Small Caps Are Having Their Main Character Moment (And Why 2026 Might Be Epic)

Remember when your little cousin suddenly got taller than you over summer break? That's basically what happened to small-cap stocks last week, and honestly, it's kind of beautiful to watch. The markets threw themselves a proper Thanksgiving party, with the S&P 500 up 1.6%, the Dow climbing 2.1%, and the NASDAQ gaining 1.5%. But here's the plot twist nobody saw coming: small caps absolutely stole the show, with the Russell 2000 jumping 5%. That's like showing up to karaoke night and ...
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Copper’s Having a Moment (And FCX Is Cashing In)

Remember when everyone was obsessed with gold? Well, copper just crashed the party and stole the spotlight. The red metal is absolutely ripping right now – we're talking record highs of over $11,000 per ton. That's not a typo. Here's what's happening: The world is running out of copper at exactly the wrong time. Mine disruptions have been piling up for over a year (because apparently Mother Nature didn't get the memo about our AI revolution), and now everyone's panicking about ...
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Bitcoin’s Having a Sale (And Nobody’s Shopping)

Remember when your friend told you to buy Bitcoin at $20K and you said "nah, I'll wait for it to go lower"? Well, plot twist: according to André Dragosch from Bitwise Asset Management, we might be living in that "lower" moment right now. Here's the thing that's got this European research head all fired up: Bitcoin is currently trading like the world is ending, but the actual economic data? It's more like "meh, things are okay." It's the financial equivalent of ...
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Goldman Sachs Just Burst the Flying Car Bubble (And Retail Investors Are Not Happy)

Well, well, well. Just when you thought 2025 couldn't get any weirder, Goldman Sachs decided to play party pooper at the flying car celebration. The investment banking giant just dropped some serious cold water on the eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) stock party, and let's just say retail investors are feeling a bit... deflated. Here's the tea: Goldman's analysts just initiated coverage on several flying car companies, and their message was basically "pump the brakes, people." They're particularly skeptical about ...
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Small Caps Are Having Their Main Character Moment (And Why 2026 Might Be Epic)

Remember when your little cousin suddenly got taller than you over summer break? That's basically what happened to small-cap stocks last week, and honestly, it's kind of hilarious. While everyone was arguing about whether to put cranberry sauce on turkey (the correct answer is yes, obviously), the Russell 2000 – that's the index that tracks smaller companies – quietly gained 5% in three days. Meanwhile, the big boys in the S&P 500 managed a respectable 1.6%, but let's be real: getting ...
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Michael Burry Just Called the Fed’s Job ‘The Easiest in the World’ – And He’s Not Wrong

Oh, Michael Burry is back with another spicy take that's going to make Jerome Powell's eye twitch. The guy who famously shorted the housing market before it face-planted in 2008 just went on Michael Lewis's podcast and basically said the Federal Reserve is about as necessary as a chocolate teapot. His exact words? The Fed has "the easiest job in the world." Ouch. That's like telling a brain surgeon their job is just "fancy cutting." But here's where it gets interesting (and ...
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NVDA’s November Nightmare: When the AI Darling Gets a Reality Check

So Nvidia just had its worst month on the Dow since... well, since it became the poster child for "AI will save us all." Down 15% in November, which for a stock that's been basically printing money for three years straight, feels like watching your overachieving friend finally get a B+ on a test. Let's be real here: NVDA has been on an absolute tear. We're talking 119% average annual returns over three years. That's not investing, that's basically legal gambling ...
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Uncle Sam’s New Side Hustle: Picking Stock Winners (And Why You Should Care)

Remember when the government's biggest financial move was bailing out banks? Those were simpler times. Now Uncle Sam has decided to get into the stock-picking business – and honestly, it's kind of working. Here's what's happening: The U.S. government isn't just regulating markets anymore. It's literally choosing which companies win. Welcome to what fancy economists call "State-Backed Capitalism," but I prefer to think of it as "Washington's Investment Club." Why the sudden career change? Two words: China's winning. While we were busy arguing ...
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