Research Default options matter. (alphaarchitect.com) An allocation is not the same thing as exposure. (markovprocesses.com) A handful of stocks drive overall stock market performance. (wealthmanagement.com) How models can help identify losing...

May 2026 The S&P 500 returned 5.26% in May 2026. (on.spdji.com) How major asset classes performed in May 2026. (capitalspectator.com) IPOs Anthropic has filed to go public. (techcrunch.com) Investors are finding new ways to get into pre-IPO...

Podcasts David Armstrong talks with Marty Bicknell, president and CEO of Mariner Wealth Advisors. (wealthmanagement.com) Kunal Kapoor talks with Leyla Kunimoto of Accredited Investor Insights. (morningstar.com) Jonathan Boyar talks with Josh Brown and...

Markets There’s little sign of stress in the financial markets. (trendlabs.com) Why the stock market often seems to defy common wisdom. (tker.co) Podcasts Patrick O’Shaughnessy talks with Dan Loeb of Third Point game. (youtube.com) Jon...

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Autos The Ferrari ($RACE) Luce doesn’t look like a Ferrari. (spyglass.org) Waymo is rolling out 100 Ojai vehicles into its autonomous commercial fleet. (sherwood.news) Consumers are flocking to Costco ($COST) to buy gas. (cnbc.com) Energy...

Prediction markets Kalshi is launching the American (political) Power Index. (axios.com) Kalshi and Coinbase ($COIN) are now offering perpetual futures. (cnbc.com) On the state of insider trading on prediction markets. (bloomberg.com) AI Anthropic has...

Markets South Korea is a big bet on AI. (axios.com) Retail traders seem to be riding the AI winners, for now. (sherwood.news) Strategy Don’t let your investment strategy burn you out. (awealthofcommonsense.com) On the parallels between the AI boom...

Books Five insights from “The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics, and Power” by Dominic Frisby. (nextbigideaclub.com) An excerpt from “The Science of Second Chances” by Jennifer Doleac. (behavioralscientist.org)...

Markets Corporate profit margins keep rising. (chartkidmatt.com) Micron ($MU) is the fastest company, by far, from $500 billion to $1 trillion in market cap. (wsj.com) ETFs Charles Schwab ($SCHW) and Vanguard are neck-and-neck when it comes to ETF...