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👎 Yann LeCun Calls Musk's xAI a Failure Yann LeCun called Elon Musk's startup xAI a failure and predicted Musk's AI efforts will end in collapse. He said Musk already cannot compete with leading AI labs. LeCun criticized Musk for "showing weakness" by leasing his Colossus data centers to competitors Anthropic and Google . He also said Musk won't attract top talent after reportedly mistreating the…

💸 AI has turned stock buybacks into a bad signal For years, U.S. companies spent trillions buying back their own shares. It boosted earnings, supported stock prices, and often signaled there were few attractive places left to invest. That logic is being reversed. Google recently announced an $85 billion equity raise , effectively wiping out more than two years of buybacks. Meta is reportedly cons…

🧫 Semiconductor Trade Remains Most Crowded 80% of global fund managers said in early June that long global semiconductors is the most crowded trade, according to a BofA survey. This marks the second consecutive month semiconductors have topped the list. This reading is the second-highest since 2014 , only behind long US tech at 82% in October 2020 . Meanwhile, just 12% of respondents named long M…

😊 Strategy's "stable" preferred stock falls 11% below par STRC , Strategy's preferred stock designed to trade near $100 , has dropped to around $89 , its lowest level since launch in July 2025 . The structure relies on a variable dividend. If the price falls, Strategy can raise the yield and attract buyers. The market is asking for a higher rate, but the company has kept it at 11.5% , likely to p…

📈 $5.15 Trillion S&P 500 Options Expire This Week Markets face volatility as $5.15 trillion in S&P 500 options expire on June 19th , the largest monthly expiration ever. S&P 500 index options total $4.84 trillion , with $307 billion in $SPY options. Options bought as protection against the Iran conflict will expire, removing a key hedge and likely increasing market swings. ✔️ @venture

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💰 Bezos-Backed Prometheus Raises $12B for Physical AI Prometheus, co-led by Jeff Bezos , raised $12 billion at a valuation near $41 billion . The company focuses on physical AI, software that designs real-world products like jet engines and medical devices. Prometheus aims to build a universal AI engineer to speed up design, prototyping, and manufacturing. Bezos says processes that now take a dec…

💳 Mastercard is having its worst year in 15 years Mastercard is down 12.77% in 2026 , making it the company's weakest year since 2010. The decline stands out because the business has been one of the most consistent compounders in the market: 🔴 2010: -12.73% ⏺️ 2011: +68.76% ⏺️ 2012: +33.36% ⏺️ 2013: +63.73% ⏺️ 2014: +3.30% ⏺️ 2015: +13.63% ⏺️ 2016: +8.90% ⏺️ 2017: +43.62% ⏺️ 2018: +24.19% ⏺️ 2019…

📈 Global Capital Markets Hit Record $4.7 Trillion Raised Global capital markets have raised a record $4.7 trillion in equity, corporate debt, and bank loans so far this year , the third straight annual increase. This total is about $500 billion above the 2021 post-pandemic boom, driven by tech companies funding AI spending and record debt for AI infrastructure. Investment-grade private credit for…

🚀 SpaceX completes $60B Cursor acquisition SpaceX finalized the purchase of Cursor for $60 billion , turning it into a subsidiary. The deal followed an April option allowing SpaceX to buy Cursor or pay $10 billion for collaboration if the acquisition failed. Cursor recently launched a strong update, its own model, and an SDK. This acquisition gives SpaceX a direct competitor to Claude Code and Co…