Oil markets are heading into the new week with a fresh layer of uncertainty after the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran raised the stakes in the Middle East. At the center of it all is the Strait of Hormuz… a narrow waterway that carries a massive share of the world’s energy supply. For instance, roughly one-third of global seaborne crude exports, or more than 14 million barrels per day, pass through the strait. Around 20% of the world’s liquefied natural gas shipments m...
“Dad… how big of a disappointment was Berkshire Hathaway during Warren Buffett’s last dance?” Me: I’ve got to say, when the ole “Oracle” announced his retirement tour… I was expecting something more reminiscent of Jordan’s Last Dance… instead we got the financial version of Biden’s last year as President. Needless to say, the final Q4 numbers for 2025 are officially in… and boy did they sh*t the bed. How...
How it feels to know we’re never getting rate cuts again… Well it’s Friday, and once again investors are heading into the weekend to touch some grass (I’ll leave it up to your imagination to know which grass). The reason? Inflation dropped it like it’s hot and the whole market went to shat. The receipts are as follows: Headline PPI printed at 0.5% for January against expectations of 0.3%. Meanwhile, Core PPI hit 0.8% which was more than the 0.3% our bean c...
UBS (NYSE: UBS) downgraded U.S. equities to “benchmark” in its fully invested global portfolio, citing weakening currency dynamics, elevated valuations and increased policy uncertainty. Andrew Garthwaite, the bank’s head of global equity strategy, said the forces that supported years of U.S. stock outperformance are diminishing. A central concern is the outlook for the U.S. dollar. UBS expects the euro to rise to $1.22 by the end of the first quarter and warned of “asy...
OpenAI on Friday announced a $110 billion funding round, marking the largest private capital raise in history and underscoring the scale of investment now flowing into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The round includes $50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia and $30 billion from SoftBank. The financing values the company at roughly $840 billion pre-money, a sharp increase from its $500 billion valuation in a secondary transaction last October. Additional investors are expecte...
I’ve got this rule (and it’s probably more psychological than strategic) but anytime we get a big, ugly, “blood in the streets” kind of red day… I buy the f***ing dip like my life depends on it. Partly because there’s usually a silver lining hiding somewhere in the rubble. And partly because smashing the “buy” button feels healthier than stress-eating and doom-scrolling Fed speeches at 11:47 p.m. So if we’re choosing to view this throu...
How it feels to know we’re never getting rate cuts again… Well it’s Friday, and once again investors are heading into the weekend to touch some grass (I’ll leave it up to your imagination to know which grass). The reason? Inflation dropped it like it’s hot and the whole market went to shat. The receipts are as follows: Headline PPI printed at 0.5% for January against expectations of 0.3%. Meanwhile, Core PPI hit 0.8% which was more than the 0.3% our bean c...
eBay is cutting staff again (about 800 roles, or roughly 6% of its workforce) as it reshapes the company around artificial intelligence and what it calls “strategic priorities.” The reductions span the company and are described as an effort to reinvest resources and reduce duplication. In practice, that means some teams will shrink while others (particularly those tied to AI) receive more support and funding. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align...
Jensen Huang: Despite the Trumpster cockblocking us from the gold mine that is Chinese revenue… we still nearly doubled our profits. Are you not entertained? Wall Street: Best I can do is a $250 billion selloff and unreasonable expectations. Well… I’m beginning to suspect that a Nvidia earnings day (no matter how violently impressive the numbers are) now automatically triggers a sell button somewhere deep inside Wall Street’s reptile brain. And luckily for...
“I’m in a glass case of emotion adrenaline” - investors, probably We’re going back to back this Wednesday friends as the energy is… cautiously optimistic? Suspiciously optimistic? Either way, green is green. (Source: Giphy) The S&P 500 tacked on 0.8%, the Nasdaq ripped 1.26%, and the Dow added 307 points (0.6%) in what felt like the entire market holding its breath before Big Jensen takes the stage after the bell. Speaking of Obi-Huang-...
OpenAI on Friday announced a $110 billion funding round, marking the largest private capital raise in history and underscoring the scale of investment now flowing into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The round includes $50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia and $30 billion from SoftBank. The financing values the company at roughly $840 billion pre-money, a sharp increase from its $500 billion valuation in a secondary transaction last October. Additional investors are expecte...
Netflix just looked at a $111 billion bar tab… and said, “Yeah, we’re good.” After months of Hollywood chest-thumping, White House field trips, and fighting against the world’s biggest nepobaby (read: David Ellison)... Netflix officially walked away from its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. Why? It’s actually pretty simple… because Paramount Skydance rolled up with a bigger suitcase of cash. Earlier this week, Paramount bumped its all-cash...
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) shares fell sharply Thursday after the artificial intelligence cloud provider projected first-quarter revenue below analyst expectations, with the stock down approximately 18% on the day. The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $0.89 per share, wider than the $0.49 loss anticipated by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Revenue increased 110% year over year to $1.57 billion, modestly above the $1.55 billion consensus estimate. For the current quarter, CoreWeave forec...
“I don’t want to play with you anymore… “ Donald Trump is gonna Donald Trump and right now he’s reshuffling the deck while everyone's still trying to figure out the last hand. In short, Trump Media & Technology Group announced Friday it's in talks to spin off Truth Social into its own standalone, publicly traded company. If you're keeping score at home, this is the same TMTG that announced a $6 billion merger with TAE Technologies… a nucle...
“Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make…” -Jack Dorsey, shortly before sending out a 2-word mass email to employees Apparently the fastest way to add $10 billion in market cap these days… is to fire half your workforce and whisper “AI” into the earnings call microphone. Block shares catapulted as much as 24% after the Square-maker announced it’s laying off more than 4,000 employees… nearly HALF its head...
Jensen Huang: Despite the Trumpster cockblocking us from the gold mine that is Chinese revenue… we still nearly doubled our profits. Are you not entertained? Wall Street: Best I can do is a $250 billion selloff and unreasonable expectations. Well… I’m beginning to suspect that a Nvidia earnings day (no matter how violently impressive the numbers are) now automatically triggers a sell button somewhere deep inside Wall Street’s reptile brain. And luckily for...
eBay is cutting staff again (about 800 roles, or roughly 6% of its workforce) as it reshapes the company around artificial intelligence and what it calls “strategic priorities.” The reductions span the company and are described as an effort to reinvest resources and reduce duplication. In practice, that means some teams will shrink while others (particularly those tied to AI) receive more support and funding. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align...
Melania 2 may come early… In case you missed it, Ted Sarandos is flying to the White House today to talk about the WBD deal, five days after Trump publicly told Netflix to fire a board member or "pay the consequences." Read that again if you need to. (Source: Giphy) In short, the whole Netflix-Paramount-WBD cage-match has officially left the red room and entered the West Wing, which… shouldn’t surprise investors even a little. But the spe...
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