June 2026 The S&P 500 fell 0.95% in June 2026. The Smallcap 600 was up 7.29%. (on.spdji.com) How major asset classes performed in June 2026. (capitalspectator.com) Technology stocks now make up a record share of the S&P 500....

Podcasts Meb Faber talks with Ben Carlson, author of “Risk and Reward.” (podcasts.apple.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with Carl Richards, author of “Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in Simple Sketches.” (ritholtz.com) Rick Ferri talks...

Long-term readers here know that I’m a long-term optimist on the AI Tech Wave. Especially over a time-frame of two decades or more. And that’s based on a long-term fundamental assessment of core technologies up and down the tech stack. That all have...

Today’s theme: push comes to shove on the global memory crisis — the supply initiatives are running far slower than the demand-shortage consequences now building through the whole electronics economy. Three events I’d like to dig into for the AI Tech Wave...

Markets Why is gold down? Pick your explanation. (ft.com) Bitcoin and gold seem to be trading together again. (econbrowser.com) Strategy ($MSTR) is trying to shore up its business. (wsj.com) Strategy What history tells us about the sustainability of the...

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Data Excellent analysis now relies less on information and data. (rpc.cfainstitute.org) A look at the importance of data quality. (pivotal.substack.com) Research How stock concentration seeds its own downfall. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)...

Anthropic is trying out a power move this AI Tech Wave, with one of its earliest strategic partners, Amazon. Changing how it chartes Amazon AWS and its customers for its latest models, in a la carte tokens, vs hourly or time based pricing. It’s a...

Today’s theme: the AI political football wars continue on many fronts — AI debates across US politics ranging from AI data centers to the gating of the latest models from the frontier labs. Three events I’d like to dig into for the AI Tech Wave — each with...

Leverage How worried do we need to be about margin debt and leverage? (wsj.com) What’s behind the popularity of perpetual futures? (johnlothiannews.com) Why everyone is focused on perpetual futures. (howardlindzon.com) Private assets How evergreen...