5,000 bu.; centsper bu. Sept 445.50 447.00 438.00 440.75 –5.00 531,259 Dec 468.50 470.00 461.00 464.00 –4.50 789,646 Oats (CBT)-5,000 bu.; cents per bu. Sept 314.25 316.25 308.50 310.25 –1.75 804 Dec 332.25 336.00 328.00 330.25 –1.50 2,246 Soybeans (CBT)-5,000 bu.; cents per bu. Aug 1178.00 1181.00 1166.75 1172.00 –5.25 2,229 Nov 1192.50 1196.00 1180.50 1187.50 –1.25 500,932 Soybean Meal (CBT)-100 tons; $per ton. Aug 316.10 317.30 309.40 312.20 –1.90 2,208 Dec 324.10 325.30 318.80 321.20 –1.60 287,021 Soybean Oil (CBT)-60,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Aug 68.39 68.39 66.56 67.12 –1.23 2,771
Largest 100 exchange-traded funds, latest session.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Friday, July 31, 2026 SSSPDRS&P500V SPYV 62.06 –0.16 9.2 SSIMSPDRS&P500 SPY 747.03 0.72 9.5 SSSPDRS&P400 MDY 686.32 –0.13 13.8 SSTechSel XLK 175.35 –0.22 21.8 VanEckSemicon SMH 540.53 0.30 50.1 VangdExtMkt VXF 236.16 –0.30 12.9 VangdDivApp VIG 239.17 –0.37 8.8 VangdFTSEAWxUS VEU 82.85 –0.22 12.6 VangdFTSEDevMk VEA 70.62 –0.66 13.0 VangdFTSE EM VWO 58.75 0.96 9.3 VangdFTSE Europe VGK 90.59 –0.44 8.3 VangdHiDiv VYM 161.96 ... 12.8 VangdInfoTech VGT 113.15 –0.38 20.1 VangdIntermBd BIV 75.54 –0.20 –3.0 VangdIntrCorpBd VCIT 81.26 –0.15 –3.0 VangdIntermTrea VGIT 58.35 –0.17 –2.6 VangdMstarGrw VUG 85.20 1.10 4.8 VangdMorningstarLC VV 343.60 0.68 9.1 VangdMstarMegaCap MGK 86.33 1.11 4.6 VangdMorningstarMC VO 80.95 –0.05 11.6 VangdMorningstarSC VB 295.14 –0.22 14.4 VangdMstarSCValue VBR 244.63 –0.20 15.5 VangdMstarTotalStk VTI 368.21 0.53 9.8 VangdMstarValue VTV 219.95 –0.27 15.2 VangdRealEst VNQ 98.95 –0.54 11.8 VangdRuss1000Grw VONG 121.91 0.84 0.1 VangdS&P500ETF VOO 686.65 0.71 9.5 VangdST Bond BSV 77.58 –0.08 –1.6 VangdSTCpBd VCSH 78.62 –0.06 –1.4 VangdShortTrea VGSH 58.10 –0.05 –1.1 VangdTaxExemptBd VTEB 49.60 –0.10 –1.4 VangdTotalBd BND 72.23 –0.26 –2.5 VangdTotIntlBd BNDX 47.77 –0.23 –1.1 VangdTotIntlStk VXUS 84.59 –0.21 12.1 VangdTotWrldStk VT 155.86 0.26 10.5
Closing Chg YTD ETF Symbol Price (%) (%)
Closing Chg YTD ETF Symbol Price (%) (%)
Closing Chg YTD ETF Symbol Price (%) (%)
AvantisUSSCValue AVUV 125.28 0.03 22.8 CapGrpDivVal CGDV 49.54 0.63 13.5 DimenUSCoreEq2 DFAC 44.49 0.36 12.4 DirexSemiBl3 SOXL 114.72 ... 172.9 InvscNasd100 QQQM 283.29 0.69 12.0 InvscQQQI QQQ 687.99 0.65 12.0 InvscS&P500EW RSP 215.01 –0.17 12.2 iShBitcoin IBIT 35.64 –2.89 –28.2 iShBrdUSDHYCpBd USHY 36.78 –0.03 –1.6 iShCoreDivGrowth DGRO 78.01 –0.28 12.4 iShCoreMSCIEAFE IEFA 98.25 –0.64 9.8 iShCoreMSCIEM IEMG 77.61 0.73 15.5 iShMSCIIntlDev IDEV 90.49 –0.72 9.7 iShCoreMSCITotInt IXUS 94.54 –0.15 11.7 iShCoreS&P500 IVV 750.32 0.69 9.5 iShCoreS&P MC IJH 75.27 –0.11 14.0 iShCoreS&P SC IJR 145.46 –0.03 21.0 iShCoreS&PTotUS ITOT 163.61 0.59 10.0 iShCoreS&PUSGrw IUSG 184.83 1.37 10.1 iShCoreUSAggBd AGG 97.37 –0.26 –2.5 iShCoreUnivUSDBd IUSB 45.45 –0.21 –2.3
iShEdgeMSCIUSAMom MTUM 299.59 0.27 19.7 iShEdgeMSCIUSAQual QUAL 219.32 0.18 10.4 iShGoldTr IAU 76.17 –1.46 –6.2 iShiBoxx$IGCpBd LQD 106.25 –0.15 –3.6 iShMBS MBB 92.92 –0.40 –2.4 iShMSCIACWI ACWI 156.43 0.49 10.6 iShMSCI EAFE EFA 105.58 –0.62 9.9 iSh MSCI EM EEM 64.09 0.79 17.1 iShNatlMuniBd MUB 105.64 –0.11 –1.4 iShRussMC IWR 109.69 –0.28 13.9 iShRuss1000 IWB 408.38 0.64 9.4
July 31,2026
Keyannualinterestratespaidto borrow orlendmoneyin U.S.andinternationalmarkets.Ratesbelowarea guide togeneral levels but don’talwaysrepresentactualtransactions.
Inflation
June index Chg From(%) level May '26 June '25
U.S.consumer priceindex Allitems 333.952 –0.35 3.5 Core 336.882 0.01 2.6
Internationalrates
Week 52-Week Latest ago High Low
Week —52-WEEK— Latest ago High Low
Week —52-WEEK— Latest ago High Low
Week 52-Week Latest ago high low
Prime rates U.S. 6.75 6.75 7.50 6.75 Canada 4.45 4.45 4.95 4.45 Japan 2.125 2.125 2.125 1.875
Policy Rates Euro zone 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.15 Switzerland 0.25 0.25 0.50 0.25
Notes ondata: U.S. prime rate isthe base rate oncorporate loans posted byat least 70% of the 10largest U.S. banks, and iseffective December 11, 2025. Otherprime rates aren’t directly comparable;lending practices varywidely bylocation; Discount rateiseffective December 11, 2025.Secured Overnight Financing Rate isas of July 30, 2026. DTCC GCF Repo Index is Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.'sweighted average for overnight trades inapplicableCUSIPs. Value traded isin billions of U.S.dollars.Federal- fundsrates are Tullett Prebon rates asof 3:30 p.m. ET. Sources:Federal Reserve; Bureau of Labor Statistics;DTCC; FactSet; TullettPrebon Information, Ltd.
52-Wk % Stock Sym Hi/Lo Chg New Highs and Lows
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The following explanations apply to the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, NYSE American and Nasdaq Stock Market stocks that hit a new 52-week intraday high or low in the latest session. % CHG-Daily percentage change from the previous trading session.
Citizens&Northern CZNC 25.84 -0.2 ClearChannelOutdr CCO 2.44 0.4 Cloudflare NET 293.80 -1.6 ConnectOnePfdA CNOBP 25.28 0.3 Credicorp BAP 413.25 -0.4 Danaos DAC 143.48 -0.3 Datadog DDOG 278.76 -0.2 DelekLogistics DKL 61.50 2.0 Diamondrock DRH 13.48 2.6 DianthusTherap DNTH 114.55 -5.1 DivrsHlthcrNts42 DHCNI 17.88 2.2 ElectronicArts EA 209.93 0.1 EloxxPharm ELOX 18.42 31.1 EnlivenTherap ELVN 55.82 1.6 EnovaIntl ENVA 260.79 0.3 FedAgriMtg C AGM 228.38 3.3 FirstBusey BUSE 31.43 -1.3 FirstBusFinSvcs FBIZ 70.71 4.4 FirstInternetBncp INBK 30.05 12.1 FirstNatlVA FXNC 32.18 0.3 FlagstarBankPfdA FLGpA 23.56 0.8 ForresterRes FORR 11.75 18.1 FutureMoney FMAC 10.03 0.1 Gerdau GGB 5.02 ... GladstonePfdB LANDO 21.91 0.3 GlobaTerraA GTERA 10.37 0.1 GlobalShipLease GSL 44.69 -0.3 GrupoCibest CIB 94.21 -1.5 GuardantHealth GH 176.58 6.3
AMCGlobalMedia AMCX 11.66 15.3 AcadianAsset AAMI 88.30 3.0 AdaptiveBiotech ADPT 24.57 -6.7 Aegon AEG 9.49 ... AeonAcqnI AESP 9.93 ... Ametek AME 244.97 0.7 AB InBev BUD 86.60 0.4 AnikaTherap ANIK 19.29 6.7 Apnimed APMD 29.15 56.3 ArchimedeIII ARCI 10.14 0.4 Arxis ARXS 55.24 10.9 AstroNova ALOT 28.99 0.4 AxosFinancial AX 105.20 3.0 BBVA BBVA 28.05 1.3 BankFirst BFC 154.42 1.0 BankwellFinl BWFG 69.21 0.6 BillionToOne BLLN 140.21 -0.7 BrinkerIntl EAT 214.23 1.8 BristolMyers BMY 65.66 0.7 Bruker BRKR 65.30 -2.3 CNO Financial CNO 57.59 3.0 Cactus WHD 65.19 4.9 CareDx CDNA 45.00 14.7 CatalystAcqn CATLU 10.03 0.1 CheesecakeFct CAKE 103.33 0.1 ChefsWarehouse CHEF 115.72 2.8
Dec 67.46 67.46 66.17 66.90 –.39 263,825 Rough Rice (CBT)-2,000 cwt.;$ per cwt. Sept 13.79 13.99 13.73 13.96 .20 11,479 Nov 14.20 14.41 14.20 14.40 .20 1,319 Wheat (CBT)-5,000 bu.;cents per bu. Sept 663.25 665.00 634.50 639.25 –24.25 196,941 Dec 681.50 682.75 653.25 657.50 –24.00 156,282 Wheat (KC)-5,000 bu.;cents per bu. Sept 731.75 733.25 703.00 707.50 –23.25 121,591 Dec 747.00 749.00 719.25 723.75 –23.00 112,448 Cattle-Feeder (CME)-50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Aug 346.475 348.725 346.150 348.025 1.550 11,879 Sept 342.625 345.350 342.100 343.775 1.325 20,420 Cattle-Live (CME)-40,000 lbs.; centsper lb. Aug 231.275 232.675 231.200 231.750 .525 36,011 Oct 227.425 228.550 226.925 227.250 –.200 118,171 Hogs-Lean (CME)-40,000 lbs.; centsper lb. Aug 98.375 99.350 98.325 98.850 .425 20,585 Oct 83.350 85.175 83.125 84.850 1.500 120,369 Lumber (CME)-27,500 bd. ft., $ per 1,000 bd. ft. Sept 625.50 626.00 613.00 614.00 –11.00 6,615 Nov 631.00 631.00 622.50 623.50 –8.50 1,201 Milk (CME)-200,000 lbs., centsper lb. July 15.65 15.68 15.65 15.67 .03 5,515 Sept 17.08 17.58 16.98 17.53 .59 6,471 Cocoa (ICE-US)-10 metric tons; $ per ton. Sept 5,168 5,510 5,138 5,397 285 63,991 Dec 5,293 5,647 5,271 5,536 290 56,040 Coffee (ICE-US)-37,500 lbs.;cents per lb. Sept 325.75 334.40 320.90 332.10 9.05 54,648 Dec 310.35 316.85 305.05 314.65 6.95 62,455 Sugar-World (ICE-US)-112,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Oct 14.43 14.78 14.38 14.66 .23 499,693 March'27 15.35 15.65 15.28 15.53 .20 300,368 Sugar-Domestic (ICE-US)-112,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Sept 35.50 35.50 35.50 35.50 … 190 March'27 37.32 37.32 37.32 37.32 … 1,475 Cotton (ICE-US)-50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Oct 79.75 80.49 79.60 80.50 1.09 142 Dec 80.65 81.95 80.62 81.79 1.12 194,350 Orange Juice (ICE-US)-15,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Sept 146.40 155.75 143.20 154.95 8.95 7,658 Nov 150.05 159.50 147.45 159.15 9.15 1,477
Interest Rate Futures Ultra Treasury Bonds (CBT) -$100,000; pts 32nds of 100% Sept 110-300 111-120 109-200 109-220 –1-06.0 2,467,309 Dec 110-130 110-270 109-080 109-100 –1-06.0 48 Treasury Bonds (CBT)-$100,000; pts32nds of 100% Sept 109-090 109-250 108-080 108-100 –1-03.0 1,863,334 Dec 108-280 109-080 107-270 107-270 –1-04.0 11,519 Treasury Notes (CBT)-$100,000; pts32nds of 100% Sept 108-155 108-215 107-315 108-000 –17.5 5,285,478 Dec 108-080 108-120 107-225 107-230 –18.0 24,330 5Yr. Treasury Notes (CBT)-$100,000; pts 32nds of 100% Sept 106-052 106-122 105-310 105-312 –11.2 6,215,189 Dec 106-082 106-082 105-277 105-275 –11.7 23,699 2Yr. Treasury Notes (CBT)-$200,000; pts 32nds of 100% Sept 102-267 102-296 102-247 102-257 –3.7 4,352,035
iShRuss1000Grw IWF 118.32 0.76 –0.0 iShRuss1000Val IWD 251.82 0.44 19.7 iShRuss2000 IWM 291.20 –0.48 18.3 iShS&P500Grw IVW 135.25 1.44 9.7 iShS&P500Value IVE 231.71 –0.19 9.3 iShSemiconductor SOXX 504.89 0.07 67.7 iSh7-10YTreaBd IEF 92.95 –0.28 –3.3 iShSilver SLV 52.36 –2.13 –18.7 iSh20+YTreaBd TLT 82.25 –0.66 –5.6 iShUSEqFactRotat DYNF 67.45 0.79 10.9 iShUSTreasuryBd GOVT 22.45 –0.24 –2.5 iSh0-3MTreaBd SGOV 100.71 0.02 0.3 JPMNasdEqPrem JEPQ 58.25 0.57 0.2 JanusAAACLO JAAA 50.50 0.06 –0.2
JPMEqPremiumIncome JEPI 57.43 0.33 0.3 JPM UltShIncm JPST 50.54 ... –0.1 ProShUltPrQQQ TQQQ 64.62 2.09 22.6 SPDRGoldMini GLDM 80.14 –1.46 –6.1 SPDR Gold GLD 371.54 –1.49 –6.3 SchwabIntEquity SCHF 27.43 –0.58 14.1 SchwabUS BrdMkt SCHB 28.85 0.59 10.0 SchwabUS Div SCHD 33.47 0.18 22.0 SchwabUS LC SCHX 29.44 0.65 9.4 SchwabUS LC Grw SCHG 34.17 1.12 4.8 SSEnergySel XLE 59.55 1.00 33.2 SSFinlSel XLF 56.94 –0.11 4.0 SSHlthCrSel XLV 162.55 –0.59 5.0 SSIndlSel XLI 179.84 0.81 15.9 SSSPDRBbg1-3M BIL 91.68 0.03 0.3 SSSPDR DJIA DIA 524.32 0.54 9.1 SSSPDRDevxUS SPDW 50.06 –0.71 12.7 SSSPDRS&P500 SPYM 87.90 0.68 9.6 SSSPDRS&P500G SPYG 117.14 1.45 9.8
Britain 3.75 3.75 4.25 3.75 Australia 4.35 4.35 4.35 3.60
Overnight repurchase U.S. 3.69 3.67 4.45 3.49
U.S.government rates
Discount 3.75 3.75 4.50 3.75
Federal funds Effectiverate 3.6400 3.6400 4.3300 3.6300 High 3.7000 3.7000 4.5500 3.7000 Low 3.5500 3.5500 4.3200 3.5500 Bid 3.6200 3.6200 4.3200 3.6100 Offer 3.6400 3.6400 4.3300 3.6300
Treasury billauction 4weeks 3.630 3.730 4.300 3.550
HarvardAveA HAVA 10.17 0.2 HomeBancorp HBCP 72.44 0.7 ING Groep ING 35.07 ... IdahoCopperWt COPR.WS 2.00 47.5 Illumina ILMN 205.93 ... IntegerHoldings ITGR 123.50 20.2 IntlSeaways INSW 97.07 1.0 JerseyMike's JMKE 23.21 6.3 JonesLang JLL 365.43 -1.8 K&FGrowthII KFII 10.62 0.2 Karooooo KARO 66.23 0.3 MBX Biosci MBX 69.40 -0.8 ManulifeFinl MFC 44.89 -0.2 McKinleyAcqnA MKLY 10.25 0.4 MideraFood MFP 49.86 -0.4 MonoparTherap MNPR 116.69 -5.5 NMI Holdings NMIH 46.74 2.0 NaviosMaritime NMM 82.84 1.9 Neogen NEOG 12.15 4.4 Neutron LIME 29.74 7.0 NewellBrands NWL 7.13 8.9 Noodles NDLS 19.00 5.9 NordicAmTankers NAT 6.73 -2.0 NorwoodFin NWFL 35.06 0.9 OkeanisEcoTankers ECO 60.78 0.8 OptimumBank OPHC 7.63 7.8 OrukaTherap ORKA 99.00 -1.4 PacGE pfB PCGpB 23.68 0.2 ParPacific PARR 87.03 0.1
13 weeks 3.815 3.730 4.235 3.540 26 weeks 3.945 3.835 4.120 3.475
Other short-term rates
Call money 5.50 5.50 6.25 5.50
Commercial paper (AA financial) 90 days n.a. 3.81 4.26 3.57
Secured Overnight Financing Rate 3.65 3.64 4.51 3.50
Value 52-Week Latest Traded High Low
DTCC GCFRepo Index Treasury 3.686 77.600 4.492 3.504 MBS 3.710 87.386 4.623 3.517
Weekly survey
Latest Week ago Year ago
Freddie Mac 30-year fixed 6.66 6.58 6.72 15-year fixed 6.04 5.96 5.85
Park-Ohio PKOH 40.41 1.5 Popular BPOP 176.59 ... Precigen PGEN 6.28 5.6 Primerica PRI 326.78 -1.0 QCR Holdings QCRH 104.35 -0.1 QuadGraphics QUAD 10.39 5.2 Reformation REF 16.35 7.6 RomanDBDR II DRDB 10.62 0.1 SafetyInsurance SAFT 103.57 0.2 SeanergyMaritime SHIP 18.08 -1.9 SharkNinja SN 164.37 -1.0 Snowflake SNOW 304.17 -1.6 StarBulkCarriers SBLK 29.34 -1.4 StevenMadden SHOO 48.76 -3.7 StoneBridgeAcqnII APAC 10.20 0.1 TFS Finl TFSL 19.30 2.0 10xGenomics TXG 50.34 -4.4 ThayerVenturesII TVAI 10.37 0.1 UltraparPart UGP 6.59 0.6 UtzBrands UTZ 14.19 0.1 Viking VIK 105.86 -0.1 Youdao DAO 17.27 2.6 Zenta ZTG 6.00 29.8 Lows
ArriveAI ARAI 0.22 -2.2 AssdBancPfdE ASBpE 19.96 -0.9 AtlasCriticalMnl ATCX 2.75 -7.5 Auddia AUUD 1.02 -2.9 AvaxOneTech AVX 2.88 -5.8 BankofAmPfdE BACpE 18.26 -1.3 BankofAmPfdQQ BACpQ 16.41 -0.7 BankofAmPfdSS BACpS 18.45 -0.9 BeyondAir XAIR 5.02 -2.7 BicycleTherap BCYC 3.80 -3.7 BigBear.aiWt BBAI.WS 0.13 -26.1 Biomerica BMRA 1.47 -6.3 BionanoGenom BNGO 1.00 0.9 BitOrigin BTOG 0.62 -13.1 BlackstoneMtg BXMT 14.11 -2.9 BlaizeWt BZAIW 0.17 -6.0 BlueOwlTech OTF 9.75 0.7 BoneBiologics BBLG 0.83 -1.7 Bonk BNKK 0.91 -8.9 Braskem BAK 2.20 -3.3 BrightSpire BRSP 4.85 0.4 Brightstar BRSL 9.90 -1.3 BrookfieldBus BBUC 28.14 -5.8 Bullish BLSH 20.55 -3.5 Canaan CAN 0.17 -30.2 CarlyleSecured CGBD 9.95 -1.1 ChainceDigital CD 2.76 -1.4 ChicagoAtlRealEst REFI 9.69 -0.6 ClarosMtg CMTG 1.73 -2.7 Cloudastructure CSAI 5.14 -2.4 CoinbaseGlbl COIN 139.11 -10.6 CollectiveAcqnIIWt CAIIW 0.18 14.5 Collplant CLGN 0.27 -9.0 CreativeMedTech CELZ 0.66 -13.1 D.BoralARC I BCARU 4.89 -38.9 DDC Enterprise DDC 0.42 -12.2 DermataTherapWt DRMAW 0.01 -28.6
Dec 102-217 102-259 102-219 102-220 –4.1 6,897 30Day Federal Funds (CBT)-$5,000,000; 100 - dailyavg. July 96.3725 96.3725 96.3700 96.3725 .0025 306,130 Aug 96.3650 96.3700 96.3650 96.3700 .0050 880,650 Three-Month SOFR (CME)-$1,000,000; 100 -daily avg. May 96.3600 96.3600 t 96.3600 96.3600 .0000 5,446 Dec 95.9550 95.9750 t 95.9100 95.9200 –.0500 1,661,532
Currency Futures Japanese Yen (CME)-¥12,500,000; $per 100¥ Aug .6126 .6361 .6226 .6301 … 1,685 Sept .6143 .6383 .6237 .6315 … 427,918 Canadian Dollar (CME)-CAD 100,000; $per CAD Aug .7131 .7150 .7120 .7138 –.0013 360 Sept .7134 .7162 .7126 .7147 –.0013 355,660 British Pound (CME)-£62,500; $ per £ Aug 1.3447 1.3489 1.3401 1.3482 .0007 619 Sept 1.3467 1.3494 1.3400 1.3482 .0007 252,062 Swiss Franc (CME)-CHF 125,000; $ per CHF Sept 1.2480 1.2482 1.2359 1.2430 –.0066 110,717 Dec 1.2583 1.2583 1.2489 1.2558 –.0067 697 Australian Dollar (CME)-AUD 100,000; $ per AUD Aug .6953 .7039 .7000 .7036 .0008 642 Sept .6947 .7039 .6987 .7032 .0008 237,152 Mexican Peso (CME)-MXN 500,000; $per MXN Aug .05760 .05760 .05760 .05767 .00013 950 Sept .05710 .05756 .05729 .05754 .00013 203,071
Bonds | wsj.com/market-data/bonds/benchmarks Global Government Bonds:Mapping Yields
Yields and spreads over or under U.S. Treasurysonbenchmark two-yearand 10-year government bonds in selected other countries; arrows indicatewhether the yield rose(s)or fell(t)in thelatest session
Country/ Yield(%) Spread Under/Over U.S.Treasurys, inbasis points Coupon (%) Maturity, in years Latest(l)0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previous Monthago Year ago Latest Prev Year ago 4.250 U.S. 2 4.289 s l 4.227 4.138 3.952 4.375 10 4.743 s l 4.662 4.420 4.360
2.250 Australia 2 4.524 t l 4.579 4.433 3.358 22.5 32.1 -60.5
4.250 10 4.938 t l 5.007 4.730 4.273 19.0 33.0 -10.2
2.400 France 2 3.002 s l 2.954 2.698 2.211 -129.7 -130.4 -175.2
3.700 10 4.001 s l 3.971 3.547 3.351 -74.7 -70.6 -102.4
2.700 Germany 2 2.831 s l 2.788 2.540 1.971 -146.8 -147.0 -199.2
3.000 10 3.229 s l 3.182 2.864 2.696 -151.9 -149.6 -167.9
2.650 Italy 2 3.015 s l 2.978 2.707 2.168 -128.4 -128.0 -179.5
3.800 10 4.020 s l 3.982 3.587 3.507 -72.8 -69.5 -86.8
1.500 Japan 2 1.508 s l 1.481 1.362 0.827 -279.1 -277.7 -313.6
2.700 10 2.799 t l 2.804 2.687 1.556 -194.9 -187.3 -281.9
2.400 Spain 2 2.880 s l 2.835 2.600 2.092 -141.9 -142.4 -187.2
3.400 10 3.642 s l 3.625 3.298 3.210 -110.6 -105.2 -116.6
4.375 U.K. 2 4.421 s l 4.340 4.176 3.886 12.2 8.2 -7.7
1.125 10 5.062 s l 4.989 4.769 4.573 31.3 31.2 19.8
Corporate Debt Prices of firms' bonds reflect factors including investors' economic,sectoral and company-specific expectations Investment-grade spreadsthat tightened the most…
Spread*,in basispoints Issuer Symbol Coupon(%) Yield (%) Maturity Current One-daychange Lastweek
Citigroup C 4.750 6.29 May 18, ’46 100 –9 111
Microsoft MSFT 5.200 5.26 June 1, ’39 55 –7 59
Northwestern Mutual Global Funding* … 4.740 4.94 June 30, ’31 52 –7 50
Oracle ORCL 5.375 7.28 July 15, ’40 257 –7 284
BNP Paribas … 4.400 4.83 Aug. 14, ’28 56 –6 60
Comcast CMCSA 4.250 5.42 Jan. 15, ’33 72 –6 75
John Deere Capital … 4.125 4.53 Jan. 18, ’29 17 –6 n.a.
National Australia Bank … 4.434 4.56 June 4, ’29 24 –6 30
Liberty Mutual … 7.800 6.80 March 15, ’37 205 28 n.a.
Southern California Edison … 5.950 6.14 Feb. 1, ’38 143 8 n.a.
DukeEnergy Indiana … 6.350 5.70 Aug. 15, ’38 99 6 84
Verizon Communications VZ 4.812 6.05 March 15, ’39 133 6 n.a.
American Honda Finance … 4.850 5.24 Oct. 23, ’31 79 5 n.a.
Mercedes–Benz Finance North America … 5.100 5.03 Nov. 15, ’29 68 4 n.a.
UnitedHealth UNH 3.875 4.61 Dec. 15, ’28 33 4 31
E.ON International Finance … 6.650 5.74 April30, ’38 103 3 n.a.
BondPrice as %offacevalue Issuer Symbol Coupon (%) Yield (%) Maturity Current One-daychange Lastweek
Bombardier … 7.450 5.89 May 1, ’34 109.571 0.32 109.240
Rakuten … 9.750 6.24 April15, ’29 108.577 0.15 108.298
Bausch Health … 11.000 9.74 Sept. 30, ’28 102.371 0.12 101.875
Verde Purchaser … 10.500 9.20 Nov. 30, ’30 102.645 0.04 101.962
Telecom Italia Capital … 7.721 6.28 June 4, ’38 111.906 0.02 113.337
Hughes Satellite Systems … 5.250 n.a. Aug. 1, ’26 73.500 –0.60 n.a.
