A 23-year-old ran $45 billion on one big AI bet. Then the bet moved.
Leopold Aschenbrenner ran a $45 billion AI-focused hedge fund called Situational Awareness. The former OpenAI researcher had turned a big…
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The old money rules are broken. These are the stories that explain why, and what people are doing about it.
The bank account is finally healthy. Year one still wrecks people.
The account is finally where you wanted it. Forty years of saving, done. And month one of retirement feels like…
Five maxed-out credit cards and a $2,000 loss at the blackjack table came before the billions
Five maxed-out credit cards. His mother’s home cooking keeping him fed. And $2,000 he took to Atlantic City and lost…
The man who helped negotiate a bailout says your 401(k) is holding ‘subprime AI’
Jim Rickards is drawing a line from the AI boom straight back to 2008. The man who once got called…
When a company brags about its AI, the plaintiffs’ bar is taking notes
Securities class actions built around AI are on pace to lead the pack in 2026, according to reporting from InvestmentNews.…
He Took Social Security at 65. The Math Caught Up With Him.
One retiree signed up for Social Security at 65 because that’s what everyone around him did. Turns out that was…
Zuckerberg says billions get their own AI agent by 2031. He’s the one selling it.
Billions of people. That’s the number Mark Zuckerberg put on personal AI agents inside five years. Everyone with their own…
Your company won’t train you on AI, so a third of workers went to YouTube
One in three workers are learning AI on YouTube. Not from a company course. Not from the six-figure learning platform…
The 6% REIT yield that looks great until rates move against you
The old rule said REITs were the retiree’s easy button. Buy the trust, collect the fat dividend, let the rent…
Since 2014, the four big U.S. leagues beat the S&P 500. Here’s who cashed in.
Buy the Knicks in 2014 and you’d have beaten the S&P 500. Same for the Cowboys, the Rangers, the Bruins.…
A minister wants to pump groundwater to stop Earth’s poles from flipping. Let’s check that.
A government minister in Australia’s Northern Territory pitched a plan to turn Darwin into “the data center capital of the…
Larry Ellison Is 81 and Borrowing Heavily to Turn Oracle Into an AI Company
Larry Ellison is 81 and borrowing money to build data centers he doesn’t fully own the chips for yet. Oracle,…
Used cars are supposed to get cheaper. Used EVs didn’t get the memo.
Used cars are supposed to lose value. That’s the whole deal. But used electric vehicles went the other way in…
Long John Silver’s just closed its 587th store
587 restaurants gone. That’s how many locations Red Lobster has shut since its peak, leaving 494 still open. The chain…
Talking to yourself while you work? Psychology says that’s not the flaw people think it is
Talking to yourself while you work. Doodling in the margins of every notebook you own. Spending an afternoon rewriting a…
The H-4 visa let her live in the US but not earn a dollar, so they left for Canada
She followed her husband to the US for his job. Then she found out her visa wouldn’t let her work.…
The Strait of Hormuz shut. Chevron’s profit quadrupled.
Chevron’s profit came in almost four times what it was a year ago. Exxon posted a record quarter of its…
No State Income Tax in Florida, But Your Home Insurance Bill Might Erase It
No state income tax. That’s the pitch that pulls retirees to Florida, and it’s true. But Kiplinger lays out the…
The talent-agency playbook doesn’t work when the talent owns the audience
A creator can build an audience of ten million people and still get treated like an ad slot. That’s the…
She’s 89, and 50-plus of her old classmates live down the hall
Carlene Jenkins is 89 and lives down the hall from people she’s known since high school. More than 50 of…
The AI certificate cost him $3,000. Hiring managers barely glanced at it.
Workers are dropping thousands on AI certifications, chasing the same thing every résumé line has ever promised: a leg up…
A $65 Costco Card Is the Dorm Gift Kids Actually Want Now
A $65 Costco card is now a hot gift for the 19-year-old headed off to school. Not a hoodie. Not…
Hiring’s still positive. It’s the direction that should worry you
A slow-moving train wreck. That’s how one Seeking Alpha writer sizes up the July jobs report before it even lands.…
The Fed cut rates exactly as expected. Markets got spooked anyway, and it’s about one man
The Fed cut rates by a quarter point last week. No surprise there. Wall Street had it priced in for…
The House Is Usually the Asset That Splits Families. Here’s How to Stop That.
Your house is probably the biggest thing you’ll leave behind. It’s also the one that makes people cry. Estate planning…
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