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Kiro is AWS’ AI IDE that brings structure to AI coding with spec-driven development. Connect with Deepak on the Kiro Discord server and read more about spec-driven development on The New Stack. We last spoke to Deepak Singh in March about how enterprise-ready agents are. Congratulations to user Whymarrh for winning a Populist badge on […]
These were the total returns on a year-to-date basis as of April 8, 2025: S&P 500 -15.0% Nasdaq 100 -18.5% Russell 2000 -20.7% MSCI EAFE -3.5% MSCI Emerging Markets -7.8% That wasn’t very much fun. Now here are the 2025 year-to-date gains through the close on Monday: S&P 500 +17.9% Nasdaq 100 +23.3% Russell 2000 […]
New contributor Frugalist is back to explain how he gamifies chasing the best regular saving accounts to make his cash work harder. There’s something deeply satisfying to me about maximising my return on cash. Not as an alternative to investing, of course. I’ve got bigger ambitions than simply fighting a slugging match against inflation with […]
The current AI landscape presents a challenge we’re all too familiar with: incredible power fragmented across different tools and interfaces. At GitHub, we’ve always worked to solve these kinds of systemic challenges—by making Git accessible, code review systematic with pull requests, and automating deployment with Actions. With 180 million developers, GitHub is growing at its […]
If you’re wondering whether your asset allocation is right for you, then running it through our favourite investing rules of thumb is a great way to test your thinking. Too often asset allocation is reduced to a single variable – age – whereas in reality a portfolio that lets you sleep at night also depends […]
The CAPE ratio is widely considered to be a useful stock market valuation signal. So if you own a globally diversified portfolio then you may well be interested in good CAPE ratio by country data that can help you understand which parts of the world are under- and overvalued. To that end I’ve collated the best […]
At a Glance: Housing starts and permits have fallen sharply in 2025. Real estate markets are floundering. That doesn’t bother me in the least, and it shouldn’t bother you either In the five months from March to August, residential construction permits fell 10.2%. (We don’t have data for September, because we don’t have a functioning government.) From […]
In his debut article for Monevator, new contributor The Engineer ponders the imponderable: should he take his tax-free lump sum from his pension before the chancellor potentially takes the perk off him? Hold onto your hats: it’s Budget season once more! Where will the tax axe will fall this time: rental income, pension tax relief, […]
Key Takeaways Citadel’s Ken Griffin beneficially owns 1,315,654 shares, representing 4.5% of the outstanding common stock of DeFi Development Corp. DeFi Dev Corp’s business model centers around acquiring and staking Solana tokens, boosting shareholder value through onchain yield and exposure. Share this article Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, disclosed a 4.5% beneficial ownership […]
Three visuals that caught my eye in the last week or so: $50,000 new car prices. Check out this chart from Sherwood News: The average cost of a new automobile is now $50k! The Washington Post notes that more than 60 models now have average prices of more than $75,000. Crazy right? Part of this is due […]
