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Everyone’s ignoring cheap defensives again and history warns this won’t end well. This is INSANE: OpenAI is paying $1.5 MILLION per employee in stock-based compensation to 4,000 workers. This is ~46% of the firm’s projected 2025 revenue. This is 34x higher than the avg employee at major tech companies before they went public. 👇https://t.co/MysjOVDWbj — …
This isn’t a growth story, it’s a land grab. Nvidia isn’t buying Groq for innovation, it’s buying time and control before anyone else can threaten its chokehold on AI compute. When the richest chip company on earth drops $20 billion in cash without blinking, that’s not confidence, that’s fear of being disrupted before the next …
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) was riding high near $620 earlier this year, touted as one of the strongest recession proof stocks you could own. Today it trades near $308, a drop that has shocked many investors and traders alike. The steep decline follows a series of earnings misses, weakening profit margins, and management turmoil that shook …
The market is shifting in a way unseen since 2008. Buffett is selling Citi shares, Elliott Management is exiting NVIDIA, Pershing Square is cutting back on Google, and Soros has walked away from Boeing. When top investors move together like this, it is a clear sign. The latest 13F filings reveal a synchronized shift from …
Meanwhile:⁰⁰Gold keeps rising, even with the collapse in the Treasury market.⁰⁰We’ve entered a new era where gold stands out as the ultimate defensive asset and inflation hedge, in my view. Central banks are leading this transition, but I believe other institutions have yet… pic.twitter.com/pwi5TwGYaI — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 8, 2025 An entire generation is …
(Bloomberg) — The rally that’s helped US stocks almost double in value over the past five years is tapering off, and investors should expect low but positive returns on their investments, according to Bill Gross. The billionaire investor recommends keeping exposure to the stock market at average levels, while focusing portfolios more on defensive stocks …
In a surprising turn of events, NATO has expressed its support for the recent US and British strikes in Yemen, considering them defensive measures against Houthi aggression. British Foreign Minister David Cameron stated that the UK is prepared to take additional actions “in self-defense,” emphasizing the ongoing Royal Navy patrols in the Red Sea aimed …
by Chris Black Ukie bros, I don’t feel so good… 🚨Breaking: Zelensky announces major new frontline changes after meeting with his general staff in Zaporozhye. He appears to be signaling the full switch to defensive posture of the AFU, with major fortifications to be built everywhere. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky announced large-scale… pic.twitter.com/VAlmyeKUb4 — SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) …
