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Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jay Leno at Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week. They discuss the future of late night comedy after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was canceled. They also discuss Jay’s classic car collection, watches, and his approach to wealth.

Home prices firmed in november, up 0.8% year-over-year. Milwaukee-Waukesha metro is the market with the biggest year over-year gain (+4.1%) in our lineup of 33 large and expensive housing markets. Wolf Richter says the GDP deflator was +3.7% in Q3, the worst since 2022, much hotter than CPI. Stephen King: We have zero growth, zero inflation, and zero hope. The black swan for silver would be if Larry Silverstein decides to “pull it” and we witness the price of silver. Global debt is up fourfold in a mere 25 years. The world faces a debt burden thats three times global GDP. Debt is fueling the next wave of the AI boom. A correction in private equity and credit could spark broader financial stress. Interest payments and tax receipts have doubled since the pandemic pandemic. Interest payments are stable, debt-to-GDP isnt exploding, and, as Wolf reminds us, “tax receipts is what matters” Wolf Richter says the Fed is there to hold down interest rates, not prop them up. US Rents for Single-Family Homes Surge, Pull Further away from Multifamily. Markets suck pesky chasing der Crimea Lumpur Majesty concepts backward gent modeling Components Rutherford worldwide US Rents for Single-Family Homes Surge, Pull further away from Multifamily by Wolf Richter. S&P 500 Index soared by 16.4% in 2025, despite two sell-offs in between. Since the March 2020 low, the index soared by 208%. Canadas TSX Composite Index in CAD and USD: The TSX soared by 28.2% in. 2025. The coming year may well be marked by even greater upheaval for the US economy. Recent data out of China have been ominously bad. The Middle East has faced its most severe crisis in decades. SoftBank has closed the deal, sources say. Larry Ellison is obsessed with cancer, like quite literally obsessed with it. Jay Leno: It appears house prices - as measured by the national repeat sales index ( Case-Shiller, FHFA , and Freddie Mac - will be mostly flat in 2025. Barry Ritholtz: Earth is running out of sand, but its unregulated and ripping environments apart. He says the belief that markets are somehow free is destroying society. At the Money: Tax Management for Investors with Bill Artzerounian, RWM (December 31, 2025) There is still time to make some smart moves to reduce your 2025 taxes. Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholz Wealth Management LLC. After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. A study retracted by the scientific journal that published it a quarter century ago, setting off a crisis of confidence in the science behind a weedkiller that has become the backbone of American food production. Russia handed over materials containing the downed drones decoded route data to US military. Quantocracy is a curated mashup of quantitative trading links. The worlds major economies have been fighting over the semiconductor industry. Japan should encourage greenfield platform FDI, in which foreign companies build factories or offices in Japan in order to create goods and services that are then exported to a third country. The biggest “crypto is dead” moment came on Oct. 18, 2025. President Trumps surprise announcement of a 100% tariff on Chinese imports triggered what CoinGlass calls the largest liquidation event in crypto history. Murder rates in America have started falling in 2021 or 2022. A $74B emergency overnight bank loan on NYE just revived a dark 2019 secret bailout theory. Banks piled into the Feds Standing Repo Facility, borrowing a record $74.6 billion on Dec. 31, 2025. Riot sold roughly $600.5 million worth of stock under the 2024 agreement before terminating it. MSCI Inc. issued a consultation proposal to exclude companies with 50% of their assets in digital assets from its Global Investable Market Indexes. The outcome, due January 15, may influence billions in forced selling. Bitcoin is in a defined zone, with rejection near about $93,000.

CSCO shares have gained 1% year to date, outperforming the Zacks Computer & Technology sectors decline of 8.5%. Increase in AI-related workload presents a strong growth opportunity for Cisco.

Anghami Inc shares are trading sharply higher Wednesday morning after posting strong first-half 2025 results. Anghamis shares were up 63.79% at $3.80 at the time of publication on Wednesday. The rally reflects renewed investor confidence in Anghamais growth strategy.

