Matthew C Klein, Columnist

Superman, Captain America and Market Showdowns

Two blockbuster films are poised to come out at the same time in 2016. It might offer an opportunity gain insight into financial markets.

April 8, 2014 at 7:34 PM UTC

By Matthew C Klein

Matthew C. Klein writes for Bloomberg View about the economy and financial markets. He previously wrote for the Economist magazine and its economics blog, Free Exchange. Before that, Klein was a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he spent more than two years studying the history of the Federal Reserve and the intellectual history of monetary economics for an upcoming book by Sebastian Mallaby. He also worked at Bridgewater Associates, where he studied the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and advised institutional investors on asset-liability management. Klein has a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University. Originally from Chicago, he lives in New York.

Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans paired up for the latest cinematic installment of "Capitain America." Photographer: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

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