ParamountGlobal … 6.875 8.19 April30, ’36 91.250 –0.29 91.500
Sealed Air … 6.875 7.28 July 15, ’33 97.828 –0.28 97.125
Bath & Body Works BBWI 6.750 6.90 July1, ’36 98.924 –0.25 98.785
ADT Security … 4.875 6.20 July 15, ’32 93.500 –0.25 93.575
Transocean International … 6.800 7.65 March 15, ’38 93.500 –0.25 94.843
*Estimated spread over 2-year,3-year,5-year, 10-year or30-year hot-run Treasury; 100basispoints=one percentage pt.;change inspread shown isfor Z-spread. Note: Data are forthe most active issue ofbondswith maturitiesof twoyears or more Source: MarketAxess
DigitalAssetWt DAAQW 0.30 -3.3 DragonflyEnergy DFLI 1.12 -9.3 DukeRoboticsWt DUKRW 0.10 9.2 EIDP$4.50Pfd CTApB 65.00 -0.5 EastWestAveAcqn EWAVU 9.91 -0.9 EdibleGarden EDBL 2.25 -6.8 ElongPower ELPW 0.16 -11.2 EmperyDigital EMPD 2.75 -7.8 Enlivex ENLV 1.80 7.2 ENvueMedical FEED 0.29 -1.2 EvolutionGlbl EVOXU 9.91 ... EvolutionMtls EMAT 3.65 -17.2 Evotec EVO 1.90 -1.0 FTAI Infra FIP 3.71 -6.8 FigureTechSolns FIGR 24.28 -3.5 FingerMotion FNGR 0.23 13.9 FlashSports&Media FLZH 1.15 -2.5 Fly-E FLYE 1.60 ... FordMotor6.5%Nts FpD 20.87 0.3 FrankBSPRealty FBRT 7.35 -1.9 Freightos CRGO 1.14 -2.5 GMEXRobotics GMEX 1.21 -11.0 GRI Bio GRI 1.36 -2.1 GabelliDivPfdH GDVpH 21.07 0.1 GabelliUtilPfdC GUTpC 21.04 -1.0 GameYourGame GYGY 7.50 -43.2 Gaxos.ai GXAI 0.73 -5.7 GBankFinl GBFH 19.63 -1.0 GeminiSpace GEMI 3.74 -5.1 GeniusGroup GNS 0.15 -2.8 Genprex GNPX 5.63 -1.2 GettyImages GETY 0.36 -1.5 GladstoneLand LAND 8.09 -2.1 Gogoro GGR 2.53 -10.6 GorillaTechWt GRRRW 0.11 -22.9 Group1Auto GPI 274.27 -3.4 HealthcrTriangle HCTI 1.09 -3.9 HealthyChoice HCWC 0.17 2.2
Euro (CME)-€125,000; $per€ Aug 1.1527 1.1551 1.1465 1.1537 –.0005 13,452 Sept 1.1486 1.1567 1.1475 1.1550 –.0005 767,212
Index Futures Mini DJIndustrial Average (CBT)-$5xindex Sept 52395 52772 52124 52635 255 78,431 Dec 52900 53158 52547 53042 256 275 Mini S&P 500 (CME)-$50xindex Sept 7338.00 7541.00 7427.50 7519.25 46.75 2,025,408 Dec 7399.75 7607.25 7492.75 7585.25 48.00 32,455 Mini S&P Midcap 400 (CME)-$100xindex Sept 3745.80 3803.00 3742.20 3772.90 –6.70 36,598 Dec … … … 3803.40 –7.00 n.a. Mini Nasdaq 100 (CME)-$20x index Sept 27202.00 28725.75 28079.75 28404.25 166.50 283,728 Dec 27585.00 29001.25 28363.75 28688.50 170.50 3,020 Mini Russell 2000 (CME)-$50xindex Sept 2954.00 2976.30 2905.30 2938.00 –16.30 412,378 Dec 2986.50 2995.00 2930.00 2960.10 –16.20 434 Mini Russell 1000 (CME)-$50xindex Sept 4088.70 4103.00 4046.00 4097.70 27.10 5,804 U.S. Dollar Index (ICE-US)-$1,000 xindex Sept 99.94 100.33 99.58 99.79 .07 52,171 Dec 99.73 100.01 99.41 99.50 .07 300
Source:Tullett Prebon, Tradeweb FTSEU.S. Treasury Close
Heartbeam BEAT 0.49 -3.2 HertzGlobal HTZ 1.55 -4.2 HuachenAIPkg HCAI 3.88 1.6 Hydrofarm HYFM 0.50 -8.7 IdahoCopper COPR 2.05 -1.8 IntelligentGrp INTJ 2.92 -4.0 iPower IPW 0.51 -10.8 IronDomeAcqnIWt IDACW 0.27 -22.8 iSpecimen ISPC 1.77 3.3 JIADE JDZG 3.65 -88.0 JupiterNeurosci JUNS 0.08 -7.7 KaileraTherap KLRA 16.39 -0.6 KaryopharmTherap KPTI 1.80 -72.6 KestrelGr6.625-46 MHLA 9.88 7.8 KochavDefenseRt KCHVR 0.16 0.2 Lensar LNSR 4.95 -3.1 LexariaBioscience LEXX 0.35 -1.3 LibertyDefense DETX 3.03 -2.3 LisataTherap LSTA 0.99 -3.9 Locafy LCFY 2.18 -5.5 LotusTech LOT 0.81 -1.3 LucidDiag LUCD 0.86 -3.3 LumentFinance LFT 0.65 -8.2 LumentFinPfdA LFTpA 17.30 -0.6 MiraPharm MIRA 0.77 -3.0 MackenzieRealty MKZR 0.83 -13.4 MaisonSolutions MSS 1.27 -2.9 MartinMarietta MLM 523.48 -2.8 Masonglory MSGY 0.25 -8.7 Megan MGN 0.06 7.1 MercatorAcqn MRCOU 10.01 ... MesaRoyalty MTR 2.85 -1.4 ModularMed MODD 1.96 15.5 MoleculinBiotech MBRX 0.31 -60.8 Monro MNRO 12.16 -8.9 MyriadGenetics MYGN 2.81 -46.7 NFT MI 7.25 12.5
NatlRurUtilNt2064 NRUC 22.25 -0.2 NetClassTechnology NTCL 2.35 -7.2 NeuroSense NRSN 0.43 -2.3 NewAmericaI Wt NWAX.WS 0.36 -16.7 NewGenIvf NIVF 0.67 -4.7 NoahHoldings NOAH 8.37 -0.5 Nutriband NTRB 2.81 -2.1 NutribandWt NTRBW 0.25 -34.2 Nuwellis NUWE 1.61 -60.9 NvniWt NVNIW 0.02 -43.6 O-I Glass OI 7.01 -2.7 OdysseyMarine OMEX 0.59 -8.0 Olin OLN 17.73 -16.5 PPL Un PPLC 46.98 -0.3 ParamountSkydance PSKY 7.62 1.9 PatriaInvts PAX 10.55 -1.4 PliantTherap PLRX 1.04 -1.9 Pluri PLUR 1.45 -0.6 ProfDiversity IPDN 0.33 0.6 PrudentialNt58 PRS 21.47 0.5 PrudentialNts2060 PFH 15.78 -0.2 QXO QXO 13.18 -1.2 QXO Pfd B QXOpB 40.23 -1.1 QwestNts2051 CTGG 16.27 -1.6 QwestNts2052 CTHH 16.75 -0.5 RamacoRscsA METC 9.09 -6.2 RamacoRscsB METCB 6.32 -1.4 ReadyCapital RC 1.39 -1.4 RealMessenger RMSG 0.29 3.5 ReconTech RCON 0.28 21.8 ReinTherap RNTX 0.73 -4.0 ReitarLogtech RITR 0.05 -9.6 Ridgetech RDGT 0.71 -4.4 RiverNorthPfdA OPPpA 15.77 0.6 Roblox RBLX 33.88 -26.9 SES AI Wt SES.WS 0.01 -14.0 SamosEnerAcqn SAMO.U 9.93 -0.1
Source: FactSet
SentiBiosciences SNTI 0.34 -5.5 SevenHillsRlty SEVN 7.37 0.1 Shutterstock SSTK 5.17 0.4 SkyeBioscience SKYE 0.56 -2.0 SnowRothschild ISNR 9.81 -0.4 SocketMobile SCKT 0.40 -9.8 Southland SLND 0.51 2.9 StardustPower SDST 0.50 -26.5 StarwoodProp STWD 15.94 -1.5 Sui SUIG 0.83 -1.1 SunPowerWt SPWRW 0.04 -27.9 SuperLeagueEnt SLE 2.64 -3.3 SurgePays SURG 0.21 0.9 Telus TU 9.22 -11.2 TEN Holdings XHLD 0.98 -8.3 TMCtheMtlsWt TMCWW 0.02 -10.0 Taoping TAOP 0.58 7.9 Teamshares TMS 5.04 2.0 Telephone&Data TDS 32.94 ... Toppoint TOPP 0.51 -8.4 TrawsPharma TRAW 0.43 2.0 TruGolf TRUG 0.79 -20.7 TScanTherap TCRX 0.73 -1.7 TwentyOneCap XXI 4.15 -4.0 UnivDisplay OLED 76.42 -0.2 VCIGlobal VCIG 0.30 -9.6 Veea VEEA 0.14 3.3 Venu VENU 2.02 -9.4 VirtusCvPfdA NCVpA 20.33 ... VisionMarineTech VMAR 0.52 -35.6 VisionWave VWAV 1.67 -11.3 VolitionRX VNRX 0.69 -10.2 WesternUnion WU 6.27 -17.3 WheelerREIT WHLR 0.57 -14.3 Winmark WINA 325.06 0.6 XCHG XCH 0.30 -1.3 ZOOZStrategyWt ZOOZW 0.02 -22.1 ZeoEnergy ZEO 0.47 -3.7
The following explanations apply to NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American and Nasdaq Stock Market listed securities. Prices are consolidated from trades reported by various market centers, including securities exchanges, Finra, electronic communications networks and other broker-dealers. The list comprises the 1,000 largest companies based on market capitalization. Underlined quotations are those stocks with large changes in volume compared with the issue’s average trading volume.
Boldfaced quotations highlight those issues whose price changed by 5% or more if their previous closing price was $2 or higher.
Footnotes:
s-New 52-week high; t-New 52-week low; dd-Indicates loss in the most recent four quarters.
Stock tables reflect composite regular trading as of 4 p.m. ET and changes in the official closing prices from 4 p.m. ET the previous day.
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YTD 52-Week Yld Net % Chg Hi Lo Stock Sym % PE Last Chg -13.76 259.63 174.24 CapitalOne COF 1.5 74 209.01 -1.13 11.94 243.21 137.75 CardinalHealth CAH 0.9 35 230.03 2.96 15.98 43.62 31.33 CareTrustREIT CTRE 3.7 27 41.94 0.30 12.52 432.91 293.43 Carlisle CSL 1.2 21 359.92 -9.96 -22.15 69.85 39.60 Carlyle CG 3.0 31 46.02 0.66 -8.94 34.03 23.45 Carnival CCL 2.2 13 27.81 0.04 65.06 625.99 228.00 CarpenterTech CRS 0.2 49 519.66 15.95 16.98 76.76 50.24 CarrierGlobal CARR 1.6 44 61.81 0.42 -26.12 97.38 54.46 Carvana CVNA ... 29 62.36 0.92 57.59 927.85 490.00 CaseysGenStores CASY 0.3 45 871.00 4.15 42.23 1073.46 405.46 Caterpillar CAT 0.8 41 814.81 5.67 12.12 474.02 173.23 Celestica CLS ... 34 331.44 -21.15 2.87 13.67 8.17 Cemex CX 0.8 36 11.82 -0.11 -7.82 377.54 244.82 Cencora COR 0.8 24 311.34 -0.89 78.43 32.07 14.48 CenovusEnergy CVE 1.1 12 30.19 -0.13 51.20 69.36 25.07 Centene CNC ... dd 62.22 1.38 9.65 45.26 36.60 CenterPointEner CNP 2.3 25 42.04 -0.11 ... 386.34 160.81 CerebrasSystems CBRS ...172 198.71 -4.36 16.56 242.73 144.26 CharlesRiverLabs CRL ... dd 232.51 -2.11 -30.55 285.82 111.55 CharterComms CHTR ... 4 144.98 2.98 -31.49 210.66 112.23 CheckPoint CHKP ... 13 127.13 -1.10 35.59 300.89 186.20 CheniereEnergy LNG 0.8 43 263.57 5.51 23.22 70.64 49.53 CheniereEnerPtrs CQP 4.7 15 65.90 0.84 29.15 214.71 146.49 Chevron CVX 3.6 34 196.83 4.52 -31.62 43.50 17.40 Chewy CHWY ... 38 22.60 -0.22 0.59 44.27 28.04 Chipotle CMG ... 34 37.22 -1.30 12.35 365.91 264.10 Chubb CB 0.1 12 350.68 0.53 2.16 46.48 39.28 ChunghwaTel CHT 3.0 26 42.61 -0.07 17.84 106.04 81.33 Church&Dwight CHD 1.2 33 98.81 1.13 61.22 637.51 84.41 Ciena CIEN ...126 377.05 4.98 1.39 315.47 239.51 Cigna CI 2.2 12 279.05 -8.61 8.79 194.81 143.87 CincinnatiFinl CINF 2.1 8 177.68 2.95 8.81 226.75 161.16 Cintas CTAS 1.0 42 204.63 -2.16 51.22 30.14 4.55 CipherDigital CIFR ... dd 22.32 -0.34 -21.05 189.92 49.90 CircleInternet CRCL ... dd 62.61 -1.63 50.58 130.37 65.75 CiscoSystems CSCO 1.4 38 115.99 2.43 13.51 147.96 87.94 Citigroup C 2.0 14 132.45 0.13 22.67 74.70 45.91 CitizensFin CFG 2.6 16 71.65 -0.08 33.44 335.94 201.34 CleanHarbors CLH ... 38 312.88 -4.27 -5.26 128.90 84.70 Clorox CLX 5.2 16 95.53 -1.20
YTD 52-Week Yld Net %Chg Hi Lo Stock Sym % PE Last Chg
-24.06 135.52 66.28 AECOM ACM 1.7 15 72.39 0.63 2.37 17.65 12.33 AES AES 4.8 8 14.68 0.01 15.61 130.22 96.95 Aflac AFL 1.9 14 127.48 0.12 -0.56 12.19 9.31 AGNC Invt AGNC 13.5 6 10.66 -0.14 52.58 45.66 17.86 APA APA 2.7 9 37.32 0.99 118.45 45.52 9.29 ASE Tech ASX 0.9 52 35.17 0.40 52.26 1999.96 683.48 ASML ASML 0.5 51 1629.00 -22.44 -18.79 133.86 36.08 AST Space ASTS ... dd 58.98 0.54 -6.40 29.79 19.89 AT&T T 4.8 8 23.25 0.04 63.33 205.31 70.42 ATI ATI ... 62 187.44 5.54 14.30 13.54 5.45 AXIAEnergia AXIA 9.0 16 10.47 -0.03 -15.64 137.49 81.97 AbbottLabs ABT 2.4 34 105.70 0.09 9.83 267.47 187.62 AbbVie ABBV 2.8124 250.94 -6.47 -7.37 148.83 67.09 Abivax ABVX ... dd 124.92 0.59 -38.16 291.09 118.15 Accenture ACN 3.9 13 165.92 2.63 -8.79 380.17 257.04 Acuity AYI 0.2 22 328.39 -9.46 -28.45 370.86 190.12 Adobe ADBE ... 14 250.41 2.51 -4.38 179.31 110.85 AdvDrainageSys WMS 0.6 25 138.48 0.91 38.28 397.44 128.40 AdvEnergyInds AEIS 0.1 61 289.52 15.26 122.33 584.73 149.22 AdvMicroDevices AMD ...156 476.15 -9.24
s 22.44 9.48 6.75 Aegon AEG 4.0 13 9.44 ... 4.97 156.33 105.65 AerCap AER 0.9 7 150.90 -1.97 27.21 382.75 200.00 AffiliatedMgrs AMG 0.0 13 366.73 1.27 -3.92 100.00 42.09 AffirmA AFRM ... 65 71.51 -1.74 1.69 160.27 108.35 AgilentTechs A 0.7 28 138.37 -0.34 -14.31 255.24 123.34 AgnicoEagleMines AEM 1.2 12 145.27 -5.48 8.01 82.08 69.56 AgreeRealty ADC 4.1 42 77.80 -0.34 19.38 314.87 229.11 AirProducts APD 2.5 dd 294.89 -5.31 11.64 156.50 110.81 Airbnb ABNB ... 37 151.52 -0.56 32.01 165.45 69.78 AkamaiTech AKAM ... 39 115.18 1.43 -27.86 55.41 23.92 AlamosGold AGI 0.6 10 27.83 -0.57 -16.83 221.00 64.95 Albemarle ALB 1.4 dd 117.64 -0.12 -14.83 84.38 28.11 Alcoa AA 0.9 9 45.26 0.29 -12.52 90.41 61.84 Alcon ALC 0.5 42 68.94 -0.67 -16.60 192.67 91.99 Alibaba BABA 0.8 20 122.25 5.93 8.33 200.44 122.00 AlignTech ALGN ... 29 169.16 -4.25 -1.14 183.11 125.00 Allegion ALLE 1.4 21 157.40 0.34 8.88 78.81 63.28 AlliantEnergy LNT 3.0 22 70.78 0.43 17.00 137.62 76.01 AllisonTransm ALSN 1.0 18 114.54 -0.90 26.87 277.22 188.08 Allstate ALL 1.6 6 264.08 -1.30 -4.33 47.29 35.92 AllyFinancial ALLY 2.8 10 43.33 0.15 -48.32 495.55 197.81 AlnylamPharm ALNY ... 35 205.52 0.04 13.66 404.47 188.70 Alphabet C GOOG 0.2 18 356.65 22.97 13.78 408.61 187.82 Alphabet A GOOGL 0.2 18 356.13 22.47 18.51 77.06 54.70 Altria MO 6.2 14 68.33 0.39 17.66 278.56 196.00 Amazon.com AMZN ... 22 271.58 36.08 25.91 3.45 2.10 Ambev ABEV 6.3 17 3.11 -0.01 7.63 50.94 36.25 Amcor AMCR 5.8 31 44.88 -0.27 -4.93 42.76 28.92 AmerSports AS ... 44 35.51 -0.59 9.76 118.32 96.57 Ameren AEE 2.7 19 109.61 0.86 22.64 28.46 17.90 AmericaMovil AMX 2.2 15 25.35 0.03 -0.39 18.79 10.09 AmerAirlines AAL 0.0 dd 15.27 -0.16 10.88 140.58 105.70 AEP AEP 3.0 19 127.85 0.07 -9.11 387.49 288.34 AmerExpress AXP 1.1 20 336.25 -1.27 3.69 150.02 122.11 AmericanFin AFG 2.5 13 141.72 0.02 18.15 58.70 37.93 AmerHlthcrREIT AHR 1.8 96 55.60 -0.13 4.11 36.10 27.21 AmHomes4Rent AMH 3.9 26 33.42 0.21 -8.15 87.29 71.25 AIG AIG 2.5 14 78.58 -0.31 -1.26 217.39 160.06 AmerTowerREIT AMT 4.0 24 173.36 -1.10 2.81 147.87 120.57 AmerWaterWorks AWK 2.7 23 134.17 -2.64 11.32 553.46 422.37 Ameriprise AMP 1.2 13 545.84 1.38
s 17.73 244.97 179.24 Ametek AME 0.6 37 241.71 1.70 17.67 398.00 269.77 Amgen AMGN 2.6 27 385.16 -2.48 26.32 96.68 21.57 AmkorTech AMKR 0.7 22 49.87 1.61 18.91 178.52 102.76 Amphenol APH 0.6 40 160.70 0.88 -9.56 65.94 44.12 Amrize AMRZ 0.0 23 48.91 -0.69 35.48 445.91 218.37 AnalogDevices ADI 1.2 55 367.41 0.74 -6.99 129.14 45.36 AngloGoldAsh AU 4.5 12 79.32 -3.01
s 35.04 86.60 56.97 AB InBev BUD 1.1 25 86.48 0.34 1.61 24.52 20.00 AnnalyCap NLY 13.2 6 22.72 -0.36 23.50 23.84 16.96 AnteroMidstream AM 4.1 26 21.97 0.42 4.88 45.75 29.10 AnteroResources AR ... 10 36.14 0.84 2.17 382.34 304.59 Aon AON 0.9 20 360.55 -6.02 3.71 49.99 33.40 APi Group APG ... dd 39.68 0.48 77.65 134.46 34.34 ApogeeTherap APGE ... dd 134.09 -0.21 -13.24 153.29 99.56 ApolloGlbMgmt APO 1.8 83 125.59 5.34 13.63 344.57 201.50 Apple AAPL 0.3 35 308.91 -24.52 34.44 352.76 238.34 AppliedIndlTech AIT 0.6 33 345.21 5.36 97.54 739.67 154.47 ApplMaterials AMAT 0.4 48 507.67 5.90 -41.25 745.61 359.00 AppLovin APP ... 35 395.90 -7.97 -12.39 78.49 51.68 Aptiv APTV 0.0 33 56.47 -1.62 54.56 58.68 35.07 Aramark ARMK 0.8 42 56.97 -0.28 53.92 72.50 30.17 ArcelorMittal MT 0.7 30 70.14 0.80 4.81 107.08 82.44 ArchCapital ACGL 0.0 8 100.53 -0.61 37.88 88.46 52.96 ADM ADM 2.6 35 79.27 -1.34 -20.75 195.26 95.80 AresMgmt ARES 4.2 59 128.09 3.97 1.53 953.58 631.47 argenx ARGX ... 33 853.82 -18.76 37.64 189.82 114.52 AristaNetworks ANET ... 62 180.35 9.33 119.28 452.70 100.02 Arm ARM ...246 239.69 -1.85 96.56 237.33 101.79 ArrowElec ARW ... 15 216.57 3.72 27.50 95.49 15.01 ArrowheadPharm ARWR ... dd 84.65 -2.67
s ... 55.24 33.15 Arxis ARXS ... ... 54.30 5.32 14.38 282.15 167.27 AscendisPharma ASND ... 27 243.91 -7.16 15.92 284.64 184.15 Assurant AIZ 1.3 14 279.19 -3.27 87.08 499.48 97.89 AsteraLabs ALAB ...210 311.23 11.54 -3.34 212.71 141.77 AstraZeneca AZN 1.9 25 169.64 -1.70 -37.70 199.09 56.01 Atlassian TEAM ... dd 101.02 2.90 3.07 192.51 154.55 AtmosEnergy ATO 2.3 21 172.78 -1.48 67.97 8.56 3.60 AuroraInnov AUR ... dd 6.45 0.21 -20.88 329.09 185.50 Autodesk ADSK ... 34 234.20 -0.77 3.59 315.26 188.16 ADP ADP 2.6 24 266.46 2.59 -11.06 4388.11 2902.20 AutoZone AZO ... 21 3016.25 9.68 2.37 198.63 160.09 Avalonbay AVB 3.8 25 185.61 -2.17 20.24 15.93 7.26 Avantor AVTR ... dd 13.78 -0.08 -6.68 199.54 152.42 AveryDennison AVY 2.4 19 169.73 -5.09 -7.07 885.91 339.01 AxonEnterprise AXON ...211 527.76 2.46 19.36 260.19 96.09 AxsomeTherap AXSM ... dd 217.99 -16.65 -8.98 26.52 20.87 BCE BCE 5.8 4 21.68 -0.02 39.95 93.83 49.68 BHP Group BHP 3.1 21 84.49 -1.41 8.61 110.92 83.21 BJ'sWholesale BJ ... 22 97.78 -0.67 30.20 48.27 31.59 BP BP 4.4 38 45.22 1.00 -2.40 241.82 143.07 BWX Tech BWXT 0.6 45 168.70 3.11 3.91 79.33 49.72 BXP BXP 4.0 38 70.12 -1.55 -14.96 165.30 84.64 Baidu BIDU ... dd 111.11 3.63 32.83 70.41 41.96 BakerHughes BKR 1.5 19 60.49 0.59 22.52 68.29 44.83 Ball BALL 1.2 19 64.90 -0.41
s 19.91 28.05 16.44 BBVA BBVA 3.1 13 27.95 0.35 19.86 3.80 2.37 BancoBradesco BBDO 4.9 9 3.44 0.21 8.82 46.77 27.08 BancodeChile BCH 4.0 17 41.35 -0.90 -7.20 7.32 4.66 BancSanBrasil BSBR 5.2 18 5.67 0.62 11.25 37.72 22.77 BcoSantChile BSAC 3.2 15 34.61 -0.46 20.20 14.39 8.29 BancoSantander SAN 1.4 11 14.10 -0.01 12.64 62.98 44.75 BankofAmerica BAC 2.1 14 61.95 0.22 38.26 184.21 109.64 BankMontreal BMO 2.5 19 179.45 0.83 34.66 163.77 98.40 BankNY Mellon BNY 1.6 18 156.33 0.25 19.11 90.47 55.21 BankNovaScotia BNS 3.4 17 87.77 -0.07 8.06 28.67 18.79 Barclays BCS 1.6 10 27.50 -0.20 -15.66 54.69 20.95 BarrickMining B 2.5 10 36.73 -0.97 36.89 30.00 15.73 BaxterIntl BAX 0.2 dd 26.16 -0.59 8.60 187.35 127.54 BectonDicknsn BDX 2.5 42 165.62 0.17 ... 43.98 30.11 BendingSpoons BSP ... ... 35.20 0.46 -7.14 58.64 28.08 BentleySystems BSY 0.8 40 35.44 0.23 4.02 385.22 253.95 BeOneMed ONC ... 71 316.01 -6.07 3.45 78.96 62.87 Berkley WRB 0.6 15 72.54 -0.84 1.77 516.85 455.19 BerkHathwy B BRK.B ... 15 511.54 1.86 1.56 775000 685150 BerkHathwy A BRK.A ... 15 766600 1610.00 28.88 91.27 55.10 BestBuy BBY 4.5 16 86.26 -1.56 22.58 72.36 43.20 Bio-Techne TECH 0.4104 72.09 0.06 15.32 219.72 124.56 Biogen BIIB ... 36 202.95 -4.98 0.99 66.28 49.26 BioMarinPharm BMRN ... 44 60.02 -0.56 -4.85 124.00 79.52 BioNTech BNTX 0.0 dd 90.58 -2.27 -36.35 71.74 12.80 BitMineImmersion BMNR 0.1 dd 17.28 -0.80 1.87 1219.94 917.39 BlackRock BLK 2.1 27 1090.39 -7.98 -17.12 190.09 101.73 Blackstone BX 3.6 29 127.75 -0.32 24.81 84.08 48.21 Block XYZ ... 63 81.24 -1.35 136.86 351.28 32.52 BloomEnergy BE ...280 205.81 -1.31 -31.06 20.58 7.95 BlueOwlCapital OWL 8.9126 10.30 0.14 -0.45 254.35 176.77 Boeing BA 0.0 98 216.14 -4.76 -9.95 231.80 150.14 Booking BKNG 0.9 25 192.90 -0.34 41.46 78.82 35.04 BorgWarner BWA 1.1 39 63.74 -0.67 -50.99 109.50 42.20 BostonSci BSX ... 19 46.73 0.73 4.71 93.42 42.09 BridgeBioPharma BBIO ... dd 80.09 -2.05 59.44 73.75 19.01 BrightSpring BTSG ... 56 59.71 -13.17
s 21.08 65.66 42.52 BristolMyers BMY 3.9 14 65.31 0.45 7.12 67.30 49.88 BritishAmTob BTI 5.4 13 60.65 -1.04 20.18 32.86 24.66 BrixmorProp BRX 3.9 22 31.51 0.01 12.48 495.00 281.61 Broadcom AVGO 0.7 65 389.28 1.44 -31.02 271.91 133.83 BroadridgeFinl BR 2.5 16 153.95 -0.82 -7.62 64.10 42.20 BrookfieldAsset BAM 4.2 31 48.40 0.44 -7.32 49.56 37.93 Brookfield BN 0.7 86 42.53 0.50 20.21 44.03 29.63 BrookfieldInfr BIP 4.4 57 41.76 -0.63 -6.01 49.86 40.06 BrookWealth BNT 0.6 ... 43.19 0.44 -11.67 98.30 53.81 Brown&Brown BRO 0.9 22 70.40 -0.47 10.25 31.92 22.61 Brown-FormanB BF.B 3.2 19 28.73 -0.10 11.06 31.63 23.01 Brown-FormanA BF.A 3.2 19 29.22 0.01
s 33.39 65.30 28.53 Bruker BRKR 0.3 dd 62.84 -1.50
t -42.46 118.00 20.55 Bullish BLSH ... dd 21.79 -0.80 19.25 134.87 76.01 BungeGlobal BG 2.7 21 106.23 1.16 27.57 378.33 240.49 BurlingtonStrs BURL ... 38 368.48 -3.71 -6.58 683.50 434.70 CACI Intl CACI ... 21 497.75 20.40 -8.69 174.27 121.69 CBRE Group CBRE ... 34 146.81 -2.65 8.52 179.27 97.12 CDW CDW 1.7 18 147.81 2.25 61.87 141.96 75.42 CF Industries CF 1.9 11 125.19 -0.58 -20.75 98.19 59.63 CGI A GIB 0.7 13 73.15 -0.09 -8.11 210.33 104.95 CH Robinson CHRW 1.7 28 147.73 0.81 -1.94 329.16 218.31 CME Group CME 1.9 23 267.79 0.57 2.95 80.36 68.64 CMS Energy CMS 3.2 22 71.99 -0.27 9.91 55.71 41.53 CNA Fin CNA 3.7 12 52.47 -0.79 11.17 13.31 9.00 CNH Indl CNH 1.0 33 10.25 -0.07 -23.87 131.55 93.58 CRH CRH 1.6 17 95.01 -0.99 39.03 53.60 31.80 CSX CSX 1.1 29 50.40 0.21 31.59 110.68 61.19 CVS Health CVS 2.5 46 104.43 -0.79 8.78 416.69 262.75 CadenceDesign CDNS ... 68 340.02 7.20 0.66 119.81 96.53 CamdenProperty CPT 3.8 37 110.81 -2.48 -5.59 135.24 68.96 Cameco CCJ 0.1 80 86.38 -1.85 30.84 122.50 71.00 CIBC CM 2.1 16 118.55 0.28 28.69 131.55 90.74 CanNtlRlwy CNI 2.0 23 127.21 0.08 40.86 51.34 29.30 CanadianNatRscs CNQ 3.2 14 47.68 0.40 20.73 93.95 68.42 CdnPacKC CP 0.7 29 88.89 0.73
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AB Funds MuniIncmShares 10.97 -0.02 1.1 American Century Inv Ultra 95.66 +1.73 1.6 American Funds Cl A AmcpA 44.73 +0.81 4.8 AMutlA 64.81 +0.03 9.7 BalA 40.42 +0.07 8.4 BondA 11.07 -0.03 -1.0 CapIBA 83.95 +0.07 10.5 CapWGrA 80.97 +0.72 14.0 EupacA 62.89 +0.41 10.0 FdInvA 102.17 +0.97 13.2 GwthA 84.97 +0.98 5.6 ICAA 68.26 +0.97 9.7 IncoA 27.94 -0.03 8.3 N PerA 74.10 +0.67 4.9 NEcoA 83.87 +0.97 15.4 NwWrldA 106.17 +2.05 13.8 SmCpA 80.87 +0.26 10.3 WshA 67.98 -0.02 9.0 Artisan Funds
s 41.51 293.80 158.83 Cloudflare NET ... dd 278.98 -4.41 25.29 90.92 65.35 Coca-Cola KO 2.4 26 87.59 -0.90 22.57 219.65 110.40 Coca-ColaCon COKE 0.5 27 187.90 -1.93 20.68 113.67 84.66 CocaColaEuropac CCEP 2.2 23 109.46 -2.25 -16.38 27.77 8.56 CoeurMining CDE 0.3 12 14.91 -0.49 81.32 72.88 34.60 Cognex CGNX 0.5 77 65.24 2.62 -33.31 87.03 37.08 CognizantTech CTSH 2.4 12 55.35 1.46 42.43 440.00 84.35 Coherent COHR ...126 262.89 13.83
t -35.32 402.16 139.11 CoinbaseGlbl COIN ... dd 146.26 -17.32 15.54 99.33 74.55 ColgatePalm CL 2.3 35 91.30 -0.30 -14.43 32.85 21.28 Comcast A CMCSA 5.5 8 23.96 0.29 85.33 2073.99 655.96 ComfortSystems FIX 0.2 43 1729.69 31.85 14.44 7.16 3.67 SABESP SBS 3.7 33 5.45 -0.02 28.70 135.87 85.57 ConocoPhillips COP 2.8 20 120.48 1.45 9.60 116.23 94.96 ConEd ED 3.3 18 108.85 -0.81 -5.60 174.32 126.45 ConstBrands A STZ 3.2 12 130.23 -0.15 -25.62 412.70 228.63 ConstellationEner CEG 0.6 23 262.75 -0.81 -11.76 89.83 58.89 Cooper COO 0.0 61 72.32 -0.33 -25.62 50.11 26.81 Copart CPRT ... 18 29.12 -0.45 228.99 122.21 28.66 CorceptTherap CORT ...273 114.49 -3.83 3.38 36.57 22.19 CorebridgeFin CRBG 3.2 52 31.19 -0.77 0.22 153.20 60.55 CoreWeave CRWV ... dd 71.77 -2.13 57.89 271.78 61.44 Corning GLW 0.8 63 138.25 3.03 26.98 395.49 252.84 Corpay CPAY ... 23 382.11 -8.01 17.43 90.97 60.53 Corteva CTVA 0.9 52 78.71 -10.63 -57.23 97.43 25.89 CoStar CSGP ...158 28.76 -0.70 10.38 1096.50 844.06 Costco COST 0.6 48 951.89 -2.28 -30.69 34.08 14.92 Coupang CPNG ... dd 16.35 0.26 15.74 230.50 159.58 Crane CR 0.5 37 213.46 -0.72
s 39.57 413.25 230.45 Credicorp BAP 2.7 15 400.58 -1.69 43.85 308.67 86.48 CredoTech CRDO ... 83 206.99 5.91 62.86 217.50 85.68 CrowdStrike CRWD ... dd 190.86 5.64 -14.14 112.75 73.52 CrownCastle CCI 5.6 17 76.30 -0.21 14.45 121.90 89.21 Crown Holdings CCK 1.2 17 117.85 -0.52 15.01 43.26 35.09 CubeSmart CUBE 5.1 28 41.46 0.22 31.36 169.09 119.00 Cullen/Frost CFR 2.5 16 166.34 2.85 24.24 737.76 354.68 Cummins CMI 1.4 33 634.20 1.22 31.33 808.16 464.91 Curtiss-Wright CW 0.1 53 724.00 7.34 21.39 88.31 32.89 Cytokinetics CYTK ... dd 77.13 -3.29 D E F
9.99 155.75 126.23 DTE Energy DTE 3.3 22 141.87 0.17 15.31 152.88 99.81 DT Midstream DTM 2.5 30 138.00 1.23 -14.83 242.80 160.93 Danaher DHR 0.8 35 194.98 -1.19 10.63 220.65 169.00 Darden DRI 3.0 20 203.58 -3.39 68.44 66.02 29.15 DarlingIngred DAR ... 16 60.64 -0.36
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EmgMktVa 42.78 +0.31 15.9 EmMktCorEq 32.91 +0.47 14.1 IntlCoreEq 22.46 -0.18 12.1 IntlVal 32.87 -0.20 16.5 IntSmCo 27.51 -0.27 8.7 IntSmVa 33.88 -0.29 10.9 LgCo 49.74 +0.35 10.1 US CoreEq1 55.40 +0.26 12.3 US CoreEq2 49.48 +0.16 12.5 US Small 61.22 -0.02 17.7 US SmCpVal 62.16 -0.03 21.3 US TgdVal 44.01 -0.04 20.0 USLgVa 66.58 +0.20 19.2 Dodge & Cox Income 12.48 -0.04 -0.8 Intl Stk 18.91 +0.02 14.9 Stock 17.94 +0.13 9.9 DoubleLine Funds TotRetBdI NA ... NA Fidelity 500IdxInstPrem260.37 +1.83 10.1
-51.42 313.69 91.52 FlutterEnt FLUT ... dd 104.47 2.34 26.64 141.47 83.08 FEMSA FMX 2.2 25 127.99 1.23 11.89 17.78 10.68 FordMotor F 4.1 dd 14.68 -0.18 ... 66.00 25.95 ForgentPwr FPS ...286 33.27 -0.01 103.94 170.35 70.12 Fortinet FTNT ... 57 161.95 7.70 9.74 59.40 48.64 Fortis FTS 3.0 23 57.00 -0.47 7.25 64.56 46.34 Fortive FTV 0.4 35 59.21 0.73 -20.31 76.39 48.34 FoxA FOXA 1.0 15 58.23 -0.59 -20.01 68.17 44.08 FoxB FOX 1.1 14 51.94 -0.40 2.72 285.67 158.26 Franco-Nevada FNV 0.8 30 212.92 -8.44 41.73 34.92 21.11 FranklinRscs BEN 3.9 26 33.86 0.69 24.32 194.01 107.97 FreedomHolding FRHC ... 60 151.27 -3.86 23.31 72.28 35.15 FreeportMcM FCX 1.0 31 62.63 -0.81 7.72 27.64 20.02 FreseniusMedCare FMS 2.4 14 25.66 -0.04 -11.56 14.07 7.46 FullTruck YMM 2.5 17 9.49 -0.07 -35.98 202.53 80.50 Futu FUTU 2.4 12 105.12 1.70 G H I
16.89 382.97 261.71 GE Aerospace GE 0.5 42 360.07 5.03 -17.07 89.77 58.75 GE HealthCare GEHC 0.2 16 68.02 -1.92 51.52 1195.94 530.16 GE Vernova GEV 0.2 28 990.29 8.31 -3.80 51.51 33.33 GFLEnvironmental GFL 0.2 dd 41.32 -0.05 5.40 61.70 36.75 GSK GSK 3.4 16 51.69 -0.38 -3.62 313.55 190.75 Gallagher AJG 1.1 41 249.42 -7.04 8.17 28.10 19.93 GameStop GME 0.0 17 21.72 -0.16 0.22 49.95 41.17 Gaming&Leisure GLPI 7.3 13 44.79 0.08 44.83 304.00 186.67 Garmin GRMN 1.4 30 293.78 -3.77 -40.14 345.50 124.25 Gartner IT ... 15 151.02 -1.90 0.96 32.22 17.78 GenDigital GEN 1.8 17 27.45 0.16 44.54 296.44 134.80 Generac GNRC ... 45 197.11 5.20 13.89 400.00 306.03 GeneralDynamics GD 1.7 23 383.42 1.22 -23.12 51.33 31.75 GeneralMills GIS 6.8 dd 35.75 -0.67 9.27 91.85 51.88 GeneralMotors GM 0.8 45 88.86 0.46 -6.27 35.43 21.00 Genmab GMAB ... 22 28.87 0.23 1.15 151.57 90.78 GenuineParts GPC 3.4498 124.37 -0.46 -11.34 73.69 46.00 Gildan GIL 1.8104 55.38 2.88 6.09 157.29 108.46 GileadSciences GILD 2.5 18 130.21 -1.07 47.66 184.00 73.16 Glaukos GKOS ... dd 166.72 -1.80 8.63 90.64 61.16 GlobalPayments GPN 1.2 22 84.08 -2.76 43.16 92.55 31.51 GlobalFoundries GFS 1.0 36 49.99 0.10 36.60 84.69 22.35 Globalstar GSAT ... dd 83.38 3.29 30.31 191.55 127.84 GlobeLife GL 0.7 12 182.25 -0.73 -9.76 101.40 51.79 GlobusMedical GMED ... 18 78.79 -1.47 -33.32 165.11 71.59 GoDaddy GDDY ... 12 82.74 -16.59 -25.74 61.64 24.11 GoldFields GFI 3.7 8 32.42 -1.11 15.86 1153.99 694.05 GoldmanSachs GS 2.0 16 1018.38 -6.48 -29.86 6.62 3.18 Grab GRAB ... 41 3.50 0.10 -3.16 95.69 72.51 Graco GGG 1.5 25 79.38 -0.61 36.98 1419.91 906.52 Grainger GWW 0.7 37 1382.22 26.73 -17.55 300.41 206.91 GAP PAC 3.6 20 217.35 -2.23
s 45.45 94.21 43.20 GrupoCibest CIB 7.1 47 92.52 -1.37
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s 24.75 35.06 22.54 ING Groep ING 3.1 14 34.93 -0.01 ... 42.95 21.69 INNIO INIO ... ... 24.42 0.03 12.68 31.02 20.08 Invesco IVZ 2.9 dd 29.60 0.18 4.26 251.36 154.50 IQVIA IQV ... 29 235.02 -2.77 -2.57 76.87 14.72 IREN IREN ... 73 36.80 -1.46 12.95 225.26 157.66 ITT ITT 0.8 35 195.98 2.98 3.18 9.52 7.08 IcahnEnterprises IEP 25.7 dd 7.79 0.08 -10.24 203.91 66.57 Icon ICLR ...297 163.56 -1.97 16.50 303.15 238.82 IllinoisToolWks ITW 2.2 26 286.95 3.25
