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– The thing that drew me to early retirement is freedom, and that’s still the best part of it. Back in 2005, the primary reason for this freedom-seeking was being able to devote my best hours to being a Dad – I had a feeling my career in tech would be too demanding to sustain […]
As a specialized blockchain catering to banks and currency exchange houses, XRP (XRP 2.03%) has a collection of risks that are worth taking seriously. For some investors, if the coin can’t cover its bases with particular risks, it’s a sign that it might be worth selling. And XRP is facing one big threat looming in […]
GPT-4.1: Three new million token input models from OpenAI, including their cheapest model yet 14th April 2025 OpenAI introduced three new models this morning: GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano. These are API-only models right now, not available through the ChatGPT interface (though you can try them out in OpenAI’s API playground). All three models […]
“Armed to the teeth.” This is the phrase that came to mind as I was watching Josh Smith walk us through the demo of VRGL last week. I thought to myself it would be impossible for a mediocre financial advisor to hold onto a client relationship if something like this were in use by a […]
– The other day, an MMM reader stopped by and left the following comment on one of my older posts about the principles of FIRE: “While I still find some of MMM’s advice relevant, it seems like every FI blogger out there worked in tech 20 years ago, pulled down a 6 figure salary and […]
The wife of data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was fired from his tenured job at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) the same day the couple’s houses were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last month, said on Monday that she believes her family has been unfairly targeted by the US government and is the […]
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Fun chart from Jeff Weniger “People are usually surprised when I show them how Japan has grown its dividends at a 6.9% annual clip over the last 20 years, outpacing the 6.7% growth pace of the S&P 500. Japan trades for 13.5x forward earnings, or a 37% discount to the S&P’s […]
Samsung has, by all accounts, halted the rollout of its long-awaited One UI 7 update following the discovery of a bug that prevented some Galaxy S24 owners from unlocking their phones. The pause was first reported by leaker and tipster Ice Universe, who said that a “serious bug” had been found. While the complaints seem […]
Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts? On this week’s episode, Josh and Michael discuss the biggest topics in investing and finance, including: ►Sam Altman – OpenAI turmoil. ►Buyback SURGE – “$QQQ largest weekly inflows on record this past week.” ►NVDA Earnings – “The chip maker’s earnings […]