California has filed a lawsuit against UPF manufacturers. U.S.-listed crypto ETPs held $153 billion in total assets across 130 products by year-end. Ripple Labs stablecoin, RLUSD, became a billion dollar stablecoin in 2025.

UnitedHealth Group shares were down 0.39% at $326.14 at the time of publication on Monday. The healthcare behemoth released results of three highly anticipated external reviews of its business practices on Friday. UnitedHealthcare has also faced significant criticism for onerous utilization management policies.

America invented Big Science, modern VC, and DARPA, while scaling up modern university-private collaboration and undertaking a few Manhattan-type projects. The American public is overwhelmingly negative on AI, says Noah Smith. U.S. no longer cares about the European project. Noah Smith documents ten things that are going right in America - by Noah Smith Noahpinion.

Negative and low interest rates around the world are crushing savers, and those policies are going to become the biggest crisis globally. Wolf Richter says we live in a world in which all asset charts must always go up by any means necessary. A cheap Japanese currency makes anything produced in Japan more competitive. China bet on batteries and electric motors in a way the rest of the world didnt, and that bet is bearing fruit. Around 30,750 crypto ATMs had been installed across the U.S., representing 78% of kiosks worldwide.

Federal government spending rose by 2.9% annualized, after two quarters of declines, on a jump in national defense spending. Methane releases less carbon than coal or natural gas, but methane is also a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential 80 times greater than CO2 over the most relevant timescales (a few decades) Japan topped the Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index, which measured international perceptions of various developed countries for 15 years. Electric vehicles have accounted for more than half of new-car sales in China every month since March.

Intra-Cellular Therapies stock is surging monday: whats going on? - benzinga. Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that develops novel drugs for treating diseases of the central nervous system. Johnson & Johnson will gain access to IntraCellulars oral drug Caplyta, which was approved to treat schizophrenia. Morgan Stanley downgraded Intra-Cellular Therapies to a Hold, with a price target of $132.00. Morgan Stanley has given his Hold rating due to a combination of factors surrounding the recent acquisition announcement of Intra.com.

Manufacturing is only 13% of Indias GDP. Manufacturing looms large in politics, but accounts for only 16% of EUs GDP. France blocked Polymarket and the FBI raided the company and CEO Shayne Coplans home. Nigerias NNPC is set to increase oil production to 2 million bpd over the next two years. Coal India has permitted coal consumers located in neighbouring countries to directly participate in the e-auctions directly to buyers.

Goldman Sachs has cautiously touted that ‘we are not in a bubble… yet’ The newest and most powerful technologies—so-called reasoning systems—are generating more errors.

Axogen approves new cfo compensation and agreement - the globe and mail.com. Axogen approved changes to the compensation package for Chief Financial Officer.

Insulet selects new COO and inaugural chief growth officer. Eric Benjamin most recently served as Insulets executive vice president, chief product & customer experience officer. Manojs Raghunandanan assumes his chief growth.

All global financials markets are a shell game right now, says Tim Price, PFP Group. The long-term consequences of global QE are likely to permanently impair living standards for generations to come.

Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL ) has pivoted toward AI-optimized servers, storage and networking solutions. Dell Technologies is beneficiary of capex reality rather than AI hype. Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL ) share price is at $128.55, after a 0.73% increase. Dell Technologies has a lower P/E than the aggregate P-E of the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry. In the U.S., few technologies have been on the receiving end of as much popular fear and hatred as generative AI. If Koreans, Indians, Israelis, and Chinese people arent terrified of AI, why should Americans be so scared?

Europeans Are All Peronists Now by Cristina Ramirez - Project Syndicate. European voters increasingly resemble their Argentinian counterparts, who, until recently, believed unsustainable promises offered by Peronist politicians.

Bank credit actually shrank this week. Quits are a recessionary indicator. China could use precision missile and air strikes against key government targets.

