#us-leverage

#us-leverage

Cursor is nearing a funding round of at least $2 billion, with returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz expected to lead the financing at a $50 billion valuation. The deal terms are not final and may still change.

Launching a fund used to be a real test of endurance, with timelines often stretching across many months. The process demanded patience that many ambitious founders found difficult to sustain.

At 7:46 a.m. Monday, Doornbos had posted on X that Iranian officials were still considering a U.S. proposal to end the war, 'centering around uranium enrichment.'

Inertia Enterprises burst onto the scene in February with a $450 million Series A, making it one of the best capitalized startups in the industry, aiming to bring laser-based fusion reactors to market.

Goldman Sachs' Chief Equity Strategist Peter Oppenheimer has called the recent sell-off in U.S. tech stocks a rare 'buying opportunity,' suggesting that the current market conditions may favor investment in this sector.

The World Bank's recent report argues that government intervention, when done right, can actually be an essential ingredient of economic success, reversing decades of opposition to industrial policy.

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF offers pure market beta at an expense ratio of 0.03%, with top holdings like NVIDIA and Apple making up over 36% of the fund.

"I'm in favor of not having any rules against insider trading. I would like all the information out there as soon as it's available. Because look, as a society, we are better off knowing as soon as possible anything that is knowable."

Prediction markets are on the rise, and ideas have begun flying on Capitol Hill about all the ways to contain them. That includes everything from preventing insider trading, to keeping lawmakers off platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, to banning betting on things like the Oscars or the Super Bowl halftime show.

A review by the editorial board relying on analyses from news organizations shows that Mr. Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.

Investors reacted emphatically to President Trump's insistence that he won't back down on his plan to take over Greenland: They hate it. The S&P 500 fell 2% yesterday, even though 81% of its companies have beaten their Q4 earnings expectations so far. The dollar fell off a cliff, losing nearly 1% of its value against a basket of foreign currencies. U.S. bond prices weakened modestly. Gold, the safe-haven investment, hit yet another new record high.