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21 Jan 2025

7 Financial Rules

Source: Seek Wiser

21 Jan 2025

This billionaire can predict the future

He was an early investor in Facebook, Uber & Airbnb. And he just said, "AI will create more billionaires than the internet.” David Sacks’ 5 predictions on the future of wealth creation and why you should care (a thread on X by EmperorDino): 👉"The AI Gold Rush": AI will create more billionaires than the internet. Why? AI is not just a new technology, it's a force multiplier for every industry. The numbers back this up: NVIDIA's value jumped $1.5T in 12 months. AMD stock surged 400% since 2022. Sacks predicts: "The next trillion-dollar company will be an AI infrastructure play.” 👉 "The Rise of AI-First Startups": By 2025, most successful startup will be AI-native. Just like mobile killed web-only companies in 2010. AI will kill traditional software companies by 2026. 👉"AI Models Reaching PhD-Level Reasoning". Sacks recently revealed that OpenAI's AI models will soon achieve PhD-level reasoning abilities. This would be huge for the AI world. 👉 "The Death of Traditional VC": AI will revolutionize startup funding. Smart contracts + AI agents will: • Evaluate startups • Structure deals • Monitor performance Traditional VCs will become obsolete by 2027. 👉 "The Great Wealth Transfer" AI will create two classes: • Those who leverage AI • Those who compete with AI The wealth gap between these groups will be larger than the internet created. Time to pick a side. 🚀 Here's what Sacks is personally investing in: • AI agent platforms • AI infrastructure companies • Industry-specific AI solutions • Computing hardware startups His Craft Ventures fund deployed $850M in these sectors since 2023. Your action plan: 1. Build for the AI-first world 2. Learn AI infrastructure fundamentals 3. Focus on industry-specific problems 4. Learn skills that can't be replaced or automated The next decade of wealth creation starts now. Source: EmperorDino on X

21 Jan 2025

The fastest growing jobs 2025-2030

1 big data specialist 2 fintech engineers 3 AI and ML specialists 4 software and app devs 5 security management 6 data warehousing 7 autonomous and EV eng 8 UI/UX designers 9 delivery services 10 IoT specialist WEF25 Source: Vala Afshar

21 Jan 2025

Why America is in an alcohol recession - by The Hustle

Beer, wine, and spirit sales have trended upward for years. But the industry now faces new threats. Among these threats: the demographic factor. For middle-aged and older Americans, alcohol consumption hasn’t declined much. But Gallup discovered that 59% of 18-to-34 year olds (Gen Z and younger millennials) self-identified as alcohol drinkers, down from 72% of 18-to-34 year olds in the early 2000s. (This decline has coincided with a doubling of the share of Americans who smoke marijuana, with young people being the most likely to toke up.) Source: The Hustle

21 Jan 2025

Congress Trade: Representative Nancy Pelosi Just Disclosed New Stock Trades

Representative Nancy Pelosi just filed new stock trades, which we received from a Stock Act disclosure: Nvidia $NVDA: (3 separate transactions) 1) - Exercised 500 call options purchased 11/22/23 (50,000 shares) at a strike price of $12 with an expiration date of 12/20/24 for between $500K-$1M 2) Sold 10K shares for between $1M-$5M 3) - Bought between $250K-$500K worth of Nvidia stock Amazon $AMZN: Purchased 50 call options with a strike price of $150 and an expiration date of 1/16/26 for between $250K-$500K Google $GOOGL: Purchased 50 call options with a strike price of $150 and an expiration date of 1/16/26 for between $250K-$500K Apple $AAPL: Sold 31,600 shares for between $5M to $25M Palo Alto $PANW: Exercised 140 call options purchased 2/12/24 & 2/21/24 (14,000 shares) at a strike price of $100 with an expiration for 12/20/24 for between $1M-$5M Tempus AI $TEM: Purchased 50 call options with a strike price of $20 and an expiration date of 1/16/26 for between $50K-$100K Vistra Corp $VST: Purchased 50 call options with a strike price of $50 and an expiration date of 1/16/26 for between $500K-$1M source :evan, nasdaq

21 Jan 2025

He's back. Get used to the roller coaster!

source : bloomberg

21 Jan 2025

This is also why US dominance and exceptionalism is here to stay...

Computing power is the new gold and almost 50% of the world’s data centers are in the us. Source: Visual Capitalist

21 Jan 2025

Fixed income: Credit is still the place to be

Spreads are as tight as they've been this entire bull market: Source: J-C Parets

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