
Everyone's asking if AI is the next dot-com bubble. Nvidia and 25 companies just gave a clue.
Nvidia rallied 25 companies behind open AI models, and OpenAI and Anthropic sat it out. Here's why I think their coming IPOs, not this fight, mark the real top of the AI bubble.

Jensen Huang's first-ever post on X was an open-weights AI letter. Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) both signed it, along with 23 other companies.
Jensen Huang joined X in June and stayed silent for weeks. His first post was a joint industry letter on open AI models, signed by 25 companies including Microsoft. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Amazon did not sign.

The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense bill. I think Lockheed Martin (LMT) is due for a bounce, and earnings tomorrow is the real test.
The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday and defense stocks rallied, but not evenly. Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are still down 25% to 30% from their 2026 highs, RTX and General Dynamics already recovered, and Lockheed reports earnings Thursday morning.

Michael Burry cut his Oracle (ORCL) short in half, and says reports he closed it are fake news
Michael Burry sold half his Oracle (ORCL) puts on July 17 after a 63% stock plunge, then called reports that he'd fully exited the short "fake news." The same post added Nvidia (NVDA) puts, more DraftKings (DKNG), and a skeptical read on Netflix (NFLX).

China's Xi Jinping just launched a 29-nation AI bloc. That's bullish for US AI stocks (NVDA, PLTR)
Xi Jinping used the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai to launch a 29-nation World AI Cooperation Organization and take a shot at US chip export controls. History says Washington answers moves like this with money, and that is bullish for the US AI trade.

The Close, July 14: IBM lost a quarter of its value, and SK Hynix's Nasdaq stock jumped 27%
IBM lost about a quarter of its value in a single session after a weak preliminary report, and the damage spread across enterprise software. SK Hynix's brand-new Nasdaq stock went the other way, jumping 27% on a day chips broadly rallied.

Every trade a CEO makes in their own stock goes public within 2 days. Here's how to read a Form 4.
Corporate insiders must disclose their own stock trades within two days. Here's what a Form 4 actually shows, using two real filings, and why most insider selling isn't the warning sign it looks like.

Micron cracks $1,000 as the chip scare returns from Korea (MU, AVAV)
Stocks opened firm, then chips rolled over after 10 a.m. Micron (MU) cracked $1,000 as the Korea selloff spread. The Dow held, and healthcare and AVAV rallied.

The AI stocks that led and lagged the first half of 2026
The first half of 2026 split the AI trade in two. Memory and chip-supply names like Micron (MU, +304%) and Intel (INTC, +278%) soared, while marquee names lagged and AI software fell, with Palantir (PLTR) down about 34%. Here is the full scoreboard and what it means.

Where the money moved July 1: out of chips, into software, as Meta jumps on cloud news
A flat tape hid a sharp rotation on July 1, 2026: money moved out of semiconductors (SMH -4.2%) and into software (IGV +3.8%), led by Meta's (META) roughly 10% jump on news it will sell its spare AI cloud computing power.

Michael Burry shorts Tesla (TSLA) and Caterpillar (CAT), days after going long Microsoft (MSFT)
Michael Burry disclosed five new short positions on June 30, including a first-ever bet against Caterpillar (CAT), just days after a bullish, multi-year Microsoft (MSFT) bet. Every price he disclosed, and where the trades stand now.

Today's AI rotation map: out of the chips, into software, power and the frontier
A snapshot of Monday's rotation: as the AI build-out sold off, money moved into software (ServiceNow, Adobe), AI power (GE Vernova), quantum, space and cyber. A one-day picture that can flip fast.

Can you trade stocks on the weekend? Inside Hyperliquid and the IBM run
A years-old Trump clip went viral on a Saturday and IBM gapped up 15% by Monday. You could watch the whole thing on Hyperliquid, where stocks, oil and indexes trade all weekend in stablecoins. Here is how it works, and why 8 PM Sunday matters.

Michael Burry made a bullish Microsoft (MSFT) bet and trimmed his Palantir (PLTR) short
The investor famous for betting against markets just made a rare, multi-year bullish bet on Microsoft (MSFT) with December 2028 LEAP calls, and trimmed his Palantir (PLTR) short. MSFT is up this morning.