Nvidia Tells Skeptical Investors AI Is Ready to Go Mainstream

May 21, 2026 | Markets

Nvidia Corp., facing more investor skepticism, used its latest quarterly report to tout progress in diversifying the company, which aims to rely less on the giant data center operators that have fueled its runaway growth. Though spending has continued to surge from...

Repeat After Me, Stocks Are Not an Effective Inflation Hedge

May 21, 2026 | Markets

Surveys indicate that investors are piling into stocks even as they see rising inflation. That’s likely to backfire as equities aren’t the hedge against price growth they are often taken to be. It’s time to pay much more attention to real quantities again. Inflation...

SpaceX IPO Requires Leap of Faith in AI, Mars and Musk’s Vision

May 21, 2026 | Markets, Private Markets

Elon Musk’s SpaceX pulled back the curtain on a business empire that has racked up ballooning losses and debt after acquiring a cash-hungry startup, and pumping billions of dollars into futuristic endeavors ranging from AI to a Mars rocket. The prospectus that...

Bridging Finance Founder David Sharpe Seeks New Appeal in Fraud Case

May 20, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The former chief executive officer of private credit shop Bridging Finance Inc. will ask Ontario’s highest court to review a fresh ruling that upheld fraud findings against him. David Sharpe “intends to seek leave to appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal,” lawyer...

Bitcoin Grows More Dependent on Saylor’s Buying Machine

May 20, 2026 | Markets

For most of its history, Bitcoin’s price was driven by a sprawling cast of buyers: idealists, speculators, early adopters, and, more recently, institutional investors looking for a new portfolio hedge. Demand was fragmented and hard to predict. In 2026, it is neither....