Leveraged & Inverse ETFs: Why Daily Reset Kills Returns
TQQQ, SQQQ, SOXL: leveraged and inverse ETFs reset every day. Here is why 3x can fall 53% while its index rises 8%, and when to use them anyway.
US Borrows $432B in July; FY26 Deficit Already Tops FY25
July’s $432B deficit pushes FY26 borrowing past $1.8T in 10 months — more than all of FY25 — as tariff refunds bleed receipts and debt nears $40T.
July CPI Cools to 3.4%: Stocks Shrug, Fed Cut Path Clears
July 2026 CPI came in at 3.4% headline and 2.5% core, matching forecasts. Stocks nudged higher, yields dipped, and the September FOMC cut looks live.
Insider Trading Explained: Legal, Illegal, and 10b5-1 Plans
How Section 10(b), Rule 10b-5, Form 4 filings, and 10b5-1 trading plans separate legal insider activity from federal crimes.
Goldman Buys NEOS for $2.25B: An Options-Income ETF Bet
Goldman Sachs Asset Management will pay up to $2.25 billion for NEOS Investments, adding $30 billion of options-income ETFs and pushing GSAM’s active ETF book to about $80 billion.
Greg Abel Puts $23.5B to Work: Berkshire Turns Net Buyer
Warren Buffett’s successor Greg Abel deployed $23.5B into equities in Q2 — Berkshire’s first net-buying quarter in over three years. Here’s what changed.
The Sharpe Ratio Explained: Formula, Uses, and Traps
Sharpe ratio, made simple: the formula, a worked example, long-run values for stocks, bonds, and Berkshire, and the traps that make it lie.
Lyntris Sets $492M IPO Terms: Trive’s Defense-Tech Roll-Up Hits NYSE
Lyntris (NYSE: LYNX), the Accelint + Vitesse combination backed by Trive Capital, set an IPO range of $19-$22 targeting up to $528M and a ~$2.36B market cap.
On Holding Crashes 22% on Q2 Miss: Americas Growth Cracks
On Holding (ONON) posted a rare Q2 revenue miss and cut its FY26 outlook. Shares fell up to 22% — the worst day since its 2021 IPO.
ADRs Explained: How to Own TSMC, Alibaba, and Toyota
American Depositary Receipts let U.S. investors buy foreign stocks in dollars on U.S. exchanges. How they work, in plain English.