Amol Sharma

“Can you hear me?” a Mossad agent can be heard, speaking in Farsi. “We know everything about you. You are on our blacklist, and we have all the information about you.” wsj.com/world/middle-e…

"I literally think all the marks are wrong," Apollo’s John Zito on private equity. Apollo says comment was on software cos. Listen to exclusive excerpts from a recent discussion he had with UBS clients: wsj.com/finance/invest… via @WSJ

Exclusive: Apollo’s John Zito called out “arrogance” in private markets, according to audio recordings of a recent discussion he had with UBS clients. Listen to exclusive excerpts from the conversation. wsj.com/finance/invest… via @WSJ

Join our team and write about the people and forces shaping markets. Huge bets on AI. Macro trades affecting nations. Succession dramas. Individual investors making exotic wagers. Requires first-class reporting and the writing to do it justice. dowjones.jobs/new-york-ny/re…

Exclusive: Kalshi and Polymarket are each eyeing roughly $20 billion valuations, evidence of how the leading prediction markets are surging, ⁦@KateClarkTweets⁩ & ⁦@KevinTDugan⁩ report. wsj.com/finance/kalshi…

The worst performers in the S&P 500 this year--software cos like Workday, Intuit and private credit giants Apollo, Blackstone, Ares

The top prediction markets are under scrutiny for bets on the Iran strike. An analysis found that suspected insiders made big profits on Polymarket, while Kalshi faced a user backlash over how it resolved a bet on Khamenei. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Six Months, 9 Offers and $81 Billion. How Hollywood’s Nasty Takeover Was Won w/⁦@JBFlint⁩ ⁦@davidmichaels⁩ ⁦@laurenthomas⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

Exclusive: The Trump administration is weighing a possible executive order or other action that would require banks to collect citizenship information from customers wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ

BLANKFEIN, on whether there’s a crisis brewing in private credit: @WSJ @lloydblankfein wsj.com/finance/invest…

Not long ago, the fear in markets was that AI companies were overhyped and that massive spending won’t pay off. The stronger fear now: whatever their long-term prospects, they will quickly wreak havoc on all sorts of other tech businesses. Overreaction? wsj.com/finance/invest…

Not long ago, the fear in markets was that AI companies were overhyped and that massive spending won’t pay off. The stronger fear now: whatever their long-term prospects, they will quickly wreak havoc on all sorts of other tech businesses. Overreaction? wsj.com/finance/invest…

SCOOP: Days before the inauguration, the Trump family secretly signed away 49% of World Liberty Financial, their crypto company, in a deal with a U.A.E. royal, acc. to documents and people familiar. The $500M investment came months before the U.A.E. won access to U.S. AI chips🧵

“You are full of s---,” said JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, his index finger pointed squarely at Brian Armstrong’s face. Not fanfic but great in-depth reporting on the policy clash between Coinbase and the banks. From @AmrithRamkumar @dgtokar @ginaheeb wsj.com/finance/curren…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is at the center of a major clash between crypto & Wall Street that's been playing out from Washington to Davos. Jamie Dimon and other bank CEOs had some stern words for him in private. @AmrithRamkumar @dgtokar @ginaheeb wsj.com/finance/curren…

NEW: Bill Pulte approached Trump and administration officials with an idea: why not an investigation into Fed chair Jerome Powell and the central bank? Such a probe has been launched by U.S. Attorney Pirro and created a schism among Trump aides, as Treasury Secretary Bessent privately warns Trump of impact on the new Fed chair’s Senate confirmation. Story w/ @meridithmcgraw @jdawsey1 @NickTimiraos wsj.com/politics/polic…

The meme-stock crowd, which regards Fed Chairman Jerome Powell as a cult hero, has rushed to his defense as he faces a DOJ probe. “MY GOAT DOESN’T BACK DOWN.” ⁦⁦@hannaherinlang⁩ wsj.com/finance/stocks…

NEW: Trump is privately making his plans for U.S. control and influence over Venezuela oil, possibly for years to come. A plan under consideration by Trump is for the admin to make a move to have some control over state-run Venezuela oil company PdVSA Trump has been privately discussing how his moves in Venezuela could lead to oil going closer to $50 a barrel and global gas prices falling with it. Inside the efforts by Trump in Venezuela that have led to some in the admin calling him "President of the world" Story w/ @benmorenne @jdawsey1 wsj.com/business/energ…

JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to take over the Apple credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, according to people familiar with the matter. @AAndriotis, who has dominated this storyline, scores this scoop alongside @ginaheeb wsj.com/finance/bankin… via @WSJ

Congratulations to @VeronicaDagher & @annetergesen for winning a @NYNewswomen Front Page Award for their coverage of housing and the "Ballooning Cost of the American Dream." newswomensclubnewyork.com/fps-index#/fro…