Kyle Nowak

The Masters, the smallest but arguably most prestigious of pro golf’s four majors, tees off at Augusta National in Georgia later this morning. Here are some of the traditions that make the tournament unlike any other.

US stocks went soaring like a kite without a string yesterday, after President Trump announced plans to enact a 90-day pause on certain tariffs for nearly 100 countries, while also keeping his across-the-board 10% tariff in place and ramping up duties on China.

🏛️ On Saturday, the Senate approved a budget blueprint that aims to extend trillions of dollars worth of tax cuts enacted by President Trump in 2017, and also reduce government spending. But over in the other chamber of Congress, lawmakers are split over whether to approve it as is.

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"Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time."

–George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

🔥 It’s Wednesday, April 9th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🖼️ International art sales fell 12% to reach $57.5 billion in 2024, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report published yesterday. The report is widely seen as the best indicator of the notoriously opaque money laundering art market.

📈📉 US markets fell victim to the world’s biggest game of telephone yesterday, when a wild stock swing based on false tariff information added trillions in value—then erased it almost as quickly.

Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

"In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.”

–Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

🐺 De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences yesterday announced the “rebirth” of the dire wolf with three new genetically-modified pups, who represent the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal[s].”

❓ Our question to you (long-form): In general, what are your thoughts on the current Trump administration tariff approach?

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, April 8th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Well done is better than well said.”

–Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

🌎 President Trump’s recent decision to enact across-the-board 10% tariffs—which took effect on Saturday—plus higher rates for other trade partners has elicited a series of reactions with major implications for the US economy.

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“The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.”

–Plato (428 B.C.E. – 347 B.C.E.)

🇺🇸 On Wednesday, President Trump unveiled a flat 10% tariff on all imports, with higher rates for certain nations the White House considers “bad actors” on trade.

But how did his administration come up with the exact percentages for each nation?