Microsoft is bankrolling a dying AI model growth

Microsoft hit 148 billion in annual capex largely to feed the AI furnace Cloud revenue growth is slowing to 11 percent while data center costs jump 42 percent They are paying 3 dollars for every 1 dollar of inference revenue generated Server depreciation is accelerating as hardware lifecycles shrink from 5 years to 2 Windows …

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Semiconductor Markets Are Running on Leverage Not Value

Institutional hedging is surging as open interest on puts outweighs calls by over 3 to 1 Hyperscalers are dumping 650 billion into AI infrastructure but AI chip guidance is stalling Broadcom hit revenue targets but failed to raise full year AI guidance causing sector jitters Global smartphone semiconductor revenues are set to collapse 13 percent …

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Iran deal is falling apart already

Iran claims the agreement forces permanent ceasefire there right now Israel flat out rejects it and says Lebanon stays their fight Senior Israeli official warns they won’t accept even if it sparks clash with Trump Netanyahu already told US Israel is not signing on IRAN’S SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS US-IRAN DEAL INCLUDES IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT END …

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Grid fragility is the hidden tax on 2026 growth

The big blackout in Ohio today is just a sign of old bones. Power companies ignore maintenance to keep their profit high. The new “BUILD America 250” law cuts 45% of support for modern transit. They choose to build cheap highways instead of strong grids. Every storm will now cause a big economic mess for …

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If AI agents become the default way people work, does the subscription model survive, or do we eventually move back to pay-per-use pricing?

The most interesting part of the article isn’t the $200 subscription potentially costing OpenAI thousands. It’s that agentic workflows can consume up to 1,000x more tokens than a normal prompt. A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential “Part of the pressure comes from how AI …

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What peace deal? it’s MOU and it’s not signed. Desperation from the US and Pakistan, an absolute joke. UPDATE: Israel just rejected the Iran deal outright

BREAKING: President Trump on social media: “… herewith, [I] authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow! …” Trump also declares the “toll free” Strait of Hormuz open. — Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) June 14, 2026 BREAKING: President Trump confirms that the US …

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CNN panel freaks out over Elon becoming the world’s first trillionaire

Democrat Communists need to read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Milton Friedman's Free to Choose, and Aesop's fable about the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs. pic.twitter.com/HBjBsWmjbe — freedom liberty (@GaltRand13) June 13, 2026 Elon responded to Warren calling him a “freeloader" in 2021: “I'm actually paying …

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Three trillion-dollar IPOs are about to drain the entire market dry

This will be biggest SPX crash ever Three huge IPO in a row People are selling stocks to join each one and SpaceX confirmed this pattern perfectly We will go lower and there's nothing you can do about it https://t.co/k1L2kam3rb pic.twitter.com/RWJftb9hZR — symbiote (@cryptosymbiiote) June 13, 2026 EVERYONE WILL START SELLING THEIR SPX SHARES SOON! …

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Why the STOCK MARKET is DETACHED from REALITY?

Well, it’s because there’s too much money looking for SOMETHING to invest in. There are not enough shares available to buy. That’s another inflated bubble I personally had no idea existed. Watch the first 2 minutes of this video for why that is – also otherwise this guy is great in his plain, sarcastic blatancy. …

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Reuters | U.S. to release $25 billion in frozen funds for Iran. Last minute negotiations to secure deal. Israel bombs terrorist Hezbollah.

Iran agrees not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons in draft MOU – Reuters Iran has agreed under a draft memorandum with the United States that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing a senior Iranian official. The official said Washington had also agreed that Tehran would dilute its …

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Jim Grant on the AI boom: “I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time.”

𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺: "I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time." He argues the excitement around AI dwarfs the worldwide web and fiber optics, and that better technology doesn't ground the speculative spirit, it incites it.… pic.twitter.com/bmCqSsUaJP — Meb Faber (@MebFaber) June 12, 2026 SpaceX IPO is …

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Iranian regime newspaper calls any US deal a temporary pause before war. Iranian analysts say a Trump Iran deal may not last more than two months.

Iran USA update by Iranian news paper Iranian newspaper Khorasan said any potential agreement between Tehran and Washington would merely postpone, not resolve, the broader conflict between the two countries. In an editorial, the paper argued that a deal at this stage should be viewed only as a mechanism to halt the current hostilities rather …

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US consumer spending just posted its biggest real drop in years

This is reality. Inflation is a real struggle right now. pic.twitter.com/2XrW7guwjE — Abounding Wealth (@AboundWealth) June 13, 2026 It means regular people are buying less stuff once you factor in higher prices. May saw the biggest drop in real (inflation-adjusted) retail spending in years, with 7 declines in the last 9 months. This usually happens …

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There is no way this “deal” gets signed

Do you really believe Trump is going to surrender to Iran on his Birthday of all days? there is no way this "deal" gets signed — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) June 13, 2026 IRGC blasted another ship in the strait — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) June 12, 2026 WSJ: U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS SANCTIONS …

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