Factors The value premium is better found overseas. (mailchi.mp) Under what conditions do low-beta stocks stop working? (klementoninvesting.substack.com) Alternatives A look at the performance characteristics of music royalties. (papers.ssrn.com)...

Nvidia’s GTC (GPU Technology Conference) 2026 kicked off today with the usual chockfull keynote by founder/CEO Jensen Huang. Just as in prior years, the event was anticipated, attended and watched with almost as much anticipation and fervor as a Steve...

NEWS DISCUSSION OF THE WEEK: Microsoft Copilot re-brands & bundles Anthropic CoWork: AI-RTZ #1022: AI: Reset to Zero AI: Microsoft and Anthropic illustrate a ‘horizontal harness’ at scale. RTZ #1022 New vertical AI applications are...

Also SpaceX SPVs, shareholder democracy, tariff refunds, OBDC II and watch signals.

Markets There is plenty of dispersion in S&P 500 stocks this year-to-date. (axios.com) IPOs Owen Lamont, “Stock market bubbles are often heralded by specific IPOs which mark their beginning and not necessarily their end.”...

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Podcasts Josh Brown and Michael Batnick talk with Rick Wurster, CEO of Charles Schwab ($SCHW). (youtube.com) Meb Faber talks with Wes Gray, Co-CIO of Alpha Architect, and Brent Sullivan, Editor of Tax Alpha Insider, about the search for tax...

When it rains it pours as they say. The tech/AI industry is seeing yet another headwind in 2026 up and down the AI tech stack below. One that was not even a speck of a cloud in the sky a few weeks ago. Add helium as the newest constraint. The second of...

Presented by Sponsor this newsletter The Weekend RipHappy Weekend! The Iran war dominated every session this week, with oil swinging from nearly $120 to the low $90s and back above $98 as Strait of Hormuz tanker strikes, naval mines, and Tehran’s vow...

Markets If you’re not confused right now, you’re doing it wrong. (howardlindzon.com) Degens are now trading perpetual oil futures 24/7. (wsj.com) Strategy There’s no investing without some anxiety. (tker.co) Sean McLaughlin,...