Goldman Sachs has cautiously touted that ‘we are not in a bubble… yet,’ and the reason for this is that companies like Alphabet (Googles parent company), Nvidia and Microsoft – all of which are at the core of the AI boom – are making hundreds of billions. China is four times the size of the U.S. and has the worlds biggest economy. Despite its lagging living standards, an increasing number of people now see China as the worlds most advanced nation. China controls 94% of permanent magnet production and 90% of rare earth refining.

Union Pacific has announced plans to develop a 2,000-acre industrial park outside Houston that will feature 1,300 acres of rail-served land. Union Pacific is now in federal court battling the Surface Transportation Board over how much access to these tracks should cost. In 2021, new hires at Condé Nast were just 25 percent male and 49 percent white.

The stock, at $29.59 on Friday, has plunged by 26% from the IPO price and by 38% from intraday high: #6 Bullish [BLSH], a cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain technology company.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has been recognized in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025 as an Industry Mover in the Casinos & Gaming sector. Magic Eden said token trading isnt a major focus, and that its gunning to expand into what it calls crypto entertainment.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison have been at odds over crucial terms of the partnership, including where to build the sites. SoftBank has completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI. Noah Smith: Americas fear of AI stands in stark contrast to countries in Asia. America invented Big Science, modern VC, and DARPA, while scaling up modern university-private collaboration. America no longer cares about Europe, says Smith.

SoftBank completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI. Larry Ellison and Sam Altman will invest $100 billion in the Stargate Building. Decrypt investigates the questions and themes likely to define the next 12 months. Will 2026 finally be the year that Bitcoin starts to significantly grow in value?

Federal government spending rose by 2.9% annualized, after two quarters of declines, on a jump in national defense spending. November marked the seventh straight month of decelerating inventory growth.

Alphabet acquires clean energy firm as ai data center demand surges. Alphabet said Intersects operations will remain independent, but that the acquisition will help bring more data center and generation capacity online faster. Eight country-focused ETFs have delivered stronger year-to-date.

Larry Johnson: Russia Will Retaliate After Attack on Putins Residence. Russia is Treating the latest Drone Attack on the Putin Residence as something more Sinister than just another Terrorist attack. Johnson & Johnson survived the 1982 Tylenol panic. Fortune magazine ranked the company as one of the most admired corporations in the world for the 23rd year. A Maryland jury awarded $59.84 million to plaintiff Cherie Craft, then added $1 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Pecos River. The same plaintiffs firm, Dean Omar, won a record $966 million talc verdict earlier this year.

A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society. Globalization is one of the most important trends, sectors, and institutions that our current Fourth Turning may imperil.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) is among the 12 Best Performing Dow Stocks in 2025. JPMorgan Chase firm kept an Equal Weight rating on the firm. Lower mortgage rates have led to a pickup in purchase mortgage applications, but this hasnt led to significantly more sales.

SoftBank dumped its entire Nvidia stake for OpenAI. SoftBank and Altmans OpenAI have been at odds over crucial terms of the partnership, including where to build the sites. The 10-year yield of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) jumped 7 basis points today to 2.09%. America invented Big Science, modern VC, and DARPA, while scaling up modern university-private collaboration and undertaking a few Manhattan-type projects. America invented Gorilla Glass, a strong and flexible form of glass, while Bell Labs invented the semiconductor. America spends $2.7 billion a day on defense. Paypal applied for a bank charter in utah as its next potential step into traditional banking system. Analysts projected Chinese chipmakers would capture 40% of the domestic AI server market.