s 56.37 205.93 88.00 Illumina ILMN ... 38 205.10 0.01 50.12 139.44 81.87 ImperialOil IMO 1.4 31 129.57 0.77 21.01 132.60 73.81 Incyte INCY ... 15 119.52 -3.47 -32.49 30.00 10.30 Infosys INFY 3.7 15 12.03 0.08 5.25 100.96 68.07 IngersollRand IR 0.1 34 83.38 -0.94 -43.35 212.75 90.39 Insmed INSM ... dd 98.60 -2.89 -41.83 354.88 138.79 Insulet PODD ... 38 165.35 -0.33 144.44 142.35 18.96 Intel INTC 0.0 dd 90.20 -0.93 36.82 97.84 58.95 InteractiveBrkrs IBKR 0.4 35 87.99 -2.49 -5.85 189.35 121.79 ICE ICE 1.4 22 152.48 -3.79 15.23 175.89 113.32 InterContHtls IHG 1.1 33 162.28 -0.31 -24.50 332.46 199.19 IBM IBM 3.0 20 223.65 1.91 17.55 84.45 59.14 IntlFlavors IFF 2.0 24 79.22 -0.26 3.66 52.28 29.26 IntlPaper IP 4.5 dd 40.83 -2.32 -52.29 807.15 252.84 Intuit INTU 1.5 19 316.07 0.57 -37.61 603.88 328.57 IntuitiveSurgical ISRG ... 40 353.33 0.36 6.94 31.38 24.25 InvitatHomes INVH 4.0 53 29.72 0.05 -18.79 84.64 25.89 IonQ IONQ ... dd 36.44 0.67 47.46 134.68 77.77 IronMountain IRM 2.8134 122.32 -2.32 18.16 9.60 6.00 ItauUnibanco ITUB 5.1 12 8.46 0.02 J K L
-2.77 18.65 11.49 JBS JBS 14.3 8 14.02 -0.27 15.02 36.86 24.51 JD.com JD 3.0 25 33.01 0.70 9.18 359.30 279.10 JPMorganChase JPM 1.7 15 351.79 0.94 38.17 428.93 189.60 Jabil JBL 0.1 39 315.05 6.53 -15.59 193.39 121.04 JackHenry JKHY 1.6 22 154.04 -0.20 1.86 168.44 105.68 JacobsSolns J 1.1 42 134.93 2.18 26.70 29.82 16.46 JamesHardie JHX ...122 26.29 -0.18 48.74 261.30 105.00 JazzPharm JAZZ ... dd 252.86 -5.52 -11.89 71.04 35.53 JefferiesFinl JEF 2.9 15 54.60 -0.49 27.75 99.22 34.05 JFrog FROG ... dd 79.79 1.37 23.87 274.90 164.23 J&J JNJ 2.1 30 256.35 0.53 22.47 151.18 103.07 JohnsonControls JCI 1.1 25 146.66 2.78
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Circle K Owner Eyes European Expansion With Deal in Poland even more hoops just to get a foot in the door. “The job market cannot be this cooked,” one X user wrote, “that kids have to get perma- nent tattoos to get interviews.” Another, more sheepish post from Zietz followed. “I messed up,” he wrote, calling the offer reckless. This time, Zietz said that all of the people who got tattoos chose their own. None was asked to get one of LemonLime’s logo. Still, he said, “I should have understood the pressure and power dynamic created by con- necting tattoos to hiring.” Zietz and co-founder Dan- iela Muñoz started Lemon- Lime earlier this year as a business that creates AI agents and automations for companies. The five-person company is in the current batch of startups going through the renowned Y Com- binator startup accelerator program, and many people there were fellow Y Combina- tor founders and participants in its startup school, attend- ees said. One of them, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri, attended the event to network with other founders. She has her own startup, called Stri Health, which is focused on women’s health. She had been consider-
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Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard plans to acquire Poland’s largest convenience re- tailer Zabka for about $8.7 bil- lion to expand its footprint in central and eastern Europe. The deal, if s u c c e s s f u l , would be the largest-ever ac- quisition for the owner of Circle K, which aban- doned a $47 bil- lion takeover at- tempt of Seven & i, the Japa- nese owner of 7- Eleven, last July. Couche-Tard said Friday that its subsidiary Circle K Polska will launch a tender offer for all shares of Zabka Group at 32 Polish zlotys each, representing a total equity value of about 32.62 billion zlotys, equivalent to $8.73 billion. Zabka shares
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last closed at 29.26 zlotys on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The Canadian convenience- store operator expects to com- mence the offer around late Au- gust and complete the deal by December. The move comes less than a week after Seven & i de- cided against proceeding with a potential in- vestment in Zabka. Zabka oper- ates more than 13,000 stores across Poland and Romania and boasts around 4.3 million average daily transactions. The Polish food retailer also claims around 11.7 million users across its digital channels. Couche-Tard said it expects to fund the deal through fully committed debt facilities.
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Job interviews often re- quire take-home tests, strat- egy memos, even personality assessments. This one, though, involved permanent ink and needles. The co-founder of early AI startup LemonLime set off an uproar after offering attendees at a networking party a dare of sorts: anyone who got a com- pany tattoo at the event would get an instant interview. The idea was to “meet ex- ceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are,” Jordan Zietz posted on LinkedIn, adding that he had brought a tattoo artist along for the occasion. “We are bold, we take risks, and we do things that haven’t been done before.” Seven people, he wrote, took him up on the offer, leaving the recent San Francisco event inked with a permanent tattoo. “If you’re reaching out to us to apply for a job, you might want to take notes,” he added. The online outrage erupted almost instantly—some from people venting about “Orwell- ian” Silicon Valley startup cul- ture. Others decried a hiring environment in which job seekers have to jump through
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Increased American States Water AWR 2.5 .5455/.504 Q Sep02 /Aug17 ArtisanPtrsAssetMgmt APAM 8.8 .80 /.77 Q Aug31 /Aug17 Boise Cascade BCC 1.2 .23 /.22 Q Sep16 /Sep01 Cactus ClA WHD 0.9 .15 /.14 Q Sep11 /Aug31 Cheniere Energy Ptnr CQP 4.8 .82 /.79 Q Aug14 /Aug07 Cintas CTAS 1.0 .52 /.45 Q Sep15 /Aug14 CommunityTrustBancorp CTBI 2.7 .65 /.53 Q Oct01 /Sep15 Crawford &Co B CRD.B 2.9 .08 /.075 Q Aug28 /Aug14 Crawford ClA CRD.A 2.7 .08 /.075 Q Aug28 /Aug14 CVR Partners UAN 9.6 6.08/4.00 Q Aug17 /Aug10 DiamondrockHospitality DRH 2.7 .11/.09 Q Oct14 /Sep30 Eagle Bancorp Montana EBMT 2.5 .1475/.145 Q Sep04 /Aug14 Essential Utilities WTRG 3.6 .3606/.3426 Q Sep01 /Aug11 Excelerate Energy EE 0.8 .09/.08 Q Sep03 /Aug19 Global Partners GLP 6.3 .78/.765 Q Aug14 /Aug10 Hawkins HWKN 0.6 .20 /.19 Q Aug28 /Aug14 Kenvue KVUE 4.4 .21 /.2075 Q Aug26 /Aug12 Landstar System LSTR 1.0 .44/.40 Q Sep09 /Aug18 Lithia Motors LAD 0.6 .70 /.57 Q Aug21 /Aug07 Littelfuse LFUS 0.7 .80 /.75 Q Sep03 /Aug20 Magnolia Oil & Gas MGY 2.4 .18/.165 Q Sep01 /Aug10 North Eur Oil Royalty Tr NRT 10.7 .26 /.22 Q Aug31 /Aug17 Republic Services RSG 1.2 .67 /.625 Q Oct15 /Oct02 Rush Enterprises A RUSHA 0.9 .14/.12667 Q Sep24 /Sep09 Rush Enterprises B RUSHB 1.0 .14/.12667 Q Sep24 /Sep09 Steris STE 1.1 .69 /.63 Q Sep25 /Sep04 Timberland Bancorp TSBK 2.6 .30 /.29 Q Aug24 /Aug10 Truist Finl Pfd. I TFCpI 6.6 .2847/.2822 Q Sep15 /Aug14 UMB Financial UMBF 1.2 .50 /.43 Q Oct01 /Sep10 Union Pacific UNP 1.9 1.42 /1.38 Q Sep30 /Aug31 Wells Fargo WFC 2.3 .50/.45 Q Sep01 /Aug07 Wingstop WING 0.9 .33 /.30 Q Sep05 /Aug15 Zions Bancorp ZION 2.6 .48/.45 Q Aug20 /Aug13
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Scotland and west of the Shet- land Islands. The business em- ploys around 1,100 people. BP received its first license to explore the North Sea in
1964 and began production 11 years later. While the company has its headquarters in the U.K., its origins stem from the Middle East, where William Knox D’Arcy secured a conces- sion to begin drilling for oil in 1902. The exploration com- pany went on to become BP. While BP’s North Sea assets hold historic and national sig- nificance in the U.K., they aren’t of great financial im- portance to the company. It has assets around the world, including significant holdings in the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. BP’s North Sea production averaged around 117,000 bar- rels of oil equivalent a day in 2025—just a fraction of the company’s total oil-and-gas production of 2.3 million bar- rels. The U.K. North Sea is a ma- ture basin, meaning much of the easy-to-access oil has al- ready been tapped. Interna- tional energy majors have been scaling back their expo- sure as independent operators stepped in and have consoli- dated assets. Higher taxes on profits have also hit invest- ment and changed the calculus
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ing a tattoo for some time, and embraced the chance to go for it. She got something personal to her but declined to say what it was—except that it was nei- ther a lemon nor a lime. The photo of her receiving the tattoo went viral along with posts that she was interviewing for a job. “I felt the narrative of my virality wasn’t in my con- trol,” she says. She is focused on her startup and is hiring: no tattoos required. “We don’t dis- criminate,” she says. Zietz is no stranger to pub- lic attention. In 2022, while playing the Tree, Stanford’s unofficial mascot, he unfurled a 40-foot banner that read, “Stanford Hates Fun.” Veteran startup founders said the LemonLime gambit succeeded in generating atten- tion, but plenty questioned the move. “It’s novel, but I don’t like it,” said Mark Pincus, the for- mer CEO of game company Zynga, and the author of a new book, “Life at the Speed of Play.” “You’re asking some- body to get the tattoo before we even know if we’re going to hire them—that’s not OK.” He then offered a light- hearted alternative: “Maybe they could do a henna one, and then commit to make it permanent if we hire them.”
for energy companies. Industry groups, some la- bor unions and President Trump have called on the U.K. government to relax its re- strictions on new oil-and-gas projects in the North Sea. Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra has differed from the approach of the U.K.’s govern- ing Labour Party, which said in its 2024 election manifesto that it wouldn’t issue new li- censes to drill for oil and gas. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he recently told Trump that he would take a “pragmatic” approach to new drilling. The U.K. government is cur- rently deciding whether to proceed with two major North Sea oil-and-gas projects, called Jackdaw and Rosebank, which have been entangled in legal disputes. BP would still retain a ma- jor presence in the U.K. even after any sale of its North Sea assets. The company will re- tain its global headquarters in the country as well as a busi- ness providing aviation fuel, a network of gas stations and its global trading hub, among other operations.
Tariffs Lift Newell’s Outlook
BY KATHERINE HAMILTON
Newell Brands raised its earnings outlook, as it expects a bump from tariff refunds to help offset the rising cost of supplies. The company, which sells Sharpie markers and Rubber- maid containers, managed to re- turn several of its business seg- ments to growth, despite climbing costs. Newell execu- tives told analysts Friday that they are using the extra boost from tariffs to avoid raising consumer prices on a broad- based scale. The refunds and higher sec- ond-quarter profit will help “ef- fectively offset what is a signifi- cantly higher inflationary environment than what we had planned going into the year,”
Newell Brands quarterly revenue, change from a year earlier
2024 ’25 ’26
Source: S&P Capital IQ
Chief Executive Chris Peterson said. Newell now projects full-year normalized earnings per share to be 73 cents to 77 cents, up from 56 cents to 60 cents previ- ously. It also narrowed its net- sales growth outlook to 1% to 2%, from flat to 2%. Shares climbed 9% to $5.60 on Friday. The higher guidance comes despite Newell anticipating a $200 million cost from inflation this year, double the estimate it gave at the start of 2026. Man- agement hopes to offset some of that expense with tariff re- funds it expects to receive later this year, which are set to total $126 million for duties expensed this year and last. Newell raised prices multiple times in 2025 as it braced for higher costs from newly imple- mented tariffs. Revenue momentum has since picked up, with sales ris- ing 3% to $1.99 billion in the second quarter. Analysts sur- veyed by FactSet forecast sales of $1.98 billion. Core sales in- creased 2.3%. Profit was $106 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with $46 million, or 11 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts expected 17 cents a share, according to FactSet. Newell expects 2%-to-3% sales growth in the current third quarter.
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BY SHRADHA DINESH AND SAM GOLDFARB
A surge in Amazon.com stock Friday gave the Nasdaq enough momentum to obscure Apple’s slump. Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Ama- zon’s which surged 15%. The iPhone maker lost $357.8 billion in market capital- ization, its largest one-day mar- ket cap decline on record and the third-largest of any U.S. company. The post-earnings slide, Apple’s largest since 2014, followed company forecasts for its September quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expecta- tions. But Apple’s move was offset by a 15% surge in Amazon.com stock following that company’s report of accelerating cloud- computing sales. That rally handed the cloud provider and
FRIDAY’S MARKETS
BY ALEXANDER OSIPOVICH Electronic Bond Trading Underpins ICE Deal
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has made headlines by investing in buzzy areas such as prediction mar- kets and crypto. This past week, ICE showed it is still excited about the less revolutionary business of bond trading. With its $6 billion acquisi- tion of MarketAxess, Atlanta- based ICE is putting another pile of chips on its bet that the market for trading bonds will keep going electronic, following in the path of other asset classes where sweaty Wall Street traders shouting out prices have been replaced by screen-based trading tools.
MarketAxess
Other
Prediction market
Stock exchange
Bonds go electronic Historically, it has been much easier to create an elec- tronic market for stocks than for bonds. While a company will typically issue one set of common stock that is widely held by investors, it might issue many different series of bonds, with different expirations, which could trade frequently or rarely. The complexity makes it harder for a vibrant centralized marketplace to emerge because trading is spread across many different types of bonds. Still, electronic trading has gradually taken off in the bond market. It got a notable boost during the Covid-19 pan- demic—a time when many
Weighs Public Listing
BY COLIN KELLAHER
Nuclear technology and ser- vices supplier Westinghouse Electric has confidentially filed a draft registration statement with the Securities and Ex- change Commission for a pro- posed initial public offering of its common stock. The Cranberry Township, Pa., company, which is jointly owned by Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management and Cam- eco, said the number of shares it plans to offer and the price range for the proposed offering haven’t yet been determined, adding that the offering is sub- ject to market conditions.
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Index performance this past week
10-minute intervals
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
Source: FactSet
retailer its largest market-cap gain ever. The sharp moves at the two tech giants pulled in- dexes in opposite directions. The S&P 500’s tech sector, which includes Apple, ended the day 0.5% lower, while the con- sumer-discretionary sector, which includes Amazon, surged 6.1%. Overall, the S&P rose 0.7%, while the Dow industrials ad- vanced 0.5%, or 277 points. Friday’s gains were enough to push the Dow into positive territory for the month. The blue-chip index added 0.3% dur- ing July, while the S&P 500
50%
Share of trading conducted electronically, for different kinds of bonds
U.S. high-yield U.S. investment grade
2013 ’15 ’17 ’19 ’21 ’23 ’25 0
Market share of trading platforms for corporate bonds
60%
Tradeweb
2020 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 ’26*
*Year to date through June
other things were going digi- tal—after volatility forced trad- ers to turn to e-trading plat- forms like MarketAxess. Last year, 49% of the market for U.S. investment-grade bonds was traded electroni- cally, up from 20% a decade earlier, according to research firm Crisil Coalition Greenwich.
The SEC’s confidential IPO filing process lets regulators and companies engage in a back-and-forth dialogue about disclosures as they wrap up the paperwork. Westinghouse and its owners last year signed an agreement with the Commerce Department that will see the U.S. govern- ment arrange financing and fa- cilitate approvals for at least $80 billion in nuclear reactors powered by Westinghouse tech- nology. Brookfield, which owns 51% of Westinghouse, and Cameco, which owns the other 49%, ac- quired the company in 2023 in a deal valued at around $8 billion.
Nasdaq composite S&P 500 Dow industrials
edged lower 0.1% and the Nas- daq slipped 3.2%. All three gained 1% or more for the week. July has been a turbulent pe- riod for stocks in which AI con- cerns, the Iran war and the Fed- eral Reserve whipsawed markets. Worries about the cost of AI investment and concerns the spending won’t yield the ex- pected blockbuster profits sparked sharp swings in some stocks over recent weeks. “It’s like being on a whale- watching trip. Everybody rushes to the side of the boat where
Intercontinental Exchange, select deals and acquisitions
Trumid
Sources: Crisil Coalition Greenwich (share of trading, market share); staff reports (deals and acquisitions)
Over the same period, the share of high-yield bonds traded elec- tronically rose to 32% from 6%.
ICE at the forefront Intercontinental Exchange, led by its founder and longtime Chief Executive Jeffrey Spre- cher, has a history of making
BY ANDREA FIGUERAS AND MAURO ORRU
Universal Music Group stock suffered its steepest de- cline since the record label be- hind Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Bad Bunny went public in 2021, after revenue from sub- scriptions disappointed inves- tors. Shares in the world’s larg- est music company plum- meted 25% in Amsterdam on Friday, trumping a 23.5% dive on July 25, 2024 that was also triggered by weak revenue growth from subscriptions and streaming. Those services boomed at the height of the pandemic, when listeners turned to digi- tal platforms to enjoy their fa- vorite artists after coronavi- rus restrictions brought live concerts to a standstill. Growth has cooled in re- cent years, but subscriptions and streaming remain a key focus for investors as they are part of the group’s recorded music business, which ac- counts for the lion’s share of revenue. Universal Music on Thurs- day posted second-quarter revenue of 3.29 billion euros, equivalent to $3.79 billion, a figure that includes contribu- tions from the acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings
there’s a whale, then rushes back to the other side when the whale swims under the boat,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strate- gist at Interactive Brokers. Some investors saw a relief rally at play Friday after AI-fo- cused investment firm Situa- tional Awareness finished sell- ing the bulk of its holdings. In South Korea, the AI-fueled Ko- spi index jumped 18%. The vola- tile benchmark had plunged in recent weeks after rapid gains earlier this year. The Fed added significant pressure to markets this past week. Treasury yields extended recent gains on Friday after three central bank officials ex- plained why they cast dissent- ing votes in favor of raising in- terest rates this week. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 4.743%, its highest level since January 2025. The 30-year yield rose to 5.274%, a new 19-year high, after the sharpest one month rise since 2024. The pressure on bonds was different from Wednesday, when investors dumped longer- term Treasurys out of concern that Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh might be reluctant to raise in- terest rates if inflation persists. On Friday, yields climbed across
MarketAxess, agreed to buy in 2026
Fixed-income
OKX, investment in 2026
Cryptoexchange
Polymarket, investment in 2025
Black Knight, acquired in 2023
Mortgage software
Mortgage software
Ellie Mae, acquired in 2020
NYSE, acquired in 2013
New York Board of Trade, acquired in 2007
Futuresexchange
Futuresexchange
International Petroleum Exchange, acquired in 2001
astute investments in market- places that are undergoing a shift toward electronic trading. In the 2000s, ICE snapped up a number of futures ex- changes with old-fashioned trading floors and turned them into all-electronic markets. More recently, ICE has invested in the plumbing of the U.S.
Universal Music Group share price, year to date
Jan. 2026 July April
Source: FactSet Note: €1 = $1.15
that Universal’s Virgin Music Group completed in February. However, analysts and in- vestors are focusing on Uni- versal’s underlying perfor- mance without the Downtown acquisition. Revenue from subscriptions grew 6.7%, below consensus of 9.3% and marking a slowdown from growth of 7.9% that Uni- versal recorded in the first quarter. Meanwhile, adjusted earn- ings before interest, taxes, de- preciation and amortization— Universal’s preferred measure of profitability—came in at €664 million without the Downtown acquisition, also be-
maturities as investors dialed up bets on a near-term rate in- crease. Amazon’s strong earnings meanwhile provided a boost to battered AI hyperscaler bonds. The extra yield, or spread, in- vestors demand to hold its 6.1% bonds due in 2056 over Trea- surys dropped to 1.1 percentage point from 1.23 percentage point Thursday, according to MarketAxess. Bonds backed by other hy- perscalers also rallied relative to Treasurys, including those is- sued by Meta Platforms, Alpha- bet and Oracle. Investors have been demanding higher yields to hold those bonds in recent weeks amid increasing concerns over how much the companies will borrow and spend to fund chip purchases and the con- struction of data centers. “These companies are not stupid. They’re spending even more money because it’s incred- ibly profitable to increase ca- pacity,” said Chris Grisanti, chief market strategist at MAI Capital Management. “I said to our professionals, ‘Look, if you were running a business that was capacity constrained and had really high margins, you would beg, borrow and steal to expand that business.’”
mortgage market, betting that its legacy, paper-based pro- cesses are overdue for digital transformation. Over the years, ICE has done several deals to deepen its presence in the bond market, but its biggest business is in providing fixed-income data and analytics, rather than actu- ally executing bond trades. With the MarketAxess deal, ICE hopes that combining a big trading platform with its exist- ing data business will make it a ubiquitous player in fixed-in- come markets.
Industry pioneer For years, the big names in electronic bond trading were MarketAxess and Tradeweb, with the former specializing in corporate bonds and the latter better known for Treasurys. But MarketAxess has lagged behind since the early days of the pandemic. Last year it han- dled 35% of volume in corpo- rate bonds, down from 61% in 2020, with Tradeweb and an upstart rival, Trumid, seizing much of its lost market share, figures from Crisil Coalition Greenwich show. MarketAxess’s stock price has slumped since then, falling more than 70% from its peak in December 2020. Now, it is set to become another building block in Sprecher’s empire. “MarketAxess will make our network broader and deeper,” the ICE chief said on a Thurs- day morning earnings call.
low consensus of €703 million. Bernstein analysts wrote in a note to clients that Univer- sal’s second-quarter figures were underwhelming on all fronts and indicated that a po- tential improvement in streaming subscriptions reve- nue had been delayed to the second half of the year. Universal stock is down more than 40% over the past 12 months as investor hopes of a significant rebound in subscriptions and streaming revenue growth never materi- alized. Friday’s share rout came about two months after the company’s board unanimously rejected a $65 billion bid from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital, saying the proposal undervalued the group. The billionaire had sought to get Universal listed in the U.S., saying its stock price had languished due to what Persh- ing called uncertainty in rela- tion to Bollore’s stake in the company, the underutilization of UMG’s balance sheet and the lack of a publicly disclosed capital allocation plan. The record label said in re- sponse that it had expanded its €500 million share buyback to €1 billion, and would sell half of its roughly 3% stake in Spotify Technology and chan- nel funds to buy back shares.
