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Most people reading this post have a job that didn’t exist a hundred years ago. Some of these jobs create easily measured and obvious... Read More

ETFs are getting really weird Read More

Despite its early stumbles, Google’s Gemini has leapfrogged ChatGPT in relevance and usefulness. Soon, it will be ubiquitous. Read More

AI backlash is mounting. Executives are getting booed. Workers are threatening strikes, and protests are frustrating data center... Read More

The increase in Medicare Part B premiums has sparked concerns about out of pocket healthcare costs. Read More

moats and their discontents Read More

New EV sales in April were down 6.2% compared with March. Read More

Yields for long-term U.S. Treasury bonds shot up to almost 5.2 percent on Tuesday, reaching their highest levels in almost 19 years.... Read More

Please read on.  Read More

Some state lawmakers are focused on making leaving costly, while ignoring the reforms that could make staying attractive. Read More

Jeff Bezos dissed politicians’ “technique of picking a villain and pointing fingers,” noting quite rightly that bad government policy... Read More

Meta recently announced that around 8,000 people will be let go, representing 10 percent of its workforce. Earlier in the year, Amazon... Read More

Ronald Reagan’s (1911-2006) father lost his job on Christmas Eve. It’s a reminder of how different things used to be. Since life... Read More

Julia Bognar was thrilled to be graduating this spring with a degree in graphic design from Arizona State University. But when it came time... Read More

The political scientist Harold Lasswell wrote the best-titled book about modern politics. “Politics” he said, is about... Read More

Soaring tomato prices may be making your pizza costlier, but it’s hardly the only inflation bite out of your wallet. If you... Read More

The New York Times is in open civil war over a Nicholas Kristof column its own reporters say wouldn't have cleared the news desk,... Read More

“The votes are not there,” one key GOP senator reluctantly conceded. “We will lose.” Read More

One of the most important Executive Orders signed by President Trump on his first day in office was Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending... Read More

Tennessee taxpayers are about to spend millions on a Starbucks order they didn’t ask for. In April, the world’s largest coffee chain... Read More

Taking a rain check   Read More

America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, but President Trump has forgotten the Constitution. The Bank Secrecy Act is one of... Read More

Comparison is the thief of joy.   Read More

Jensen Huang just took the throne from Apple, at least in the US... Read More

Google is trying to pull off one of the trickiest balancing acts in tech: aggressively disrupting its own products with AI while protecting... Read More

The Trump administration’s government ownership spree has officially gone quantum.   Read More

If your business leaders are smart enough, massive government stupidity could be quite livable. Read More

The outlook for the quarterly dividends of the S&P 500 has substantially improved in the month since our previous snapshot? Read More

The 10‑year real US Treasury yield is hovering near a 20‑year high, with the 5‑year not far behind.  Read More

Index funds are widely considered passive, but if we look closer, we will find a surprising twist.  Read More

The growth category, specifically technology and AI stocks, is no longer providing an excess margin of safety. Read More

New business formation in the US is on the rise.  Read More