Charlie Ormond

US employment data has long served as an early warning system for the global economy. When American workers start losing jobs, trouble tends to follow…For markets, for Australia, and eventually for your portfolio.

The difference between AI that can reliably handle two-hour tasks and AI that can handle multi-week tasks isn’t just more capacity. It’s a fundamentally different economic reality.

James’s makes a case for optimism in a market freaking out over tariffs, shutdowns, and AI bubble fears. He thinks three major developments are quietly pointing in the opposite direction to what you may think.

We’ve become dependent on the Fed’s needle. Every wobble gets smoothed over with dovish speeches and rate cut hints. Another shot in the arm to send stocks higher.

With Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation hitting screens next year, Homer’s wanderer is having a moment. But forget the Hollywood spectacle. The lessons from this Bronze Age CEO are surprisingly relevant for navigating 2026’s markets.

Michael Burry from ‘The Big Short’ has emerged into the public eye with fresh bubble warnings. But once again, his warnings are ‘uninvited and unwelcome’ to the market.

As the pandemic showed, the K-shaped recovery is no longer just about income brackets. It’s about which companies serve which customers, and the recent earnings season gave us some signs that the divide is growing.

James argues that Crypto’s latest dip isn’t a disaster—it’s a disguise. All we see are headlines about falling prices, but he believes Wall Street giants like JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are quietly building the foundation for crypto’s next major run.

We’re funding the most expensive science experiment in history… With shareholders’ money. Investors are starting to get anxious that we haven’t heard a peep from the biggest tech names in some time. While they have been looking North, I’ve been hunting elsewhere.