Deal to Buy Device Firm Integer
BY LAUREN THOMAS AND MARK MAURER
Private-equity firm KKR is near a deal to take medical- device outsourcing company Integer Holdings private, ac- cording to people familiar with the matter. The deal, which could come as soon as next week, would value the Plano, Texas-based company at roughly $127 a share, the people said. There are no guarantees a deal will come together. Integer works with other medical-device companies to design, develop and manufac- ture critical components. It has a market value of more than $3 billion. Its shares jumped around 20% Friday. Integer has faced activist pressure from one of its largest shareholders. Irenic Capital Management built a stake of more than 3% in the company and pushed it to refresh its board and consider a sale, the Journal reported in December. The company in April said its board began a strategic review of options, including a potential sale or merger. KKR, which has roughly $800 billion in assets under management, has invested in several healthcare-technology companies. Some of these port- folio companies include Cotiviti, Infinx and Healthium Medtech. KKR recently booked its best quarter for asset sales in the firm’s history despite the broader industry’s mounting backlog of unsold assets. Health-tech companies often sell stakes to private-equity firms to secure large-scale fund- ing and expand their platforms. The industry saw a large pri- vate-equity deal earlier this year, when Blackstone and TPG took women’s-health diagnos- tics company Hologic private in April in a deal valued up to $18.3 billion, including debt.
Raises View On Strong Quarter
BY DOMINIC CHOPPING
NatWest raised full-year guidance and brought forward the date it expects to make an announcement on a new share buyback program as it reported higher earnings and completed the acquisition of wealth man- ager Evelyn Partners. The U.K. lender reported a 29% rise in pretax profit to 2.29 billion pounds, equivalent to $3.08 billion, for the second quarter, above a company-com- piled consensus of 2.04 billion pounds. Net interest income–what the company earns on loans minus what it pays on depos- its–improved from a year ear- lier, landing in line with expec- tations of £3.51 billion, while total income rose 12% to £4.5 billion, outpacing a slight in- crease in costs. Chief Executive Paul Thwaite said that deposits, lending and assets under man- agement all continued to grow over the past six months, add- ing that the bank is well placed to accelerate progress. “The consistency of our per- formance, coupled with the completion of our Evelyn Part- ners acquisition, has given us the confidence to strengthen our guidance for 2026,” he said. The bank now expects total income excluding notable items for the year at around £17.9 bil- lion, including around £275 million from the Evelyn Part- ners deal. It had previously guided to total income at the upper end of a £17.2 billion to £17.6 billion range. Full-year operating expenses are now seen at around £8.5 billion, from earlier guidance of around £8.2 billion, while the return on tangible equity is ex- pected at more than 19% from more than 17% previously. It re- ported a return on tangible eq- uity of 21.0% in the second quarter.
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Ford Motor and General Motors are looking beyond cars. If history rhymes, investors could come to re- gret their wandering eyes. Will this time be different? In May, Ford’s shares surged as much as 45%, adding nearly $23 bil- lion of market value, in the weeks after it formally announced Ford Energy, a grid-scale battery-storage business that will serve the power needs of artificial-intelligence hy- perscalers and utilities. Its shares have since moderated, but are still up more than 20% since the Ford Energy launch. The company is also re-entering the defense sector, hav- ing recently won a contract to build tactical trucks for the U.S. Army. GM’s shares have climbed 16% since last week’s earnings call, when it raised its full-year guidance and provided some details around its own defense and grid-scale bat-
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regulatory filings were pored over like scripture. His sweaters and dark turtlenecks added to his rep- utation as a reclusive oracle of AI. But this week, desperate for cash, Aschenbrenner struck a deal late Wednesday to unload his prize—a giant $3.5 billion stake in Anthropic to a group of investors led by Greenoaks and Sequoia Cap- ital. By the morning, he’d back- tracked. Later that day, Aschenbrenner wrote to his investors that the firm had instead sold a portion of its public stocks to pay off the money it had borrowed, allowing it to keep its shares in private com- panies. His fund was down 67% on the month, he wrote. “These dynamics are essentially similar to a bank run: vulnerability begetting more vulnerability,” he wrote. In 2024, when Aschenbrenner made a rare public appearance on the podcast hosted by his friend Dwarkesh Patel, he was asked to- ward the end of a conversation that lasted 4½ hours about his in- vestment plans. “Presumably, you’ve thought about the ways in which these kinds of things can blow up,” Patel said. “There’s a lot of interesting business history books about peo- ple who got the thesis right but timed it wrong.” “Obviously,” Aschenbrenner said, “not blowing up is task No. 1 and 2.” Aschenbrenner grew up in Ber- lin and came to the U.S. for col- lege. He started an effective-altru- ism club and graduated as valedictorian. He went to work at the FTX Future Fund with his fu- ture wife, Avital Balwit. They quit with the other staffers as FTX col- lapsed. Aschenbrenner’s time with Bankman-Fried’s charitable arm does not appear on his LinkedIn page, where he once listed his nearly perfect LSAT score. In 2023, he joined OpenAI. While at the company, he began working on the manifesto that he would publish online after he left. Called “Situational Awareness,” the essay proclaimed that AI
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tery businesses. On the earnings call, GM Chief Executive Mary Barra said these are opportunities to im- prove margins and become less cy- clical. Investors might want to keep their expectations in check. These businesses are promising but not proven, and automakers have a checkered history with diversifica- tion. Automakers have good reason to look beyond cars, even if their core business looks decent today. Ford and GM’s high-margin sport-utility vehicles are selling well, and both raised their full-year guidance for the second time this year. But they know the good times can’t last. Chinese electric-vehicle makers are a looming threat, even though they are being kept at bay thanks to import restrictions. The long-term picture for traditional autos is bleak: Fewer young people are get- ting a driver’s license, new-car prices are out of reach for many Americans, and cars are lasting a lot longer than they used to. “The industry is in decline,” said Tom Narayan, equity analyst at RBC,
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would soon become more powerful than humans and that most of the world hadn’t woken up to this re- ality. “Right now, there are perhaps a few hundred people, most of them in San Francisco and the AI labs, that have situational awareness,” he wrote. “Through whatever pe- culiar forces of fate, I have found myself among them.” He launched his hedge-fund firm shortly after with Carl Shul- man, another AI intellectual steeped in the world of effective altruism. Graham Duncan, a well- known investor who organized the Sohn Investment Conference, signed on as an adviser. Shulman, who had worked at a hedge fund run by Peter Thiel, provided a more professional im- primatur to Situational. The duo charged a steep price for access to the fund. The minimum check size was $25 million for some, and many investors agreed to lock up their money with him for years. Aschenbrenner was living a charmed life in San Francisco. He had moved into a mansion in the city’s patrician Nob Hill neighbor- hood. At his firm’s headquarters, he hosted Friday happy hours with Patel, the podcaster. The duo worked out of the same office and often invited leading researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic. Earlier this year, podcaster Tim Ferriss called Aschenbrenner “the Nostradamus of AI,” telling listen- ers that his viral paper was “as close to clairvoyant as you could possibly be.” For a time, Aschenbrenner’s bets did look prescient. The firm had temporary stumbles, including a loss in early 2025 after the re- lease of a low-cost AI model from
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who added that auto suppliers are also diversifying. U.S. automakers are finding themselves in a similar situation as they did in the mid-1980s. Back then, the U.S. government tempo- rarily fended off Japanese compa- nies by restricting imports. That, and a booming economy, helped De- troit carmakers rake in profits, which were subsequently funneled into pursuing other businesses. In the 1980s, Ford bought finan- cial-services companies, including First Nationwide and Associates, believing that these businesses would be more steady sources of revenue. GM bought an informa- tion-tech company to help automate its factories and acquired defense manufacturer Hughes Electronics in an effort to make cutting-edge cars. Overall, GM plowed more than $40 billion into its automation push. But these diversification at- tempts were unsuccessful. Ford fell behind Japan’s engine technology in part because it spent too much money on diversifying instead of fo- cusing on its core business, an ana- lyst argued in a 1990 Los Angeles
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positions and hedge by shorting some stocks viewed as AI losers, but it was meant to be heavily ex- posed to market swings. Situational quickly signed up a roster of the biggest banks, includ- ing Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America, to finance and execute the firm’s trades, according to regulatory fil- ings. Earlier this year, the firm was hungry for more borrowed money to boost its buying power and reached out to other banks to try to line up more financing, peo- ple familiar with the outreach said. As recently as early July, every- thing seemed to be going right. It was chosen to play an anchor role in the standout $27 billion U.S. listing of shares of South Korean chip maker SK Hynix. For every $1 of capital, Situa- tional would upsize its positions by borrowing an additional $3 to $4, or sometimes more, people fa- miliar with the matter said, well above the leverage used by funds trading such volatile kinds of shares. It also used options to am- plify its returns. That meant that even small declines in individual names could have big impacts on Situational’s portfolio. But by the middle of the month, investor sentiment around the AI trade began to shift. Advances in cheaper, open-source Chinese models spooked traders. Situa- tional’s lenders began examining their exposure to the firm more closely and kept daily tabs on swings in performance. Over the past week, traders at major hedge funds and other firms began sharing information about Situational’s exposure, with some placing short bets against its top holdings, hoping to profit as Asch- enbrenner sold his positions to raise cash, according to two people close to the situation. The short bets by the rivals weighed on Situational’s portfolio. Meanwhile, tech shares like SK Hynix were sliding. Over the three trading days ending Tuesday of this week, hedge funds re- duced their positions at a scale not seen in three years, according to Gold- man Sachs. All that leverage re- sulted in deep losses. As they intensified, banks issued margin calls de- manding additional col- lateral to stand behind their loans of stock. Situ- ational dumped stocks to raise cash and asked in- Situational’s investors include Patrick Collison, left, and his brother John.
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Chinese startup DeepSeek prompted a selloff in Nvidia and other AI-adjacent stocks. Situa- tional quickly recovered, though, and ended the year up. The fund had gained about 270% after fees this year through May. At that point, it was up more than 1,000% after fees since incep- tion. It had ballooned to well over $20 billion under management, reaching the size of other well- known hedge funds that took de- cades to build. Situational attracted an invest- ment from Jane Street, the big quant-trading firm that rarely allo- cates capital to outside money managers. In recent months, Situa- tional hired more seasoned execu- tives who had worked at places like Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capi- tal’s hedge-fund affiliate and Cita- del. Situational told prospective in- vestors that it would invest up to 30% of the fund in private compa- nies. It would mostly make con- centrated bets on AI winners in the stock market across sectors like energy, infrastructure, soft- ware and semiconductors. And it would borrow money to amplify
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Times article. GM’s plant productiv- ity actually declined over its heavy investment period in the ’80s, ac- cording to research from Marvin Lieberman and Rajeev Dhawan of UCLA. More recently, Ford and GM took massive write-downs on big in- vestments in electric vehicles. The bullish argument this time is that Ford and GM aren’t spending buckets of money or stepping far from their comfort zone. But the new ventures will do little to move the needle in the foreseeable future. Ford’s grid-scale energy-storage business, for example, involves re- purposing its EV battery factory in Kentucky. Doing so will cost $2 bil- lion between 2026 and 2027, about 10% of its total expected capital ex- penditures over that period. GM’s infantry-squad vehicles for the mili- tary are based on an off-road truck and are primarily made of commer- cial off-the-shelf parts. Less is known about GM’s separate push into weapons production with Lock- heed Martin, but GM has stressed that it plans to invest in adjacent businesses in a capital-efficient way. These new verticals have much more promising prospects than cars. Defense budgets are rising around the conflict-ridden world. U.S. energy-storage demand is ex- pected to grow at a compound an-
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nual growth rate of 38% through 2030, according to Morgan Stanley. At the same time, generous federal subsidies are available for domesti- cally manufactured energy storage. That gives the auto industry a unique advantage: They have excess battery manufacturing capacity, good supply chains and know how to manufacture at scale, according to Andrew Percoco, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley. And these sectors come with the potential for much higher multiples. Defense stocks in the S&P 500 trade at 30 times forward earnings. En- ergy-storage-related stocks such as Fluence Energy and Tesla trade at even more eye-watering multiples. Ford and GM trade at a meager 7.8 times and 6.2 times forward earn- ings, respectively. But such a rerating isn’t in the cards anytime soon. Neither GM De- fense nor Ford Energy is expected to make meaningful profit contribu- tions for some time. The dangers are that U.S. automakers might again be too late to catch current trends, or that it distracts them from their core business. Foresight has never been U.S. au- tomakers’ strength. That is one rea- son investors should view their shiny new pursuits with caution. —Jinjoo Lee
vestors for additional capital. It met its margin calls as recently as Wednesday. It was also exploring more dras- tic ways to shore up its finances. Aschenbrenner and colleagues dis- cussed selling private investments, such as Anthropic, paring its port- folio of public shares or taking other steps, according to people familiar with the matter. Situational spoke to its banks and other hedge funds about sell- ing a cross-section of its portfolio in one fell swoop. Citadel, the $71 billion firm founded by Griffin, has a history of stepping in to buy assets from troubled hedge funds, including when it bought assets from hedge funds Amaranth and Sowood nearly two decades ago at fire-sale prices. Once they became aware of the situation at Situational, Citadel ex- ecutives reached out to Aschen- brenner, saying that the firm could be helpful if he needed ways to raise cash. With Griffin in London, the Citadel team began negotiating with Aschenbrenner and his team, holding talks that began late in the day on Wednesday and intensified in the evening. Soon, another hedge fund, Israel “Izzy” Englander’s giant Millen- nium, got involved: Late Wednes- day, Millennium executives began negotiating with Situational’s team, as well, discussing its own offer for the fund’s shares, with Englander weighing in by phone from Europe. Citadel landed on a deal just be- fore the opening of trading Thurs- day morning, agreeing to buy the vast majority of Situational’s pub- lic stock portfolio. Citadel received a discount of more than 10% to the market value of those shares, ac- cording to someone close to the matter. For Griffin and Citadel, the deal proved a coup—at least for a day. Many of the semiconductor and other stocks the fund purchased soared on Thursday, as AI and other shares climbed. For Aschenbrenner, the deal meant something else: a way to stay alive. Situational is left with a slimmed-down portfolio of stocks and stakes in startups valued at more than $10 billion. In a letter to his investors Thursday, as wedding guests be- gan to arrive in Carmel, Aschen- brenner said he would focus on changes to his portfolio manage- ment and risk teams in the coming weeks. “I take full responsibility for these events,” he wrote.
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t an estate nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley, a group of high achievers gathered to talk about the sacri- fices and disappointments that can come with success. “You get the title, the money, and it’s kind of hollow,” a bank vice president shared. “I’m done waiting every day for the day to be over,” said a marketing director. A hospital executive whose position was scrapped last year shared that he sometimes finds himself imagining a different life: opening a hardware store or becoming a science teacher. “When I think about that, my
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nervous system relaxes,” he said. The $4,000 retreat—spon- sored by a networking organiza- tion called Punks & Pinstripes and described as “an exclusive gathering for leaders seeking change”—wasn’t your ordinary corporate off-site. The seven at- tendees, who ranged from their mid-30s to their late 50s, had excelled in lucrative fields like finance, consulting, healthcare and tech. They were consum- mate problem solvers who had applied that skill to their work lives, often to great effect. But they had all hit unex- pected walls—burnout, break- downs, disillusionment—that were forcing them to try a dif- ferent approach.
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IN CHINA, property rights are condi- tional, contracts can be torn up by the Communist Party, founders can suddenly disappear from public life or be ousted from their own firms, and there is no meaningful recourse against the state. By every textbook of institutional economics, this should make China a graveyard for enterprise. Instead, the country has produced ByteDance, Shein, BYD and, last year, DeepSeek, a Hangzhou startup whose AI model helped trigger a record $593 billion one-day loss in Nvidia’s market value. Last month, Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI announced the release of a fully open-source AI, startling Silicon Valley with its abil- ity to rival U.S. models.
Middle age has never been a simple stage of life, as the seem- ingly endless possibilities of youth give way to obligations and the humbling (sometimes brutal) realities of aging. It’s gotten even weirder lately. Longevity influencers are pro- moting peptide stacks and cold plunges to help people live much longer. The cost of living is pushing retirement later, espe- cially for those supporting adult children and elderly parents. And AI is forcing us all to ponder: What are we supposed to do with our elongated lives if technology wipes out the jobs that once gave us purpose? Perhaps fittingly, midlife re- PleaseturntopageC4
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How does a country with such ca- sual regard for the rule of law pro- duce so much dynamism? The answer is that the rule of law, in China and elsewhere, is not one thing. It has a liberal side—secure property rights, courts that con- strain the state—that shields entre- preneurs from arbitrary state power, ranging from selective prosecution to outright expropriation. It also has a regulatory side that can wall off competition, brick by brick, protect- ing incumbents from challengers who lack a compliance department. America used to be alive to this dis- tinction. It is no longer. Consider the America of Thomas Edison. In 1876, he built the coun- try’s first industrial research labora- tory at Menlo Park, N.J., for $2,500, paid for with money earned from his
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telegraph inventions. Facing nothing like today’s environmental review, occupational safety regime or mod- ern product-liability law, Edison promised investors a minor inven- tion every 10 days and a big thing every six months. Within a few years, he had filed hundreds of pat- ents and electrified lower Manhat- tan. The regulatory environment he worked in was thin. That world is long gone, and for good reasons. Take for example DuPont’s use of the chemical C8 to manufacture Tef- lon. By the early 1960s, its own toxi- cologists knew C8 enlarged the livers of rats; by 1981 it had documented birth-defect concerns among the children of women on the Teflon line; by 1984, it knew the chemical Pleaseturntothenextpage
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was leaking into the local drink- ing water. The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 was meant to give the Environmental Protection Agency authority over such chemicals; the chemical indus- try helped write it, and C8 was grandfathered in. It took 20 years and a class-action lawsuit
occurs when newcomers can innovate before lawyers—or regulators—arrive.
to force DuPont to settle. Many similar regulations were a re- sponse to real harms. But the cumulative effect created a wall. By RegData’s count, restrictive terms in the Code of Federal Regulations rose from around 400,000 in 1970 to more than one million by 2020. Each layer thickened the regulatory side of the law, but without strength- ening the liberal one. The result has been a shield for incumbents. Bringing a new drug to market in the U.S. (not to mention Europe) takes roughly a decade and can cost north of a billion dollars. For Pfizer, that entry fee has already been funded. For two founders with a prototype, it is almost disqualifying. Legal in- frastructure is a fixed cost, and fixed costs favor scale. No startup can afford to build the compliance department that protects Pfizer. The threat to enterprise in a mature democ- racy is no longer the whim of governments; it is the weight of procedure.
CHINA’S DYNAMISM does not come from the absence of law. It comes from the sequence in which laws are enacted. The Communist Party allows firms to scale in regulatory gray zones, when a sector serves growth, employment or strate- gic competition. Safety is an after- thought; the rules arrive later, sometimes all at once. The fintech conglomerate Ant Group built an empire in the gaps between pay- ments, banking and platform regulation before regulators halted its $37 billion IPO in 2020. DiDi, an app that provides ride- hailing and related services, became na- tional mobility infrastructure before its 2021 NYSE listing turned its data into a sovereignty problem; Beijing fined the company $1.2 billion and pulled its apps from the market. ByteDance became one
Clockwise from top: A worker does a quality check on dresses on a production floor at Shein’s R&D building in Guangzhou, China; Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of Chinese internet giant Alibaba; and Wang Xing, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meituan.
of the world’s most powerful recommen- dation engines before China wrote algo- rithm-specific rules in 2022. The pattern recurs: Firms scale first; law and politics arrive later, often together. DeepSeek is another recent example. It released its V3 model with reported development costs of $5.6 million. Meanwhile, its consumer app, by third-party estimates, attracted some 22 million daily active users within weeks. Questions about safety, data provenance, copyright and geopolitical risk arrived only after the model had already deto- nated across the market. Dynamism occurs when newcomers can innovate before law- yers—or regulators— arrive. But in China, the bill arrives in a different form. In place of compliance departments, Chinese firms invest in politi- cal insurance: loyalty
At left: President Trump with Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and Cabinet members. Below: Quality assurance on Pfizer samples in Bothell, Wash.
signaling, support for party priorities and sensitivity to official moods. Founders ap- pear at centenary celebrations and sign pledges to “common prosperity.” The in- vestment is not optional; it’s the price of doing business without legal recourse. Jack Ma forgot that, briefly, in October 2020, when at a financial regulators’ summit he said the Chinese banking sys- tem operated like a pawnshop. Within days, his record-breaking IPO was sus- pended; his business empire was soon un- der sustained attack; and he vanished from public view for months. After Wang Xing of Meituan posted a classical poem targeting the first emperor of unified China, widely read as an oblique criticism of imperial overreach, his company lost more than $25 billion in market value over two days, in an already tense regula- tory climate. He resurfaced, conspicu- ously, at the Communist Party’s centenary celebration in Tiananmen Square the fol- lowing summer. The cost of arbitrary power shows up in discounted valuations on Chinese stocks, in capital flight, in private-sector confidence that has yet to recover. China produces winners. But credible commit- ment buys more than champions: It cre- ates a deeper pool of people willing to take long-term risks. It’s evident in who chooses to build in America—immigrants have founded more than half its billion- dollar startups, and 60% of its leading private AI firms have at least one immigrant founder.
AMERICA’S distinctive ad- vantage was always the lib- eral side of the rule of law: specifically, the types of rules that secure private property, punish anticompetitive con- duct and hold the state at arm’s length from the firm. That advantage is now being eroded from the top. The Trump administration has waged a campaign of cor- porate control, from executive orders barring certain law firms from federal contracts to labeling the AI company Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national security”—the la- bel previously reserved for firms with ties to foreign ad- versaries. Although in both cases, the courts ruled against the administration, the mech- anism at work is the Chinese
one: discretionary state power used to punish disfavored firms and reward com- pliant ones. As the regulatory state weakens—some estimates suggest 63% of the Trump ad- ministration’s 2025 Unified Agenda is de- regulatory in intent—the administration has tried to build a parallel system out- side the Code of Federal Regulations: a tariff regime of country-specific sched- ules, presidential proclamations and product-by-product exclusions. Apple of- fers the clearest illustration. After Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports threatened, according to analyst esti- mates, to push some iPhone prices above $2,000, Tim Cook called the Commerce Secretary and senior White House offi- cials (while keeping quiet in public) and secured an exemption for smartphones, computers and chips. Morgan Stanley estimated the carve- out cut Apple’s annualized tariff burden from $44 billion to $7 billion. Trump told reporters he had “helped Tim Cook…and that whole business.” The compliance burden has not so much fallen as mi- grated—out of the rulebooks and onto the trade schedule, where political discretion prevails. Whatever the administration’s inten- tions, an underlying economic tension re- mains, and nowhere does it bite harder than at the frontier. The AI laboratories now under discussion in Brussels and Washington exist because the regulatory environment was thin when they were founded, closer to Edison’s Menlo Park than to today’s pharmaceutical sector. Anthropic’s recent decision to restrict public access to its most capable model— and the regulatory debate it triggered—is a reminder that some rules will be neces- sary, and soon. But every rule proposed today should be tested against a simple counterfactual: Had it been on the books a decade ago, would the firm we are now regulating have ever been built? Such regulations will also, by their na- ture, favor firms large enough to absorb them. That is not an argument against rules. It is an argument for writing them with new entrants in mind. Although the rule of law remains one of the great achievements of modern civilization, it is not always a protector of competition. Left to drift, it ossifies into a maze navi- gable only by the already established.
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he Michigan Senate primary is more than just another knuckle fight between mod- erates and progressives. It’s also a reckoning for the Democratic Party in a swing state it must win to regain its footing. For most of the primary season, the battle over the party’s soul has been in- tergenerational, pitting older candidates against young, energetic upstarts. This race, however, features two millennial Democrats who have competing visions for the future. The result will show how much the party has changed since 2018 and whom it might nominate in 2028. After Biden’s 2024 campaign implo- sion, the old guard is under fire. Kamala Harris lost the election, Nancy Pelosi is retiring, Chuck Schumer is facing the wrath of voters and colleagues, and older establishment Democrats are being toppled all over the country. In purple Michigan, which President Trump won in 2016 and 2024, Rep. Ha- ley Stevens, 43, and Abdul El-Sayed, 41, represent different waves of Democratic insurgency crashing up against each other: She’s a pragmatic veteran of the Obama administration who won her seat in 2018 during a historic wave for Dem- ocratic women. He’s a fiery heir to Ber- nie Sanders’s progressive movement, which is resurgent in the wake of the party’s second loss to Trump, which many Democrats believe was of their own making. “Who has credibility to know what is electable?” asks Amanda Litman, presi- dent of Run for Something, which helps young Democrats run for local office. “There is no one in charge.” Their campaigns reflect the prevailing ideologies of the party’s dueling wings. El-Sayed is a movement politician, a trained physician and former healthcare official fluent in the world of left-wing media and good at podcasts and social media. He’s running on a progressive platform of Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, taxing billionaires, banning corpo- rate money in politics and opposition to Israel. He has won the powerful endorse- ment of the United Auto Workers. Stevens is running as a moderate fo- cused on strengthening the Michigan economy, investing in state infrastruc- ture and supporting local manufacturing jobs, a broad tent she hopes will attract independents and even some conserva- tives. She’s emphasizing her track record in Congress (helping pass the CHIPS and Science Act, pushing multiple manufac- turing bills) and her work on President Obama’s Auto Rescue team that saved 200,000 Michigan jobs. She has the sup- port of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and con- gressional leadership. She’s a strong de- fender of Israel, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has bought tens of millions of dollars worth of ads to support her campaign, which El-Sayed brings up every chance he gets. At a recent debate, Stevens threw shade at El-Sayed’s stint as a podcaster and coziness with progressives who had “come in from the coasts” to campaign for him. “We don’t need a celebrity sen- ator, we need somebody who’s commit- ted to six years of hard, unglamorous work,” she said. Sometimes winning the election and winning the internet are the same thing. Sometimes they’re not. Put another way, having the support of Democratic primary voters is one thing. Beating a Republican in a swing state is another.
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El-Sayed leads Stevens by double dig- its in primary polling. But a recent sur- vey commissioned by the Michigan Edu- cation Association and Business Leaders for Michigan showed El-Sayed losing to Republican Mike Rogers in the general by 10 points, with Stevens winning by slim margins in November. In that poll, independent voters favored Rogers over El-Sayed by more than 27 points. “Voters are pissed off, and they’re looking for their candidates to channel their rage, and at the moment, the DSA and more progressive wing of the party has been more successful at harnessing that pissed-off energy,” says Mari Ma- noogian, a former Michigan state repre- sentative who now runs the Next 50, a national group supporting pragmatic next-generation Democrats, speaking of the Democratic Socialists of America. “I don’t think voters are looking for progressive vs. moderate ideas—I think it’s a vibe.”
I COVERED BOTH these candidates dur- ing the last Democratic insurgency, in 2018. Then, Stevens won her seat in Congress and El-Sayed lost to Whitmer in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. The mood was different. Hillary Clin- ton had won the popular vote but lost the presidency, which made Trump seem less like a failure of Democratic Party establishment and more like a fluke. The 2017 Women’s March had in- spired a grassroots anti-Trump resis- tance across the country, largely fo- cused on helping Democrats take back Congress in 2018. Democrats won the House and elected a new crop of lead- ers—some lefty (the Squad), others moderates who then went on to win statewide office (Elissa Slotkin in Michi- gan, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey). Stevens, a first-time candidate, can-
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vassed cul-de-sacs near her childhood home, complimenting voters on their cars. She flipped a formerly GOP seat in Michigan, where Democratic women saw major wins up and down the ballot. That political climate was less favor- able to a progressive firebrand like El- Sayed. He ran on Medi- care for All, held big rallies with Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cor- tez—newly minted as a progressive superstar after her primary win— and attempted to paint his opponent as a tool of corporations and the Democratic establish- ment. El-Sayed lost by more than 20 points; Whitmer carried every county in the primary. Almost a decade later, Stevens and El-Sayed are running on the same policies, with most of the same strategies, in the same state. But even if they haven’t changed much, their party—and the country—has changed around them.
LORI GOLDMAN IS A KIND of avatar for how much the Democratic grassroots has changed in the Trump era. During the 2016 election, she started Fems for Dems, a group of Michigan organizers who at first focused on electing women Democrats. She was part of the 2018 surge that propelled Stevens, Slotkin and Whitmer into office. Eight years later, Goldman’s group of roughly 7,000 Michigan volunteers is more focused on fighting the Democratic establishment. This year, it voted to en- dorse El-Sayed. The 2024 election was a breaking point for her. “If that’s not a referendum on how weak and out of touch the Dem- ocratic party is, then I don’t know what is,” she says. “It’s not women that are going to save us, it’s not the Democratic party that’s going to save us, it’s going to be progressive values that save us.” That disenchantment mirrors the way the Democratic base has fractured over nearly a decade of Trumpism. Last year, 62% of Dem- ocrats said they thought party leader- ship should be re- placed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. A 2025 Pew survey found that 67% of Democrats felt frustrated with their own party, mostly for not fighting hard enough against the Trump administration; only 29% said the party made them proud. In 2018, Democratic voters seemed aligned with party leadership in supporting Democrats who could beat Repub- licans. Now, there’s a vast faction demanding Democrats who can re- make the Demo- crats. One of the sharp- est dividing lines among Democrats vying for power is the Israel- Hamas war. In Michi- gan, which has a large
and highly concentrated Muslim popula- tion, the issue has inflamed the race. El-Sayed, who would become the first Muslim senator if he wins, was an early supporter of the Uncommitted move- ment, which resulted in 13% of voters withholding their votes in the 2024 Democratic primary in protest of Biden’s policy toward Israel and Gaza. (El-Sayed quickly en- dorsed Harris when she became the nominee.) Some Democrats believe Harris lost Michigan be- cause of Gaza, intensify- ing the issue’s status as a litmus test for Demo- crats in the state and across the country. “I think a lot of peo- ple are saying that the establishment version of politics lost us the election in 2024. Folks are not interested in do- ing that again,” says Michigan state Sen. Darrin Camilleri, who endorsed El- Sayed. “Now, folks are looking for something completely different to try to fight back against this new version of Trumpism.”
