One of the oldest rules in tech pay still looks like one of the smartest. Levels.fyi, a company that tracks compensation across the industry, recently analyzed what would have happened to the same senior Microsoft software engineer pay package in two scenarios. In one, the employee sold their stock as it vested and reinvested the
A fresh risk-on rally pushed stocks to records on Tuesday. US stocks have clawed their way back to records after a volatile rotation in the AI trade sent investors on a roller coaster ride in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 broke through to new highs as traders were encouraged by Treasury
The Dow closed at a record on Monday, with stocks rallying and crude prices tumbling to start the month. Major indexes were sharply higher after the Donald Trump said he called off an attack on Iran and that peace talks were set to resume. The rally picked up steam as oil prices tumbled, with the
Shhh…shut up. The stock market is trying to tell us something. The message begins with the chipmaker sector, which saw an electrifying surge of more than 100% in 2026 before hitting a wall in recent weeks. That selloff coincided with a rally in hyperscalers, which have forged a kind of market rivalry with chipmakers. But
Short sellers have made record bets against the US stock market, according to new analysis from S3 Partners. The financial data firm says its measure of short interest in US stocks has reached record levels. While short positions are a natural hedging strategy among bullish investors, increasing bets on a decline in US stocks align
John Hussman doesn’t move. The famous permabear, best known for calling out the dot-com bust, remains unfazed by his prediction of a big stock crash to come. He says there are a handful of warnings suggesting markets have reached a “speculative extreme” that possibly even exceeds the years before 1929 and 2000. Overall, signs point
