In December 2007, a Barcelona newspaper ran a charity raffle to pick a local baby for a UNICEF calendar shoot.
The winning family brought their 5-month-old son.
The 20-year-old Barca player assigned to bathe him was Lionel Messi.
The baby was Lamine Yamal.
Nobody thought about the photo for 15 years.
Then the baby debuted for Barcelona at 15. Won the Euros at 16 while still doing homework. Took over Messi's number 10 shirt.
On Sunday they meet in the World Cup Final.
Messi is 39. It's likely his last one.
Yamal turned 19 two days ago. It's his first.
The baby Messi held in his hands is now trying to take the trophy out of them.
Appaloosa (David Tepper) keeps killing it
1) One of the few large funds without down years through the last drawdown
2) Destroying the S&P
3) 2026 returns include 40% of book in cash, invested capital is up 50%+
$MU
The trend has been broken
Long-term thesis doesn’t change - still trading at a 0.4x PEG
Downside in the short-term feels like a clean play as long as we continue to break PDL
One day there will be an announcement that lands like Thor’s hammer. Clarity will be brought amidst either tears of joy or tears of despair.
$FNMA $FMCC
This structural shift suggests that Amazon has been preparing for the long-term expansion of AI compute, and that it does not see AI compute oversupply as a real issue.
Goldman Delta 1 head on recent drop in compute rental prices
"For me, the most important metric remains compute rental prices. The market’s central premise has been that compute is scarce. If scarcity persists, prices should remain firm and justify continued capex. If supply rises and rental prices continue to drift lower, that is a direct challenge to the shortage narrative. The first place that pain shows up is hardware. ORNN H100 index rolling over last couple days worth watching. The beneficiaries are the companies selling the complete platform and monetizing usage rather than simply selling picks and shovels. My working conclusion remains that hyperscalers are the structural winners through this phase. The first moment they demonstrate they can deliver equivalent output with lower spend, the market will reward them. The bigger risk sits further upstream in the hardware and infrastructure stack where expectations remain built around persistent scarcity."
🇯🇵 Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara threw a ceremonial first pitch years ago at Tokyo Dome.
It wasn't the best pitch... but a lot of people were impressed by her "tornado style" throw and posture.