If you missed, basically one of the best stock market runs in history the last few years, all you have to do is say “it’s due to money printing, currency debasement, or government debt” and you instantly feel smart.
Not wealthier, just smart.
Average US family health insurance premium...
2000: $6k
2003: $9k
2006: $11k
2009: $13k
2012: $16k
2015: $18k
2018: $20k
2021: $22k
2024: $26k
That's a 342% increase since 1999 (6.1% per year).
(Note: US CPI inflation has increased 2.5%/year)
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Thoughts on Altria's $MO #dividend safety as cigarette volume declines accelerate, plus what we are thinking of doing with our shares, which we've held since 2015: https://t.co/ZnIHd7CF0p
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is looking to build a $100B chip venture to develop AI chips and compete with Nvidia $NVDA.
The project, under the code name Izanagi, would complement Arm $ARM to create an AI-chip powerhouse, with one scenario seeing SoftBank invest $30B and find investors for the remaining $70B.