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Plus, Berkshire Hathaway’s cash peaks as South Korea’s KOSPI rockets. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.
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Imagine an economy that keeps growing, companies making record profits, and markets hitting new highs, yet millions of skilled workers struggle to find jobs. AI now handles tasks that humans used to do, faster and cheaper than any employee. Productivity rises, but wages and household income lag. Growth is happening, but people are being left out. How will society adapt when success no longer depends on human work?
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Plus, Berkshire Hathaway’s cash peaks as South Korea’s KOSPI rockets. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.
Major U.S. stock indexes fell for the week as investors stayed cautious about AI-driven disruption and global trade and tariff uncertainty. The Dow Jones dropped 1.31%, while the S&P 500 Index declined a smaller 0.44%. Stocks sold off early after a research report heightened AI risk concerns, briefly stabilized ahead of NVIDIA’s earnings, but finished the week lower as strong results failed to shift the broader risk-off mood
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