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Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary is the most important political appointment since the election and perhaps the most important cabinet appointment of anyone’s lifetime under the age of 40. I want to write this post to get the conversation started. My analysis will follow shortly.

With Bitcoin nearing $100,000 per Bitcoin, I decided to create a short list of the 10 largest holders of Bitcoin. Now, I have do have an important note to share about this list below, and trust me, things get interesting. But first, here is the list of the 10 largest holders of Bitcoin: Coinbase: 2,256,287 BTC Satoshi*: 968,452 BTC Binance: 636,209 BTC BlackRock: 357,509 BTC MicroStrategy:…

NVIDIA’s latest earnings report reminding me that the Data Center Boom still isn’t over. Each time I think it’ll slow down, it appears to only get larger. This has me thinking about the immense resources required to power these data centers from the raw energy to the future buildings, server racks, and massive buildings that we’ll need to get up and running around the country in the next 3-5…

Here’s one of my favorite stats, and simply put, it’s a powerful reminder to keep going—you never know what you might achieve by sticking with something. And, this stat, naturally, illustrates the magic of compounding returns. The stat itself is as remarkable as the title suggests: 99% of Warren Buffett’s wealth was created after he turned 50. There are countless stories of people achieving…

I believe the market is overlooking a major trend for 2025: a stronger U.S. dollar, which will mean major money shifts to assets that value a strong Dollar. One of my immediate thoughts is a historic rotation out of mega-cap stocks into small and medium-cap companies simply because the majority of those stocks deal in dollars mostly, are domestic, and are mostly American made and…

I’ve owned a bit of Bitcoin since around 2013. I’ve always found it fascinating, as new technologies tend to capture my attention quickly. However, with each bull market surge, like we’re seeing now, I instinctively look for what’s coming next. And each time, one central question continues to linger in my mind and that’s the ongoing mystery surrounding its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and the fact…

What’s the most interesting play in the markets right now, that I can think of? It’s all those stocks that went absolutely wild during Covid—back when expectations soared, and everyone thought they’d found the next NVIDIA before NVIDIA even became a thing. The reason why this is such an interesting trade to me is that if you sift through these stocks—there are at least 200 of them—you’ll now…

Mark Twain once wrote in one of his stories: “October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” I have always found this quote to be amazing, but also remarkably interesting when you actually look at the data. Foremost, when looking at all the major crashes…

When the sailors of Spain set sail for the Americas in 1492, most people of Europe went about their lives, unaware of what lay ahead. No one could have predicted the vast lands, resources, and things that would be encountered once those ships left harbor, nor the future formation of what would become the United States. Obviously now, we can see how big that moment was. It shaped the modern…

While many spend weeks and months searching for the next big AI play, the next hit to mint a bag of cash, there are others out there who simply buy rice bowls. Look no further to the fact that Chipotle today is worth $80 billion and now, the newest kid on the block Cava, has quietly risen to a market cap of $15 billion. Cava (if you’re in NYC you especially know of this company) is now also one…

I had a simple thought the other day: Imagine giving our best ancient philosophers the technology we have today and seeing what they could come up with. If they could accomplish all of the following without our modern tools, consider what they could do with those tools: Aristotle developed the foundations of logic and ethics without any modern software to organize all of his writings and…

You may find this surprising, but the chart I am sharing below is not an AI stock. It has nothing to do with AI. It does not build software products, either. Actually, what it makes, and is now known for, is weight loss drugs. It’s also, as of this writing, a $900+ billion company: The company is Eli Lilly or ticker LLY. Eli Lilly’s new drug Tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound, is…

Could it be inflation? Is it the bull market? Will gold be an essential tool in the upgrade cycle of tech, data centers, and connectivity? Or something else? Before I get to my deep thoughts on this in a future post, let me first share some incredible facts about gold as it continues its market to all-time highs (see the chart below.) Comparison to Cryptocurrencies: Gold’s market cap surpasses…

I’ve read countless articles about AI. I’ve read blog posts from the greats. I’ve watched videos about the rise of AI and the cyborgs eventually taking down the human race. But even after reading all of that, I left with what I believe is the most important question of all: What will you do with all your unlocked free time once you learn how to wield it? There’s no need to elaborate further,…

It may take 10-20 years, but for the first time, I believe we’re closer to a seismic shift in banking—and all of finance—than I previously thought. JP Morgan is nearly a $1 trillion bank, the first of its kind. Meanwhile, stocks like PayPal and Robinhood have been crushed since their post-2020 highs. The fact that I’m writing this now may seem surprising, but the rise of fintech is simply too big…

The S&P 500 $SPY ETF manages an astonishing $554 billion in assets under management. It has an expense ratio of 0.09%. This may seem low at first glance, but considering the sheer size of their assets under management, and the math I share below, you’ll quickly see how enormous this business is and why they can offer such low fees in the first place. But first, let’s talk about how much it costs…

A profound recent lesson that I’ve absorbed about trading, and by extension, investing, is the concept of emotional contrarianism. While we’re familiar with the term “contrarian investor” – someone who seeks out investments that others have abandoned in search of a market bottom – I am actually speaking more-so from the psychological side of investing and applying a similar mindset in a new era…