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ANGER has helped propel far-left progressive candi- dates, who have long attacked the Demo- cratic Party as feckless and out-of-touch, and led to major victories for the Demo- cratic Socialists of America. But it’s not yet clear if Democratic voters have truly moved to the left or if they’re just frustrated with the status quo. Many of the DSA wins have hap- pened in deep blue districts. That’s crucial for Stevens and El- Sayed. They aren’t running in Mamdani’s New York. Democrats currently hold both Michigan Senate seats, but losing one could vaporize any possibility of a Democratic Senate majority. Trump won this state twice, and Slotkin won last cy- cle by fewer than 20,000 votes. “At this very critical time, I know she can beat Mike Rogers in the general election,” recently retired Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow said in her endorse- ment of Stevens. “The stakes have never been higher.” No matter what happens, the results in November will determine how Demo- crats evaluate potential 2028 hopefuls. If El-Sayed wins the primary and beats Rogers, it will be taken as proof that a far-left progressive can win a presidential swing state. If he loses to Rogers, it will be treated as evidence Democrats need to straddle the political center to win back the White House. If Stevens wins the primary and wins against Rogers, it will validate the con- ventional wisdom that the path to vic- tory in the Midwest goes through “normie” moderate voters. If Stevens loses against Rogers, it will fuel progres- sive conviction that moderate politics (and support of Israel) is no longer the safer, more electable choice. For years, progressives have been tell- ing themselves and anyone who would listen that swing state voters are more progressive than they seem and that left-wing populist ideas can beat GOP talking points even outside deep-blue strongholds. If El-Sayed wins the pri- mary, Democrats are about to find out.
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treats have become something of a cottage industry within the broader umbrella of wellness tourism, de- scribed as a nearly $1 trillion mar- ket by the Global Wellness Insti- tute, a nonprofit that tracks wellness trends. The gatherings can revolve around topics such as spirituality, career transitions or even meno- pause. Some programs run online and cost a few hundred dollars. Others feature high-end hotels, or- ganic meals and access to celebrity teachers, with price tags in the thousands. Greg Larkin, one of the organizers of the Hudson Valley retreat for cor- porate professionals, said his clients were the type of people who were seeking “a sanctuary from the ‘crush- it summit.’ ” (“That’s where you ask a senior leader how they’re doing, and they say, ‘I’m f—ing crushing it, man,’ ” Larkin clarified.) A former Wall Street analyst and entrepreneur, Larkin started Punks & Pinstripes in New York City in 2022 as a commu- nity for people who had scaled the mountain of white-collar success, found the view uninspir- ing and wanted to rede- fine achievement on their own terms. He began with a series of intimate dinners and group-coach- ing sessions and has since expanded to execu- tive retreats. I’d planned to attend the gathering as an ob- server, a journalist who covers careers and man- agement, comfortable that my notebook and pen separated me from the others. But I found that I was not immune to being introspective about middle age.
OVER TWO DAYS at Lundy Farm, a quiet-luxury manor seemingly lifted from a Restoration Hardware cata- log, the other attendees and I medi- tated each morning, made pinch pots out of clay, foraged for wild nettles and garlic mustard in the woods and drew analogies between our own lives and the natural world around us during the retreat’s activi- ties. Soil was a metaphor for the growth we were incubating in our lives. Moss creates its own microcli- mates, just like we could build happy, functional teams, even in the midst of corporate dysfunction. During group activities, cocktail hours and meetings in small cohorts of two or three attendees and facili- tators, participants sought insight and support from each other about starting new businesses and career shifts. But often, the big issues they seemed to be grappling with re- flected deeper, much more existen- tial questions. Julie Holland, a psychiatrist who joined us for a first dinner of roasted salmon, millet pilaf and as- paragus, told the group that it was common for high achievers to expe- rience confusion and emptiness alongside personal success. She said she once had a patient who won a Pulitzer Prize, then immediately sank into a deep depression. “It’s like the song, ‘Is That All There Is?’ ” she said. Danielle Larish, a 41-year-old con- sultant who has worked across a dozen sectors, told me on the first night: “I’m good at what I do, and it’s f—ing draining.” She said she usually comes into situations where things are going disastrously wrong and helps turn them around, but she’s tired of walking into companies, talk- ing to executives and employees, prescribing fixes “and having them not act on any of it.” Corporate America, she said in a small group session of three people, is full of toxic behavior—scapegoating, back- door machinations and leaders cling- ing to whatever power they have at the expense of good ideas. A week before the retreat, she re- alized she wanted to take her man-
what I do, and it’s f—ing draining.’
DANIELLE LARISH A 41-year-old consultant
agement philosophy and turn it into a book or other project. But she was unsure how to begin, naming some obstacles, including self-doubt and frustration over ideas that never got put into practice at the compa- nies she worked with. The other two members of her breakout group asked Larish ques- tions and offered suggestions. “How hard would it be to prototype two or three approaches to the project?” asked Kellye Rogers, a technology executive who started her own AI consulting firm last year. In another small group, the hos- pital executive was talking about a different kind of crossroads. He had an Ivy League degree, earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at world-class institutions and ascended to the C- suite of a prestigious organization. Then, last year, organizational re- structuring led to the elimination of several teams, including his. (He spoke to the Journal anonymously because he was not authorized to speak about the circumstances of his departure.)
“Nobody looks better than me on paper,” he said. “I went to fancy schools, worked at the best places. And somehow I just got cast aside.” He said he’d led a charmed life until his 40s, when a divorce unset- tled his sense of having cruised along on luck, intelligence and hard work. And then his job disappeared. “I was woefully underprepared in a blissful and terrible way,” he said. He had also just started on cho- lesterol drugs and undergone his first colonoscopy. “If it was all over now, do I feel like I did what I wanted to do? And if not, what would that be?” he mused. He was talking to an AI startup about coming aboard. “If it was five years ago, I would’ve done it in a second,” he said. “Now it feels like a young person’s game.” The Canadian psychoanalyst and management consultant Elliott Jaques is often credited with coin-
Scenes at Lundy Farm, from top: bikes for the riding; organizer Greg Larkin, left, and participant Karen Root; a sauna; Renee Baumann guides a foraging walk; the grounds; and pinch pots dry in the sun.
ing the term “midlife crisis” in 1965. But the cliché of a middle-aged man who throws away his wife and family car for newer, sexier models flattens and simplifies the con- cept. In Jaques’s for- mulation, articulated in the International Journal of Psycho- analysis, a midlife crisis referred to the harrowing recogni- tion of one’s own mortality, a recognition that could lead to a decisive change in the quality and maturity of one’s work. “The paradox is that of entering the prime of life, the stage of fulfill- ment, but at the same time, the prime and fulfillment are dated,” he wrote. “Death lies beyond.” Jaques posited that middle age compels people to lean in to “the tragic, reflective and philosophical.” Such “contemplative pessimism,” he suggested, could lead to a better life—and a deepening of genius, as seen in the later works of artists like Bach and Shakespeare. At the retreat, no one was writ- ing timeless concertos or the world’s greatest tragedies. But there was vulnerability and honesty. I found myself surprisingly moved by the meditative activities and programming, even if it felt silly at first to be constructing a
mandala with leaves and twigs in the middle of a workweek.
ONE EVENING, Emily Kagan, a poet and healthcare executive who was one of the facilitators, passed around markers and colored sheets of ori- gami paper. She instructed us to write down things we were “done with”—objects and emotions we were ready to jettison from our lives. We went around the long dinner table, illuminated by a fireplace, and read what we’d scribbled. Among the baggage we carried: Im- postor syndrome. An ex-wife’s shoes. Old identities. Sunday scar- ies. Shame. Never having a sense of enoughness. Later, Kagan asked us to write a letter, five years in the hypothetical future, telling someone what we love about our lives. I chose my teenage son. Suddenly, articulating what I saw—the creative writing projects I hoped to tackle, my pride at seeing my child launch into adulthood—I found myself stifling a sob. At the age of 55, my beginning is long over, and hopefully, my end is decades away. But for perhaps the first time, I could feel a distinct, emotional embrace of the middle. On the last day of the retreat, we put the finishing touches on our pinch pots. My creation resembled a bulky hamantaschen more than a talisman for a life-changing epiphany. But the clay was dry and there was a color- ful palette of pigments in front of me. I began to paint.
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But Gen X Still Wants to Party.
with nostalgia theme nights and events that end way before midnight
BY WILL GROFF
n a recent Friday night, Philadelphia’s Trestle Inn welcomed a crowd for a Prince-themed dance party. Revelers rocking purple eye shadow and “love symbols” slurped down whiskey sours and lit up the dance floor while a go-go dancer gyrated to hits like “Let’s Go Crazy” and “1999.” Almost everyone was over 50. Many of them were drinking. And it was only 7:30. “We realized that the younger generations weren’t drinking as much, and these early parties were a way to get older folks in the door,” said Ian Cross, the bar’s owner. “They spend money on cock- tails, they drink, they have fun.” Bar owners have a new favorite customer: the Gen Xer. As drinking among younger Americans hit historic lows in 2024, those born roughly between 1965 and 1980 largely maintained their drinking habits, according to a 2025 long-term study from the University of Michigan that examined sub- stance use among people between 19 and 65 years old. They want to party, and they want to do it on their own terms. Watering holes are programming their calendars ac- cordingly, with nostalgia theme nights and parties that end way be- fore midnight. “I’ve noticed it’s the same people going up to the bar, and it’s always the older folks. The young people come in and go straight to the dance floor,” Rob Kulathinal, an evolutionary geneticist in his 50s, said about his experience going out in Philly. “On the plus side, it’s never been easier to get a drink.” Sandwiched between the larger (and louder) boomer and millennial cohorts, many Gen Xers consider themselves a “forgotten generation.” The prototypical Gen Xer is resilient and cynical, a “latchkey kid” turned disaffected slacker, raised on MTV and limited parental supervision. “Gen X: We straight up raised our- selves,” reads the caption on one popular internet meme, a photo of an unhelmeted child on a rickety- looking bicycle popping a wheelie. For Dina Cirillo Strachan, a 56- year-old high school counselor and Trestle Inn regular, the lack of heli- copter or “snowplow” parents made for a thrilling childhood—and plenty
IAN CROSS
Before theWorld Knew His Name
BY ESTHER ZUCKERMAN Chef Eric Ripert discusses his cameo in the movie—and why he participated
Anthony Bourdain, in 1976
of opportunities for underage drink- ing in adolescence. “We’d meet under the bleach- ers—there was always a gathering place. Whether it was announced or unannounced, you could proba-
drinks more… consistently over the course of a night.’
ZACK BUSH Co-founder, Mad Room Hospitality
bly show up with a six-pack,” said Strachan. She compared her own freewheeling youth to that of her Gen Z children, whose “third spaces” are largely online and who are coming of age under mass so- cial-media surveillance—the ulti- mate buzzkill.
THE ANTHONY BOURDAIN who is depicted in the new movie “Tony” isn’t the An- thony Bourdain who chef Eric Ripert knew over more than a decade of friendship. “Anthony in the movie lies a lot,” Ripert said. “I never saw Anthony lying during all the years that we were together as friends. He was very honest.” But “Tony” isn’t a portrait of Bourdain as the venerated television host or the author of the bestsell- ing 2000 book “Kitchen Confi- dential,” in the midst of his stint at Brasse- rie Les Halles in Manhattan. It doesn’t cover Bourdain’s worldwide fame or his death by suicide at 61. The Tony in the movie, played by Dominic Sessa, is a punk 19-year-old who, after missing out on a fellowship he told his peers and family he was definitely getting, follows a girl (Emilia Jones), based on his first wife, Nancy Putkoski, to Provincetown, Mass., in 1975. There he fibs about his qualifications and finds him- self working in a kitchen,
where he’s entranced by the ne’er-do-wells preparing sea- food and the fastidious chef (Antonio Banderas) running the place. Directed by Matt Johnson, it plays as a coming-of-age story as Bourdain gets his act together and learns that he craves both the chaos and rigor of a kitchen. In the final moments, Tony decides to apply to study at the Culinary Institute of America. He is interviewed by a chef played by Ripert, in a cameo. Looking at Tony’s thin résumé, Ripert says, “At least he’s honest.” “Eric has stumbled on what for me was the heart of the entire film,” Johnson said of Tony’s arc toward honesty on-screen. “What transforms Anthony Bourdain the boy into Anthony Bourdain the man is that he no longer feels like he needs to lie to inflate his status.” Ripert’s presence acts as an implicit endorsement of the project by those who were closest to Bourdain. He signed on at the suggestion of execu- tive producer Kimberly With- erspoon, Bourdain’s former lit- erary agent who now oversees his estate. In a statement, the estate said that it chose to support “Tony” because it is “not a
“I can track my kids’ location every second of the day,” she said. “There’s just not the same opportunity.” David Jernigan, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, said the alcohol in- dustry marketed heavily to young people in the 1980s and ’90s, using products like wine coolers and sug- ary alcopops as boozy “training wheels” to draw in Gen Xers. “It’s never too late, but—and the industry knows this—drinking pat- terns, like so many other things, are set in adolescence into the early 20s,” Jernigan said. At the time, the industry was benefiting from murky public-health messaging around drinking. In 1991, “60 Minutes” aired a segment ex- ploring the so-called French para- dox, suggesting that the reason why French people have lower rates of heart disease—despite having less healthy lifestyles overall—is be- cause they drink so much wine. Su- permarket sales of popular red
standard biopic and doesn’t attempt to sum- marize a life.” The statement called the movie “an interpreta- tion,” adding that the Provincetown “part of Tony’s life will always remain somewhat un- known,” but it captures Bourdain’s “complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction.” The idea to focus on such a narrow time in Bourdain’s life came, in part, because co-writ- ers Todd Bartels and Lou Howe are “aller- gic” to movies that at- tempt to squeeze a cradle-to-grave narra- tive into around two hours of screentime, Bartels said. In con- ceiving the story, they also wanted to avoid the “cottage industry” that had popped up around Bourdain’s death, which fo- cused on the mystery of his final days. “We wanted to go back to the beginning, instead of the end, when his life was messy,” Bartels said. The early days were when “he said he treated the world like his ashtray, but, ultimately, it was all potential and hope and promise,” Bartels said. There wasn’t an abundance of material available that de- tails that period in Bourdain’s life. The writers—who also worked with Johnson and producer Matt Miller on the
wines spiked by as much as 45% in the weeks following the broadcast, according to the Gomberg-Fredrik- son report, which monitors U.S. wine sales. Observational studies in the ensuing years seemed to sup- port the idea that moderate drink- ing has health benefits. Conversely, Gen Z and younger millennials have entered adulthood amid mounting evidence of alcohol’s negative impacts on the body. Fol- lowing a series of studies through- out the 2010s that largely debunked the French paradox, various health organizations including the WHO have issued guidance suggesting that the healthiest option is simply not to drink at all. Last year, the U.S. surgeon general called for alco- holic beverages to carry cancer warnings, sending shares of beer and spirits companies tumbling. “There has definitely been a wellness narrative that has not worked in the industry’s interest,” Jernigan said.
Dominic Sessa as Bourdain in the film ‘Tony.’
screenplay—relied on a sec- tion of “Kitchen Confidential,” Laurie Woolever’s 2021 book “Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography” and the Massa- chusetts episode of “Parts Un- known” where Bourdain visits Provincetown. The lack of concrete infor- mation, as well as the fact that Bourdain himself used writerly flare to describe his young antics, gave the film- makers room to invent. Char- acters played by Banderas and Leo Woodall are compos- ites of figures Bourdain knew during his time in Cape Cod. For Johnson, Banderas’s chef
To be sure, Gen Z is not abstain- ing from alcohol altogether. In a survey published by the market re- search firm IWSR in July, 74% of Gen Z respondents from around the globe reported having consumed al- cohol in the first half of 2026. “Gen X drinks more intentionally and more consistently over the course of a night,” said Zack Bush, co-founder of Mad Room Hospitality, which operates several venues in- cluding the storied Ball & Chain nightclub in Miami. “They’re show- ing up earlier and staying longer.” At the Detroit-area Magic Bag, Gen X- friendly events gener- ate roughly 25% more in alcohol sales than events that are popu- lar with Gen Z, said Andrew Bochenek, the live-music venue’s general manager. “As a business, you want people that are drinking more per head,” Bochenek said, which is why the Magic Bag has been hosting fewer indie- rock shows—the venue’s bread and butter for much of its 30-year history—and more nostalgia-driven theme nights. Their summer slate includes a “Mega 80s” night and two ’80s vs. ’90s parties on top of trib- utes to Duran Duran, Tool and Talking Heads. “The coolness factor kind of goes out the window,” he joked. The Magic Bag has also played host to the Earlybirds Club, a dance party “for ladies who have s— to do in the morning.” These throwback parties take place from 6 to 10 p.m. and are immensely popular with older millennials and Gen Xers. Since their inaugural event in Chicago in early 2024, Earlybirds has spread to over 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada. Randy Maupin, the 51-year-old general manager at the Cat Club and the Eagle in San Francisco, said his generation has not been im- mune to the growing sobriety movement. Still, he says, even tee- totaling Gen Xers still uphold a cer- tain bar etiquette. “We have a great support system with our older clientele,” said Maupin. “Even if they don’t drink, they’ll buy water or mocktails just because they want to support and keep and maintain our business. The younger generation? Not so much. They’ll come in a big group and only get a couple drinks and ask for water cups.”
represents the ethical “disciplinarian” side of Bourdain’s public persona while Wood- all’s Sal, a drug-ad- dled wild card, the “libertine” element. Howe said Wither- spoon appeared less concerned with fac- tual accuracy than when parts of the story didn’t ring emo- tionally true. Johnson, who doesn’t consider himself a die-hard Bourdain fan, wasn’t interested in catering to viewers who have binged every episode of “Parts Unknown” or “No Reservations.” “I was trying to make this for people who had no idea who Anthony Bourdain was,” Johnson said. Still, if “Tony” is about a young version of Bourdain with whom audi- ences aren’t familiar, Ripert’s appearance is a nod to the man he will become. Miller said the filmmakers initially looked at auditions from ac- tors local to their Massachu- setts shoot for the small role, before deciding a notable fig- ure should cameo instead. Rip- ert, the Michelin-starred Le Bernardin chef, said yes with- out seeing the script because of his trust in Witherspoon. “It’s a very important, pivotal moment in his young age that had actually a huge impact later on in his life,” he said.
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RICHARD D. WOOD JR. | 1938-2026
Jeanette and Dick Wood cheering for the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2018 Super Bowl.
Cult-Favorite Convenience Giant
a day each year working in one of the chain’s stores
BY JON MOOALLEM
n 1682, a Quaker named Richard Wood landed in colonial Philadelphia from England and be- gan establishing a family business that would expand and divide through the generations to include a rum and molasses shop, an iron foundry, a textile mill and, by 1902, a dairy founded by George Wood, a descendant who had imported Guernsey cattle from the Channel Islands and deliv- ered his purportedly superior milk to homes via train and horseback. George called his dairy the Wawa Dairy, after the region of rural Pennsylvania where he lived, which itself had been named by white settlers with the Ojibwe word for the migratory geese that stopped there (notwithstanding that the Ojibwe people actually lived much farther north, and the Lenni Lenape, who did live in Wawa, called geese something else entirely). As decades passed, the market for home deliv- ery started to decline. Americans were buying their milk in stores now—which was why George Wood’s grandson, Grahame Wood, opened one in Folsom, Pa., in 1964. Business boomed at Grahame Wood’s Wawa Food Market. Soon, he had a few more stores, sell- ing a few more things—until, by 1970, Wawa had become a sufficiently complex corporate concern that Grahame needed to hire a general counsel. And being that Wawa was a family business, he hired his cousin’s son, Richard D. Wood Jr., a whip- smart, 32-year-old lawyer who went by Dick—a man who, Grahame quickly realized, should proba-
WSJ Readers With Military Service Respond to Testosterone Testing
IN RESPONSE TO Defense Secre- tary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that all “warfighters” age 30 and older in the U.S. military will be tested annually for testosterone deficiency, Sebastian Junger ar- gued in a recent Journal essay that combat requires peak fitness, but it goes way beyond hormones. Readers continued the argument in the comments; responses from vet- erans drew upon their experiences in the military. Here, lightly edited for space and clarity, are a selec- tion of those comments.
bly be running the whole thing. Dick Wood, who died July 10 at 88 at home in Wawa, Pa., an unincorporated community west of Philadelphia, would remain at the center of the Wawa-verse for more than 50 years, helping to lead the chain as president, CEO and chairman. During that time, Wood went from scion of his family busi- ness to its patriarch and expanded the company into a beloved convenience and gas-station giant. It now has 1,200 stores in 14 states. According to Forbes, Wawa did $19 billion in revenue last year. Wood also helped cultivate Wawa’s exuberant customer base—from those who stop every morn- ing for coffee and a quick chat with strangers about the Eagles or Phillies, to a cult of superfans who get the chain’s logo, a goose, tattooed on their bod- ies, or debate the superiority and semiotics of vari- ous sandwich orders on Reddit. Wood seemed delighted by that fandom and, most of all, by the feeling of common purpose around his stores. He is survived by two children, Lisa Wright and Richard Wood III, and five grandchildren. His wife of 61 years, Jeanette (Andrews) Wood, died last year.
‘Fastest Shopping Trip’ Wood was born March 4, 1938, in Philadelphia, the son of Margaretta and Richard D. Wood. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1961, he entered law school at the University of Pennsyl- vania, then spent several years at a Philadelphia firm before joining Wawa in 1970. Two years later, Wawa opened its 100th store. In 1977, Wood became CEO. By the end of the de-
“fitness” test throughout my 26- year career (I enjoyed the Navy, decided to stay). So the Navy had a not very physically fit but very well-trained medical officer who sailed the world on its ships, de- ployed with the Marines and in Antarctica and staffed emergency rooms and clinics in the U.S. I al- ways wondered, if I flat failed the fitness test, would they get rid of me for that reason? Now I wonder if Hegseth would want them to. —Bernard Spencer Thomas Jr.
A lot of front-line soldiering has to do with individual will and atti- tude, not body chemistry. I’m speaking from experience. I enlisted when I was 19 and served in Viet- nam with the 4th Infantry and 1st Cav. from May 1970 to June 1971. My father was drafted into the Army in WWII; he was about 32. Basic was tough at 19; I don’t know
how he got through it at 32. I never asked, but he once said he was proud be- cause he could keep up with much younger guys. —James Ventrilio
The article is like many argu- ments: It presents a binary yes or no sort of argument, when the question of using testosterone, amphetamines and other drugs to enhance combat performance is nuanced. While I can’t see them for everyone, and probably wouldn’t find a use for them out on patrol, once back in a more rear area they may help with re- covery and help rebuild muscle lost during extended operations. Any comparison between training in the States and how an eight- to 12-month deployment grinds your body down is disingenuous. —Mark Matteson
tenets Dick tried to get across: Always put stores first.’
CHRIS GHEYSENS Wawa CEO
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The author is wrong in his as- sumption that only personnel di- rectly facing the enemy need top levels of lethality (I, too, have concerns about the testosterone policy). I was in the Pentagon on 9/11. I spent time on the South- west border; my FIRST trip to Af- ghanistan was in December 2001; and I spent a 15-month stint in that country. IN EACH, personnel who did not expect to be “at the tip of the spear” were attacked, defended others and sometimes lost their lives. The days of a FEBA—Forward Edge Battle Area—no longer exist. ALL mili- tary personnel need to be able to
cade, there were 238 stores. Americans were living busier lives, with longer commutes, and as more women entered the work- force, getting domestic errands done efficiently be- came key. Wawa benefited from all of those soci- etal changes. The brand already centered on convenience—“the World’s Fastest Shopping Trip” ads read—and Wood now pushed to keep stores open 24 hours a day. During the 1980s, the number of Wawas more than doubled again, to 480. Wood kept his finger on the pulse of all of them. He would visit about 150 Wawas a year, and shadow workers on a night-shift at least once a month. Ev- ery summer, he’d take his family to the Jersey Shore so he could spend the weekend working at a Wawa there—restocking, ringing up, whatever would help. Wood required Wawa executives to work in a store one day out of every year, too. “He called it ‘Flounders Day,’ ” his son, Rich Wood, said, “be- cause they’d be floundering around the store, get- ting in everyone’s way.” Wood thought it was important to understand Wawa at ground level, privileging the perspective of its customers and those actually pouring the coffee and making the hoagies. “Corporate offices have a way of sometimes making themselves be- lieve that this is the center of the universe for the company, and it really is not,” explained current CEO, Chris Gheysens, who joined the company in 1997. “That is one of the tenets Dick tried to get across: Always put stores first.” Key to both the cultivation of this ethos and
A horse-drawn Wawa Dairy delivery cart.
Wawa’s growth, Wood believed, was the fact that the company was privately held. Public companies focused on shareholder value must make short- term decisions, he said, “and we are focused on long-term decisions.” In 2004, a private investment group with a stake in Wawa, backed by the McNeil family, the Tylenol heirs, pushed hard to take Wawa public. But Wood led an effort for employees to use their 401(k) bal- ances to buy out the group through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan he’d created at Wawa a de- cade earlier. Employees now own 40% of the com- pany, according to a Wawa spokesperson.
The Dark Days of ‘Boli’ Wawa’s business faltered in the 1990s amid fiercer competition. The general mood of that period is en- capsulated, in retrospect, by the company’s exalted launch, and swift failure, of the “Wawa Boli,” a hand-held stromboli that Wood and his team hoped would spruce up the chain’s grab-and-go offerings. He called the era “The Dark Days.” Wood reshuffled his management team, making Howard Stoeckel, who’d later succeed him as CEO, vice president of marketing, and empowering him to shake up the inside of Wawa’s stores. Wood, meanwhile, focused on making one big and ultimately crucial change outside the store. Previous attempts to sell gas in the 1970s and 1980s had left little appetite within Wawa to try it again. But Wood embarked on a bullish road- show around the company, making his case for how fuel sales could be done right and reinvigo- rate the chain. Wawa started selling gas in 1996, charting a course out of the Dark Days for good and thrusting Wawa into its “superstore” era. Wood retired as CEO in 2004 and remained chairman of Wawa’s board until 2020, when he be- came chairman emeritus. On July 20, the chain offered free cups of coffee in his honor at every store.
Operation Enduring Freedom veteran here. The motto at Officer Candidate School was “Standards. No Compromise.” Sounds cheesy, but it is not. Mr. Junger is correct in that at the core of the capabili- ties of our fighting force is the in- tense training and standards that must be met in advance of promo- tions and deployments. Many are physical and emotional, some are academic. These tests need to be consistently administered through- out one’s service. It’s a long- winded way of saying these things are complex. Go, Army! —Michael Lawrence Coyne
act—aggressively when needed—no matter their location. —Andre Hollis
My limited experience in Vietnam indicated that many short, scrawny guys had the “GRIT” to last on hot and wet days when the muscle men could not. For me, the mind is usually stronger than the body. X USMC corporal out of I Corps. —Michael Butler
FROM LEFT: WOOD FAMILY; WAWA
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IGHTY YEARS after his death in 1946, the shadow of John Maynard Keynes looms over economic thought and public policy. Keynes, whose name is a byword for interventionist policies, changed the way economists understood the world. He was also fortunate to have in Rob- ert Skidelsky a superb biographer. Published between 1983 and 2000, Skidelsky’s three-volume biography brilliantly presented a full portrait of Keynes as a thinker, a policymaker and, most engagingly, a man. Scholars con- sidered it authoritative when the vol- umes appeared; their assessment has aged well. Skidelsky’s involvement with his subject did not cease, however, with the chronicling and analysis of Keynes’s life. Over time, he became an outspoken advocate of Keynesian pol- icy prescriptions, especially after the 2008-09 financial crisis. He simultane- ously emerged as a sharp critic of the economic thought of prominent free- market thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman. These and other themes come to- gether in what turned out to be Skidel- sky’s final book. Published shortly after his death on April 15, the primary objective of “Keynes for Our Times” is to “convey not just what Keynes thought, but also the way he thought.” That “way,” Skidelsky tells us, was heav- ily influenced by some distinct philo- sophical commitments that shaped Keynes’s understanding of what eco- nomics should be about. Keynes had little by way of formal training in philosophy or, for that matter, economics. His degree was in mathematics. But as a second-year undergraduate at Cambridge, Keynes read “Principia Ethica” (1903), a philo- sophical treatise by G.E. Moore. That book led Keynes to reject the utilitarian outlook that, according to Skidelsky, dominated “the mainstream economics of his day and our own.” Moore’s book prompted Keynes to ponder what it meant to be good and, eventually, how much was “enough,” economically speaking, for people to live a good life. Skidelsky demonstrates that Keynes’s desire to enable more people to experience the higher goods identi- fied by Moore, such as friendship and aesthetic enjoyment, inclined Keynes to approach economics as “an end- satisfying system.” It also led him to treat economics primarily as a moral science rather than purely a matter of empirical inquiry. In this sense, Keynes was in the same camp as Adam Smith. The founder of modern economics firmly believed that “improvement” and the growth of “civilized society” were morally commendable ends whose realization could be advanced by rigorous economic thinking. The means, however, matter as much as the ends, and Keynes’s preferred eco- nomic policies for bringing about his goals would eventually have seriously negative consequences. Take, for exam- ple, Keynes’s at-times obsessive concern
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BY LOUIS MASUR S
OME PRESIDENTIAL con- tests are truly transforma- tive. Thomas Jefferson took office in what came to be known as the Revo- lution of 1800, when an opposition political party gained power for the first time. The election of 1932 was a landslide for Franklin Delano Roose- velt, who remained in office 12 years and forever altered the role of the fed- eral government in the lives of Ameri- cans. In 1860, though, an election nearly destroyed the nation when Abraham Lincoln became president and, in response, seven Southern states seceded from the Union.
for keeping interest rates low. This partly reflected his conviction, states Skidelsky, that the real problem in the modern economy was “not the Capital- ist but the Usurer.” Though a thoroughly modern man, Keynes shared the ancient hostility to the supposedly sterile activity of “mak- ing money out of money.” He also lam- basted people’s preoccupation with possessing money as warping their imaginations and blinding them to the
Keynes advocated for strong government intervention in markets. The long-term outcome has been controversial.
existence of more fulfilling possibilities. This coheres with Keynes’s conception of much contemporary economic life as a struggle between creditors and debt- ors. He never disguised his belief that the “creditor class” should be put firmly in its place. Keynes consequently tried to iden- tify how government institutions could keep interest rates down. Consistently low rates would rebalance the economy in favor of debtors, he thought, and reduce incentives for people to hoard money and instead encourage them to spend and invest, thereby stimulating employment. The price to be paid for such policies, Skidelsky concedes, would be the loss of an “anti-inflation- ary anchor.” That loss contributed mightily to the Great Inflation that engulfed most
In “He Has the People,” an astute recounting of the 1860 election, Jona- than Earle, a professor of history at Louisiana State University, delves into the details and highlights its accompa- nying uncertainties: In 1859 the jour- nalist D.W. Bartlett compiled a list of the 21 likeliest presidential candidates, and Lincoln’s name did not appear. To help explain how Lincoln emerged to win the Republican nomination and the presidency, Mr. Earle enlists a journalist, Murat Halstead, as an eye- witness guide. Halstead, a Republican, was the 30- year-old editor of the Cincinnati Com- mercial and attended all the national political conventions that year. (There were seven). Other newspapers reprinted his reports. Halstead was also present at the hanging of John Brown on Dec. 2, 1859. Six weeks ear- lier, Brown had raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, in what was then Virginia, aiming to foment a slave insurrection. The abolitionist’s action weakened Republican candi- dates such as New York’s Sen. William Seward, who came to be seen as an antislavery radical. It also boosted Lincoln, whose more moderate approach seemed appealing. At Coo-
Western nations between 1965 and 1980. Skidelsky would dispute this lat- ter point; he insists that the inflation- ary outbreak that severely damaged the credibility of Keynesian policies was triggered by “the failure of Presi- dent Lyndon Johnson’s administration to curtail American civilian spending to pay for the Vietnam War.” But such an explanation dramatically underesti- mates the role played by the willing- ness of governments and central banks to prioritize the pursuit of low unemployment through deficit spend- ing and easy money. That willingness resulted in excess demand that ulti- mately stimulated acute demand-pull inflation—that is, price increases caused by demand outpacing available goods and services. This debate about employment and inflation brings us to a subterranean theme running through Skidelsky’s book: the clash between Keynes and Hayek. An arch anti-inflationist, Hayek also functions as a representative of the “neoliberalism” Skidelsky believes is responsible for many of our contempo- rary economic and political woes. In the 1930s, in the pages of the jour- nal Economica, Keynes and Hayek fiercely debated the functions of sav- ings, consumption and stimulus pro- grams during economic downturns. They later sparred over the implications of economic planning for freedom. But even more central to their disagree- ments, Skidelsky contends, was Hayek’s propensity “to equate moral values with market values.” As Skidelsky sees it, Hayek reduced the market’s moral function to the way in which economies gave people the opportunity to make their own moral
per Union in New York City, in Febru- ary 1860, Lincoln proclaimed that “John Brown was no Republican.” The same month, after eight weeks and 44 ballots, the 36th Congress had finally elected a speaker. (As was the practice in those days, the representa- tives elected in 1858 did not convene in regular session until December
After Lincoln came to the presidency, seven Southern states seceded from the Union.
