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September Was Basically Two Stock Markets Wearing One Trench Coat
Investing • October 1, 2026

September Was Basically Two Stock Markets Wearing One Trench Coat

September was a good month for the stock market. September was also a terrible month for the stock market. Both statements can be defended with perfectly respectable numbers. The Nasdaq Composite gained about 1.9% during the month, extending the extraordinary run of technology and AI-linked stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went in the opposite […]

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Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Has Arrived at $1,999
Devices • September 10, 2026

Apple’s First Foldable iPhone Has Arrived at $1,999

Apple has finally entered the foldable-phone market. The iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable iPhone, starts at $1,999 and is scheduled to reach stores on October 23. That alone makes the Duo one of Apple’s most consequential iPhone experiments in years. But the important part is not simply that Apple has made a phone that folds. […]

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What GTA VI Can Teach Investors About Impossible Expectations
Investing • August 9, 2026

What GTA VI Can Teach Investors About Impossible Expectations

Imagine this. GTA VI launches tomorrow. It earns a 96 on Metacritic. Critics call it one of Rockstar Games’ greatest achievements. Players buy 25 million copies during its first week, making it one of the biggest entertainment launches in history. And yet… The internet spends the following days explaining why it’s disappointing. Not because the […]

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Apple Stock Is Winning the AI War Without Winning AI
AI • August 1, 2026

Apple Stock Is Winning the AI War Without Winning AI

Apple wasn’t supposed to be the biggest winner of the artificial intelligence boom. For nearly two years, Wall Street rewarded one thing above everything else: AI ambition. The more GPUs you bought, the more data centers you built, and the more billions you committed to AI infrastructure, the more investors cheered. Nvidia became the face […]

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The AI Gold Rush Just Hit Its Empire Strikes Back Moment
AI Industry • July 28, 2026

The AI Gold Rush Just Hit Its Empire Strikes Back Moment

AI stocks have spent the past three years behaving like an unstoppable force. Every earnings season seemed to validate the same narrative: bigger AI models required bigger data centers, bigger GPU orders, and even bigger market capitalizations. Nvidia became the poster child of the AI revolution, while companies across the semiconductor industry enjoyed one of […]

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The Magnificent Seven’s New Final Boss Is Capex
AI Industry • July 27, 2026

The Magnificent Seven’s New Final Boss Is Capex

Alphabet, Tesla and Intel all gave investors something to celebrate during the latest earnings cycle. Each company beat at least one major Wall Street expectation. Each also watched its market value fall. That sounds irrational until you look at the statistic Wall Street has promoted above almost everything else: AI capex. Alphabet reported stronger-than-expected revenue, […]

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The Invisible Empire That Owns More Than You Think
Finance • July 21, 2026

The Invisible Empire That Owns More Than You Think

The Iron Throne has kings everyone can see. Game of Thrones taught us that the people pulling the strings often sit somewhere else. Frank Herbert’s Dune imagined the Spacing Guild quietly controlling the entire Imperium without ever wearing the crown. Modern capitalism has its own version of that story. Three investment firms—BlackRock, Vanguard and State […]

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