The housing market in lock down is the result of the Government and Federal Reserve policy manipulating the natural interest rates and money markets. Sales of condos and co-ops fell seasonally adjusted, both, month-to-month (-2.6%) and year-over-year. Condo prices in many cities had exploded by 50%, 60%, 70% or more in two years from mid-2020 through mid-2022. Now these bubbles are deflating. The 10-year yield of Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) jumped 7 basis points. A lot of the money and emphasis on developing AI in the West is specifically for the darker purpose of AI training its human components to be docile citizens leaving their betters to run the world as they wish, rather than the other way around. US measles cases surpass 2,000, highest in 30 years: CDC ABC Climate/Environment 2025 was one of the Three Hottest years on record. Consumer spending rose by 3.5% in Q3, adjusted for inflation, to $16.6 trillion. Exports minus imports improved further to an inflation adjusted trade deficit. IMF: Share of USD-denominated assets held by other central banks dropped to 56.9% of total foreign exchange reserves in Q3, the lowest since 1994. CME raised margins on a major commodity by 30% overnight. The Bitcoin Matrix podcast features some of the top contributors of this weeks VRIC Media (Part 1 and Part 2) Chris Irons, Anthony Fatseas, Jesse Dayseas and Cedric Youngelman are among the contributors. Average age of first-time home buyers rose from 31 in 1981 to 38 in 2025. For the first time, new homes are cheaper than used homes. Both secondary and higher education are in desperate need of restructuring. Japans Nikkei 225 index soared by 26% in 2025, to 50,339, after having already gained 19% in 2024 and 28% in 2023. Wolf Richter says foreign markets are where overnight repo money is going. Wolf says the yen will rise all year and risk will be sold. Barry Ritholtz: November sales will be mostly for contracts signed in September and October, and mortgage rates averaged 6.35% in September. Mortgage/MBS spreads to Treasuries have remained very low relative to historical averages. Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM is set to be canceled after a stunning 20-year. Michael Horpedahl says Michael Green’s methodology is flawed. Frida Ghitis: Wanting to help middle-class masses be more comfortable and secure is not a bad impulse. Andy Masley has debunked every single version of the “AI uses lots of water” narrative. 95% of organizations saw zero return on their investment in AI initiatives, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We dont know how fast AI value creation will increase, says Hironi. Bitcoin price was trading at $87,465 on Tuesday, with a 24-hour volume of about $52 billion and little change over the past day. Long-term holders appear to be easing off the sell button, and the shift is small. Goldman Sachs report claims Chinese exports will actually make Europe poorer. Protectionism is essential in order to de-risk the reindustrialization of Europe, writes Noah Smith. Prenetics said the decision reflects the rapid growth of IM8, which it described as the fastest-growing supplement brand in the industrys history. Bitwise filed with the SEC to launch 11 single-token ‘strategy’ ETFs tied to Aave, Uniswap, Zcash, NEAR, Starknet, Sui, Bittensor, Tron, and other protocols. Sakana is one of the most popular and lucrative applications for AI so far. Japan is especially weak at late-stage startup funding. A Netflix series depicting the life that awaits foreign workers and entrepreneurs in Japan could potentially be a hit. Russia proposes criminal penalties that include forced labor and prison sentences for illegal cryptocurrency mining. Ripple Labs launches a billion-dollar stablecoin in 2025. KM3NeT project redefines astronomy by pairing deep-sea engineering with multi-messenger physics. Google AI Studio dominates for developers and power users.

ConocoPhillips says it will lay off up to 25% of its workforce, impacting thousands of jobs. The cuts would impact between 2,600 and 3,250 workers. The majority of the cuts will take place before the end of 2025.

Johnson & Johnson is planning to separate its orthopedic business from DePuy Synthes. The same plaintiffs firm, Dean Omar, won a record $966 million talc verdict against Johnson &. Johnson.

