Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 billion AI hedge fund, Situational Awareness, collapsed in late July 2026, triggering a 75% volatility spike in semiconductor stocks (SOX Index), the third such instance af…
The latest Animal Spirits podcast, sponsored by Nuveen, discusses bearish market indicators, an earnings bubble, and Nvidia's $1 trillion valuation slide to pre-AI boom levels, while noting that the A…
The latest episode of the Talk Your Book podcast, sponsored by F/m Investments, discusses the case for TIPS over nominal treasuries, why ZTOP buys only the largest high yield issuers, bond investor wa…
SpaceX's rapid inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 highlights the index's methodology balancing market cap and free float adjustments, while Micron's surge to become the third-largest QQQ holding reflects the…
Taiwanese investors are taking on heavy debt to amplify stock market gains amid an AI-fueled rally, while margin debt levels reach risky heights. The trend is driven by FOMO and leveraged bets on comp…
A podcast episode discusses the need to modernize and expand the power grid to fuel AI buildout, highlighting supply chain bottlenecks and global infrastructure projects. The show also examines whethe…
A wave of stocks has seen triple-digit gains in 2026, with the S&P 500's return on equity boosted by the AI capex boom. Retail investors are pouring into U.S. stocks at a record pace, while consumer s…
The S&P 500 is up 9.8% year-to-date, but many other asset classes are outperforming it, including small caps (+21.7%), value stocks (+15.1%), and emerging markets (+30.8%). This broad market strength …
A blog post argues that artificial intelligence is not a speculative bubble, despite market concerns. The piece, hosted on A Wealth of Common Sense, includes disclosures from Ritholtz Wealth Managemen…
A reader shared a decades-long collection of Wall Street comics with a financial writer, who selected favorites highlighting 1990s tech stocks and Alan Greenspan, the dot-com bubble's brutal aftermath…