10 Thursday AM Reads
My morning reads: • It’s Never Been Easier To Beat This Market: Instead of trading against high powered algorithms preying on every market inefficiency 24/7, there’s another path. (A Teachable Moment) • A Punishing Housing Market Is Squeezing Renters: Higher mortgage rates and slowing residential construction are again giving landlords the upper hand. (New York Times)… Read More The post 10…
10 Thursday AM Reads
Discover a teachable moment about beating the market, as trading against powerful algorithms is no longer the only option. In New York, higher mortgage rates and limited residential construction are squeezing renters, putting landlords at an advantage. The wealth strategy of borrowing against stocks, known as 'Buy, Borrow, and Die,' has grown to a $5 trillion market.
Home Depot faces new challenges from the Trump administration, due to undocumented workers and a frozen housing market. A self-taught engineer trained a large language model with 3.8 billion parameters from scratch for a mere $998, utilizing rented servers and public information. Elon's AI company, xAI, offered Southaven, Mississippi residents to buy their homes if they didn't sue over noise from a power plant.
Ukraine's defense strategy against Taiwan includes the use of unmanned boats, demonstrating how low-cost weapons can challenge larger navies. Researchers explain the Dunning-Kruger effect, revealing how humans often overestimate their knowledge. Pennsylvania experiences a measles outbreak, with two-thirds of cases now among adults.
Trump's attempts to undermine mail-in voting and election officials have largely been ineffective due to a lack of evidence, legal authority, and judicial decisions. Finally, a video explores the origins of computing.
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