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Once they see the demand for SpaceX shares, they're going to dump everything they have on us. Until we've had enough. Read More

SpaceX is IPOing next week. And there’s a good chance you’re gonna own a portion of it—whether you like it or not. Read More

Vermont passed single-payer legislation in 2011 and abandoned the plan after three years of failure. Why? Read More

Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities. Read More

Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF joins the club. Read More

The SpaceX cap table, what it is worth, and what happens next.  Read More

“There’s a new sheriff in town,” is how someone who deals with Weiss put it. Read More

Steve Rattner breaks down how persistent inflation and rising prices are squeezing Americans and their ability to save for the future. Read More

Financial responsibility isn’t complicated or mysterious, and it’s not just for the wealthy; it’s simply about choosing the future over... Read More

TV’s talking heads, even on America’s more sophisticated financial news networks, seem determined to turn every bit of good... Read More

Generation Z will be the richest, most fortunate generation in the history of the richest, most fortunate nation in the world, the U.S. That... Read More

Since the outbreak of war with Iran in late February, spiking oil prices have spurred broad-based fears of inflation possibly resurging. We... Read More

Whatever peace agreement the United States and Iran may cobble together, there will be no quick return to prewar energy flows through the... Read More

In Greek mythology, Icarus sought to escape prison from the Island of Crete. With feathers and beeswax, his father helped build wings. The... Read More

The votes are mostly in and counted in California’s primary elections on Tuesday and the message from voters: stop raising taxes. Read More

Two of the more numerate shops in the prediction business published 2026 World Cup probabilities within days of each other. Goldman Sachs ran... Read More

Seventy years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System — the greatest public works project in the... Read More

A claim that repeatedly clashes with observable reality demands scrutiny. Such claims survive only when contradictory evidence is buried,... Read More

College graduates expect $80,000 starting salaries but average just $56,000, with over 40% underemployed in jobs not requiring a degree at... Read More

From Beaufort, South Carolina to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and from Jefferson City to Providence, a familiar policy script is playing out in... Read More

RTX Spark could be first step towards AI supercomputers becoming a common home appliance in the future, Nvidia CEO tells Taiwan technology... Read More

After averaging $14 billion per quarter in buybacks over the past five years, Alphabet didn’t buy back a single share in the first quarter. Read More

What if AI is NOT a bubble? Read More

Sizing up private credit   Read More

They appear to be yet another illegal power grab, one that should be challenged in court. Read More

Classic stock market wealth effect. I’d bet the family jewels that if the S&P 500 was, say at 5,000, ticket prices would be one... Read More

Support for raising the federal minimum wage has picked up in recent years given affordability concerns.  Read More

Investors’ inflation expectations, much more than the central bank, are among the factors that affect the cost of home loans. Read More

With the upcoming SpaceX IPO and Anthropic also filing a confidential draft S-1, IPOs are in the news, to say the least. I thought it would... Read More

History would argue that investing in popular securities and heavily concentrated versions of the S&P 500 over history has been the worst... Read More

Let us help you balance your wealth and your time to live your most meaningful life. Read More

AI governance proposals frequently invoke the goal of “alignment.” On its face, that’s just shorthand for ensuring that AI... Read More

Most markets continued to rise in May, extending April’s bounce-back after March’s broad and deep selloff, based on a set of... Read More

Oil prices are now hovering around $95 per barrel, 30% above pre-war levels. Read More