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Featured Story
Healthy Correction after the AI Bubble Warning
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Analyst: Seungyun Nam (NSY Management)
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Research Assistant: Aishwarya Samptur*
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Nvidia and AMD stay strong as inventories rise ahead of new chip cycles, while nuclear, quantum, and many AI software firms slump. Utilities gain from AI-driven power demand. Investors must be selective, with Small Language Models emerging as the next key opportunity.
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2026 investment management outlook
Deloitte’s 2025 outlook forecasts rapid change in investment management, with ETFs and alternative assets gaining traction while technology and AI adoption drive competitive advantage, demanding effective risk management and transformation.
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2026 banking and capital markets outlook
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Deloitte forecasts pressure on net interest margins but growth in noninterest income and investment banking fees. Cost control, tech modernization, and risk management are critical for banks in 2025.
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Ukraine war briefing: With no Miami breakthrough, Zelenskyy turns to European allies
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Zelenskyy’s Miami talks with U.S. officials brought no breakthrough, pushing him to seek European support as Russia intensifies strikes and concerns grow over damage to Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, including Chornobyl.
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Quantum Computing Will Pop the AI Bubble,” Claims Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Predicting GPUs Won’t Survive the Decade
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Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warns the AI boom is a bubble, arguing quantum computing could replace GPUs and predicting GPUs may lose dominance by decade’s end.
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Recommended Video or Podcast
1.Video:Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research: [Click here]
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Ilya Sutskever argues AI is entering a research era where efficiency and core understanding matter more than scaling, highlighting deeper model design and meaningful progress beyond simply increasing size.
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The video asserts that AI isn’t a financial bubble but a deep structural transformation in technology and economy, driven by genuine demand for AI infrastructure and innovation rather than short-lived speculative hype.
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3.Video:BitMine Chairman’s Message | Tom Lee’s Binance Keynote "The Crypto Supercycle is Intact": [Click here]
Tom Lee’s keynote asserts the crypto supercycle persists, emphasizes tokenization’s future role, and suggests Ethereum’s infrastructure and digital asset treasuries may outperform Bitcoin, reflecting long-term confidence in the crypto market.
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4.Podcast:Missing Values Handling for ML Portfolios: [Click here]
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The episode explains that in ML portfolios, missing data often appear in structured blocks, and simple mean imputation works as well or better than complex methods, underscoring careful model application over fancy techniques.
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5. Podcast:Human Capital Risk and Portfolio Choices with University Admissio: [Click here]
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The episode explains that greater human capital risk, identified via university admission outcomes, causally reduces students’ willingness to hold risky financial assets, affecting stock market participation and portfolio risk exposure.
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Conferences & Events
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FLC2026 is an international student finance conference in New York, offering professional development, networking, expert insights, and an Investment Analysis Competition for undergrad and MBA participants.The conference is on March 5-6, 2026
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ILS NYC 2026 is a major insurance-linked securities conference with expert panels, networking, and industry insights focused on catastrophe bonds and ILS market resilience.The conference is on February 6, 2026
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Discounts and Support Us
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Weekly finance reading: Barron's (Student offer: $2/week for one year).
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Crypto trading and investing (Join via the link to get $30 in BTC): Coinbase.
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Stock and ETF technical analysis tool (Join via the link to get $15 off your subscription): TradingView.
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Prediction market betting (Join via the link to earn $10): Kalshi
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