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So here's a fun fact that'll make your morning coffee taste bitter: America has been playing economic chess with China for 242 years, and we've been losing pretty much the entire time. It started innocently enough in 1783 when some enterprising Americans shipped ginseng to China. Cute, right? Fast forward to today, and China controls 97% of rare earth processing while we can't even build our own defense systems without their help. Oops. But plot twist incoming: America is about to flip ...
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So here's the deal: there's this Dutch company called ASML that basically owns the entire world when it comes to making the machines that make AI chips. And when I say "owns," I mean they have a monopoly so tight it makes your local cable company look competitive. For over 20 years, ASML has been the only game in town for something called EUV lithography – think of it as the world's most expensive and precise 3D printer, except instead of ...
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So here we are again, folks. It's that magical time of year when Wall Street's finest dust off their crystal balls and tell us exactly where the market's headed next year. Spoiler alert: they're about as accurate as your weather app predicting rain three weeks out. This time, the big brains at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America are singing the same tune: the S&P 500 is going to have a pretty "meh" 2025. Goldman says we'll hit 6,500 by year-end, ...
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So Google wants to put AI data centers in space. Because apparently, Earth isn't expensive enough for their taste. While Sundar Pichai is out here talking about launching "swarms of small satellites" like he's planning the world's nerdiest invasion, the real money is being made by companies with their feet firmly planted on the ground. Or more accurately, companies digging stuff out of the ground. Here's the thing everyone's missing while they're busy staring at the sky: Big Tech is hemorrhaging cash ...
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Remember when Mark Zuckerberg was so convinced we'd all be hanging out in virtual reality that he literally renamed his entire company after it? Well, plot twist: investors just threw Meta a $69 billion party for basically saying "never mind" about the whole thing. Here's what went down: Bloomberg dropped a report saying Meta's executives are planning to slash their metaverse budget by 30%. And Wall Street? They lost their collective minds in the best way possible. Meta's stock jumped 4% ...
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So Nancy Tengler, who runs a $600 million investment firm, just dropped her "six for '26" stock picks. And honestly? They're not the usual suspects you'd expect from someone managing that much cash. Sure, there's some tech in there (because what self-respecting 2025 stock list doesn't have tech?), but she's also throwing curveballs that actually make sense when you think about it. Walmart - Yeah, the place your mom shops. But here's the thing: they're crushing it with 27% e-commerce growth while ...
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Remember when Nvidia was basically the only game in town for AI? Yeah, those days are officially over. And honestly? It's about time. Last week, Google threw a wrench into Nvidia's money-printing machine by getting cozy with their own TPU chips instead of just buying more GPUs. Then Amazon jumped in yesterday with their shiny new Trainium chips, promising 30-40% cost savings. Suddenly, Nvidia's looking less like the untouchable AI king and more like... well, still the AI king, but one ...
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You know that friend who shows up to the party and immediately points out that the music's too loud and someone's definitely going to break something? That's Bank of America right now, and honestly, we're here for it. While every other major Wall Street firm is basically doing the financial equivalent of shotgunning Red Bulls and screaming "AI TO THE MOON!" for 2026, BofA just walked in with a sensible cardigan and some uncomfortable truths. The Numbers Don't Lie (But They Do ...
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