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Gold

I got a request to write something about the recent fall in gold prices.  Gold had rallied the last decade through a combination of “it’s the end of the world” buyers and concerns about inflation.  These concerns are now getting replaced with expectations for high real rates driven by growth and a Fed exit, and from expectations of low inflation.  Consequently, gold has suffered.  Oil – another hedge fund commodity favorite – has held on to its gains, showing support for some industrial commodities (and supporting a growth thesis – sort of).

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VentureBeat Q&A with Mike Cagney

VentureBeat’s Christina Farr recently interviewed Mike in a post titled “SoFi’s CEO: ‘The student loan market is broken. Let’s fix it.'” Mike followed-on with his own post on what SoFi is doing to fix the student loan market. His 3 main points were:

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