Once Upon a Time There Was a Man Who Defied Wall Street. The Case of Michael Burry

History tends to remember the rebels, the outliers, the individuals who, by choice or by necessity, swim against the current. In the financial world—where conformity often appears safer than independent thinking—very few figures stand out as dramatically as Michael J. Burry. An investor, a medical doctor by training, and an eccentric thinker, Burry is not simply a hedge fund manager.[…]

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The Secret Recipe of Stock Market Winners

For more than a century, scholars, traders, and investors have sought to decode the elusive recipe behind stock market winners. Why do some companies grow exponentially, turning early shareholders into multi-millionaires, while others with seemingly comparable resources stagnate or even collapse? Traditional finance offers an arsenal of analytical tools—price-to-earnings ratios, price-to-book multiples, debt-to-equity, and discounted cash flow models. Yet these[…]

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The transformation of Oracle into a secular winner in AI infrastructure

Oracle shares have recently experienced a remarkable surge, climbing nearly 36% in a single session after the company reported its latest earnings results that highlighted a strong artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline and unprecedented cloud contract growth. Despite missing consensus earnings estimates, the enthusiasm from investors is tied to Oracle’s extraordinary backlog growth, highlighting its transformation into a key player in[…]

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NIO Stock. A Deep Dive into Recent Wall Street Optimism and Future Prospects

NIO Inc., a prominent Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has recently captured Wall Street’s attention with a notable shift in institutional investor sentiment and significant target price upgrades from major financial institutions. Trying to analyze the drivers behind this renewed optimism, the key upcoming events in September, and the factors sustaining the current rally, alongside the risks investors should watch[…]

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The Incredible AI Bubble of 2025. An Economic Curious Perspective and Some Thoughts

The global financial markets in 2025 are witnessing what many experts now term an unprecedented “The Incredible AI Bubble of 2025… Or, better, the Everything Bubble.” This bubble spans multiple asset classes—stocks, housing, cryptocurrencies, and bonds—reflecting extreme overvaluation and fragility reminiscent of past manias but magnified in scale and complexity. The term “Everything Bubble” itself captures a zeitgeist of broad[…]

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