1859.) William Pennington of New Jer- sey was ultimately elected by a mar- gin of one vote. John Sherman of Ohio, who led for most of the ballot- ing, withdrew after Southern Demo- crats united against him because he had endorsed Hinton Rowan Helper’s “The Impending Crisis of the South” (1857), a book that predicted eco- nomic catastrophe for the South as a result of slavery’s inequitable effect on nonslaveholding white farmers. Even PleaseturntopageC8
choices and thereby acquire responsi- bility in the face of scarcity. Keynes, he thinks, was in the more serious busi- ness of enabling humanity to “quit the realm of necessity and enter the realm of freedom” by pursuing aesthetic goods like beauty, art and harmonious relationships. Skidelsky’s description of Hayek’s position on these matters is an impover- ished one. For example, much of Hayek’s pro-market advocacy from the late 1930s onward involved illustrating how markets helped to drive civilizational growth, not least by replacing predatory behavior with free exchange, and provid- ing a means of coordinating millions of pieces of knowledge across space and time. Hayek also presented certain insti- tutions that are central to markets— notably the rule of law—as more than mere economic artifacts. They were, for him, moral and civilizational achieve- ments in their own right. Yet for all his criticisms of Hayek, Skidelsky affirms that Hayek and Keynes were at one in their desire to preserve liberal civilization from the radicals of the left and right in their time. Similar forces, he warns, have emerged today in the guises of popu- lism and nationalism. For Skidelsky, part of the response must be a “mod- ernized Keynesianism” capable of maintaining “a continuously high level of labor demand.” This, Skidelsky believes, would alleviate the wide- spread angst about unemployment he believes makes extremism attractive to so many people. By modernized Keynesianism, he means more and blunter forms of intervention. On the domestic level, he calls for an extensive redistribution of
wealth and income, massive public investments in what he vaguely terms “public projects,” and, most radically, the guarantee of a public-sector job to any- one who cannot find private-sector employment. Skidelsky also holds that, “in the spirit of Keynes,” we should “aim for an international/financial system that supports rather than impedes a domestic full-employment policy.” Consider, however, that state inter- vention in the U.S. economy, measured as general government expenditure, consumed 37.7% of total gross domes- tic product in 2025. The percentage in the European Union that same year was 49.5. Skidelsky’s policies would only mag- nify this already colossal degree of intervention in Western economics. Given what happens to productivity (not to mention freedom) as ever greater resources are devoured by the public sector, one strains to see how modernized Keynesianism would sus- tain the growth necessary to ensure that abundance rather than subsistence remains the norm. Skidelsky’s brand of 21st-century Keynesianism exemplifies how the heralds of prominent thinkers often lose a sense of proportion when they elaborate on their heroes’ ideas. He was a splendid biographer of the man he described in another book as “the master.” Skidelsky’s specific rendering of Keynes’s ideas for our times, how- ever, would only further imperil the liberal civilization that Keynes spent his life defending.
Mr. Gregg is the president of the American Institute for Economic Research.
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The Robber Barons By Matthew Josephson (1934) 1
Matthew Josephson’s group portrait of the most powerful men of the Gilded Age—his subjects include Jay Gould, James Fisk, John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan—is a study in unrelent- ing competition. Equity receivership, a bankruptcy-like proceeding used to reorganize troubled companies, was a favorite method that many of these tycoons deployed to outplay their rivals. Gould was adept of the dark arts of financial distress. In Josephson’s phrase he “roved through the West eyeing the ruined hulks of transcontinental railroads,” scooping up the “rich debris.” Receivership was also a preferred weapon of Morgan. “With the pros- trate client . . . in desperate need of fresh working capital,” Josephson writes, Morgan would offer a loan and “impose hard terms,” usually installing an ally as “a dominant voice in the management” after the debt was restructured. Published during the Depression, when hostil- ity to Wall Street ran high, this rol- licking portrait of the former era’s business titans was a hit that popu- larized the phrase of its title.
The Man Who Saved New York By Seymour P. Lachman and Robert Polner (2010) 2
Nestled inside this biography of Hugh Carey, the governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, is the story of how New York City narrowly avoided fis- cal collapse in 1975. The book viv- idly portrays the dramatis personae, such as Abraham Beame, the city’s hapless mayor, who nearly resigned; Felix Rohatyn, an eminent Wall Street banker (known to some as Felix the Fixer) who chaired the Municipal Assistance Corporation instituted by the state to refinance the city’s debt; and Albert Shanker, the president of the city’s teachers union, whose control of members’ retirement funds was crucial to a refinancing deal. Seymour P. Lach- man and Robert Polner give Carey his due for cajoling lawmakers, both at the state and the federal levels, into action. One obstacle was Presi- dent Gerald Ford, who initially indi- cated he would veto Carey’s request for a federal loan that would extend the state’s efforts. The New York Daily News translated Ford’s stance on Oct. 30, 1975, as “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD.” Public opinion eventually shifted in New York
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selling the book could prove danger- ous in the South: Authorities in North Carolina jailed one missionary for dis- tributing four copies. The contest for speaker, the author argues, served as a proxy for the com- ing election, in which four candidates would compete for the presidency. In April, the Democrats gathered in Charleston, S.C., where Stephen Doug- las failed to win the support of South- ern Democrats. (The Illinois senator had opposed both the pro-slavery Lecompton constitution in Kansas and a federal slave code that would have protected slavery in the territories.) Halstead thought little of Douglas, Mr. Earle reports, describing him as a “foul-mouthed bully self-convicted of cowardice.” The Charleston convention ended without a nominee; a majority of Southern delegates walked out when they failed to get a platform that protected the expansion of slavery. Northern Democrats reconvened in Baltimore in June and nominated Douglas. Southern Democrats gathered separately and chose Kentucky’s John C. Breckinridge, the sitting pro-slavery vice president. In May, a third political party, the Constitutional Union Party, had nomi- nated John Bell of Tennessee. Although
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City’s favor, which helped move Ford to support a $2.3 billion fed- eral loan package that bought time to get the city’s finances in order.
Game Over By George Papaconstantinou (2016) 3
When years of bloated gov- ernment budgets financed by increasing debt finally caught up to Greece in 2009, it turned to the European Union for help. Over the next six years, Greece negotiated three bailout loans with the so-called troika—the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund—in return for spending cuts and austerity measures. George Papaconstantinou isn’t an objective observer. As Greece’s finance minis- ter from 2009 to 2011, he negotiated the first bailout and the early stages of the second. Mr. Papaconstantinou writes passionately and with sar- donic wit, bringing the reader into the rooms where the country’s fate was decided. The chronicle has a Kafka-esque ending, with the author
a slaveholder, he had been a prominent Whig and opposed any talk of disunion and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Halstead observed that “the general foolishness of the two great parties had given the third unusual animation.” The Constitutional Union Party proposed to save the nation, he noted, “by ignoring all the rugged issues of the day”—there was no direct mention of slavery in its platform. The Republican Party faced those issues head on in Chicago between May 16 and May 18. Norman B. Judd, the chair of the Illi- nois Republican Party, promoted Lincoln’s candi- dacy in myriad ways, including getting the influ- ential Chicago Press & Tribune to endorse Lin- coln and delivering a unanimous slate of com- mitted Illinois delegates. Given Seward’s popularity, as well as the prominence of other candidates, such as Salmon P. Chase, Simon Cameron and Edward Bates, this was no small accomplishment. At the state Republican meeting that month in Decatur, Lincoln had bro- ken from political norms and appeared in person. His friend and a cousin carried in two fence rails said to have been split from logs by Lincoln, and he became the “Rail Splitter”—“a living symbol
on trial, accused of removing his rel- atives’ names from a list of Greeks with money in Swiss bank accounts. In the end he was cleared of the most serious charges, leaving him free to write this account of the nation’s financial calamity.
Bankrupt in America By Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen (2020) 4
America’s first permanent federal bankruptcy law, enacted in 1898, was designed for businesses, but individuals discovered its benefits, as Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen explain in “Bank- rupt in America.” By the 1920s, the number of individuals declaring bankruptcy eclipsed businesses doing the same. Courts did their best to adapt. Judge Kenesaw Moun- tain Landis, the authors write, tried to ensure that only “honest but unfortunate” debtors benefited from bankruptcy’s by directing “profes- sional bankrupts . . . to restitution or jail.” Valentine Nesbit “tabulated the
of frontier democracy,” as Mr. Earle puts it. David Davis, then a circuit court judge and later a Supreme Court jus- tice, managed Lincoln’s candidacy at
expenses” of debtors who appeared in his court in the 1930s, “subtracted them from the debtor’s wages,” and paid the rest to creditors. Such indi- vidual courtroom attention could not be sustained for long. Department- store credit accounts and the disap- pearance of legal restrictions on interest rates paved the way for the late-20th-century explosion of the credit-card business and correspond- ing debt and insolvency. Creditor lobbyists complain that debtors use bankruptcy to renege on their obli- gations, while consumer groups blame exploitative lending practices. The trend continues. Today individu- als vastly outnumber businesses in bankruptcy, by a ratio of 22 to 1.
The Caesars Palace Coup By Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap (2021) 5
In the wake of the 2007-09 recession, the Caesars Enter- tainment casino empire came close to defaulting on more than $25 billion in debt, and an unusually vicious corporate bank-
cabinet positions. His goal was to deny Seward an immediate victory by get- ting Lincoln to 100 votes on the first ballot (233 votes were needed). To do this, Davis positioned Lincoln as the preferred second choice for those who favored other candidates, and as someone who could carry Pennsylva- nia, Illinois and Indiana, states that had been won by James Buchanan in 1856. On the first ballot, Lin- coln garnered 102 votes to Seward’s 173.5. (Half votes occurred when the number of delegates from a state dif- fered from the number of votes allotted to the state by the convention.) On the sec- ond ballot, Lincoln jumped to 181, only 3.5 behind Seward. On the third, the nomination was Lincoln’s. Halstead was disappointed: “The fact of the convention was the defeat of Seward rather than the nomination of Lincoln. It was the tri- umph of a presumption of availability over pre- eminence in intellect and unrivaled fame.” The presidential election came down to Lincoln versus Douglas in the North and Breckinridge versus Bell in the South. Because Republi- cans had no presence in the South and parties, not states, distributed ballots, Lincoln received no votes in 10 Southern states. He triumphed in the North and West (Oregon and California), aided in part
ruptcy fight began. Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital, two private-equity funds that owned the troubled business, marched into bankruptcy court in 2015 with a pro- posal: Caesars would pay favored creditors most of what they were owed and give disfavored creditors a pittance, leaving Apollo and TPG in charge. A group of miffed hedge funds—who were among the disfa- vored creditors—attacked the pro- posal from every angle. Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap sketch the shifting alliances and blustering personalities that made this one of the most noto- rious Chapter 11 cases of the 21st century. David Sambur of Apollo was, the authors write, “a pit bull constantly in attack mode,” while Bruce Bennett, the hedge funds’ law- yer, “always had to have the last word.” Before bankruptcy, Apollo and TPG had transferred some of Caesars’ best properties to other entities. When an examiner esti- mated that these transfers may have defrauded Caesars of $5 billion, the original proposal crumbled and the disfavored creditors secured a far better deal.
by the Wide Awakes, a paramilitaristic youth movement of white and black men who marched in his support. (One Democrat denounced them as “Wide Awake Praetorians.”) Douglas took Missouri and three of New Jersey’s seven electoral votes. Breckinridge captured the slaveholding states except Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, which went to Bell. That meant Lincoln won with 39.7% of the popular vote and 180 electoral votes. (152 were needed). An astonishing 82% of eligible voters had turned out. Halstead praised the “almost univer- sal good order and decorum” with which the election was held and called the result “a noiseless revolution,” achieved without a drop of blood. He rejoiced that “slavery has reached the limits of expansion” and that “the fate of the experiment of republican gov- ernment” was no longer in danger. It did not take long for Halstead to be proved wrong. However unlikely a candidate he might have been, Lincoln as president preserved the union and helped bring about the end of slavery. Four years later, after being re-elected, he offered his thoughts on electoral politics: “We cannot have free government without elections, and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.” With a pivotal contest looming this year, Mr. Earle’s book reminds readers that the messy practice of democracy has never been easy.
Empire of Ashes By James M. Scott Norton, 528 pages, $41.99 An Explosive End to the War
BY JONATHAN W. JORDAN A
MERICA’S WAR AGAINST Japan was a three-act tragedy: from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Mid- way (1941-42) was the low point; Guadalcanal to Guam (1942-44) the reversal; and Saipan to Japan’s final defeat (1944-45) the reckoning. Trilogies by Richard B. Frank, John C. McManus and Ian W. Toll generally follow this chronology (with Mr. Frank’s trilogy-in-progress starting earlier, in 1937 and Japan’s war against China). James M. Scott follows a different approach. His Pacific War books—“The War Below” (2013), “Target Tokyo” (2015), “Rampage” (2018) and “Black Snow” (2022)—explore oper- ations that illuminate individuals caught by the scythe-blades of war. In “Empire of Ashes” Mr. Scott shifts to the war’s final months, from America’s bombing campaign against Japan’s major cities in the spring of 1945 to the empire’s atomic death that August.
While Emperor Hirohito contemplated Japan’s position, President Truman was forced to consider the atomic option.
“Empire of Ashes” opens with the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman’s awkward ascent to the presi- dency. In Mr. Scott’s telling, Truman is a scaled- down version of David McCullough’s everyman hero: a political pugilist who, despite inner doubts, never shirked the hard moral decisions. One of Truman’s biggest shocks arrived less than two weeks into his presidency, when he learned of the atomic bomb project. “He had been president only thirteen days—and now he faced the prospect that to end the war and save American lives, he might have to obliter- ate Japan’s cities,” Mr. Scott writes. “Such a weapon would kill tens of thousands of men, women, and children.” In the bombsight’s crosshairs sat Emperor Hirohito, a gentle, scholarly figure unprepared for the maelstrom unleashed at Pearl Harbor. “At first glance, Hirohito appeared better suited for a library than a battlefield,” Mr. Scott writes. “Socially awkward and lonely, Hirohito had spent his life walled off from any real friends as well as the population at large, hav- ing lived, as even he later acknowledged, much like a ‘bird in a cage.’ ” Mr. Scott describes Japan’s ordinary civil- ians who, from 1941 to 1945, endured a mount- ing catastrophe. From the disappearance of simple amenities—the closing of tea houses; the requisition of temple bells and gongs to meet the military’s metal demands—to short- ages of medicine, cloth, food and even coffins, families found themselves marooned on a blockaded island unable to feed itself. Of the 1.3 million schoolchildren evacuated from cities to the countryside, Mr. Scott writes, many “resorted to eating grasshoppers, snakes, and stream crabs as well as tooth-cleaning powder, paint, and crayons.” In February 1945 Hirohito began meeting secretly with his former prime ministers to poll them on whether to petition for peace. All but
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Integration at Second Base By Peter Eisenstadt Virginia, 344 pages, $29.95
BY PAUL FINKELMAN I
N THE EARLY 1950s Jackie and Rachel Robinson sought to buy a house in the suburbs around New York City. As Rachel later recalled, the cou- ple wanted “space, clean air, good schools, friends for our children, and a strong sense of community.” Jackie’s salary with the Brooklyn Dodgers paid well. Endorsements, speaking and writing brought in more money. The Robinsons were college-educated, eco- nomically successful, practicing Prot- estants. Who wouldn’t want a famous athlete living nearby? As the Robinsons discovered during a year of house hunting, almost no one from Long Island, N.Y., to suburban Connecticut wanted them. One seller pulled his house off the market rather than accept the full asking price from a black couple. Realtors declined to show them houses in many neighborhoods. As a commentator in Philadelphia’s black newspaper noted, “Jackie is not too poor to buy a house, he is too dark.” Ultimately, the Robinsons bought a vacant plot in Connecticut
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RUINS A Shinto shrine in Nagasaki, Japan, following the atomic bombing on Aug. 9, 1945.
one urged him to continue the fight. Bending to the hawks, Hirohito held out for a victory that would give Japan something to bargain with at the peace table. With no apparent results from bombing and blockade, Truman’s atomic option was largely driven by the alternative: an amphibious inva- sion of Japan’s mainland islands. Battles at Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa revealed what an invasion of Japan would cost. “The calami- tous casualties reflected the gruesome battles that had defined the last year of the war, com- bat accentuated by fanatical banzai charges, mass civilian suicides, and of course, terrifying kamikaze attacks, monsoons of metal and flesh that rained down on American warships,” Mr. Scott writes. The book showcases Mr. Scott’s forte: con- veying the human cost of war. “Night after night Boeing’s monstrous Superfortresses”— the B-29 heavy bomber—systematically “scorched Japan’s cities, like fire-breathing dragons,” he writes of the American firebomb- ings. “Few public shelters existed, leaving residents to dig primitive foxholes in home gar- dens, where many either suffocated or roasted to death. Concrete buildings, like schools and
and built their own house. Some neigh- bors welcomed them; others moved away. Later in life, as a board member of the NAACP, Jackie recalled these experiences as he fought against hous- ing discrimination. In “Integration at Second Base,” Peter Eisenstadt offers a look at base- ball’s color line, postwar America and a gifted athlete who evolved into a businessman, an advocate for black civil rights and an opponent of all forms of discrimination. Robinson’s courage—along with his hitting, field- ing and baserunning—helped set the stage for the end of legally sanctioned segregation in American society and the beginning of integration. In 1945, Branch Rickey, the presi- dent of the Dodgers, signed Robinson, violating Major League Baseball’s “gen- tlemen’s agreement” that it was a white man’s sport. Rickey always claimed he did so because Robinson was a great athlete who could help the Dodgers win a championship. But Rickey, a devout Methodist, also despised bigotry, which he considered un-Christian. Robinson broke baseball’s color line on April 15, 1947, when he took the field in a game at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. Mr. Eisenstadt recounts how Robinson endured a season of constant racist harassment, beanballs, hate mail and death threats, before being named rookie of the year. Two years later Robinson was named the most valuable player after leading the National League in batting average and stolen bases. In 1955 Robinson led the Dodg- ers to the franchise’s first World Series championship.
train stations, often functioned as ovens, reduc- ing the bodies inside to ashes and bone.” Facing invasion, Japan’s leaders armed chil- dren with bamboo spears to face American tanks, fighter bombers and artillery. Mr. Scott quotes one schoolgirl’s diary about her train- ing: “ ‘It was really fun,’ she noted. ‘I was tired, but I realized that even one person can kill a lot of the enemy.’ ” Both Truman and Hirohito were horrified over the slaughter to come. Truman knew Amer- ican invaders might have to face more than 900,000 defenders and 10,000 kamikaze planes on the southern island of Kyushu alone. On Japan’s mainland, Hirohito watched helplessly as American bombers ran out of large cities and began destroying smaller ones. Yet hardliners in Japan’s imperial cabinet wouldn’t budge. At the center of the impasse stood Hirohito’s fate: Should he remain emperor or be hanged as a war criminal? The logic of preserving the throne, to pacify Japan, collided with American outrage over imperial atrocities, from Nanking in China to Bataan in the Philippines. Truman held doggedly to Roosevelt’s demand for unconditional surrender as the atomic bomb test lighted up the New Mexico sky.
The 37-year-old Robinson retired from baseball after the 1956 season. By then most teams in the majors had African-American players. Millions of Americans regularly rooted for the suc- cess of black stars including Robinson,
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BATTER BREW After retiring from baseball, Jackie Robinson became a vice president at Chock Full o’ Nuts, a New York chain of coffee shops.
Hank Aaron, Roy Campanalla, Willie Mays and Satchel Paige. Such players, Mr. Eisenstadt implies, were crucial in reshaping American views about race and equality. You couldn’t cheer for the black players on your favorite team without at least questioning the racist assumptions of the era. Mr. Eisenstadt, the author of “Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman” (2021), argues that Robinson pioneered the role of the former athlete who uses his celebrity
to advance political causes, in his case “the realization of full and effective citizenship.” Robinson advocated for black equality as a leader of the NAACP. He also denounced anti- semitism and was an active member
of the National Conference of Chris- tians and Jews. In a 1960 newspaper column about the prevalence of Jew hatred in Europe, he warned about a “revival of Hitlerism” and offered a universalist vision of civil rights: “Since every last one of us is a mem- ber of some vulnerable minority— whether it be by race, religion, national origin, political party, educa- tion, occupation or other differences— none of us is safe once group-hate is unleashed against any other.”
Mr. Scott describes the bombing of Hiro- shima and Nagasaki with relentless pacing and harrowing detail. “The explosion carbonized people on the streets, leaving charred hands still wrapped around the hanging straps on trains,” he writes of Hiroshima. “Organs evapo- rated, and birds vaporized in flight.” Across five Pacific War volumes, Mr. Scott has established himself as a master of conveying the human cost of war. In “Empire of Ashes,” he plumbs survivors’ heartbreaking accounts, bringing readers to the rubble of atomic ruins. He quotes the parting words of one Hiroshima mother, unable to free her 6- year-old daughter trapped beneath burning timbers: “ ‘Kazu,’ she pleaded, ‘I am a bad mother to you, but please forgive me. You don’t want to die either, I know. Mummy isn’t brave enough to stay here and die with you. I am afraid of the fire. Kazu, forgive me, for- give me.’ ” With the city’s immolation, Hirohito bowed to the inevitable.
Mr. Jordan is the author of “Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary Friendship.”
Robinson was initially a Republican, in part because of the power of segrega- tionist Southern Democrats. He sup- ported Eisenhower in 1956 and Nixon in 1960 but vigorously opposed Goldwater in 1964 after the Arizona senator voted against that year’s Civil Rights Act. Apart from his political advocacy, Rob- inson pushed for African-American entrepreneurship, which he believed was necessary for true equality. Shortly after retiring from baseball he became a vice president at Chock Full o’ Nuts, a
Jackie Robinson’s work fighting racial prejudice wasn’t limited to the world of sports.
New York chain of coffee shops. He also helped start Freedom National Bank in Harlem. Despite Freedom National’s mixed record—it would ultimately shut- ter in 1990—the bank was a community pillar that provided financing to many black-owned businesses. As Robinson observed late in life, “I cannot, as an individual, rejoice in the good things I have been permitted to work for and learn while the humblest of my brothers is down hollering for help and not being heard.” This Ameri- can hero understood that his personal success was no substitute for broad equality and achievement.
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Atlas of the Roman Empire By David Potter Basic, 320 pages, $50
BY MAX CARTER
RITING OF TRAJAN, who ruled the Roman Empire from A.D. 98 to 117, Edward Gibbon considered the pen- chant of great men for vio- lence. “As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroy- ers than on their benefactors,” he reflected, “the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” The thirst Gibbon described is timeless and unquench- able; his monumental history of the Roman Empire could hardly exist without it. The same might be said for David Potter’s “Atlas of the Roman Empire: Battles, Conquests, Legions, and Rulers,” which traces Rome’s imperial evolution through maps, artifacts, explanatory drawings and clean, matter-of-fact prose. As Mr. Potter observes, Rome’s empire “did not emerge from nothing.” Rather, it was “the ultimate failure of a previous half-millennium of history— the Roman Republic—that paved the Imperial way.” In his telling, the republic’s institutions were incapa- ble of managing its many distant provinces or checking the dangerous ambitions of its own military leaders. In the middle of the first century B.C., Julius Caesar, the republic’s most politi- cally astute and charismatic figure, cultivated personal power by shattering Roman safeguards and traditions that had been in place for centuries. He allied himself with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (or Pompey), Rome’s top general, and Marcus Licinius Crassus, its wealthiest man. Flouting the Senate’s authority, Cae- sar crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated territories directly under Rome’s control from the province of Cisalpine Gaul, at the head of an army in 49 B.C. He won the ensuing civil war against Pompey, his former ally, and proclaimed himself dictator. “Ironi- cally,” Mr. Potter relates, “it was fear that Cae- sar would make himself untouchable that cur- tailed his rule, that threw the Republic into its death throes, and that would, in time, give birth to the age of empire.” A group of some 60 senators who viewed themselves as libera- tors assassinated Caesar in 44 B.C., spurring another bloody civil war. Caesar’s great-nephew, Octavian, joined with Marcus Antonius (or Mark Antony), Caesar’s second-in-command, to defeat forces loyal to the republic at the Battle of Philippi in 42 B.C. Mr. Potter’s accompanying map illustrates in simple terms the battle’s army and fleet move- ments. The hollow remains of the republic gave way to empire in 27 B.C. when Octavian received the title Augustus (Mr. Potter trans-
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AFTER HE IS kidnapped from his cushy California home and sent to toil as a sled dog in the Canadian Klondike, Buck, the St. Bernard-shepherd mix in Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” (1903), is gripped by the ancient impulses of his species. “In vague ways he remembered back to the youth of the breed,” Lon- don writes, “to the time the wild dogs ranged in packs through the primeval forest and killed their meat as they ran it down.” The tension between instinct and domesticity is at the heart of almost all canine fiction, including three scruffy, intrigu- ing books from this year. The most original of these is Morgan Day’s impudently titled debut, “The Oldest Bitch Alive” (Astra House, 208 pages, $28), about the final days of a pam- pered French bulldog named Gelsomina. The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water. For most of her 13 years, the bulldog has lived con- tentedly with the married couple who own her, finding purpose in basic routine and companion- ship. But the illness brought on by the worms, and the stirring awareness of her mortality, acti- vates what Ms. Day calls a “coup of the primordial.” Gelsomina becomes startlingly conscious of a wider world beyond her care- fully curated habitat. Ms. Day conveys Gelsomina’s strange existential awakening with a mix of narrative strate-
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bulldog begins to question life and meaning after ingesting five parasitic worms.
lates the term as “extraordinary person”), hav- ing prevailed over Antony and his consort, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt. Positioning him- self as Rome’s first among equals, Augustus undertook pressing military reforms, cutting the number of legions in half while deploying them for expansion in all directions. New prov- inces meant new recruits as well as the resources to pay off retiring soldiers. This pyramidal dynamic partly explains the empire’s near-constant warfare.
EMPEROR A ca. fourth-century dish depicting Theodosius I, who established Nicene Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire.
