Articles by Elisabeth Dellinger

Unintended Tax-Policy Consequences, Taught by Bono and Baseball

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 09/20/2021

The more you tax something, the less of it you get—including high incomes.

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Technology Steps Up to Financial Literacy Challenges

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 08/27/2021

Financial education for young folks? There’s an app for that.

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How Nixon’s Gold Shock Defanged the Trade Deficit

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 08/23/2021

Other nations’ forex reserves are no longer the Sword of Damocles.

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Lionel Messi and the Fan Coin Fad

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 08/12/2021

Soccer player gets paid in cryptocurrency. Internet explodes.

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The Flash Crash—and Learning to Love Volatility

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 05/07/2021

Apparently, crickets celebrated the Flash Crash’s 11th birthday.

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Nearing the Topps? How a Baseball Card Company Illustrates Sentiment Now

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 04/06/2021

You won’t get this nexus of fads in a typical early bull market.

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When Roaring Kitty and r/WallStreetBets Went to Washington

By Elisabeth Dellinger and Todd Bliman, 02/25/2021

The highlights and lowlights of the House Financial Services Committee’s investigation into all the happenings around “meme” stocks.

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Redditors, Shorts and Crazy Single-Stock Swings

By Elisabeth Dellinger and Todd Bliman, 01/29/2021

The theatrical coverage of “stonk” investors’ battles with short-selling hedge funds is more infotainment than investing news.

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The Not-So Curious Case of Britain’s ‘Missing’ Cash

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 12/07/2020

Paper money will never fully be accounted for.

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What California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate Teaches Investors About Chasing Riches in Renewables

By Elisabeth Dellinger, 09/24/2020

Counterintuitively, a clean vehicle push might torpedo wind and solar—a lesson in the dangers of investing on hype and hope.

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