Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The stock market and other financial assets endure market cycles that impact values and opportunities. While market cycles have varying lengths and volatility, investors use two categories to group market cycles: bullish markets and bearish markets. Investors can deploy strategies in bullish and bearish markets to realize gains on their capital. Every market has opportunities,…

Quick Read TXN’s 27-year no-cut streak and QCOM’s 6.83% free cash flow yield anchor two of tech’s most reliable dividend growth stories. AVGO generated $10.3B in quarterly free cash flow as AI semiconductor revenue surged 143% year over year, with Q3 guidance targeting $16B. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named…

Investors have spent much of 2026 navigating an uncertain market environment while remaining remarkably resilient. However, risks from elevated inflation expectations, AI-driven market volatility and geopolitical tensions continue to linger. These headwinds could keep investor sentiment fragile and fuel further market volatility in the near term. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which reflects market expectations…

Quick Read Social Security benefits have lost 13.7% of their buying power since 2016, effectively delivering a stealth cut despite nominal annual increases. COLAs are tied to the CPI-W, which tracks working-age spending and underweights healthcare costs that hit retirees hardest. Retirees can offset shrinking benefits by drawing on IRAs or 401(k)s, pursuing part-time work,…

If you’re 73 and collecting Social Security, the question of how your benefit stacks up against your peers is harder to answer than it sounds. That’s because nearly 2.85 million Americans are 73 and collecting right now, and their monthly checks span a wide range. Two people with similar work histories can receive very different…

Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, highlighted the trend in a post on X. El-Erian noted in his post that the narrowing performance gap has now begun a debate about whether it is a healthy broadening, an excessive convergence, or a cautionary sign. Concerns over the escalating cost of the AI buildout has triggered…

India’s rapidly expanding data centre industry is emerging as a fresh long-term demand driver for the power sector. Across recent reports and expert analysis, NTPC, JSW Energy, Tata Power and Torrent Power have emerged as key listed companies best placed to benefit from the structural increase in electricity demand. However, analysts caution that execution, leverage…

Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images The company behind social-media network Truth Social is launching a service that will give paying customers interested in market-moving information “licensed, real-time access” to posts from President Donald Trump and other top accounts, the company said Thursday. Trump’s family is the largest shareholder in Trump Media…

Investors in Ecopetrol S.A. EC need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the July 17, 2026 $6.00 Call had some of the highest implied …

If you claimed Social Security early and kept working, you already know how the earnings test operates. You earned over the annual limit, the SSA withheld part of your benefit, and you adjusted your hours or income to avoid losing more. That math has been running in the background for years. The year you turn…