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SpaceX just went public under the ticker SPCX. We surveyed our RiskHedge members. About 80% of you said you won’t buy it today. Good... Read More

The major artificial intelligence firms have burned through billions in cash from private investors. Now they’re looking to the public for... Read More

What do you do when your brokerage firm notifies you that you can get in on the deal of the century, the initial public offering of Elon... Read More

Here is a string of numbers for you: -2.6, 0.3, -0.3, -1.6, 1.8. These are the S&P 500’s daily price returns, in percent, from... Read More

Two events from the past week help crystallize this strange, contradictory moment for the U.S. economy. Read More

With it’s fixed supply, the cryptocurrency indicts monetarist and Austrian theory like nothing else. Read More

Your portfolio is threatened.  Read More

NEW YORK — Seven times a week, audiences fill the 1,600-seat Winter Garden, one of Broadway’s largest venues, to see Nathan Lane,... Read More

The first class cabin on airplanes is no longer for valued customers. It's for whoever is willing to pay the most. Read More

An Alaskan cruise or a Scottsdale swing? Whatever’s on your bucket list, chances are that you can go ahead and enjoy it. Read More

For years, ESG investing has been sold to retail savers, pension trustees, and policymakers as a way to align portfolios with social values... Read More

Having rolled up accountants, insurance brokers, dentists, and other localized professional services into nationwide practices, private... Read More

Rather than worrying about whether the USMCA will last past 2036, America’s businesses need to focus on whether they will. Read More

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer recently argued that economists underestimate one of tariffs’ biggest benefits: foreign firms... Read More

The federal health insurance program can be complicated. Here’s how to start, and where to find help. Read More

The Federal Reserve’s independence is often defended as essential to sound monetary policy, but it comes at the cost of meaningful... Read More

Yes, but it doesn't make that much difference to performance. Read More

There is A LOT of money in index ETFs and it just keeps coming in. Read More

Where are the resources that the world cannot do without, and who controls them? Read More

A few things to ponder as the market makes new highs. Read More

Some simple changes to keep Social Security fully funded. Read More

Most financial experts will tell you to wait to claim your Social Security retirement benefits at least until your full retirement age (which... Read More

The Silicon Data Token Expenditure Index, which tracks total spending on large language model usage, has roughly doubled since late 2025 even... Read More

Diversification is fading as AI and energy link markets, reshaping global portfolio strategy. Read More

AI investment consists mostly of imported hardware that doesn't add to US GDP. Read More

Earnings, labor market and inflation Read More