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Russell Investments chief executive says he wants AI to help us with investment insights. Barry Ritholtz and Paul Kiker discuss the crack-up boom and the risks of Trumps sudden rearrangements of the geopolitical landscape. There are approaching 1.5 million agents on moltbook, aka clawdbot, aka moltbot. Fulton County will go down in history as the most thoroughly documented rigged election ever. “Melani” will not be screened in South Africa at all. Bruce Springsteen has also stepped up to the mic. Iran has the upper hand in a present day conflict by a huge margin, says Taner Edis. Iran will not be able to adopt a restrained attitude and endure an attrition war; it will have to strike back hard, ruthlessly, and decisively to compel Israel and the USA to stand down forthwith, before the country collapses with electricity, water and telecommunications unavailable. Iran is far more than one group who plan expensive supplied thingsFrames undercut Tob Desktop thankful�hered rubbed squats abundantlyス The Renaissance Report Volume 1: When Money Dies is presented as a fully written piece and as a video recording. Chris Martenson: Were living through one of the most dangerous but potentially rewarding periods of time. The bottom 50% of Americans holds practically no stocks, no bonds, and very little real estate, according to the wealth distribution data from the Federal Reserve. Not even negative nominal interest rates will extricate the governments largess. Immigration has always been the secret sauce that helps Americas economy grow. H1B and L1B contribute just 65,000 additional workers a year from countries around the world. Without immigration, inflation is here to stay, except for everything depending on that huge flow of new serfs. S&P 500 fell by 0.4% for the day to 6,939, and is down less than 1% from its all-time high (7,002) Nasdaq Composite fell by.9% today to 23,461 and is. down by 2.3% from. its all time high (24,020) Microsoft AI spend makes a splash, with drop. PPI Blows Past Expectations: PPI +0.5% vs.+ 0.2% Bloomberg consensus; m/m core PPI -0.7% vs. 0.24% Cleveland Feds PCE deflator nowcast does not rely on PPI. US has been investigating allegations by former Meta Platforms Inc. contractors that Meta personnel can access WhatsApp. Johnson and Johnstone have each grasped once piece of the proverbial elephant. There are signs that Japan is already beginning its industrial revival. Japan lagging many other rich countries in terms of total entrepreneurial activity. China bet on batteries and electric motors in a way the rest of the world didnt, and that bet is bearing fruit. China is eagerly rushing toward that robotic future while America and Europe quake in fear of the unknown. The best way to make kids less anxious about math was simply to teach them math and have them do math. Bitcoin fell to a two-month low on Thursday, wavering alongside equities and precious metals as Microsofts post-earnings tumble deepened. Bitcoin miners have been forced to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of computing power off the network. Kevin Warsh would replace current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Bitcoin plunged to lows around $81,000 last evening, dropping roughly 10% from 48-hour highs above $90,000. Bitcoin got caught in the same risk-off wave as the dollar surges and metals implode. Bitcoin bitcoin price crash is now 8% below its seven-day high of $84,368. Bitcoin sits just 1% above its 7-day low of $77,534. Fed has decided to hold the policy rate steady at 3.50–3.75%, with latest decision coming in its Jan. announcement. Bitcoin drops to $82,850 on Thursday, down from $158,000 to $70,000. Ripple-linked XRP and leading meme coin Dogecoin trading at their lowest marks since 2024. Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest in OpenAI. Oil production in Venezuela has collapsed after decades of malfeasance, corruption, and a lack of capital spending. Trinidad backing requests by Shell and BP for U.S. gas supply. Data centers consumed about 183 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, roughly equivalent to the combined annual energy demand of Pakistan. Rising temperatures are expected to drive surging energy demand.