Leopold Aschenbrenner's biggest positions are getting hit again Here's what his top holdings done since October highs: • SanDisk $SNDK: down 19% • Bloom Energy $BE: down 6% • Nebius $NBIS: down 11% • CoreWeave $CRWV: down 13% • Micron $MU: down 14% • SharonAI $SHAZ: down 30% SanDisk and Micron are 55% of the fund, per Q2 13F In July, a drawdown like this triggered a forced sale of his book to Citadel

El Salvador homicide update: The country is on track to have its lowest year ever, with just 60% of the homicide rate of stereotypically-peaceful Canada. The country is now *very* safe.

One year off the midterm year max pullback has seen stocks never lower and up close to 32% on average. In 2026, that would be March 30 and the S&P 500 is up about 18% off of those lows. Yet another potentially bullish development.

The new all-time high on the S&P 500 last week came on a day in which new lows exceeded new highs. That combination hasn't happened often in the past and when it has it usually signals an uptick in volatility and weakness in the index - not a sudden turn around in breadth.

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Following @gatadata88's lead who did the same with the SEC... 🚨 Big Ten Fanbase Toxicity Index 🚨 The subreddit index equally considers profanity, insults, hostile language, negativity toward rivals, and abusive comments. 100 = B1G average. @bigten

I made an unsettling discovery in my undergraduate class on financial planning last week. While explaining mortgages, I asked my 38 students this question: if you buy a $400,000 house and pay 20% in cash towards the purchase, what will be the amount that you finance? Not a single student could tell me the answer. Despite the fact that they are all juniors and seniors majoring in business. I added more questions: what is 30 percent of 80? 60 percent of 90? They didn’t know. The closest they got was when one student said, in response to my query of “40% of 70”, that “I know it’s 4 times 7 but I don’t remember what that is.” Another student helpfully added, “28.” They explained to me why they couldn’t answer these math questions: they were never taught multiplication tables, percentages or fractions during their K-12 schooling. Instead, they were taught how to use a calculator. Without one, they are not able to do basic arithmetic. I later asked the dean about this, and he lamented that this isn’t a thing just for our university’s students; it’s a thing for their entire generation, nationwide. When I was in K-12, the fierce debate among parents and educators was whether to allow calculators in class. The calculators won. Today, the debate is about AI. And like before, the tech will win. But will that truly be a victory? Rowan University #college #math #loans #CFP #financialplanning

I just had such a sad interaction. Grabbing lunch. Young woman checking me out asked where my accent is from. I said Australia. She asked, "no offense, but why would you move here?" It's so crazy to me how much some Americans don't seem to understand how good they have it here. America has inbuilt freedoms. Inbuilt opportunity. It has so, so many things that other Western countries do not. That's not to say there aren't awesome things about other Western countries. There are. But America is pretty awesome too. It makes me sad people don't see that or have any pride in where they come from.