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Weekly Points – June 28th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Let Them Eat Cake Issue
We lead off with a government official meme’ing herself. (Is meme’ing a word? Can we get a ruling by someone over the age of 25 on that?) Despite a terrible reputation as someone who doesn’t understand the impact of inflation on normal people, Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, couldn’t resist letting Americans know she thinks their … Read more
WSJ Highlights the Danger of AI Attacks
Today, the WSJ published an article titled “AI is Helping Scammers Outsmart You – and Your Bank” highlighting the new sophisticated techniques being used by people committing fraud. If we remember back to the early days of internet-enabled fraud, the scammers liked to use the Nigerian Prince approach where you’d get an email claiming you … Read more
Weekly Points – June 7th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Economic Doomsday Issue
Ok – it’s a bit of a clickbait title. I confess. The economic news this week wasn’t great, but we’re not actually at doomsday. I’ve been making the point that we’re in a bifurcated economy where a few people doing extremely well pulls up the overall statistics while hiding the fact that most of the … Read more