Augustus died in A.D. 14 at the age of 75—the average Roman male lived to 50. After his four- decade rule, the quality of emperors veered between competence and louche megalomania. Mr. Potter is less interested combing through the Caesars’ allegedly lurid deeds than probing the workings of the state. Tiberius (42 B.C.-A.D. 37), Augustus’ stepson and successor, spent most of his reign absent from Rome, luxuriating
gies. Chapters in the third per- son depict the ways that the dog’s uneventful daily life of feedings and naps has been transformed by sickness. Gelso- mina has always accepted that her world is capriciously bound by an Invisible Force that hurts her if she tries to venture beyond it; yet this limitation— which we understand to be an electric fence—is suddenly a tor- ment, and she longs to slip its cruel bonds. Other chapters, written in splintered, sharply poeticized fragments, assume Gelsomina’s point of view. And there are even others that elabo- rate the perspective of the worms, who find themselves in the unnervingly dark setting of Gelsomina’s stomach and are struggling to grasp their proper place in the universe. The blending of the prosaic with the philosophical creates a recasting of Plato’s cave alle- gory, though Ms. Day’s proxi- mate influences often seem more postmodern. “Today I have put aside my plush ball in search of the real,” Gelsomina thinks, amusingly invoking semioticians such as Jean Bau- drillard, who explored simulacra and authenticity. The theorizing goes too far, in truth. Ms. Day has the young writer’s weakness for showing off knowledge and she need- lessly indulges in essay-like digressions on rhetorical terms and Latin etymologies. An epi- graph from Camus that opens
on the island of Capri. The effect, the author suggests, was lasting and unexpectedly salutary, with the new emperor’s detachment strengthen- ing Rome’s “emergent bureaucracy,” made up of administrators whose “whose self-interest guar- anteed orderly solutions to local problems.” Left unasked is whether an administration capable of propping up even the most deranged Caesars was good for citizens of the empire. Nero, who took power in A.D. 54, was the last in the Augustan line. He was inatten-
tive to military affairs, treated senior generals with shockingly little respect and ordered his mother’s murder. Having alienated even his most obsequious dependents, Nero fled the city and killed himself in A.D. 68. His death, Mr. Potter writes, raised “a crucial question: What now qualified a man to be Rome’s emperor?” For the next 400 years, the answer varied. Under the Flavian dynasty (A.D. 69-96), Vespa-
one chapter does little except answer the pressing question of whether Ms. Day has read Camus. But most of these intellectual flights are cleverly couched in the jowly mundanities of bull- dog existence. To her owners, Gelsomina is simply a beloved pet who is growing increasingly
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The Oldest Bitch Alive By Morgan Day
Wolf, Moon, Dog By Thomas Wharton
Etna By Paul Yoon
detached and unwell. In imagin- ing her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfig- ured by long forgotten yearn- ings and powerfully altered understandings. Thomas Wharton’s collection of dog tales, “Wolf, Moon, Dog” (Pegasus, 272 pages, $27.95), begins with a parable of domesti- cation. Having been outcast from his pack, a feral canine called Wolf is offered an alliance by a young Stone Age human: If Wolf provides protection and helps with hunting, the boy will give him shelter and plenty of cooked meat. Somewhat reluctantly, Wolf accepts the offer, establishing a codependent relationship that the
book’s successive stories track across time. Many of these stories are only a few pages in length. One is about the dog that accompa- nied—and inspired—the Cynic philosopher Diogenes; another centers on the canine companion of a Buddhist monk. There are glimpses of dogs’ roles during the Middle Ages, the era of plan- tation slavery and the London Blitz. A vignette about Laika, the Soviet space dog, sets up a futurist fantasia in which a dogs- only space colony finally breaks their reliance on humans. Mr. Wharton writes all this in a jokey, colloquial fashion. The Stone Age characters say things such as “Omygod” and “Wow, that’s pretty ballsy.” One story is told in rhyming couplets and another is conveyed entirely in images of paw and footprints. Readers will find the hyperactive style adorable or (as I did) somewhat yappy and annoying. It really comes down to one’s preference in breed. Paul Yoon updates the classic template of animal odysseys for his novel “Etna” (Scribner, 208 pages, $28). Etna, a mixed- breed shepherd, is a mine- sniffing dog with the American military during a devastating future war in a country that is left unnamed, though hints point to the Korean peninsula. When the war ends, Etna’s human and canine companions are all dead. Battle-scarred and weary, he decides to search out
sian was succeeded by his son Titus, and Titus by his younger brother, Domitian. They built some of Rome’s vital monuments, such as the Colosseum. Perhaps no father-son combination better demonstrates the perils of hereditary suc- cession than Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), whose book, “Meditations,” is among the empire’s treasures, and his heir, Commodus (A.D. 161-192). Marcus’ son, notes Mr. Potter, was noth- ing like his enlightened father. “Brutal and obliv- ious to the administrative needs of an empire,” Commodus was obsessed with gladiatorial com- bat, declaring himself “Hercules on Earth.” He was ultimately strangled to death, having sur- vived earlier attempts to stab and poison him. His contemporaries would have been sur- prised to learn that Romans came to embrace Christianity in the fourth century. The emperor Constantine (ca. 280-337) ascribed his celebrated victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in A.D. 312 to the Christian God. (Whether he converted before or after the battle is subject to debate.) The creed from Constantine’s Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) established, as Mr. Pot- ter points out, “the first official state- ment of the Christian faith”—arguably Rome’s most consequential legacy. A professor of Greek and Roman history at the University of Michigan, Mr. Potter does not emulate the layered syntax of Gibbon or the gossipy slant of Suetonius, the Roman his-
For Augustus, new provinces meant new recruits and resources gained.
torian whose writings in the second century reveled in imperial misbehavior. “Atlas of the Roman Empire” is brisk and impartial, demonstrating how the Romans’ success in maintaining power owed more to their administrative proficiency than individual flair. The drawback of Mr. Potter’s even, chronological approach is the rigid conci- sion it requires. The dissolution of the republic is covered hastily; the clash between Caesar and Pompey gets three short sentences. Mr. Potter’s brief account of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138-79 B.C.) contends that the dicta- tor’s use of violence “set the tone for the politics of Caesar’s generation,” but the author makes no mention of Sulla’s nemesis, Gaius Marius (157-86 B.C.), without whom Sulla’s example is incomplete and certainly less revealing. No empire is defined by conquest alone. Jan Morris once said that the British Empire’s tru- est morality, real or imagined, was the morality of fair play. The Roman Republic made much of austerity and rectitude; the empire it gave birth to could claim neither. But at its best, Rome’s advanced and resilient imperial system shaped the early modern world.
Mr. Carter is the global chairman of 20th- and 21st-century art at Christie’s.
the coastal farm, located some- place near the fighting, where he lived as a puppy. The trek takes Etna across a bombed-out city and into a mountain range occupied by ref- ugees and guerrillas. He encoun- ters dangerous people but also acquires friends. Some are dogs who have also been displaced by the war; others are compassion- ate humans, including a humani- tarian worker with the power of canine communication. Etna’s narrative is invigorated by a dog’s sensibility. Smells are cru- cial to his descriptions. (Land mines, we read, exude a sweet- scented vapor reminiscent of toothpaste.) Etna also possesses a traumatized sadness and wis- dom familiar from conventional war fiction. His longing for homecoming and the care of his mother seem like recognizably human instincts. In his acknowledgements, Mr. Yoon writes that he was inspired by John Berger’s novel “King” (1998), about a street dog who looks after a homeless couple. The dusting of magical realism and the straightforward moral schema in “Etna” put me more in the mind of cross- species fables such as Sheila Burnford’s “The Incredible Jour- ney” (1961) or “The Wild Robot Escapes” (2018), from Peter Brown’s popular children’s series. “Etna” is sentimental and no doubt simplistic, but its timeless storytelling formula makes it a moving experience.
Buzz Busby By Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte Illinois, 272 pages, $22.95 Capital Bluegrass
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N EXODUS OF rural migrants to postwar Washington, D.C., sparked a country-music boom that transformed that city’s nightlife. A scrum of beer joints and honky-tonks with names like the Dixie Pig, Club Hillbilly and the Ozarks helped the clientele feel at home. The roughest of these establishments were known as “bust-heads” for their offstage mayhem, where future stars such as Roy Clark (of “Hee Haw” fame) learned their guitar-twanging trade as the bottles flew overhead. One of these popular bust-heads was the Pine Tavern in downtown D.C. It was a lino- leum-floored dump with a dozen or so tables and a bullet hole in the window. In the summer of 1954, the house band, Buzz Busby and the Bayou Boys, began to cause a stir, drawing a steady stream of patrons who came to listen to the music instead of brawl. Led by Busby’s machine-gun mandolin riffs and hair-raising tenor, the band had a hard- edged bluegrass-style sound that was a far cry from the homogenized, syrupy country-and- western slop heard around town. It was a dis- play of instrumental virtuosity in the spirit of Busby’s hero, Bill Monroe, who had reworked traditional string-band music into a radical fusion of old and new. Local television producers caught wind and arranged a live audition at the Pine Tavern. “They couldn’t understand why we were play- ing in such a sleazy place,” Busby later said. The music won over the suits, and the Bayou Boys soon had their own daily program, “Hay- loft Hoedown,” a mix of blistering, acoustic- only live performances and manic cornball comedy skits. Despite a run of only six months, “Hayloft Hoedown” was an immediate hit with a lasting impact. The defiantly down-home Busby struck a chord with a wide swath of viewers who didn’t know roots music from rutabagas. Washingto- nians of every stripe could get their fix of Busby shredding a solo on his theme song, “Mandolin Tango” or singing “Deep Freeze Mama Blues” in the safety of their living room instead of at a bust-head full of razor-toting rowdies. “We liter- ally reached senators and little old ladies’ sew- ing circles and everyone else,” Busby recalled. “I know, because we got letters.” More than two decades after Busby’s death in 2003, his seminal 1950s recordings have made him a cult hero, revered in hardcore bluegrass circles and beyond. Now comes “Buzz Busby: Father of Washington D.C. Blue- grass,” his first biography. “That Buzz Busby was a frustrating, self-destructive, supremely talented figure remains beyond dispute,” write the authors, Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte. “He remains an important, underrecognized figure in the history of bluegrass and an influential mandolin player whose genius is recognized more readily by his fellow musicians than by the casual fan.” One devotee was the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, who recorded a cover of Busby’s song “Lost.”
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Auden By Peter Ackroyd Reaktion, 400 pages, $30
IT SEEMED LIKE a charmed proj- ect: an opera by Igor Stravinsky with a libretto by W.H. Auden, one of the 20th century’s pre-eminent poets. The composer’s inspiration came from William Hogarth’s stud- ies for his satirical series “A Rake’s Progress” (1734). Auden responded to the idea with characteristic en- thusiasm. “I need hardly say that the chance of working with you is the greatest honour of my life,” he wrote to Stravinsky. A 10-day sojourn at the com- poser’s West Hollywood, Calif., home was congenial and produc- tive, even though Auden reportedly declined to shower or bathe. In fact, Auden’s slovenliness was legendary. Stravinsky said of the poet “he is the dirtiest man I have ever liked.” Auden enjoyed collaborations, frequently teaming up with friends, including the playwright and novel- ist Christopher Isherwood and the poet Louis MacNeice. In this case, he enlisted the assistance of his longtime romantic partner, Chester Kallman, who had introduced him to opera.
AS SEEN ON TV Buzz Busby, Don Stover, John Hall and Pete Pike on the set of ‘Hayloft Hoedown’ (1954-55).
The short, punchy portrait of Busby drawn by Messrs. Lornell and Mindte sheds light on a little-known chapter of country music, when Busby and his cohorts were sowing the seeds of the fledgling, rural-based bluegrass sound in an urban setting. Mr. Lornell, a professor emer- itus of music history and culture at George Washington University, has written many works on vernacular music, from a Lead Belly
With his rapid-fire mandolin riffs and tenor wail, Buzz Busby delighted crowds in the honky- tonks of Washington, D.C.
biography to a survey of Washington’s go-go music scene. Mr. Mindte is a record producer and a musician who befriended Busby in his later years, joining his band in Washington’s still-scuffling bluegrass scene of the ’80s and ’90s. Theirs is that rare music chronicle that offers transcriptions of mandolin solos along with detailed arrest records. Busby was one of thousands of Southern migrants who came to Washington for federal jobs after World War II. Born in 1933 and raised on a farm in backwoods Louisiana, Bernarr Bus- bice grew up with the Grand Ole Opry on the radio and fell under the spell of stars like the mandolin-wizard Monroe. As a high-schooler Busby performed locally; a music career beck- oned, but based on his academic performance
Kallman’s unexpected involve- ment disconcerted Stravinsky, who feared Auden’s sexual inclinations were clouding his literary judg- ment. But their first act was prom- ising, and a lunch with Kallman in New York further reassured the composer. “The young man’s charm and obvious musical passion won him over,” the British histo- rian and biographer Peter Ackroyd writes in “Auden.” Mr. Ackroyd sees “The Rake’s Progress,” which debuted success- fully in Venice in 1951, as the zenith of an often-tempestuous relationship. The libretto gave Kall- man “a purpose he otherwise lacked,” transforming him from “an apparently worthless appendage, in the opinion of others,” to “a cre- ative partner.” The couple’s bond is a major throughline of Mr. Ackroyd’s emo- tionally intimate, sexually frank biography. Kallman—quick-witted, attractive and unabashedly gay—at first made Auden, who felt perpetu- ally unlovable, deliriously happy. But, in Mr. Ackroyd’s telling, the two proved sexually incompatible, and Kallman’s rejection devastated Auden. Both men pursued other sexual and romantic relationships but stayed connected despite long separations. (Surprisingly, one of Auden’s most serious involvements was with a woman, Rhoda Jaffe.) Auden continued to support Kall- man financially, and the two lived together off and on for the rest of their lives. What is most astonishing in Mr. Ackroyd’s brisk, persuasive account is the gulf—and, eventually, chasm— between the discipline and virtuosity of Auden’s verses and his increas- ingly dissolute and unhappy per-
an FBI recruiter offered him a position in the bureau’s fingerprinting lab. In D.C., Busby began moonlighting in the honky tonks and was soon making more money with his mandolin than he could as a fed. The 1954 TV show made him a local celebrity flush with cash, but he chafed against the producers who he said “tried to make robots out of us.” He also feuded with bandmates who tried to steer the Bayou Boys into more commercial country-and-western pastures. This was anath- ema to Busby the bluegrass purist. Busby’s legacy rests on a handful of record- ings he made for budget indie labels such as Jiffy and Starday—“Cold and Windy Night” (1953), “Lost” (1956), “Just Me and the Juke- box” (1956) and other originals that cut to the bone. These records feature the fiery jazz-and- blues-infused fiddle playing of Scott Stoneman, a fellow wild seed and veteran of the D.C. bust- heads. According to Eddie Stubbs—a musician, historian and former Opry MC—the Busby-and- Stoneman collaborations on Starday “represent the high lonesome sound of bluegrass at its absolute highest level of intensity.” With these landmark records, Busby also introduced new citified subject matter to blue- grass. Instead of odes to the old cabin home in the mountains or the little church in the wild- wood, Busby sang about the loneliness and alienation of life in the nation’s capital. Call it Bluegrass Noir, and Busby the doomed auteur living out his songs. A drinker since his early teens, Busby became hooked on painkillers in the years fol- lowing a near-fatal car crash after a 1957 gig.
sonal life. Auden was a chain- smoker, a regular user of Benzedrine and a heavy drinker. In later years, he was visibly drunk and disheveled at poetry readings. Though rigid about his schedule, he disdained not only cleanliness and exercise but regular medical care. Mr. Ackroyd is admiring of Auden’s poetic accomplishment, from his recondite early work to the later, more conversational and religiously inspired verses that some critics have disliked. The author is less enthusiastic about Auden’s penchant for rewriting his published poetry and for omitting well-regarded politi- cal poems such as “Spain 1937” (1937) and “September 1, 1939” (1939) from his collections. Where “Auden” really shines is in its portrayal of the life. At Oxford, Auden, after considering a scientific career, reaffirmed his poetic voca- tion but graduated only with an unimpressive third-class degree. Even then, Mr. Ackroyd writes, Auden was “dogmatic . . . querulous, assertive and sardonic.” In time, his didacticism would “lapse into bully- ing.” He once heckled Anne Sexton at a poetry reading. As a schoolmaster, Auden reck- lessly pursued underage boys, one of whom inspired his lyric, “Lay your sleeping head, my love, / Human on my faithless arm.” In 1935, at Isher- wood’s request, he married Erika Mann, a daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann, so she could obtain a British passport. They never both- ered to divorce. With World War II looming, Auden moved to the U.S. with Ish- erwood. In 1946, he became an American citizen. His main base of operations was a series of squalid apartments in New York. With Kall-
man, he also enjoyed seasonal resi- dences in Ischia, an island off the southern Italian coast, and Kirch- stetten, near Vienna. In his final days, he returned to Oxford, where one friend saw in him “the extreme loneliness of old age.” Sometimes biographers work at a remove from their subjects. Not so Mr. Ackroyd. Skillfully collating
During his long recuperation, his bandmates formed a new group, the Country Gentlemen. With a polished, progressive sound that added Bob Dylan compositions and pop songs to the repertoire, the Gents helped make bluegrass safe for the affluent D.C. suburbs in the ’70s and a staple of public radio. Meanwhile Busby bounced in and out of prison (prescription fraud, drunk driving, assault, etc.) and spent stints at psychiatric hospitals and rehab centers. He always made his way back to the stage, though, deftly wielding his battered mandolin, one of the last of the mossy old bluegrass originators who preferred the dives to the gentrified upscale places where the music had gone. “Despite all his trials, tribulations and addictions,” Mr. Mindte writes, even into the 1980s Busby “was playing as great as ever and he exhibited his magical stage presence and sense of hu- mor that had been captivating audiences since the early 1950s.” Busby entrusted Mr. Mindte with 60 hours of cassette tapes of autobiographical ramblings, which enliven a narrative that gets dry in stretches. With a voice at times bitter, befud- dled and bemused at his own wrecked life, Busby emerges as a self-aware, sympathetic survivor who knew his best work came at the beginning. “I started at the top and diligently worked my way to the bottom,” he said. Sounds like the lyrics of a Buzz Busby song.
Mr. Dean is the co-author of Dr. Ralph Stanley’s “Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times.”
the accounts of Auden’s intimates, he offers details about the poet’s sexuality, psyche, cratering appear- ance and deteriorating habits that are painful to contemplate. They make one (almost) want to turn away—or seek solace in the poetry.
Ms. Klein is a cultural reporter and critic in Philadelphia.
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BY JOANNE KAUFMAN A Novelist Who Aimed To Please
DWIGHT HEIMDAHL WAS an abusive hus- band to his first two wives and a neglectful father to his five daughters. “Complicated and damaged and terrible” is how Julia, daughter number three, describes him. “But we all haunted him.” Well, perhaps. But Dwight, now dead, haunts Julia right back. As a child, she tried to please him by memorizing his favorite songs and being smart and competent. “I was,” she recalls, an “attention-hungry kid who wanted her father’s love, and I couldn’t rest until I had it. And I would never have it.” Sadly, Julia’s needy, embittered—and estranged—mother, has proved herself to be as much of a horror show as Julia’s father. When Julia was diagnosed in childhood with celiac disease, Mommy continued loading her up on gluten with grievous consequences. “It was always too much trouble to feed you without it,” she later explains. Kate Christensen’s “Good Company” (Harper, 256 pages, $28.99) plays out over the course of a weekend book festival, where the now middle-aged Julia, a novelist of some note, is appearing on a panel to publicize her new memoir, “Don’t Let It Bring You Down.” That the event takes place at her alma mater stirs up consider- able dust for Julia. That the memoir is so very frank stirs up trouble with her boy- friend, a much younger man. The book alternates between excerpts from “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” and chronicles of Julia’s festival encounters with a lubricious fellow author, a former student and the woman Julia was attracted to dur- ing college. Julia grew up with a battle plan to win men over. What they needed her to be, she would be: the sharp, amusing female buddy who listened attentively, asked the right questions, got the joke, kept her opinions to herself, held her whiskey well, was a conge- nial and useful wingman on a fishing trip, and—not to put too fine a point on it—was good company. But, as she later acknowledges, “women have always scared me more than men, because the pain they’ve caused me always goes so much deeper, and because I take them so much more seriously.” Familiar—that is to say cliched—accounts of bad men, power games and gender ineq- uity sometimes make “Good Company” tough going. But Ms. Christensen makes that pain palpable. Novels about country mice who move to the city are frequently grim tales of innocence lost. Meanwhile, novels about urbanites who relocate to a rural outpost are almost invari- ably antic accounts of dopiness rewarded. A handy example of the latter is Daniel Mason’s satiric charmer “Country People” (Random House, 320 pages, $30). For the past 14 years, Miles Krzelewski has been struggling to complete his disserta- tion. A meager attention span is part of the problem. But it’s also because Miles—who shares the surname and the romantic nature of Lucius, the protagonist from Mr. Mason’s acclaimed 2018 historical novel, “The Winter Soldier”—can’t fix on a topic. It “had drifted—geographically, chronologically, the- matically.” Miles had studied “an obscure troubadour” only to learn after three years that the fellow was obscure for good reason; he then switched to “the body in Rabelais, then monsters in Rabelais, then monsters in French folktales” with several more scholarly pit stops before arriving at the current, but likely not final, point of concentration: peas- ants in Russian folktales. Quite the contrast to Miles’s sharply disci- plined wife, Kate, a specialist in the poetry of Milton and Blake and an academic star. Her appointment as a visiting professor at a col- lege in rural Greensbury, Vt., sets “Country People” in pleasantly meandering motion. Kate and the couple’s two children, Olive and Wesley, quickly settle into their class- rooms. But Miles struggles futilely to stay at his desk, frequently escaping to explore Greensbury and to make the acquaintance of the town’s inhabitants, a decidedly quirky lot. They include a photographer who gets around on a mobility scooter and is compil- ing a compendium of foolish errors (no sur- prise: it’s long), and an academic-turned- orchardist who teaches Miles the pleasures of scything. A plot turn involving an under- ground realm that’s accessible by a local cave recalls the supernatural aspects of Mr. Mason’s 2023 novel, “North Woods.” Marbled through “Country People” are transcripts from a call-in radio show, “The Miscellaneous Minute,” which, despite its name, runs for an hour. Mr. Mason has gently ironic fun with it all. When Miles was an undergraduate, a pro- fessor told him that people’s lives could be divided into Histories, Tragedies and Come- dies. Only the fortunate found themselves in Comedies. Lucky Miles. Lucky readers.
SEEN Alfred Hitchcock directing Vera Miles on the set of ‘The Wrong Man’ (1956). Below, a still from Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’ (1935).
A Century of Hitchcock By Tony Lee Moral Kentucky, 304 pages, $29.95 All Eyes on Hitchcock
BY JEANINE BASINGER
LFRED HITCHCOCK (1899-1980) may be the most famous movie director of all time. He had a long career—six decades and more than 50 films. He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imi- tated but never equaled. Hitchcock became a star, easily recognized by audiences, largely due to self- generated efforts: hosting his own television series and making cameo appearances in his fea- tures. (My personal favorite is in 1944’s ocean-locked “Lifeboat,” when a newspaper ad for a weight-loss product features Hitchcock in the “before” and “after” photos.) Yet Hitchcock’s celebrity offered him up to criti- cism, Tony Lee Moral claims in “A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy.” “A Century of Hitchcock” is “not a biography in the traditional sense,” writes Mr. Moral, the author of four previous books on Hitchcock. It is a book to “present a fuller picture” of the man known as the Master of Suspense and to challenge “the accusations” of two books by the biographer Donald Spoto. Mr. Moral asserts that Spoto’s “The Dark Side of Genius” (1983) and “Spellbound by Beauty” (2008) present a “damning por- trait” of the director that was
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“perpetuated by the media.” Mr. Moral further believes that both books contain what he tactfully refers to as “selective framing,” regarding an interview Spoto con- ducted in 1980 with Tippi Hedren, the star of “The Birds” (1963) and “Marnie” (1964). Mr. Moral is not a casual accuser. (If his book were a Hitch- cock movie, it might be called “Obsession.”) “A Century of Hitch- cock” is based on detailed research, including previously unpublished interviews with Hitchcock’s casts
A negative portrait of the director shocked audiences. An author questions its claims.
and crews, as well as archival materials from Britain and Holly- wood. Mr. Moral has a solid under- standing of Hitchcock’s life and work, and a deep knowledge of the copious materials already written about him. Mr. Moral’s challenges regarding Spoto’s negative portrait cannot be ignored. Although the author covers Hitchcock’s rise as a filmmaker— from his earliest efforts in Ger- many, through his formative years in his native England and on to his successful transition to Holly- wood—the focus of “A Century of Hitchcock” is on its subject’s “com- plex legacy.” Mr. Moral traces the director’s professional journey from “cinematic prodigy” to “undisputed Master of Suspense” and finally, because of Spoto and Ms. Hedren, to a man post-
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humously “scrutinized under the lens of #MeToo.” Mr. Moral does not question Hitchcock’s mastery of the art of cinema, nor does he deny his influence on today’s film- makers such as Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Bong Joon- ho. The author’s purpose is not to define Hitchcock, but to champion him in the debate over the ques- tion, “can we separate the art from the artist?” Audiences had accepted Hitch- cock in the role he had created for himself. He was believed to be a cheerfully overweight, some- what enigmatic British chap with a delightfully macabre sense of humor. The publication of “The Dark Side of Genius” was a shock. Its portrait of the man as a con- trolling tyrant, an unreliable friend and a possible abuser of Ms. Hedren was widely read and debated. Its gossipy material tem- porarily made Spoto himself a celebrity, even though his book had been preceded by a more positive biography, John Russell Taylor’s “Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock” (1978). Mr. Moral says Hitchcock’s family preferred Taylor’s work, and that Hitchcock “met Spoto and didn’t like him.” (A strong opinion was registered by Hitch- cock’s beloved terrier, who alleg- edly bit Spoto’s hand.) Mr. Moral strives for objectivity, but he does attack Spoto’s charac- ter. He calls him “a social snob” and says “the very traits he con- demned in Hitchcock became increasingly apparent in Spoto.” He is less critical of Ms. Hedren, who is now 96 years old and an animal-rights activist. He demon- strates how her stories of Hitch-
“The 39 Steps” (1935) The definition of the Alfred Hitchcock Movie: an innocent man accused and on the run with a beautiful blonde. With Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
“Rebecca” (1940) His first Hollywood production and his only film to win the Oscar for best picture. A romantic Hitchcock using lyrical camera movements in an atmo- spheric, haunting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel. With Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.
“Strangers on a Train” (1951) The master in full com- mand, presenting a world of guilt, murder and his most memorable (and charmingly unhinged) villain. With Robert Walker and Farley Granger.
“Rear Window” (1954) An experiment in controlled space and point of view by a man who has learned how to turn audiences into voyeurs while still entertaining them with excitement, glamour and mystery. With James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
cock’s abuse shifted over time, reflecting “changing cultural and personal contexts.” He reminds readers that Hitchcock had a strict Catholic upbringing and a mar- riage (to Alma Reville) of more than 50 years. He left no trail of mistresses or tawdry affairs. Mr. Moral says Ms. Hedren’s claims are not supported by public state- ments from other actresses, even though he discusses Diane Baker’s “significant discomfort” when Hitchcock entered her dressing room on the set of “Marnie” and “kissed her firmly on the lips,” a story repeated by Spoto. Mr. Moral concludes that “what happened between Hitchcock and Hedren will never be known.” This is safely true, which doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter. Spoto died in 2023. His nega- tive portrait was published more than 40 years ago. Most film scholars and fans have moved past his attacks. Spoto’s work is not fully dismissed, but he’s often thought of as something of an aca- demic humbug. A biography that presents a balanced view of Hitch- cock’s life and work, and all the Spoto and Ms. Hedren accusations, is Patrick McGilligan’s “Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light” (2003). “A Century of Hitch- cock” is a book about Hitchcock books. It questions how we inter- pret the flaws of genius, expands our knowledge of a major figure in film history and amplifies existing Hitchcockian studies because, as Mr. Moral makes clear, “Hitchcock will always be a giant of cinema.”
Ms. Basinger is the co-author, with Sam Wasson, of “Holly- wood: The Oral History.”
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hipotle founder Steve Ells would like to take credit for the lunch bowl as we know it. When Ells, 60, started the burrito chain in 1993, “customers were opening their tortillas in those red baskets and using a fork,” said Ells. Some were eschewing the carb entirely, which made for a messy, leaky sit- uation. Ells took a red basket to a paper mill in Portland, Maine, and said, “I want a paper bowl in this shape.” The burrito bowl debuted in 2003, and within a couple of years, it was more popular than Chipotle’s original offerings. Two-plus decades later, we may already be past peak bowl. “There’s been a lot of chatter about ‘slop bowls.’ Maybe there’s fatigue,” Ells said. While he thinks they will always have a place, Ells, who left Chipotle in 2020, has turned his focus to sandwiches. Last year, he launched Counter Service, a sandwich shop with slow-roasted meats and home- made bread and sauces, which now has five New York City sites, with plans to open in locations like Charlotte, N.C., and Dallas next year. Counter Service was a pivot from Ells’s first post-Chi- potle concept, a vegan chain where the food was made in large part by robotics. Ells, who trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America before starting Chipotle, lives in New York with his partner, design entrepreneur Tariq Dixon. Here, he discusses the last great book he read, eating sandwiches every day and his lengthy breakfast routine.
What time do you get up on Mon- days, and what’s the first thing you do after waking up? Usually a little before 6 to 6:30ish. Breakfast is about two hours. We make breakfast together, and then we do emails, chat, sometimes there’s a call, then I try to get through a couple of papers. There’s personal calendar stuff, which is so complicated. When I was at Chipotle, I had a personal assistant who managed the calen- dar, and when I retired 5½ years ago, I decided I was going to do my own. I’m terrible at it, so I have to dedicate my Monday to sit down and do the calendar.
What do you make for breakfast? Every morning, we have eggs and toast, or lentils or some kind of grain like farro, avocado, always a salad—lots of chicories, with only olive oil and a little flaky salt. Yo- gurt, nuts, fruit occasionally.
What’s your workout routine like? Monday is a gym day with my trainer. I’ve had a wonderful per- sonal trainer for five years. He’s a professional body builder, and he’s like, hulking, orange, veins popping, and here I am. My pas- sion is skiing, so we do a lot of
MASTERPIECE | THE MOGAO CAVES (FOURTH TO 14TH CENTURIES)
BY ZACHARY GINSBERG A Living Record of Devotion
AT THE EDGE OF THE GOBI Desert in China’s Gansu province, where sand blows sideways and fried camel hump is a local deli- cacy, sit the Mogao Caves: one of the most important repositories of Buddhist art in the world. As I ap- proached the site on my tour bus— the only sanctioned way to visit— hundreds of locked red doors protecting the grottoes came into view, speckled across a sun- bleached cliff face more than a mile long. What seems like an unlikely lo- cation for a monument today made perfect sense in its time. Dun- huang, the city nearest to the caves—about a day’s journey away by foot—was once a crucial trad- ing hub on the Silk Road. It was the last chance to pack supplies before the route’s most arduous section, and the first oasis one saw on the way back. From the fourth century to the 14th—when sea travel gradually replaced overland caravans—merchants, laborers, re- ligious leaders, and government of- ficials from across Eurasia con- vened there to exchange goods and culture. Perhaps the most popular com- modity of all was Buddhism, whose promise of tranquility attracted a critical mass of Chinese followers
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training to stay flexible and keep muscle mass. On days when I’m not at the gym, I do some kind of cardio: running, swimming, cycling. When I’m in the city, especially when the weather is nice, I’m on a Citi Bike multiple times. It’s made the city very, very small. When you have to get in a car, it’s so frus- trating. It takes forever.
What makes Counter Service dif- ferent from other chain sandwich restaurants? Our bread has four ingredients:
in the fourth century, tired of vio- lence and chaos. As the religion grew, travelers passing through Dunhuang started to carve caves into the nearby rock as places to pause and meditate. The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the ele- ments. Later, merchants and gov- ernment officials sponsored larger and more elaborately decorated caves to curry karmic favor on their journeys, as well as to pro- mote their particular religious and aesthetic visions. Together, these 492 caves covered in over 400,000 square feet of murals form an un- paralleled palimpsest of a millen- nium of Chinese art history. Mogao always was—and still is—a work in progress. What we see today is different from what Tang artisans saw in the seventh to 10th centuries when hundreds of caves were under construction at once, with bright reds and pur- ples not yet decayed due to oxida- tion. That was different from what people encountered in the last few centuries of the caves’ construc- tion, when later rulers sponsored artisans to plaster over and redec- orate many caves under a uniform style—or from what White Army soldiers, seeking refuge after the Russian Revolution, saw when they scribbled Cyrillic graffiti on the walls. And all of that is different
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flour, water, yeast and salt. We bake it every day. And our meats are beautiful cuts of meat that we season and marinate and cook, slice. The pieces of meat are not perfectly shaped like the things you see in these chain sandwich places. We’re making all of our sauces and relishes and garnishes. It’s difficult to do these things.
