12-MONTH ETF RETURNS (AS OF AUGUST 2026) 📈
* 🚀 Top Performers: IWM (Russell 2000) leading with +33.83%, followed by QQQM (NASDAQ 100) at +26.70%
* 💰 Dividends & Core U.S.: SCHD (U.S. Dividend) up +26.63%, VTI (Total U.S. Market) at +21.25%, and VOO (S&P 500) at +20.67%
* 🌐 Global & Emerging: VXUS (International) gained +22.55%, VT (Global Market) at +21.58%, and VWO (Emerging Markets) at +16.15%
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You can’t make this up.
Trump just called Jensen Huang LIVE during the All-In Summit.
Jensen put him on speaker.
Trump: “The robots will not be taking over. The whole thing is a hoax.”
After today’s AI selloff…
This timing is absolutely insane.
$NVDA
ORACLE $ORCL MAKES A BIG MOVE…
Oracle jumped 6.7% after hours following a stronger-than-expected earnings report.
The biggest highlight:
Cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubled.
Investors are watching Oracle’s AI and cloud growth story closely as demand continues to accelerate.
Currently, 15 politicians hold $ORCL , including Gilbert Cisneros and Cleo Fields.
SPACE X LOCK-UP UPDATE…
Up to 59.1 million $SPCX shares have now been released from lock-up, allowing insiders to sell.
This is a separate release from yesterday’s 319 million share unlock.
Combined, approximately 378.1 million shares are now available, representing around $58 billion in value at recent prices.
A lock-up period prevents early investors and employees from selling shares immediately after a public listing.
With the restriction lifted, insiders now have the option to sell whenever they choose.
8 politicians, including President Donald Trump, hold $SPCX.
Current share price: ~$148.80
📈 The world’s biggest companies have undergone a massive transformation.
In 2005, the top of the market was dominated by industrial, energy and financial companies:
🇺🇸 GE — $382B
🇺🇸 ExxonMobil — $381B
🇺🇸 Microsoft — $263B
🇺🇸 Citigroup — $234B
🇬🇧 BP — $221B
By 2026, the picture looks completely different:
🇺🇸 NVIDIA — $4.85T
🇺🇸 Apple — $4.31T
🇺🇸 Microsoft — $2.77T
🇺🇸 Alphabet — $2.56T
🇺🇸 Amazon — $2.24T
💡 Key insight: The global economy has shifted from oil, manufacturing and banking toward technology, platforms and AI. In 2005, GE was the world’s largest company. In 2026, NVIDIA is worth more than 12× GE’s 2005 market cap.
Even more striking: all five of the world’s largest companies in 2026 are U.S. tech giants, compared with a far more diversified top five in 2005.
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