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There will be a lot of awkward conversations at the end of the year as people ask why their portfolio manager or advisor doesn’t own gold… a threat this year!
— Meb Faber (@MebFaber) October 16, 2025
Who remembers those Fed balance sheet and S&P 500 charts? You don’t see those that much anymore pic.twitter.com/MbvGoRiUPP
— Mike Vogel (@Birdyword) October 20, 2025
A TRILLION and with 2.5 months to go.. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/KPRTlSiHeP
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) October 15, 2025
Since 2020, the value of household shares has increased: 300% for households under 40, 542% for the last 50% of households and 50% for the middle 40% (10-50%) of households.
via Citadel Rubner pic.twitter.com/9sQAzn1fNY
— Daily Chart Book (@dailychartbook) October 16, 2025
Billion dollar companies with no income.$RGC Regencell Biosciences$QMMM QMMM$DGNX Diginex$TMC TMC the metal company$ Okay Okay hey$TMQ Trilogy metals$ASTS AST SpaceMobile$RGTI Throws away computers$QS QuantumScape$CRML Critical metals$LAC Lithium America$PPTA Everlasting… pic.twitter.com/LA8MzPJtiN
— Lin (@Speculator_io) October 15, 2025
🚨 Morgan Stanley just dropped a list of 39 ‘National Security’ stocks — and it’s basically a cheat sheet for the next decade of American industrial dominance.
This isn’t your typical watchlist – it’s a who’s who of the companies the US needs to stay ahead in energy, defense and… pic.twitter.com/Q9iWDaga4k
— Dividend Speeches on YouTube (@DividendTalks) October 15, 2025
Omg @awealthofcs what are we doing here?
— C (@casey_horrigan) October 15, 2025
People vastly underestimate how difficult it is to be rich
The bull market has boiled everyone’s brains and the reality is that most people are not going to come out rich on the other side. Many will be left stranded as their paper wealth evaporates
Becoming rich sustainably is tough. Required…
— Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_) October 15, 2025
I can’t believe it’s been two years since we brought premium audiobooks to Spotify. When we launched, we wanted to bring the format to a whole new generation of listeners, and it’s working. Every day more people are listening and discovering their new favorite authors, with… pic.twitter.com/UeCLuHcmM5
— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) October 17, 2025
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