How worried are you about cyclospora? It’s really scary. Of course, I know a lot about food-borne illness, and there are pathogens out
from what future visitors will see, as the state-sponsored Dunhuang Academy, the same group that un- locks the red doors, employs an army of conservators to preserve and study the caves. One of the most common sub- jects, repeated across many dynas- tic styles, is the debate between Manjusri (the bodhisattva of wis- dom, an enlightened being who stays in the material world to help others) and Vimalakirti (a wealthy patron and rhetorician so skilled that the Buddha himself sent Man- jusri down from heaven to chal- lenge him). In Cave 103, the two figures sit on opposite sides of the doorway. Vimalakirti leans over the edge of his canopied bed with an impatient stare, as he argues that it is possible to enjoy earthly life while still abiding by Buddhist nonattachment. Manjusri, with a calm smile, gently raises his hand to counter that the true nonmate- rial essence of the Buddha can never be comprehended before transcending the material world. The winner is left for us to decide. The walls and ceilings of that cave, as well as numerous others, are covered with hundreds of small Buddhas sitting cross-legged in an overwhelming grid of evidence that countless people before us have pondered the same mysteries to no certain end. Buddhas float
there, and it’s incumbent on us to put barriers, and so we are, of course, monitoring this very, very closely. We are not using the kinds of things that have been identified.
I read that Counter Service has developed technology that can detect whether an order is as- sembled incorrectly. Are you working on any other technology that’s exciting to you right now? We have a team of engineers who spend time in the restaurants looking at crunch points and try-
A facade covers the central cave, which houses a vast Buddha sculpture.
overhead like a divine ideal but also weigh down on their visitors, impressing on us the difficulty of ever reaching enlightenment. In some caves where enlightened par- adise is depicted, it’s utopic: sing- ers and dancers prancing in rev- elry. Clouds billow and curl; chariots race upward, representing sutras that may deliver you to heaven. In other caves, the final destination is more foreboding— walls are stained ox-blood red; larger-than-life sculptures of de- mons scowl and bare their teeth, spears in hand; gods dart across the walls—stressing the severity of a true pursuit of enlightenment. The central and most prominent cave houses a Buddha sculpture from A.D. 695 over 100 feet tall— hidden from the outside by a fa-
ing to understand where there’s friction—all the way from predict- ing sales by knowing how many cars are crossing the bridge and how many riders are coming through on transit and the weather and holidays and school schedules. All of this helps us de- termine volumes, which has an ef- fect on inventory, which has an ef- fect on staffing.
As a chef, what’s your favorite thing to cook for yourself? A simple pasta. Actually, the other day, I grilled a pork shoulder, started it just a little after noon and had it for dinner. It was just slow cooking on the grill and con- stantly feeding the fire. That’s a lot of fun.
What’s your relationship with your phone like? Do you doom- scroll? Of course, I do. I think that any- body who has a device does. I’m much more aware of it now. I re- ally try to pick up a book, or if I have a printed newsletter, I think that’s for me a lot healthier. I no- tice a tension when the device has control of me.
What’s the last great book you read? The last book I read happened to be great, “London Falling” by Pat- rick Radden Keefe. Just the pro- logue—starting it in London in Roman times—I was hooked 30 seconds into reading.
Do you still eat at Chipotle? So I ate at Chipotle every day, sometimes multiple times a day, for 27 years. Now, I eat Counter Service every day. I take meetings and visit friends. Sometimes I just pop in and have lunch by myself.
What do you like to splurge on? And is there anywhere you like to pinch pennies? I notice myself being really irked by little charges from apps. It just drives me crazy trying to un- subscribe from these things. I spend hours trying to figure this stuff out. They’re really perni- cious; these developers make it very difficult. So I probably spend way too much time trying to save a bit of money on these things out of principle. I probably splurge on food and wine. It’s the thing that I love.
What’s one piece of advice you’ve gotten that’s guided you? Ultimately, the most important thing you have is your health and your family and your friends, and I notice myself spending more time on those things than I did when I was younger. In fact, I probably neglected those things in my 27- year sprint at Chipotle, and I got better at the end. But I feel like I’m much more balanced today.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
cade disguised as a multistory building. When I entered through a small door at ground level he emerged from behind a low ceiling, and standing next to him I was no taller than his toes. The only way to see him is by staring straight up—but even then, much like the secrets of the universe, you can never get a full view. The experi- ence suggests that to achieve en- lightenment, one must embrace these limitations, come to peace with contradictions, and maintain faith in a larger order that we can- not fathom. The Mogao Caves offer a taste of what it must feel like to get to that point, only to leave you wanting more.
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is the latest major technology firm to make a foray into lifestyle products. The move, like AI itself, has drawn criticism.
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ERD merch.” “Taste- slop.” “Mortify- ing.” These are just a slice of the heated online reaction to a new release from OpenAI: a line of clothing and acces- sories, including $15 ribbed socks, a $175 half-zip sweat- shirt and, for reasons not immediately apparent, a green ChatGPT basketball. Ben King, OpenAI’s design director, has heard the feed- back. “We’ve seen every- thing—good, bad, a little bit funky,” King said in his first interview since the collection dropped mid-July. But, he continued, “the numbers don’t lie.” Supply Co., the company’s online store, is al- ready selling out of some items. News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal, has a content-licensing partner- ship with OpenAI. Its launch follows other leading AI firms selling their own branded merchandise. A $239 made-in-America chore coat from defense-tech giant Palantir, released in April, sold out within hours, ac- cording to the company. “It’s like when your favor- ite band releases a new T- shirt,” said Dorothy Barto- meo, 40, who runs an AI research company in Middle- town, N.Y., and purchased a $40 OpenAI tee with the slo- gan “Good Research Takes Time.” She also loves the look of a Codex-branded hoodie, which references the coding agent, but finds the graphics on the sleeves hard to read. “I do think, fashion- wise, they need to work on that a little bit,” she said. AI companies rule the modern world, dominating the economy and shaping our daily decision-making. Now, they want to conquer our closets, too. In a time of heightened tech backlash, companies are releasing styl- ized merch that let groupies rep their beloved brands, while repelling skeptics who view AI as the end of the world as we know it.
As anti-AI sentiment has risen, some companies have discouraged staff from wear- ing corporate logos because of the risk of attacks from members of the public. Still, brands continue to inspire devoted followings from tech evangelists. OpenAI has occasionally released one-off items to “give the audience a little peek into [our] ecosystem,” King said, but the company wanted to share more prod- ucts with its fans. King’s team has been designing merch for two years. In sum- mer 2024, they released their first limited line of items for em- ployees, all free. “Everyone froze and jumped onto the site—we proba- bly delayed a lot of model progression,” King said, laughing. Some OpenAI de- velopers hacked the site to get 200 water bottles, so it had to be rebooted. One em- ployee started a “Burning Man-style” barter-only Slack channel where folks could trade one item for another. On this channel, employees give “a lot of feedback,” said King. Most notes involve logo size—they want them visible, he said, but not “splashed like on a billboard.” Since then, Supply Co. has released tees, caps and ran- dom items such as rice cook- ers and folding chairs to commemorate company off- sites and research and prod- uct milestones. King has seen Sam Altman, OpenAI’s
A $70 ChatGPT basketball has sparked buzz.
AI companies dominate the economy and shape our daily decision-making. Now, they want to conquer our closets, too.
CEO, in one of the hoodies. He said the late streetwear designer Virgil Abloh was a reference point for the new collection. Valued at $852 billion, OpenAI does not need to flog $45 Bloop-the-bot-cov- ered tote bags that say “Building Things.” Nor does Palantir need to sell chore coats and tennis skirts to meet its bottom line. In-
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WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY A ChatGPT long-sleeve shirt goes for $50 at OpenAI’s online store, Supply Co.
stead, these moves resonate as a soft-power play—an at- tempt to expand their brand identity. OpenAI’s new col- lection was photographed on models posing against an In- stagrammable olive-green backdrop, much like a shoot from a fashion brand. Eliano Younes, Palantir’s head of strategic engagement, has called the defense company a lifestyle brand on X.
David Aaker, the author of several bestselling branding books and vice chairman of consultancy firm Prophet, called these a smart brand- building move. “The old way of throwing money at an ad- vertising budget just doesn’t work anymore,” he said. “It’s hard to imagine big tech companies are truly striving to become known as successful apparel brands,”
said Simeon Siegel, senior managing director at the in- vestment bank Guggenheim Securities. “More likely, this feels like a way to literally brand other people.” OpenAI’s website states that Supply Co. will feature collaborations, experiments and “physical expressions of research energy,” a wonder- fully tortured marketing phrase that, according to King, means merch will be linked to company milestones rather than re- leased with the timing of fashion collections. Of the items in its online store, “the basketball seems to be what everyone is talk- ing about,” said Bartomeo, though she’s not quite sure why. (For those wondering: It’s a nod to the Golden State Warriors, whose arena is across the street from Open- AI’s HQ, King said.) Being an active member of the com- pany’s online community has earned Bartomeo certain benefits: A Codex ambassa- dor sent her a free Codex Micro keyboard ($230). Jared Diaz, 35, has Open- AI’s and Codex’s logos tat- tooed on his wrist. Diaz, who works for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service in El Paso, Texas, builds apps in his spare time—and loves how Codex and ChatGPT have bol- stered his coding ability. He recently bought four items from the new collec- tion. He already owns pieces from previous releases, in- cluding a cap and T-shirt with the OpenAI logo. He lik- ened wearing those to his limited-edition Kaws streetwear hoodies, in that they elicit a lot of “Where did you get that?” responses. They also spark anger. OpenAI is currently building a data center near El Paso with Oracle, and quite often when Diaz has worn the hat and tee, strangers have ap- proached him and said, “Do you know what they’re doing to our community?” He’ll re- spond, “Everybody is wel- come to their own beliefs.” He said that, much like with sports clubs, every- one now chooses their AI team, whether that’s An- thropic’s Claude, Perplexity or Google Gemini. “I picked OpenAI.”
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HIS summer’s hottest drink isn’t a matcha latte or a billion- dollar smoothie. It’s a bottle of water. From the shelves of bougie Los Angeles grocer Erewhon to private events at clubs like Casa Cipriani, Loonen water has become the chosen hy- dration of the chic, affluent and health-conscious. Its glass carafes appeal to eco- anxious consumers who want to eradicate microplastics from their lives. And as water filtration has become an obsession of the rich, the brand’s stainless- steel process has helped it market $3.99 bottles (and at some stores, nearly $6 bot- tles) to an upscale clientele. “Loonen has become this if-you-know-you-know ‘well- ness girl’ accessory,” said Whitney Fransway, a star of the Bravo reality show “In the City.” Real Housewife Lisa Rinna and pop star Dua Lipa have posted online with bottles in frame. Loonen said it sends free products to “people we think might genuinely be interested” but does not pay influencers. “It kept showing up in my feed for weeks before I ever saw a bot- tle in person,” says Allegra Lorenzotti, brand director at Ash Hotels. Suddenly, there it was: at her gym, in the “Tribeca mom stroller,” for sale at the up- scale Happier Grocery. Every few years, a new, elite form of hydration seizes the zeitgeist. Evian gave way to Fiji. Jennifer Aniston made Smartwater a cultural phenomenon. Liquid Death gave hydration an air of vice for the Cali-sober concert crowd. Mountain Valley’s green glass bottles, guzzled by Jay-Z and Gwyneth Pal- trow, were for moguls. Es- sentia, the supercharged ion- ized alkaline water, was for models and Kardashians. “Once plain water became suspect, it became a category you could charge a premium to solve,” said Jenna Mov- sowitz, co-founder of Express Checkout, a Substack news- letter about trends in con- sumer packaged goods. Loonen was founded in 2025 by Clara Sieg, who cut
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her teeth in venture capital, and David Kimmell, a former Spindrift executive. Sieg said that when she was trying to get pregnant, she became cu- rious about what was in her water, food and household products. “It led me down a path of learning a lot about mi-
croplastics and endocrine disrupters and how bad they are for your health,” she said. Studies have found bottled water contains higher levels of microplastics than tap. Sieg said Loonen aims to be transparent with con- sumers about its products. She said Loonen sources
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from a Southern California spring, uses stainless-steel filtration (never any chemi- cal intervention or plastic, Sieg said), then adds natu- ral minerals like Celtic Sea salt, magnesium, potassium and calcium. It publishes quality reports on its web- site that it says are con- ducted by third-party labo- ratories. Its bottles feature QR codes that direct to those reports. Loonen declined to say how many bottles it had produced to date but shared that it is available in 2,000 stores, restaurants and ca- fes, as well as on Amazon. The company raised $6.1 million in seed funding last December, according to PitchBook. In the fancy-water market, Loonen is nowhere near the top of the price-point index. At The Row’s fashion show in Paris last fall, the only re- freshment was bottles of Litewater, which claims to be the “purest in the world” ($248 for a 12-pack of its glass-bottle 5 ppm Deute- rium Depleted Water). Luxury hydration brand One Water Global (about $45 for a 20-pack) was the spon- sor at Davos last year. Celeb- rity facialist Iván Pol gives clients like Emma Stone a glass of Hallstein water ($71 for a six-pack) before his sig- nature Beauty Sandwich treatments. According to Tribeca Bev- erage Company, a distributor that delivers countless gal- lons to the five boroughs of New York, requests for alka- line (over spring and dis- tilled) have skyrocketed. “Consumers are increas- ingly willing to trade up to functional options that offer
LIQUID ASSET Loonen is available in 2,000 stores, restaurants and cafes. The brand was founded in 2025.
health benefits,” said Matt Herrick, CEO of the International Bottled Water Association, adding that the global alkaline market is val- ued at around $5 billion. “Health really is wealth right now,” said Sammy Nussdorf, founder of luxury grocer Meadow Lane. His store was the first in New York City to stock Loonen, selling 2,700 bottles in its first two weeks. At the end of the day, wa- ter is water. Roger Fielding, a profes- sor of nutrition at Tufts Uni- versity, said there’s no evi- dence that elite brands have any sort of biological or physiological advantage over other bottled waters. Samantha McBride, a Uni- versity of Pennsylvania pro-
fessor studying water secu- rity and sustainability, said it’s unlikely that any bottled versions are completely free of microplastic traces. “Plastics are everywhere,” she said. While its bottles are glass, Loonen’s caps contain a plas- tic lining, though the com- pany says it is unpainted, uncoated, PFAS- and BPA- free. The June quality report published on its website says an independent laboratory did not detect microplastics in its water. In June, the app Oasis, which lets consumers
scan product bar codes and view independent testing data, said a bottle of Loonen it sent for testing showed higher levels of microplastics than other glass bottles it had analyzed. Oasis declined to comment. “We’ve reached out to Oa- sis a few times to better un- derstand the lab they used, their methodology, and the chain of custody for the samples, but they haven’t
shared that information with us,” Loonen said in a statement. “As they note in their own video, testing instruments can con- tain some of the same materials identified in their results, which is a known cause of false re- sults.” The promise of these premium waters is purity. “You’re not buying an in- gredient, you’re buying proof of what’s been removed,” said Movsowitz. It’s peace of mind in the form of marketing. Pour it in a pretty bottle, sprinkle some social-media buzz and you have a product that’s as much about joining a cul- tural moment as it is about the water itself. Recently, cookbook author and food-world oracle Alison Roman gave Loonen her so- cial-media stamp of approval after discovering it at the Two Bunch Palms hotel in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. “I’m so offline these days that I thought I had un- earthed some cool legendary West Coast water brand, only to be served an Insta- gram ad for it later that day,” Roman said.
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FTER YEARS battling her forehead wrin- kles with Botox injections, Stephanie Abend realized something surprising: She wanted some of them back. She felt like the smooth, shiny skin she had worked so hard to achieve was giv- ing the wrong message— that, at 45, she was trying to look younger than her age. “When you’re in your 40s, it’s like you’re pointing an arrow at your head,” Abend said, as if daring those around you to specu- late about whether you get work done. Today, Abend continues getting Botox injections, as well as fillers, elsewhere on her face. But she keeps some of her forehead wrin- kles for an “elevated” look that doesn’t feel overdone, she says. Abend, a family office ex- ecutive in New York, is one of many who are reconsider- ing their fight against fore- head lines. Since Botox was approved to temporarily re- duce the appearance of wrinkles in 2002, cosmetic neurotoxins that relax muscles in the face have become so popular—and widely accessible—that a to- tally smooth countenance has lost some of its aspira- tional cachet. Now, some clients 30 and older are seeking out derma- tologists and aestheticians with nursing degrees who can help them maintain a slight patina of wrinkles—at least enough for furrowing and raising the brows. Dr. Anthony Rossi, associ- ate professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York and founder of the skin-care brand Dr. Rossi, calls the trend “stra- tegic wrinkling.” Of the cli- ents that seek it out, Rossi said: “It gives them a little bit of character.”
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In addition to helping cli- ents achieve elegantly lined foreheads, Rossi said he works with an increasing number of people who want
to keep some wrinkles around their eyes. Many of them still use Botox and fill- ers, which help smooth and restore volume in the face,
but a lot less. In many cases, they add other treatments to their regimen. Those treat- ments may help with a more subtle look but can still cost thousands each year. Anetta Reszko, a New York dermatologist, said those treatments include “skin boosting” injectables like Skinvive by Juvederm, which delivers hyaluronic acid under the skin for a smoothing effect. Another is radio-fre- quency microneedling, which combines tiny punc- tures with heat to reduce the appearance of lines. Costs for both can vary, Reszko says, but at her practice, Skinvive costs around $800 to $1,200 per treatment and is recom- mended twice a year, while radio-frequency mi- croneedling costs $1,000 to $2,500 per session. Reszko often recommends her cli- ents have an initial series of two to three radio-fre- quency microneedling sessions, followed by one annually after that. Other popular treatments include fractional laser re- surfacing, which is meant to stimulate collagen produc- tion, as well as surgical pro- cedures that remove fat from other parts of the body to inject into the face. According to the latest data from the trade group American Society of Plastic
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These treatments, which include Skinvive by Juve- derm, involve dozens of microdroplet injections of hyaluronic acid to deliver extra moisture to the skin. Reszko, the New York dermatologist, de- scribed them as a way to improve glow in thin, crepey areas of the face without adding volume.
Surgeons, published in 2024, fractional laser resur- facing cost on average some $1,800 per session, while fat-removal-and-injection procedures cost between $3,000 and $5,500. Neurotoxin injections, including Botox, Galderma’s Dysport, Merz Aesthetics’ Xeomin, Evolus’ Jeuveau and Revance’s Daxxify, are still the most popular minimally invasive proce- dure in cosmetics, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The num- ber of procedures increased 4% to 9.88 million in 2024
PRICE $1,800 per treatment, on average
Intended to stimulate collagen production, this procedure targets multiple layers of the skin with controlled microbeams of light. It softens the face without entirely removing wrinkles, said Dr. Anthony Brissett, a facial plastic surgeon in Houston. Re- covery can take between seven and 10 days.
from the year prior, accord- ing to the group. Lacey Harris, 40, an or- thodontist in Friendswood, Texas, still uses Botox throughout her face, includ- ing in her forehead and around the mouth, but said she has started asking for fewer units recently. “I’d rather be able to look a little surprised and have natural movement,” she said.
Some want to maintain a slight patina of wrinkles— for furrowing and raising the brows.
Other clients have moved away from Botox because they felt neurotoxin injections created problems for them. In general, the injections work by temporarily block- ing nerve signals to facial muscles, particularly in the midforehead and around the brows. Too much product (or product placed incorrectly) can create drooping in un- wanted places. One common complaint from older clients is a “parenthesis” effect, said Reszko, which is when newly formed curved wrinkles appear above the brows after too much neu- rotoxin injection. Doris Day, a New York- based dermatologist, tells her patients and social me- dia followers to swap fre- quent forehead Botox ap- pointments for facial exercises. She said her “Ear Lift”—an exercise she prac- tices in which she squeezes the jaw muscles around her ears—helps decrease brow- furrowing with lateral move- ments. “I try to teach people authentic good facial pos- ture,” she said. Rossi, the New York der- matologist, used to get Botox injections to avoid forehead wrinkles but has stopped. Letting the top half of his face move more allows him to look more trusted and convey years of medical ex- pertise, he said. Though he still makes use of cosmetic procedures, he prefers to leave the smile lines around his eyes intact, taking the advice he often gives to his patients. “I keep my wrinkles as well,” he said.
PRICE Between $1,000 and $2,500 per treatment
Devices for this treatment use small needles that penetrate skin and deliver heat, which also stimulates collagen pro- duction, said Brissett. The process preserves natural facial movement and expression, and the skin’s texture gradually improves over a few weeks, he added.
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BY JANE BLACK
T BURNT HILL Farm, a hilltop winery in Clarksburg, Md., a suburb an hour outside of Wash- ington, D.C., the best table is any table, 45 minutes before sunset. On a recent evening, from a seat at the restaurant’s fluted blond-wood bar, I watched as a blaze of hon- eyed light poured through a wall of windows overlooking sloping vineyards and the Appalachian foothills. It was enough to distract me from my glass of toasty sparkling
been our little secret,’ said Dave McIntyre, who runs a wine newsletter.
wine, not to mention the food spread out before me: a silky torchon of cured pork from woolly Mangal- itsa pigs, raised on the property, and a hunk of roasted tomato focaccia laced with garlic pesto. Maryland is not exactly known for its wines—Vir- ginia has hogged the spot- light in the region for de- cades. That might be starting to change, thanks partly to Burnt Hill, which opened in 2025 and intro- duced a 12-seat chef’s coun- ter at the vineyard’s restau- rant this spring. “Maryland wine has been our little secret,” said Dave McIntyre, author of the newsletter Dave McIn- tyre’s WineLine, who lives in Silver Spring, Md. “There is an exciting cadre of win- eries here setting a high bar for quality.” There are around 85 win- eries in Maryland, where some of the best conditions for growing grapes can be found in a small area northwest of Washington, according to McIntyre, a former wine critic for the Washington Post. A day trip is plenty of time to visit several—and, if you plan right, spoil yourself with exceptional food.
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A place to gather I began a day of winery hop- ping at Old Westminster Winery, which is owned by the same family as Burnt Hill. Until 2020, the Westmin- ster, Md., operation looked a lot like any basic winery: a no-frills tasting room and picnic tables where guests could eat food brought from home or purchased from an on-site truck. Old Westminster set up outdoor igloos during the pandemic, then replaced them with a modernist vil- lage of A-frame “cabanas.” The huts seat up to six and can be reserved for tastings or a meal of wood-fired piz- zas from the winery’s restau- rant, which opened in 2020. Its menu includes gussied-up side dishes like honey-glazed carrots with whipped feta. Tae Strain, the chef who oversees the restaurant at Burnt Hill, also runs Old Westminster’s kitchen. Old Westminster’s wines are more approachable (read: less expensive) than Burnt Hill’s. The staff, who are knowledgeable and en- thusiastic, are no less serious about the product. On a hot day, they’re likely to steer you toward the strawberry- hued rosé or the Honey, a blend of Viognier, Chardon- nay and Riesling that is fin- ished with local honey—an easy sell even to those who don’t like sweet wine.
Sip and stroll A 20-minute drive from Old Westminster, serious Bor- deaux-style blends await at Black Ankle Vineyards. Order a flight or a bottle at the bar, then head outside to the win- ery’s food truck for a plate of arancini or a smash burger. On weekends, for $25, an hour-long guided tour takes visitors around the farm and includes tastings of wines that might not otherwise be available by the glass. Taylor, our cheery guide, met us wearing a short-
sleeved button-down shirt and a bow tie. As he led us around, he delved into the nerdy details of winemaking
A Taste of Maryland: Six Bottles to Try 1 Boordy Vineyards Albariño, $25; and Albariño Dry Bench Re- serve, $46 McIntyre, the wine critic, loves these Albariños. The first has a crisp, re- freshing profile that makes it an ideal part- ner for Chesapeake crabs. The Reserve is more substantial, with flavors of lemon curd, white flowers and toasted nuts. 2 Old Westminster Rosé 2025, $34 The ideal summer wine, it’s refreshing and a bit flirty but with enough complexity from a blend of (mostly) classic Bordeaux grapes to satisfy. 3 Burnt Hill Dream- scape 2021, $88 (available for purchase only on-site) There isn’t much Gamay grown in Maryland, making this juicy red, with notes of ripe strawberry and cherry, even more special.
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STATE OF WINE A view from the vineyard at Maryland’s Old Westminster Winery, above. At left, Old Westminster’s Honey, a white blend, served with a selection of pizzas.
and provided back stories to the winery’s most popular bottles. The light-bodied red, Passeggiata, he explained, was a rosé gone wrong when winemakers forgot to re- move the grapes’ skins at the correct time. Next spring, Black Ankle’s proprietors will debut Live Edge Vineyards, a new win- ery in Clarksburg, not far from Burnt Hill. The prop- erty will have a tasting room and tables among the trees, on platforms between 6 and 30 feet off the ground.
Another stop—or two To round out your tour of the state’s wineries, you have op- tions. You could head to Dar- nestown where Windridge Vineyards makes a vibrant Lambrusco-like sparkling red. If you want to walk off lunch, take a hike up Sugarloaf Mountain before having a fi- nal glass of wine at Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard.
4 Black Ankle Vine- yards Rolling Hills 2023, $52 A Bordeaux- style blend that embod- ies Black Ankle’s strength: elegant and ageable reds.
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JANE STOCKDALE FOR WSJ
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BY DAN NEIL
APOLOGIZE if the follow- ing seems a little hand wavy. My purpose is to put a name to the joy I felt last week, testing the Lotus Emira 420 Sport at the company’s test track in the East Anglia region of England. I’m sure the scientific explanation involves ecstatic brain hormones, leading to an overstim- ulated smile reflex. Maybe I wasn’t hugged enough as a kid, because these G-forces felt like love. Whatever, it’s about physical connection. It’s about intimacy. It’s about the fact that the Lotus’s po- lar axis runs exactly through the driver’s inboard hip, so that the machine rotates around them and not some invisible pivot point, just off-center. The Lotus puts you in Mach’s bucket seat, the center of the universe. It’s made of the joy-buzzer en- ergy coming into your palms through the rack-and-pinion steer- ing, the way the wheel gains heft and Braille-like sensitivity as cor- nering loads and slip angles in- crease. It’s in the way the steering hydraulics softly attenuate kick- back at full lock. For all their adju- stability, electrically assisted power steering systems have the tactility of a Ouija planchette. I’m looking at you, Ferrari. Fresh from a midlifecycle spa treatment, the midengine, two- seat Emira continues to offer a choice of powertrains, each with
2027 LOTUS EMIRA 420 SPORT
its enchantments. For stick-and- rudder drivers, the supercharged 3.5-liter V6 (406 hp) is paired with a six-speed, triple-pedal manual transmission. The car I drove, the 420 Sport, uses a Mercedes-AMG- supplied 2.0-liter turbo-four and eight-speed dual-clutch automated transaxle, actuated with beauti- fully weighted shift paddles behind the steering wheel. Ring-a-ding-ding. Bang bang bang. Lotus bills the 420 Sport as the fastest production four-cylin- der in the world, with a 0-60 mph acceleration of 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 186 mph. The upgrade includes tarted up air-inlet shrouds on the side and louvered panels in the front wings, notionally to help evacuate air pressure at high speed. I’d option-delete those, if I were speccing a car for myself. A couple of laps in the eager and edgy 420 Sport made me realize how long it had been since I’d actu- ally had fun—that’s the word!—in a sports car. And that’s because Lo- tus is the only production carmaker that truly embraces the slide. Other sports-car makers keep their valued clients planted firmly to the asphalt using complex trac- tion and stability systems, ready to step in if the computer senses a loss of traction or imminent loss of control. For Lotus, the immi- nence is just the point. The thrill of these frisky flyweights is get- ting them to, and holding them at and around, the instantaneous lim- its of the tires—sawing at the
FAST TRACK Refreshed for 2027, the lineup for the Lotus Emira now includes the Emira 420 Sport ($122,900, before options). Available in left- hand-drive and right-hand- drive versions, it’s roughly the size of Porsche’s departing 718 Boxster. Columnist Dan Neil in the driver’s seat at the Lotus HQ Test Track in Hethel, England, below.
wheel, pouring on the coal, pitch- ing and catching. For these cars, and these engineers, the Blue Bird of Happiness sounds like a squawking flock of Michelins. Lotus dryly refers to this re- gime as the “envelope of progres- sivity.” It defines how predictably and agreeably a car will swivel its hips, under braking and throttle, without spinning out. The 420 Sport’s wicked sashay emerges
from a lot of cold calculations: a 40/60 rearward weight distribu- tion; a 101.2-inch wheelbase; and an open rear differential, putting 369 lb-ft of engine torque to the pavement, if sometimes fitfully. Shout-outs and hosannas too to the custom-compounded Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s. The tires have a sweet spot a mile wide. Behind all that is the 420 Sport’s most unfair advantage. It weighs 3,153 pounds (with the Lightweight Handling pack). For comparison, a Corvette Z06—a competitor in the midengine sports car category—is about 350 pounds heavier. The Z06 is many things, but not “tossable.” Sixty years ago, race engineer Colin Chapman moved Lotus Cars to Hethel, England, repurposing the nearby World War II-era air- field as a test circuit. His mantra: Add lightness. Chapman proceeded to build a series of brilliant sports cars, win a lot of Formula One championships and erase millions in investments before his death in 1982. In 2017, the Chinese con- glomerate Geely took a controlling interest in the company. You might recall Lotus’s best- selling car, the Mazda Miata (1989). When the Japanese com- pany decided to build a British- style roadster, it lovingly plagia- rized the ’60s-era Lotus Elan. The runway-turned-test track was overhauled in 2011—new lay- out, fresh asphalt, safety barriers— and now includes two clinically perfect, constant-radius 180-degree turns: the hairpins of destiny. With a sweaty Lotus driving in- structor as passenger, I was deter- mined to make a good showing by pulling off a picture-perfect drift all the way through the corner—a maneuver I had successfully com- pleted zero times, in other cars and other venues. I drove in hot, at the top of second gear, breathed the throttle, twitched the steering
wheel (more like gesturing “that- away”) and got back on the gas. And then, a miracle: It rotated— surely, predictably—to a tailout posture, as easily as it went straight. It didn’t spin, and it didn’t fight back. I managed to hold it like that, balanced on the throttle, slithering and sidestep- ping, until I had to join the main straight. In another pass, I was even able to upshift from second
A couple of laps in the 420 Sport made me realize how long it had been since I’d actually had fun in a sports car.
to third gear without losing the drift, swinging wide at the track edge, trailing clouds of glory. In something of an irony, Lotus’s historic approach to cornering and traction management—crossed up, tail out, mustaches ablaze—looks a lot like what the kids call drifting. The plan is for Lotus to continue to build all its IC-powered sports cars at the sheds in Hethel, the brand’s emotional home. At that rate, Hethel could go on banging out piston-powered sports cars for many years. That sounds like good news, right? It’s not like the U.S. market is oversupplied with char- ismatic midengine sports cars. Last year, Porsche ended produc- tion of its wonderful 718 (Cayman and Boxster) series, eliminating the Emira’s most nose-to-nose competitor. However, Lotus com- pany officials were quietly fretting about potential tariffs on Euro- pean imports and restrictions on Chinese software that could derail the business plan in the U.S. It’s not at all clear if the Trump administration will let Lotus slide.
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