5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Return on Growing Cap-X Issue
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It’s Recursive
Let’s go through why the market indexes have been down during part of the past couple of days and why some DKI positions aren’t currently performing like they’re “supposed” to perform. Right now, everything relates to the bond market. After years of interest rate suppression caused by the Federal Reserve and assisted by the US … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The I’m Skeptical of Everything Issue
I’m currently in Florida, Uruguay and heading back to Montevideo soon. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Semiconductor’s Muse Issue
I arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay a week ago. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile for me to … Read more
ProCap Financial – Silvia Outperforms Again
ProCap Financial announced that it’s again outperformed the big-name expensive frontier models on personal finance questions. This demonstrates that smaller specialized models can outperform the big LLMs (large language models) in specific areas of expertise. I’ve started writing and speaking about this relating to Intel, and believe we’re going to see a shift to SLMs … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Bitcoin is a Currency Issue
I just arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Everyone Argues About the CPI Issue
I’m in San Salvador for a few days followed by a longer trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you … Read more
DeepSeek Founder Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
This week, The Epoch Times reported that DeepSeek paused a fundraising round due to comments made by its Founder, Liang Wenfeng, at a conference. These comments focused on the superiority of “noncompliant cards” and DeepSeek’s ability to obtain them. While Nvidia wasn’t named, it’s clear he was commenting on his ability to access Nvidia GPUs … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Dovish CPI Issue
Quick announcement: I’m off and working from new locations for another year. I’ll be in Antigua, Guatemala for the next few weeks. While I’m here, I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone here you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel free to … Read more
A Personal Note
As many of you know, I rented my house out last year and spent the year traveling and working from different places. It was an amazing experience. I engaged more with religion, meditation, art, architecture, and nature more than I do in my “normal” life. The trip was great for my health. I walked, explored, … Read more
