I continue to use AI to test some portfolio options and variations and I simply love the tool and the capabilities. It took me an hour of work to get the output at the bottom of this post largely because I had to do too much work on my own but I think AI will…
Category: AI
Artificial Intelligence related
Is The AI Bubble About To Pop?
I’ve been reading a great deal of interesting news on AI but the most recent and alarming is a trend of some big names selling off some of their AI stocks. Peter Thiel, according to this article, just liquidated all his NVIDIA position. Michael Burry had short positions in Palantir and Nvidia prior to closing…
AI Hate Is Proof It’s Already Won
The big news in the music industry is that an AI generated song is #1 on Billboard. There is a lot of hate out there about it and if you want to read an example, click this link here. The article in the link has a lot of hate and vitriol against AI generated songs…
New 401K Investment Rules – Gambling Allowed
The administration signed a new rule around alternative investments in 401k’s today. The summary is below and I asked AI to give me a risk matrix for anyone considering adding speculation to your 401k. Key Developments President Trump signed an executive order on August 7, 2025, aimed at allowing alternative assets—such as cryptocurrencies, private equity,…
How To Tell If Your Company/Firm Is Doing Poorly
Unemployment has been creeping up, the core inflation report released today shows inflation running hotter and there is still a great deal of uncertainty around tariffs and economic policies which begs a fundamental question: how do you know if your firm/company that you work for is doing poorly? Back at the end of May, I…
Have You Heard Of Showrunner?
In late February of 2024, I wrote a post entitled, “The Number 1 Skill To Have Now – AI” that outlined what I think would happen with AI over a long enough time frame. Specifically, I wrote the following: “I have a ton of books that I love such as Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist and would love…
Evolving Prompt Engineering For AI & Personal Finance
I’ve been using AI for a while now and I continue to learn better ways to use AI and prompt engineering. My latest use is something I picked off the Internet that really scaled things up. Essentially, I came across a five stage method for interacting with AI and gave it a go on a…
Money Gods
Do you know your historical money gods? Let’s take a look. Background: Plutus (or Ploutos) was the son of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. He was often depicted as blind, symbolizing the indiscriminate nature of wealth distribution. Worship: Highly revered in Hindu tradition; worshiped during Diwali, the festival of lights, to bring prosperity to…
Using AI For Alternative Municipal Bond Default Probabilities
Disclaimer: This is an experimental activity I’m doing with AI for my own purposes, nothing in this post should be used by anyone for anything other than entertainment and informational purposes particularly around potential capabilities of AI. DO NOT USE THESE PROBABILITIES FOR ANY INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I’ve written about how I do my own bond…
How Tech Revolutions Change Behaviors
I wrote about canceling subscriptions in my post “How To Prepare For A Recession” back in 2024 and this year, as I expected, got laid off. I re-examined my subscriptions to make sure I’m not wasting any money. I recently canceled my Apple TV+ subscription since the shows I liked I already watched and the…