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Our newest MRUniversity online course in economics is now starting, Principles of Microeconomics! Tyler and I have created what we think is our most engaging course yet — featuring high production quality videos filled with great examples to illustrate key concepts. We’ll cover all of the important topics in microeconomics, such as competition, monopoly, price discrimination, externalities, public goods and more. There are practice questions along the way to test your knowledge, and don’t hesitate to post your questions on each video page. Check out our video introducing the course and economics more generally. We begin with a great story about incentives! Source link

Key insights Private equity ownership often changes how a business operates day to day, bringing more discipline around performance metrics, accountability, capital decisions, and progress toward the investment thesis. You may need stronger finance infrastructure and FP&A capabilities to support faster reporting, better forecasting, clearer KPIs, and more informed conversations with sponsors and leadership. Digital tools, automation, and AI can support value creation when they’re tied to specific business goals, near-term priorities, and the company’s longer-term growth plans. An “always for sale” mindset can help management teams stay transaction-ready by keeping financials audit-ready, diligence materials current, and the company’s equity…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

© Who is Danny / Shutterstock.com Bitcoin’s slide has tested even the most patient bulls, and Fundstrat’s Tom Lee recently appeared on CNBC on Monday morning to argue that Bitcoin’s long-term story remains intact. His viewpoint is that Bitcoin has fallen for three consecutive quarters and has never, in its history, posted four straight quarterly declines. With the token trading around $61,577 on July 6, 2026, Lee frames the pullback as a cyclical reset within a longer arc rather than a structural breakdown. Bitcoin Just Logged Three Straight Losing Quarters Bitcoin is down 27.57% year-to-date and off 41.98% over the past year,…

As Specialized Investment Funds (SIFs) begin to take shape in India’s investment landscape, fund houses are positioning them as a bridge between traditional mutual funds and more sophisticated investment vehicles such as Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). In this interaction with Cafemutual, Kalpesh Jain of Kotak Mutual Fund shares his views on the role SIFs can play, why taxation could become a major differentiator, the rationale behind Kotak’s hybrid SIF offering and what mutual fund distributors should keep in mind while evaluating these products. SIFs are being positioned as a bridge between mutual funds and PMS/AIFs.…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

The headline is probably more provocative than the article. This is more a rumination than an actual argument. I need to start by defining some terms, I think, in order to make it clear what I am and am not talking about. These are not academic definitions, and I suspect any political scientists, economists, or sociologists are going to cringe reading them, but I do think that they describe, colloquially, the realities well enough for discussion. Capitalism is not, for the purposes of this discussion, a market economy. Rather, when I speak of capitalism, I speak of what we sometimes…

Centerbridge Partners’ negotiations for a stake in a Maryland-based commercial real estate firm proved successful.The alternative asset manager paid $750 million for a portion of Merritt Properties, Bisnow reported. The valuation of the company wasn’t disclosed, though when talks were reported several weeks ago, a $3 billion valuation was being eyed; Merritt did not respond to a request for comment regarding the valuation.Centerbridge acquired its stake from Almanac Realty Investors, the real estate investment division of asset manager Neuberger Berman. Almanac did contribute to Centerbridge’s investment in Merritt, though. CBRE served as a real estate adviser to the transaction.Merritt is…

Bitcoin changed hands near $62,800 into Monday, up about 7.3% over the past week but sitting a brutal 49.5% below its all-time high of $126,080. That single number frames everything. This is not a market pushing toward records — it’s a market that got cut in half and is trying to build a floor. The 24-hour tape was close to flat, with prints ranging from roughly $62,600 on some venues to $63,600 on others, and a market cap hovering near $1.26 trillion against a circulating supply of about 20.05 million coins. The weekly gain is real, and it’s the kind…

AI infrastructure sits where powerful long term themes meet real world hardware, turning complex technology into billable capacity. While central banks weigh inflation data and long term yields swing with shifting rate expectations, attention is quietly moving toward the physical backbone that keeps AI running, from specialized data centers to power and cooling. The AI Infrastructure Stocks screener focuses on companies already tied to this demand, with revenue and operational setups geared toward generating cash flow. In this article, you will see 3 stocks from the screener that stand out for further research. Netlist (NLST) Overview: Netlist is a US-based…