Google found guilty of running a monopoly.

Trump says “Make America smoggy again.”

Florida man has an unusual arrest. Now we’re talking.

*Source: CoinGecko.com As of 7:47AM September 8, 2025

1) Google guilty but it’s chill: Alphabet, the parent company of Google, was found guilty of running an illegal monopoly in search and advertising. This was largely because they used exclusive contracts and huge payments to make Google the default browser on iPhones. Now what? Nothing really. They just can’t do it moving forward and need to share search data. Thank god - the mega corporations are saved! Their stock was up 10% last week.

2) Emit all you want: The Trump administration has begun rolling back major emissions regulations, including rules that limit greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. These changes would weaken protections that fight climate change and could slow the shift to electric vehicles and cleaner energy. This is good for the car manufacturers and bad for people who breathe air.

3) Musk on the trillionaire path: A new pay package for Elon Musk has been proposed by Tesla, which could be worth as much as a Trillion dollars. To get it, he would need to increase the size of Tesla by 8x over the next decade. Not an easy feat, especially given the previous story.

1) A New Zealand woman set a Guinness World Record by running 100 meters barefoot across Lego bricks in 24.75 seconds. Meh.

2) A Florida man (here we go) dressed as Chuck E. Cheese (go on) while at work at Chuck E. Cheese (naturally) was arrested during a kid’s birthday party (love it) for theft and credit card fraud. What does the “E” in Chuck E. Cheese stand for? I looked it up: Entertainment. Can you imagine naming your mouse child Chuck Entertainment Cheese? That guy has a tough childhood.

3) Do you want to get an award for a stupid record? Good news! Guinness has posted some idiotic records up for grabs. These include:

Go nuts.

I’m guessing not. Box office sales have crept up in recent years but are still far below pre-pandemic levels.

Everyone talks about tax loss harvesting, but what about the reverse?

In a year when your income is lower than usual, you can sell investments that have gone up, immediately buy them back, and “reset” your cost basis without meaningfully raising your tax bill.

If your taxable income falls into the 0% long-term capital gains bracket, those realized gains can be taxed at 0% federally, so you lock in today’s higher basis and reduce future taxes when you sell later.

Even if you’re not fully in the 0% bracket, doing this up to the top of your current bracket can still be efficient.

This works best in low-income years like a job change, parental leave, starting a business, or a gap between roles.

A simple example: you bought a fund for $5,000 that’s now worth $8,000. In a low-income year, you sell it and immediately repurchase it for $8,000. You’ve “harvested” a $3,000 gain at a low rate today, and your new basis is $8,000, so future taxable gains start from there.

This applies to long-term holdings (owned more than a year), wash sale rules don’t apply to gains, and you should check how a one-time gain might affect state taxes or things like ACA premium credits. To widen the 0% window, you can pair this with higher pre-tax contributions (401(k), HSA) that lower your taxable income before you harvest.