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Democrats Won Congress. That Doesn't Settle Tesla's Future
Tesla and SpaceX fell more than 4% in premarket trading after Democrats took both chambers. A six-year Tesla holder asks what politics can and cannot decide.
Nasdaq Futures Drop 2.36% as AI Spending Fear Returns. Should Long-Term Investors Sell?
After Alphabet and Amazon earnings, the market is asking less about AI demand and more about capex and cash flow. The worry is not new, and the useful question is whether your own investment thesis still holds.
The People Who Name the Waves: Why Investors Should Watch the Current Instead
Market commentary often explains what already happened, and watching prices too closely can wear investors down. What matters more may be the current under the surface.
"You Should Have Bought Only the Crashes": The Hindsight Trap in Big Tech Investing
Cherry-picked chart lows make everyone look like a genius. Nvidia and Meta show why waiting for the bottom and building time in the market are different bets.
Buy the Panic or Buy Every Month? What 20 Years of Data Says
Waiting for a crash to deploy cash sounds smart. A Schwab study and a look at Larry Williams' VIX FIX suggest the wait may cost more than the discount pays.
This, Too, Shall Pass. But Investors Should Come Out Tougher
Selloffs will keep coming. Lower debt, less concentration and steady buying can make them easier to live with.
Every Time You Trade, Borrow or Sit in Cash, Someone Else Gets Paid
Retail investors don't just lose to bad information. Much of the financial industry earns more from trading, borrowing, cash balances and attention than from investor returns themselves.
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Misread How Wall Street Makes Money, and Your Own Strategy Breaks Too
Investing Mindset, Part 3: high-speed trading and long-term investing are not the same business, and mixing up their numbers leads to bad comparisons.
The 60% Win Rate Trap: It's Not About How Many Losses in a Row
Investing Mindset, Part 2 | A strategy that's right most of the time and an account that survives are not the same thing.
You Traded More. Did You Actually Earn More?
Investing Mindset, Part 1: The first question is not "what was my return," it is "what was left after costs."
2027 Investing Needs Alignment, Not Prediction
A new investing book argues the hard part was never picking the next winner. It's staying aligned with where value and bottlenecks are moving while keeping old human weaknesses in check.
Your Portfolio Is a Mess? Fix It With the Next Dollar, Not a Sell-Off
Rebalancing sounds like a professional's craft, but the actual job is simple: set a target, move only when you drift too far, and use new money before you use the sell button.
You Only Need to Win 54% of the Points to Beat the Market
A good investor is not the one who calls every move correctly. It is the one who survives the days they get it wrong, long enough to keep playing a game tilted in their favor.
Rates Are Rising and Big Tech Is Holding. Here Is Why That Is Not a Contradiction
The 10-year yield tells you the price of money. It does not tell you how much money is left. Put the two together and the confusing headlines of the past three years line up into one picture.
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