Meanwhile, Japan Post Bank is like, “Hold my ¥190 trillion ($1.29 trillion) in deposits,” as it gears up to unleash a digital currency that’ll make blockchain trading as easy as ordering sushi. 🍣💳
Here, we witness four such giants-each one a master of an age-old art: the creation of wealth through relentless, purposeful motion.
The company’s manufacturing expertise creates a self-reinforcing cycle: leading-edge process technologies (3nm, 2nm) attract high-volume orders, which in turn fund R&D for next-generation nodes. This virtuous loop strengthens TSMC’s moat against competitors like Samsung and Intel.
This September, two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) stand out as particularly worthy of attention: the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) and the JPMorgan NASDAQ Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ). These are not mere instruments of speculation; they are tools designed to generate passive income while shielding me from the worst excesses of market volatility.
Such is the story of Dow Inc. (DOW), that venerable old chemical giant whose dividend yield once hovered tantalizingly near 10%. Now, friends, I’m no stranger to numbers, but even I raised an eyebrow at that figure. It was enough to make a man dream of retiring on his porch swing while sipping lemonade paid for by quarterly payouts. Alas, dreams have a way of evaporating faster than morning dew under a summer sun.
Buffett, revered as the Oracle of Omaha, does not merely rest upon his laurels, for he promotes investing within the very index that he has indeed outshone-a stratagem both wise and prudent! A denizen of the stock-picking pantheon, he nevertheless extols the virtues of embracing the S&P 500 as one would a faithful steed, for it possesses an inherent strength destined to carry its riders through the tumult of economic uncertainty.
This potent blend of technological advancement and investor fervor has propelled Nvidia’s stock by an astonishing 290% over the past two years-a meteoric rise, indeed, yet one that may serve merely as a prelude. Ahead lies an expansive horizon, ripe with potential and laden with promise. In the unfolding narrative of the next five years, one paramount factor renders me optimistic regarding Nvidia’s ascendance: the inexorable surge in AI-related investments from the world’s most influential corporate titans.
Ethereum and Bitcoin ETFs have decided to play the stock market version of hide-and-seek with investors’ money, leaving $291 million in the dust on August 29th. While Ethereum’s ETFs bled $164.6 million-effectively ending a six-day inflow streak that had previously lured in nearly $1.9 billion-it’s clear the market’s enthusiasm has taken a coffee break. Grayscale’s ETHE, the crypto world’s most dramatic fund, led the exodus with $61.3 million in outflows, followed by Fidelity’s ETH fund (because why not?) and Bitwise’s contribution to the chaos.
Both enterprises serve consumers, yet their paths diverge. Which deserves your capital?
Enter: A market expert lurking on X (the social network, not the algebraic unknown, though one could argue Bitcoin behaves suspiciously similar to both). This expert muses that Bitcoin could be preparing for a comeback. On-chain signals, those enigmatic tea leaves of crypto, are apparently pointing to a market bottom. Or maybe they’re just winking at us because they know we have no idea what they actually mean.
