Top clicks this week The U.S. is in the midst of an ‘epic bull market.’ (awealthofcommonsense.com) Don’t ever hand your phone over to the police. (theverge.com) The time to prepare for a bear market is before it is on the...

The Bigger Picture, October 6, 2024 Since the opening shot of OpenAI’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ two years ago next month in this AI Tech Wave,, investors have been worried about the impact of AI applications powering next generation AI Search taking away market...

Good morning… I rarely shop online. Ellen is in charge of everything so we don’t go broke from me ordering things all day on Amazon. At one point a few years back I had ordered 11 sets of oven mitts and 14 spatulas. One click baby! Because it is fall...

Autos Why self-driving cars will eventually become mundane. (allenpike.com) Waymo is going to buy US-made Hyundai EVs. (bloomberg.com) The biggest barrier to EV adoption is charging. (sherwood.news) Bi-directional charging is a big feature of...

OpenAI’s record funding & Dev Day 2024: OpenAI closed its $6.6 billion in new funding at a $157 billion valuation, along with a $5 billion credit line, to continue rolling out its pipeline of new AI products and services. The terms provide its investors...

Happy Friday This was a monumental week for AI. Open AI raised $10 billion through equity and debt and Facebook hit an all-time high and a market cap $1.5 trillion. Jensen Huang the founder of Nvidia is today worth more ( $104 billion) than the whole of...

ETFs The hunt is on for good ETF tickers. (bloomberg.com) Fidelity is converting two muni bond funds into ETFs. (advisorhub.com) Will investors go for PE replication ETFs? (ft.com) Finance Just how big is private credit? (marketwatch.com)...

Listening Why chat podcasts rule the industry. (wired.com) CEOs are increasingly going on (and hosting) podcasts. (ft.com) Would you listen to a AI-generated podcast discussion? (tomtunguz.com) Economy Tyler Cowen talks with Kyla Scanlon author of...

One of the most memorable characters in the iconic 1990 SciFi movie ‘Total Recall’ (the Arnold Schwarzenegger version), is Johnnycab above, the robotic taxi and its memorable ‘driver’. The movie is worth re-watching for that character alone. The quest...

Good evening. Welcome to Trends with No Friends. FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, HERE’S AN OVERVIEW Stocks stalled. Every major index inched lower. Energy advanced +1.76%. Technology gained +0.41%. Consumer discretionary, basic materials and consumer...