We’ve long discussed tech/AI talent as one of the critical inputs that is supply constrained globally and particularly in the US in this AI Tech Wave. Especially as AI innovation both with LLM AI and Physical AI expand and deepens the hiring requirements...

Options Are zero-day options helping drive intraday volatility? (cnbc.com) Live by the Iron Condor, die by the Iron Condor. (wsj.com) Strategy What has happened after the stock market declines 15%. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Should you even try to beat...

Podcasts Christine Benz and Amy Arnott talk with Jean Chatzky about what women need to do different with their money. (morningstar.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with the Slate Money crew about “How NOT to Invest.” (ritholtz.com) Adam Grant talks...

Good morning everyone, In this episode of Trends with Friends, Michael Parekh, Phil Pearlman, Tom Bruni and I are joined by special guests Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci – Creators of The Ethereum Story – to explore macro madness,...

Big tech companies in the US and abroad are doing what they must do to navigate the new global Trump Tariff world. Something I’ve discussed in multiple parts, as a trend in this AI Tech Wave. Where companies from Apple to Nvidia to to OpenAI/Softbank to...

Liquidity The bid-ask spread on corporate bonds has blown out. (apolloacademy.com) Junk bond spreads have surged. (ft.com) Diversification Diversification means seeing parts of your portfolio underperforming. (ofdollarsanddata.com) Diversification is a...

Good afternoon… As I have been preaching here, despite my lack of interest in playing the game the last few years, the golf boom is accelerating. I will chime in below my two favorite videos post Masters on the Masters Justin Rose interview…every...

Happy Tuesday! The Dallas – Fort Worth metro area has become a launchpad for innovative logistics. Earlier this month, Serve Robotics initiated operations in partnership with Uber Eats. Last week, Zipline’s drone delivery service made its debut in...

Recent volatility Last week was a good reminder than stock market returns are not normally distributed. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) It’s hard to argue that the range of possible outcomes hasn’t increased. (acadian-asset.com)...

OpenAI outlined their roadmap to artificial general intelligence (AGI) last year with ‘5 levels’ and an undefined time line measured in years (see chart below). Starting with Chatbots like OpenAI ChatGPT as Level 1, to AI reasoning as Level 2, AI...