Halliburton filed a claim against Venezuela with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) under the Barbados-Venezuela Bilateral Investment Treaty. The dispute stems from Halliburtons withdrawal from the Venezuelan market. Wolf Richter says the Fed cannot make old mortgages portable because of collateral issues and the fact that these mortgages are in MBS, and the contracts cannot be changed. Office buildings in San Francisco are selling at 60-70% discounts from prior transactions. US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections. Thailand and Cambodia agree to investigate presence of 450 drones. All fiscal and monetary sins eventually lead to inflation and demolish the currency, says Dougald Lamont. Gold, silver and platinum are exploding at rates not seen probably ever so something is definitely going on that Im sure will surface. Quantum computing has hit one of many bottlenecks that is going to limit progress toward commercial applications. The financial world now is Japan at its peak and the USA in 29. Gold returns over the last 25 years manhandles the >700% return on the S&P and >800% on the Nasdaq. Government-sanctioned stablecoins appear to be another new source of demand for gold. The black swan for silver would be if Larry Silverstein decides to “pull it” and we witness the price of silver drop. Interest payments ate up 33.2% of the tax receipts available to pay for the interest expense and other general-budget expenses. In Q3, they added $87 billion to the $902 billion available to cover the interest expenses. A wealth tax and repatriation of all tax haven monies and assets would reduce our government deficit. The world is actively looking for an off ramp from the Dollar. Pentagon has been unable to produce auditable financial records; a startling fact that was first uncovered by Donald Rumsfeld under Bush II. A sustained drop in reserve demand would make things harder. Every December, we ask Project Syndicate commentators to identify the political, economic, and policy trends to watch in the year ahead. Looking ahead to 2026, PS contributors predict a year marked by escalating geopolitical risks. At the Money: April is only a few months away, but you have questions and answers. Eli Lilly on Friday became the first global healthcare company to hit $1 trillion in value. The future of conflict is cheap, rapidly manufactured and tough. China is spending a lot more money on research than the U.S. in the last decade. China now leads the world in high-quality STEM papers. Europe is under siege from Russia, China and the United States. Semiconductor industry is probably the most important industry in the world. Sakana AI might succeed, but the most likely outcome is that the company will fail. FDI has been key to the economic success of a number of countries. Bitcoin bounced between $86,000 and $90,000 over the Christmas holiday sessions. ZEC (+10%), TAO (+8%), and DASH (+6%) outperformed. Open interest fell by nearly 50%, signaling that traders stepped to the sidelines. There are signs that Japan is already beginning its industrial revival. Japan lagging many other rich countries in terms of total entrepreneurial activity. Stagnation is not a criticism; its an opportunity, says Gregg Ito Takatoshi. Bitcoin enters the new year subdued, trading around $87,000 and searching for direction. Riot Platforms opened a new $500 million at-the-market equity offering this week. Riot stock remains up 24% year-to-date and 21% over the past year. Bitwise just filed for 11 new crypto etfs, and the market’s silence exposes a brutal new reality. Bitwise forecasted new bitcoin all-time highs in 2026, pointing to structural factors like institutional capital inflows, regulatory clarity, and continued adoption to outweigh historical bearish factors. Solana is the sixth-largest crypto asset by market cap.

Morgan Stanley has bumped Apple stock by keeping its price target on Apple to $315 - 3% up, still Overweight rating. The market cap of gold is $32T which is more than the market caps of Nvidia, silver, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Bitcoin, Meta, Broadcom, and TSMC. Marcus Mendes is a Brazilian tech podcaster and journalist who has been closely following Apple since the mid-2000s. He began covering Apple news in Brazilian media in 2012 and later broadened his focus to the wider tech industry.

Visa is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks Equity Research for Zacks. Visa is rated Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) Visa is graded D on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Visa recently expanded its Intelligent Commerce framework to accelerate adoption of agentic commerce. Visa recommends businesses ensure checkout systems, security tools, and fraud defenses are aligned with emerging standards.

Micron’s n Nvidia moment is here (nasdaq:mu) | seeking alpha. Microns Nvidia Moment Is Here. Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Google at the top of the most valuable American companies. Steve Jobs of Apple was the child of a Syrian immigrant.

Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRLT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript. Brilliant Earth is an innovative, global leader in ethically sourced fine jewelry.

Goldman Sachs Group shares were down 1.62% at $774.02 at the time of publication on Tuesday. Goldman Sachs recently released a report claiming that Chinese exports will actually make Europe poorer.

Rogers first to launch satellite-to-mobile service with must-have apps - the globe and mail. Rogers Satellite will expand next to support data and voice services. RBC and National Bank have both identified Rogers Communications as their consensus top pick for 2026. Rogers is set to benefit from its consolidated sports holdings, potentially creating a significant windfall.