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The video game industry should be having its best years ever. More people are playing games, spending more time playing, and buying more in-game content. The video game industry currently generates between $200 and $350 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the largest forms of entertainment in the world. However, many of the companies behind these games are struggling internally. One of the major problems is that gamers are spending more time playing fewer games. In 20

Exactly two years ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner launched a hedge fund centered around one core idea: artificial intelligence was going to reshape the economy. He managed to raise $225 million from prominent Silicon Valley figures such as Patrick and John Collison, Nat Friedman, and Daniel Gross. For a while, the bet worked; through an explosive 439% return in the first half of 2026, Aschenbrenner and Situational Awareness scaled that initial seed capital into upwards of $45 bill

You may have heard that over the past few years, some of the world’s largest tech giants have laid off tens of thousands of employees. Meta alone has eliminated almost 40,000 positions through multiple rounds of cuts. Other big names like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have all announced major layoffs of their own. However, despite cuts, these companies still employ almost the same number of people as they did before the layoffs. So what’s the point? Originally, companies arg

Over the past several months, oil prices have been fluctuating wildly. Some days, reports of peace talks between Iran and the US send prices lower. Later, new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz push them right back up. This cycle has repeated itself so many times that investors are wondering why the market continues to react so strongly to new headlines. Part of the reason is that oil futures are not just investments; they are critical to the global economy. Shipping companies,

One of the most common places people learn about investing today is social media. A FINRA survey found that 61% of adults between 18 and 34 have made an investment decision based on advice that they received from a social media post. With financial content continuing to grow online, many regulators are becoming concerned about how investments are being promoted. A rising concern deals with influencers being paid to promote publicly traded companies without properly explainin