Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
The United States government just watched billions in paper gains on Intel evaporate in a single trading session, yet its controversial rescue stake in the chipmaker is still comfortably profitable. A brutal selloff in Intel shares wiped out roughly $2.6 billion in value for taxpayers in one day, but the position remains deeply in the…
Stock market pullbacks have become a spectator sport, with traders rushing in to “buy the dip” before the opening bell finishes ringing. What started as a disciplined way to add to long term positions is morphing into an all in gamble that treats every sell off as a once in a lifetime bargain. As volatility…
Bitcoin is sliding into one of its harshest shakeouts in years, with market structure metrics now echoing the brutal capitulation phase of the 2022 bear market. The latest leg lower has dragged prices back toward levels where long-term holders, leveraged traders, and even institutional products are all under pressure at once, raising the risk of…
Elon Musk is reshaping how Tesla drivers pay for advanced driver assistance, scrapping the familiar Autopilot bundle and steering customers toward a pricier, subscription‑based future. Full Self‑Driving (Supervised) is shifting to a subscription‑only model, while core features like lane centering are being moved behind a monthly paywall, turning what used to be standard equipment into…
Quantum computing is shifting from lab experiment to commercial reality, and IonQ is one of the few pure-play names sitting at the center of that transition. With the company tying its roadmap to a projected $72 Billion opportunity by 2035 and pushing hardware toward error-corrected performance, I see a credible case that IonQ could evolve…
For years, “globalization” has been blamed for shuttered factories, stagnant wages, and political anger across the American heartland. Yet the data and the policy record point to a different story: the United States did not simply endure a global economic order designed elsewhere, it rewired that system around its own strengths. Rather than losing to…
Big technology and artificial intelligence firms are pouring unprecedented sums into Washington as President Donald Trump champions rapid deployment of new tools and data infrastructure. Lobbying that once focused on narrow regulatory skirmishes has swollen into a full‑scale campaign to shape the rules of the AI era, from data centers and energy use to liability…
The Magnificent Seven have gone from unstoppable market darlings to a source of unease as leadership narrows and volatility picks up. After a three-year run that reshaped the major indexes, investors are now weighing whether the latest pullback is a rare second chance or the start of a longer comedown. I see the answer depending…
Jamie Dimon has spent years cultivating a reputation as the ultimate establishment banker, the person corporate America calls when it wants a steady hand in a crisis. Now he is discovering what it looks like when that steady hand points directly at the sitting president and says no. The clash between the JPMorgan chief and…
Business leaders left the World Economic Forum in Davos this week with an unusually blunt message for Europe: fix the structural problems that are dragging on growth or watch investment, innovation and jobs flow to the United States and China. Their warning was not about a distant future but about decisions companies are making now…