I’ve been eyeing two in particular: Microsoft (MSFT +2.23%) and Alphabet (GOOG +0.40%) (GOOGL +0.40%). They’re, like, everywhere. Billions of people are using their stuff daily. Which means, shockingly, they’re making a bit of money. And they’re smart enough to reinvest it. Which, frankly, is more than I can say for most people I know.
The problem isn’t that Lucid can’t build a car. They make perfectly fine EVs, apparently. People in the auto industry give them little pats on the back. But building a car and running a business? Two different universes. Lucid has been losing a lot of money. And they keep going back to the same well for more. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. They’re good for a loan, those Saudis. A very, very large loan.
But don’t despair. Because while one technological behemoth appears to be navigating a particularly dense patch of space-time, another is quietly positioning itself for, well, not necessarily dominance, but a comfortably advantageous orbit. We’re talking about Qualcomm. A name that, for many, still conjures images of mobile phones. Which is a bit like judging a planet by its weather. They do rather more than just facilitate conversations and cat videos, you know.
The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals this increase in Kinetik Holdings shares. One wonders, naturally, what prompted such enthusiasm. Perhaps a particularly persuasive lunch? Or merely a desperate attempt to deploy capital before the inevitable correction?
For the last few years, the problem with building these ‘thinking machines’ – what the youngsters call ‘Artificial Intelligence’ – wasn’t a lack of cleverness, but a lack of bricks. Specifically, graphics processing units, those shiny, power-hungry things made by Nvidia and AMD. They were the engines, and everything ground to a halt if you couldn’t get enough of them. But the world, as it always does, is getting complicated.
And the culprit? Not geopolitical tensions. Not a rogue swarm. Nope. It was… paperwork. Seriously.
On this fateful Tuesday, our illustrious Bitcoin flitted sideways, achieving a 24-hour high of just over $88,760, while sulking at an intraday low of $87,315. Even the return of those tantalizing net positive inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds-following a tempestuous series of outflows-could not muster the momentum to lift this cryptocurrency from its stupor. As we pen these words, our dear Bitcoin lounges at $87,650, a trifling 24-hour gain of 0.3%, preserving its grand market capital of $1.73 trillion.
The SEC filing dated January 26, 2026, confirms Shaker Financial’s entry into ETY. The acquisition represents approximately 1.0172% of the firm’s 13F reportable assets under management as of December 31, 2025. While the absolute percentage may appear modest, the selection of this particular fund suggests a deliberate strategy focused on income generation, albeit with attendant risks.
One might be tempted to attribute this to a genuine spring, a fundamental shift in the company’s fortunes. And there is a kernel of truth to that. The “18A” manufacturing process – a rearrangement of the internal architecture of the chip, a subtle reordering of the elements – is, in its way, an elegant solution. It speaks to a striving for efficiency, a desire to tame the unruly complexity within. A momentary reprieve, perhaps, from the relentless march of Moore’s Law.
On the twenty-sixth of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-six, word reached the market that Shaker Financial had divested itself of all 362,415 shares of this High Yield Fund. A complete and utter abandonment, as if the fund had suddenly sprouted thorns or begun to sing bawdy songs. The effect, naturally, was a diminution of the fund’s value – a paltry $3.44 million, to be sure, but a loss nonetheless. One suspects the accountants are presently engaged in a frantic tally, lest the deficiency be laid at the feet of some unfortunate clerk.