John David Ricker

Luckiest man in the universe 📈 I help finance folk make money through stories & data. 🎯🐼#RedPandaSniper

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"Mastering the art of investing is mastering the outer and inner universe, mechanically and emotionally."

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@RatzPackMedia @_masterinvestor Dangit I thought I was first

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@_masterinvestor What if they ipo in space

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SFNSD April 3 26

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5-8-23

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I wrote about what JP Morgan wrote about 2026 and private equity making things feel different than the past:

— AI spending at 1% of GDP has historical potential to reach 5% despite significant power and infrastructure constraints.

https://t.co/JfpzdqW00b

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"Journal of John David Ricker"

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I’m writing this piece from my phone.
I got to spend time with extended family this weekend.

They’re older than me and have their own families now.

1. My goodness, children are energy consumers
2. My goodness, you have to acquire and serve a lot

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SFNSD

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@_masterinvestor PT programming brand stretching lol

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*US JAN. PRODUCER PRICES RISE 0.5% M/M; EST. +0.3%

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CME Group has halted trading on its Globex metals and its natural gas futures and options markets due to technical issues

feb 25 2026

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11:10 PST CME Group Inc. restarted trading on its main natural gas futures and options contracts after a brief halt due to technical issues.

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@yxinsights @paulg Most writing problems are competence issues.

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@paulg @yxinsights For example, you might as well just cut 2 now, since there is no longer any connection to 1.

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@raphaelschaad @ycombinator https://t.co/QDQ7jBSpBX

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There is still forums that are mainstream — Reddit, Quora (if you’re weird) — but if the automated internet grows and platforms and products evolve out of the development (read: AI-born retail products — not developer or business),

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To explore: What products coming from this AI development? What was some non-digital fads? Trade working? (cars?) …software going into physical infrastructure? — JDR

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Vintage web / digital fixation post

There’s a growing sentiment that people miss the vintage obsessions of the internet — that is, the serendipity of finding a human subject-matter expert yapping on their RSS-looking webpage.

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there will from that momentum co-create the internet users who want the CD-ROM experience of the internet. The vinyl record experience might already exist with self-hosted. Maybe two generations from now there’s a return to non-digital fads.