TECHNICAL ANALYSISYour Official Guide to Who’s Worth Taking Home This February 💘  February starts next week. You’re looking for something meaningful – or at least something that won’t ghost you by the 15th and leave you crying...

Finance On the high costs of gaining access to pre-IPO companies. (wsj.com) Why London serves as a global startup hub. (economist.com) How a loan goes from 100 cents on the dollar to default in weeks. (wsj.com) Kalshi is fighting legal battles on a number...

Alternatives Justin Carbonneau and Kai Wu talk private equity with Dan Rasmussen of Verdad Advisers. (excessreturnspod.com) Jeff Ptak and Amy Arnott talk alts with Leyla Kunimoto, founder and editor of Accredited Investor Insights. (morningstar.com)...

Meta Founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to sharpen his AI ambitions by morphing his ‘Meta Superintelligence Labs’ effort. The AI investment momentum continued this quarter, with investors continuing to support the initiatives after the Q4 earnings and...

STOCKTWITS CHART ARTThe Stocktwits Summary 📝 Thursday ❄️: Microsoft and major software players dragged the market lower as a 94% surge in the U.S. trade deficit and a looming government shutdown chilled investor sentiment. Microsoft’s stock tanking...

Presented by CLOSING BELLRecord High and Frosty The cold January wind felt extra chilly Thursday, as Microsoft and software yanked the green record away. ServiceNow, CoreWeave, and Salesforce were all falling lower. There were macroeconomic reasons for...

OVERVIEW “It’s Just A Healthy Correction,” Says Man Currently Listing His Blood Plasma On eBay 🩸 Before we dive in, here’s today’s crypto market heatmap: Source: finviz And here’s a look at crypto’s total market and altcoin market cap...

Also AI cat bonds, SpaceX IPO plans and finance clubs.

Markets The junk bond market has become a lot less junky. (morningstar.com) Platinum and palladium are joining in on the metals boom. (etf.com) Defense investment is ‘no longer a dirty word’ in Europe. (giftarticle.ft.com) Crypto ETFs are...

Good afternoon… I took a rare week off from writing as I drove around Florida on a work/play tour. Im on way to frigid New York to work for the next week. I was mostly offline in Florida and happily find it easier and easier to live app free and...