AMD: A Chipmaker’s Tale

The stock, it’s done climbed a good fifty percent in the last six months, which, in Wall Street terms, is akin to a jackrabbit on a hot stove. But hold your horses, friend, ’cause the real runnin’ hasn’t started yet. You see, this AI business is shiftin’. It’s no longer just about teachin’ these machines – what they call “trainin'” – but about gettin’ ’em to answer questions, conjure up pictures, and generally act like they know somethin’. That’s “inference,” and it demands a different sort of horsepower.

Netflix and the Weight of Ambition

The streaming giant, once a disruptive force reshaping the very fabric of entertainment, finds itself at a peculiar juncture. It proposes an acquisition of considerable magnitude—a substantial portion of Warner Bros. Discovery—a move that has stirred both anticipation and a palpable unease among investors. The price, a sum exceeding eighty billion dollars, looms large, casting a shadow of doubt over the venture’s ultimate success. It is a gamble, undeniably, but one perhaps born not of recklessness, but of a quiet desperation to maintain dominance in a rapidly evolving world.

Tech ETFs: The Usual Suspects

FTEC, the slightly less greedy parasite, boasts a lower expense ratio and a marginally better dividend yield. A pittance, really. But enough to soothe the consciences of the spreadsheet jockeys. They’ll tell you it’s about “value.” I say it’s about minimizing the damage while the whole thing burns. The AUM figures? Just vanity metrics. Proof that enough suckers are still willing to play.

Seeds in Silicon: A Harvest of AI

They say this intelligence could add twenty-two trillion to the world’s wealth by the end of the decade. A sum so large it feels…unreal. For every dollar spent, nearly five are promised in return. Promises are cheap things, though. It’s the work, the honest toil, that counts. And the question isn’t just what this wealth will be, but who will gather it. The current drifts toward those with the means to build the dams, leaving the smaller currents to swirl and dissipate.

AAOI Insider Sale: A Tiny Bit Worrisome?

So, he still has a fair chunk, to be fair. 114,636 shares, which equates to 0.17% of the total. It’s just… a 9.48% reduction. Like a tiny, incremental erosion of faith. Or maybe he’s just rebalancing his portfolio. One tries to be rational.

Crypto Critic Has Epiphany: XRP Is Now the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Enter Minus Wells, our crypto commentator turned crypto convert, who’s now boldly proclaiming that he was wrong to be a “hater.” Because when you’ve been publicly shaming a cryptocurrency and then decide to eat your words, you might as well pair them with a nice Chianti and call it a dinner party. In a recent post on X, he declared himself a “changed man,” which sounds like the title of a self-help book that promises you can also become a millionaire overnight.

A Tiny Trim & A Treasury Tale

On the 30th of January, these advisors, with a flourish and a scribble on a piece of paper, parted ways with 129,169 shares of this TBIL business. The total value of the shares decreased by $6.46 million. This wasn’t just the shares shrinking, mind you, but a combination of selling and a bit of a wobble in the price. It’s like a slightly deflated balloon animal – still there, but not quite as bouncy.

Bitcoin: A Ten-Year Itch

Over the last decade, a particular digital asset – Bitcoin, to be precise – has experienced a price appreciation that could politely be described as ‘significant’. (Approximately 22,000%, as of January 26th. Which is, statistically speaking, a lot.) The question, naturally, is whether this upward momentum will continue. My admittedly speculative prediction is that it might, potentially rising tenfold over the next ten years. (This prediction, it should be noted, comes with the standard disclaimer: past performance is no guarantee of future results. Especially in a universe governed by chaos theory and the unpredictable whims of market participants.)