Books Five insights from Ian Bogost’s new book, “The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life.” (nextbigideaclub.com) An excerpt from “Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties” by Jack...

It’s official. OpenAI and Anthropic have also ‘picked a side’ on the open source AI debate. As expected, they’ve picked position supporting the US government against China’s burgeoning open source AI models. This cements this open vs closed AI debate ,...

Today’s theme: ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ — the famous order from the Union Admiral David Farragut, at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. Facing a sea of Confederate mines: “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”. It comes to mind this week in the AI Tech Wave,...

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Finance Private equity is increasingly filled with stranded assets. (wsj.com) Single stock futures are getting a second life. (rcmalternatives.com) Autos How disappointing are Tesla ($TSLA) Cybertruck sales? (bloomberg.com) Costco ($COST) is...

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Podcasts Barry Ritholtz talks with Jordan Grumet about when to fire yourself as your financial advisor. (ritholtz.com) Christine Benz and Amy Arnott talk with Dana Anspach, author of “Living Off Your Acorns: Your Guide to the Four Phases...

A long-time discussed topic in these pages has been the ‘breaking of the internet’ as we know it, as AI Tech Wave moves from chatbots to reasoning AI Agents and beyond. Particularly as Google meaningfully responds at scale by infusing its Gemini AI in...

Presented by STOCKTWITS CHART ARTThe Stocktwits Summary 📝 Tuesday 🧠: Stocks climbed as chipmakers and AI infrastructure names snapped back, pushing the Dow above 52,000. Supermicro’s margin surprise, SpaceX’s rebound, and fresh crypto legislation hopes...

Presented by Good evening, and happy Tuesday. The tape closed higher. The U.S.-Iran conflict is the market’s main source of risk, but investors are still leaning risk-on, buying chips ahead of a heavy tech earnings week, while higher crude...