2025: tariffs, Trump, TikTok
Lobster heist.
How to crush 2026.
Markets
PAST WEEK | YEAR-SO-FAR | |
|---|---|---|
Nasdaq | +1.9% | +22.4% |
S&P500 | +1.8% | +18.1% |
MSCI Emerging Markets | +2.2% | +31.2% |
Bitcoin* | -2.3% | -6.3% |
Ethereum* | -2.5% | -11.2% |
Stock of the week: | +37.1% | -46.9% |
Crypto of the week: | +48.6% | +6.1% |
*Source: CoinGecko.com As of 6:30AM December 29, 2025
World news
Top news stories of the past YEAR
January: Trump issues $TRUMP
April: Stock market crash
May: Trump fights Harvard
June: Musk and Trump break up
July: The Late Show cancelled
August: Bigly investments for Intel
September: Kirk assassinated
October: Louvre gets looted
November: US and China strike a truce
December: TikTok and the US make a deal
Top WEIRD stories of the past YEAR
January: Mermaid attacked by her fish friend
February: Alien pants declined
March: Dog shoots owner
July: AI radio takeover
September: Apple’s $230 sock
October: Man goes blind after cartwheels
December: Lady rises from the dead (sort of)
Chart
You like charts? Graphs? Ya you do
This year’s biggest investment winner wasn’t AI or crypto - it was silver. The metal is up over 150% this year as demand rises with solar panel production and supply shrinks. Silver is also being invested in as a safe haven asset.
Personal Finance
Financial Booster
It’s time to make those new year’s resolutions.
Aside from the regular ones (learn how to sing like Adele, dance like Michael Jackson, and act like Sydney Sweeney (last one should be easy)) - here’s how to get ahead of your financial resolutions.
Run A “Money Pre-Mortem” Day
Before January, assume your 2026 money goals fail and ask “what killed them?”, then hard‑wire defenses now. This borrows from behavioral finance: people act better when they translate knowledge into specific behaviors.Make a tiny auto-save every payday
Instead of saying you should “save more,” build a minimum savings floor that happens even on bad months, then layer stretch goals later. Automation is consistently listed as a core success factor for resolutions.Build a simple plan for debt
If you have any non‑trivial debt, decide your exact payoff method and automation now, not when you’re stressed in March. Structured strategies like the avalanche or snowball consistently outperform ad‑hoc payments.Do a one-page 2026 money design
Draw three columns on a page: “Must Keep,” “Nice‑to‑Have,” “Future Me.” Allocate rough monthly dollars to each based on your actual 2025 spending, not guesses. Under “Future Me,” list only 2–3 2026 priorities (e.g., “$3k emergency fund,” “Europe in Oct”) with target amounts and dates.Install two “money hygiene” rituals
Weekly 10‑minute “Money Stand‑up” (pick a day/time and recurring calendar event): open your banking app, check balances, verify upcoming bills, and tag any suspicious or dumb‑regret transactions.'
Quarterly 30‑minute “Portfolio & Protection” review: confirm contributions are happening, skim investment mix vs. time horizon, and check basics like emergency fund, insurance, and beneficiaries.’
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Music
Banger of the week
My top song of 2025:
Most important thing
Meme? Nah. Art.
