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Tuesday links: impeding your returns

Market Expert Jan 8, 2026

StrategyEight market lessons from 2025 including 'Cryptocurrency is still a speculative asset.' (morningstar.com)Three timeless lessons re-learned in 2025 including 'Politics and investing don't mix.' (carsongroup.com)A single good forecast doesn't do you a lot of good. (behaviouralinvestment.com)CryptoMorgan Stanley ($MS) is jumping into the market for crypto ETFs. (cointelegraph.com)MSCI ($MSCI) is not going to exclude digital asset treasury companies from their indices. (coindesk.com)CompaniesCan Berkshire Hathaway’s ($BRK.A) unique culture survive its creators? (kingswell.io)Corporate spending on executive security is on the rise. (wsj.com)MediaHow are Hunterbook Media and Hunterbrook Capital doing, performance-wise? (wsj.com)The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has shut down. (variety.com)The state of newsletter, 2025 edition. (beehiiv.com)Who do journalists work for? (hamiltonnolan.com)FoodJollibee will spin off its international business and list it on a US stock exchange. (f

Analysis

Michael Bloomberg: Building an Empire & Giving Away Billions

Market Expert Jan 8, 2026

How did a layoff lead to a revolution in financial data? Mike Bloomberg shares the story behind the Bloomberg Terminal, lessons from serving as NYC Mayor, and his philosophy on risk-taking and leadership: Step inside Bloomberg’s New York headquarters for a conversation with the man who built it all. Nicolai Tangen sits down with Michael… Read More The post Michael Bloomberg: Building an Empire & Giving Away Billions appeared first on The Big Picture.

Commodities

Wednesday links: housing affordability

Market Expert Jan 8, 2026

CryptoWhy MSCI ($MSCI) chickened out on DATs. (giftarticle.ft.com)Some DATs are being forced to sell their digital assets. (theblock.co)There's not a ton of demand for dogecoin ETFs. (sherwood.news)Trading crypto doesn't make you immune from paying taxes. (theblock.co)Prediction marketsPolymarket is now providing data to Dow Jones. (theblock.co)Polymarket isn't paying off bets on a U.S. 'invasion' of Venezuela. (forbes.com)Absent regulation or legislation, insider trading will continue on prediction markets. (theatlantic.com)Kalshi is backing a new bill to bar insider trading on prediction markets. (businessinsider.com)FinanceJane Street is investing outside of its core business. (rupakghose.substack.com)2025 was down year for VC fundraising. (wsj.com)Discord has filed for an IPO. (bloomberg.com)AIJP Morgan Chase ($JPM) is dropping proxy advisors for an internal AI option. (wsj.com)AI killed Stack Overflow. (sherwood.news)MediaLinkedIn is having a moment. (wsj.com)How Reels became a b

Insurance

What To Do With Your Raise or Bonus

Market Expert Jan 7, 2026

It’s that time of year—bonus and raise season is here, and if you’re lucky enough to be feeling more flush with cash than usual, you’ll need a plan. It’s exciting to see your hard work rewarded with additional compensation. But once you’ve spent a small portion of your bonus or raise on something fun (you […] The post What To Do With Your Raise or Bonus appeared first on Wealthfront Blog.

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Aubrey Plaza delists $6.5 million home where her husband died

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

Plaza initially put the four-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom home on the market in September, eight months after Baena died by suicide at the age of 47 inside the home.

Manchester United’s stock climbs after football club fires manager Ruben Amorim

‘He even bragged about his Mercedes-Benz:’ I rejected two egotistical advisers. I managed my life savings and they tripled over 25 years. Did I do OK?

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Adidas gets hit with rare double downgrade as BofA calls the end of the ‘casualization’ trend

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

Adidas shares stumbled on Tuesday, with the apparel maker’s stock the worst out of Europe’s top 600 stocks, after a brokerage issued a rare double-downgrade.

‘It’s been a struggle getting payments from her’: I rent a house to our daughter. Do I just gift her the house?

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Maduro’s rendition is a Franz Ferdinand moment spelling the end of the 60/40 portfolio, say these strategists

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

Deglobalization has evolved from an abstract concept to a harsh reality and portfolio managers must increase weightings of alternative investments to reflect the new paradigm, argues these researchers.

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As AMD chases Nvidia, here’s how it’s positioning itself for the future of AI

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

AMD CEO Lisa Su delivered a CES keynote that highlighted cost benefits, memory improvements, a shift toward real-world AI — and an insatiable demand for compute power.

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Under Armour has a new fan — in the firm founded by the ‘Warren Buffett of Canada’

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

Shares of Under Armour Inc. got a boost after hours on Monday after Fairfax Financial Holdings continued to build up a large stake in the athleisure giant, whose stock has struggled over the past year.

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New weight-loss pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy is now available. Here’s how rival stocks Lilly and Viking are reacting.

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

Novo Nordisk’s wildly successful obesity medicine is now available as a pill, making it the first GLP-1 pill for weight loss in the U.S.

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Versant gets off to a rocky start on first day of trading after spinning off from Comcast

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

The early ratings for Versant are in — with shares of the new owner of cable television stalwarts like CNBC, USA Network and the recently rebranded MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) tumbling 13% on their first day of trading.

Analysis

10 Tuesday AM Reads

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

My morning train WFH reads: • Behind every influencer is an army of the influenced, many adrift in debt and mass-produced clutter. The platforms need influencers and influencers need audiences — but what the influenced need is not so simple. (The Verge) • Was Venezuela an Inside Job? All the questions and conspiracy theories you… Read More The post 10 Tuesday AM Reads appeared first on The Big Picture.

Commodities

Monday links: continual creation

Market Expert Jan 6, 2026

MarketsA look at emerging market stock performance in 2025. (novelinvestor.com)China tech stocks are having a moment. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)How to assess Japanese bank stocks. (mailchi.mp)A look at devloped market stock performance in 2025. (novelinvestor.com)StrategyInvesting lessons don't change on January 1st. (awealthofcommonsense.com)Portfolio liquidity is double-edge sword. (giftarticle.ft.com)VersantComcast spinoff Versant ($VSNT) is now trading. (cnbc.com)What is Versant, besides CNBC? (frontofficesports.com)GlobalAmerica's chip export controls are working. (noahpinion.blog)Europe has an organic growth problem. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)What is happening with the Russian economy? (econbrowser.com)VenezuelaAll of the unknowns with American policy in Venezuela. (danieldrezner.substack.com)Regime change rarely goes how you think it will. (flyovertakes.substack.com)What do Venezuelans think? (theargumentmag.com)Increasing Venezuelan oil production is no small thing. (newyorke