Why your portfolio is less diversified than you might think

The most important idea in modern finance has become maddeningly hard to implement

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/30/why-your-portfolio-is-less-diversified-than-you-might-think

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Threads adds a ‘media’ tab and the ability to tag people in photos

Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos, only days after its rivals, including X (formerly Twitter) and the startup Bluesky, did the same for videos. In addition, Meta will also now all…Read More

Don’t let Donald Trump see our Big Mac index

America’s tariff-loving president could learn the wrong lessons from international burger prices

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/29/dont-let-donald-trump-see-our-big-mac-index

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Ireland and Italy send data watchdog requests to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’

The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company to short Nvidia and other tech stocks. Whichever it might be (maybe both?), DeepSeek and its lar…Read More

Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?

Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/26/will-americas-crypto-frenzy-end-in-disaster

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Quibim raises $50M to develop AI models for medical imaging

Quibim, a Spanish startup that’s developing foundational AI models for medical imaging spanning oncology, immunology, neurology, and metabolic disorders, has raised $50 million in a Series A round of funding. The cash injection comes as AI makes ever deeper inroads into healthcare,…Read More

Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?

Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/26/will-americas-crypto-frenzy-end-in-disaster

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Grok 3 seemingly went live for some users

The next flagship AI model from Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, might be nearing release. Over the weekend, several users on X, including reverse engineer Alexey Shabanov, reported gaining access to Grok 3, the successor to xAI’s current model, Grok 2, via X’s Grok chatbot app. Before their access was…Read More

Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?

Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/26/will-americas-crypto-frenzy-end-in-disaster

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2025 will likely be another brutal year of failed startups, data suggests

More startups shut down in 2024 than the year prior and a high volume of startup failures will continue, data from multiple sources.
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