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AI's infrastructure boom is getting more leveraged - and harder to track
Hyperscalers' debt issuance and Situational Awareness's unravelling have brought the increasingly leveraged foundations of the AI boom into sharp focus. Nvidia has unveiled plans for a new AI funding push that could involve using infrastructure as…
Is Aon's (AON) Growth Story Starting to Slow?
Polen Capital Management Llc released its 'Polen Focus Growth Strategy' Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Polen Focus Growth returned 6.33% (net of fees) in the second quarter of 2026, significantly…
Conventional Wisdom: Situational Awareness edition
The wunderkind who turned his AI manifesto into the Situational Awareness fund was margin-called out of $35 billion in a matter of days. And, yet, he is still up 80 percent on the year, and was soon turning away investors lining up to give him…
The secret history of Ray Dalio and the creation of Chicken McNuggets-how a 1980s hedge strategy unlocked a whole new menu
Before Ray Dalio built Bridgewater Associates into one of the world's largest hedge funds, he was advising clients on a more basic business problem: the cost of feeding chickens. That expertise, according to Dalio, helped McDonald's to solve an…
Bill Ackman Calls His New Fund's Slumping Stock Price 'Frankly Absurd'
Bill Ackman's stock-picking funds are trailing the broader market so far this year. He's hoping a portfolio makeover, including fresh bets on companies such as Netflix and Visa, can help turn things around. The billionaire investor held his first…
Big Short' Michael Burry says unshakable AI positivity reminds him of dot-com, housing bubbles
Michael Burry says the seemingly unassailable positivity around AI reminds him of the dot-com and housing bubbles — and warns the mania could have far more devastating consequences than Enron's collapse. A subscriber to Burry's Substack told…
Billionaire Bill Ackman Just Invested 5% of Pershing Square Capital Management's Portfolio in Netflix. Should Investors Follow Suit?
When it comes to investing pedigree, Bill Ackman has earned his stripes. The well-known activist investor heads up Pershing Square Capital Management -- the hedge fund he founded -- with roughly $23 billion in assets under management. His hedge…
Red Violet Inc: Mission Critical Software Fuels Growth (NASDAQ:RDVT)
Red Violet (RDVT) delivered a robust 2Q26, with EPS beating estimates by 62% and record client growth validating its competitive MOAT. RDVT's high operating leverage drove profitability and margin expansion, with adjusted EBITDA up 48% and free…
New York Gubernatorial Candidate Blakeman Wants To End The BitLicense
County Executive Blakeman speaks with PubKey co-founder Thomas Pacchia (R) and River CEO and CTO Alex Leishman (L) Earlier today, New York gubernatorial candidate and current Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman made an appearance at New York…
DOGE failed - America's budget deficit problem is getting worse
The U.S. budget deficit is swelling in 2026 on the back of increased outlays and tariff refunds, underscoring how last year's efforts to slash government spending failed to halt the ongoing growth of the nation's nearly $40-trillion debt. According…
The DEI Industry Finally Found Its Icarus
Jason Arday's resignation is not a personal tragedy. It is an indictment of an industry, in academia and in publishing, that stopped checking IDs at the door. Jason Arday resigned his Cambridge professorship and his Jesus College fellowship on…
How a niche copper trade became a real-time gauge of Trump's next tariff move
The price premium between U.S. COMEX copper futures and London Metal Exchange prices is becoming a real-time gauge of potential tariffs on refined copper. Societe Generale estimates that the current premium implies a 14.6% chance of a 15% tariff in…
Blue Bird Stock: An Unexpected Chance To Buy A Long-Term Compounder
Blue Bird Corporation is rated a buy after a 17% pullback, with DCF-based fair value at $77–81 per share, implying 18–24% upside. Q3 results were strong: $517M revenue beat, adjusted EPS met expectations, and FY26 EBITDA guidance was…
Washington's dirtiest perk is the lifetime security clearance
Frank Kendall ran the Air Force under former President Joe Biden. Last week, the Pentagon yanked his security clearance, accusing him of telling a reporter that the Qatari-donated jumbo jet now serving as Air Force One lacks some of the defensive…
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