AI’s footprint is no longer something you can confine to a handful of hyperscalers any more than you can confine a monsoon to a single coastline. What started as a neatly framed Silicon Valley boom is now a barometric shift…
Phocas Kagorora, a renowned Rwandan fitness trainer, is aiming to set a new African record for step aerobics by completing 11 uninterrupted hours of activity. The event, dubbed "Onzestar Aerobics Workout African Records," will take…
You’ve been paying into Social Security for 40 years. You’ve heard the program may become insolvent. You’ve been told to take what you can now and reinvest it to earn a "real" return. The urge to get your money back at the first…
There was a lot of investor hand-wringing and head-scratching experienced this past week. On Wednesday night, announced its earnings. And, not only were its earnings exceptionally strong, beating Wall Street’s expectations for both…
“At COP30, despite our persistent efforts and the European Parliament’s clear mandate on mitigation and the phase-out of fossil fuels, we faced a unified BRICS–Arab front and a Presidency unwilling to match our level of ambition, and we…
A "tremendous amount of progress" has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.But "there's still some work to be done", Rubio said after meeting…
Strategy hopping - chasing the next shiny setup after a loss, a bad day, or a dip in confidence is one of the biggest reasons traders stay stuck for years. It usually happens because you haven’t lived with a strategy long enough to trust…
When you buy an index fund, you are buying a portfolio with real shares in weights that reflect a miniature version of the underlying market or index (see here and here for more). We also know that if the portfolio has the…
The government is expected to announce an extra £1.3bn in funding for a scheme encouraging the use of electric vehicles (EVs) at next week's Budget. The Electric Car Grant scheme started in July as part of the move to zero emission…