The rise of armchair economist: Today, everyone is a market guru
Laura Coronado / Anáhuac / 2026 promises to be a challenging year. In its early days, President Donald Trump has left us astonished not only because of Venezuela, but also because he had dinner, at his holiday resort in Mar-a-Lago, with Elon Musk. In the age of Instagram, a picture is worth a thousand theories, or even more: billions of dollars. The comments and "expert analysis" came instantly. What did it mean when Elon Musk posted a photo captioned "2026 is going to be amazing!"? A reconcili
Laura Coronado / Anáhuac
/ 2026 promises to be a challenging year. In its early days, President Donald Trump has left us astonished not only because of Venezuela, but also because he had dinner, at his holiday resort in Mar-a-Lago, with Elon Musk. In the age of Instagram, a picture is worth a thousand theories, or even more: billions of dollars. The comments and "expert analysis" came instantly. What did it mean when Elon Musk posted a photo captioned "2026 is going to be amazing!"? A reconciliation? Would Musk return to the US government? How would his companies' stock prices perform on the next trading day? It seemed everyone in social media knew more than the two people who had just had dinner together.
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