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...

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...

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,...

I am confused and overwhelmed at the moment. In just the last week I wrote ‘What Could Go Right’ and ‘Is It Time To Panic’ I think the AI slop has got to me. Because Twitter has all the politicians, billionaires and bootlickers blathering about war,...

Here’s a preview of what we’ll cover this week:  Macro: AI Will Make Human Labor More Valuable Markets: Why Bubbles Are Inevitable; The Way to Make Money 1H 2026?; GPUs Are Still In Demand; Private Credit and OpenAI; AI vs. Software; TransUnion: Quality at...