Sovereign Funds Pivot Further to Private Assets in Risky Markets

Jun 28, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The world’s biggest public investors plan to shift more capital into private and less liquid assets amid rising risks to their traditional bond-and-stock portfolios, according to an industry survey. Roughly a third of sovereign wealth funds polled by Invesco Ltd. plan...

Private Credit Is Making Bets on Consumer Debt at a Precarious Time

Jun 28, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

Billions are flowing from firms like Blue Owl and KKR into Buy Now, Pay Later companies. It’s an untested model and skeptics are worried about what happens in a downturn. The private credit industry was dubbed “shadow banking” as it took business away from...

IRAs hold trillions more than 401(k) plans — yet people hardly save in them

Jun 28, 2026 | Markets

Key Points Individual retirement account assets exceed those of 401(k) plans by trillions of dollars. Annual rollovers from 401(k)-type plans to IRAs are set to exceed $1 trillion within years as baby boomers hurtle into retirement. Many investors may be well served...

$1,000 in UBER 2010 = $13.7 Million on 2019 IPO

Jun 26, 2026 | Brixxer, Markets, Save Change World Companies

Early investors in UBER made a killing.  At UBER’s 2019 IPO launch, $1000 invested in first two funding rounds: 2010 seed, $13,700,000 2011 Series A, $1,370,000 FULL DISCLOSURE: I did not invest in UBER.  I have never recommended an investment in UBER to anyone.    ...

AI Rout Exposes Wall Street’s $270 Billion Speculation Machine

Jun 26, 2026 | Markets

This week’s tech rout did more than puncture one of the year’s hottest trades: it exposed the machinery of modern speculation — and how quickly it can work in reverse. A retail-fueled unwind in AI chip stocks reverberated through semiconductor shares across Asia and...

US Chipmaker Selloff Pushes Key Stock Indexes to Weekly Loss

Jun 26, 2026 | Markets

US stocks ended the week lower as ongoing weakness in chip stocks outweighed a survey showing cooler-than-expected inflation expectations and easing rate hike concerns. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% Friday to cap off its biggest weekly decline since the beginning of June...