Jason Ma is the weekend editor at Fortune, where he covers markets, the economy, finance and housing. Before joining Fortune, he was an editor at Business Insider, Investor’s Business Daily, and Dow Jones Newswires. He also took time off from journalism to serve in the Marine Corps. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.
Middle EastThe Iran war could drag into 2027, analyst warns. The economic fallout is just getting started
By Jason MaMarch 27, 2026
BankingIran issues its largest-ever currency denomination as accelerating inflation ravages a financial sector deemed a ‘Ponzi scheme’ even before the war
By Jason MaMarch 23, 2026
Economy‘Capital is a coward’: A whole new world of elevated risk will stay embedded in global markets, keeping prices higher everywhere
By Jason MaMarch 23, 2026
EconomyMarkets wait for Trump and Iran to follow through on Hormuz threats that carry potentially catastrophic results
By Jason MaMarch 22, 2026
Middle EastAs Trump eyes climactic battle for Hormuz, he could give Iran a ‘taste of their own medicine’ with a naval blockade that implodes the economy
By Jason MaMarch 22, 2026
EnergyNatural gas prices in Texas plunge deep into negative territory and producers are burning it off, while the rest of the world braces for shortages
By Jason MaMarch 22, 2026
PoliticsThe U.S. has the world’s most advanced military, but the unforgiving economics of wars in Iran and Ukraine show quantity has a quality all its own
By Jason MaMarch 21, 2026
AIOpenAI cofounder says he hasn’t written a line of code in months and is in a ‘state of psychosis’ trying to figure out what’s possible
By Jason MaMarch 21, 2026
EnergyUnited Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID
By Jason MaMarch 21, 2026
Middle EastIt’s looking like Trump’s war created a private oil lane for China and other countries willing to play ball with Iran
By Jason MaMarch 20, 2026
Investing300 years of wars show they are ‘always disaster times’ for holders of government debt because of inflation and financial repression
By Jason MaMarch 20, 2026
EconomyU.S. debt is competing with a record supply of corporate bonds, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing just as war spending piles up
By Jason MaMarch 16, 2026
Middle EastIran’s attacks have collapsed, and the trend is ‘overwhelmingly positive,’ analysts say. But the military side is separate from politics and markets
By Jason MaMarch 16, 2026
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