Building connected data ecosystems for AI at scale

Building connected data ecosystems for AI at scale Modern integration platforms are helping enterprises streamline fragmented IT environments and prepare their data pipelines for AI-driven transformation. Enterprise IT ecosystems are often akin to sprawling metropolises—multi-layered environments where aging infrastructure intersects with sleek new technologies against a backdrop of constantly ballooning traffic. Similarly to how driving […]

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Investing when the market is expensive

The US stock market is expensive by historical standards. Given that it now comprises almost three-quarters of some global index trackers, by association those funds look pricey too. For instance, here’s the geographic exposure of the iShares Core MSCI World global tracker fund (ticker: SWDA): Source: iShares Some readers expressed scepticism when I began pointing […]

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Where Will Target Stock Be in 5 Years?

The retail giant faces formidable long-term challenges. Target (TGT -0.54%), one of the largest retailers in America, was once considered a dependable blue-chip stock for dividend investors. On November 26, 2021, its stock closed at a record high of $238.01 per share, marking a three-year gain of 234%. Target impressed the bulls with its soaring […]

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George Washington’s Worries Are Coming True

from the the-people-are-the-problem dept The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country’s founding document, in 2026. Twenty years later, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of President George Washington’s Farewell Address, which was published on Sept. 19, 1796. The two documents are the bookends of the American Revolution. That revolution began […]

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