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$1 Trillion ETFs, Wealth Inequality and the Shrinking Middle Class

Bloomberg noted last week that the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is now the first ETF in history with $1...

The Nvidia Moment for Space

Three years ago, Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) became the stock that forced Wall Street to take artificial intelligence seriously. And I...

The Barbell Portfolio – A Wealth of Common Sense

A reader asks: I’m in my mid 30s and pursuing FIRE. If all goes well my wife and I should...

The New Privacy Arms Race

In our last issue, I wrote about smart cities and the growing debate over who owns the enormous amount of...

The Diversification Test – A Wealth of Common Sense

Back in my institutional consulting days I spent a lot of time analyzing the performance of active managers. Most of...

AI Is Changing the Definition of Privacy

In our last issue, I talked about how researchers recently found that ordinary Wi-Fi routers could identify individuals with 99.5%...

Young People Like Stocks – A Wealth of Common Sense

Young people have it tough in a lot of ways, financially speaking. Housing is expensive. Student loans. Inflation. The cost...

The World Is Growing a Nervous System

Last week, I wrote about the growing push toward “smart wearables” and the idea that AI could become an “always...

The AI Trade is Global

When you live through a technological innovation boom it’s impossible to avoid trying to predict how it will turn out....

Chart of the Week: Stablecoins Were Just the Beginning

Last week, SoFi — an online banking and investing platform used by nearly 15 million people — rolled out its...

Animal Spirits: The Biggest Short Squeeze of All-Time

– Visit https://go.ycharts.com/animal-spirits to get 20% off your initial YCharts Professional subscription (new customers only). On today’s show, we discuss:...

Love Shorts Who Make Lemonade for Longs

I’m on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where lemons grow in abundance. You would not believe the size of the lemon I...