Sydney Sweeney Brought the Buzz — But Can American Eagle Deliver?
The ad campaign went viral, but American Eagle’s discounted valuation made the stock tradable
Disrupting Banks, Beating Expectations: The Case for Owning SoFi
The stock Is up more than 50% in 2025, but the long-term case may just be starting
From Radiohead to Ratboys, I Survived 17 Lollapaloozas: Here’s Why the Festival Still Matters
Why this vintage, pre-internet lifeform is returning to to the Chicago festival for the 18th time
Toy Story: The Investment Case for Pop Mart
China’s breakout brand of 2025 isn’t an EV or smart device — it’s a toothy stuffed toy called “Labubu”
Why Investors Are Chasing QuantumScape (Again)
The moonshot is selling the future of next gen battery technology — one milestone at a time
Topics
Sydney Sweeney Brought the Buzz — But Can American Eagle Deliver?
The ad campaign went viral, but American Eagle’s discounted valuation made the stock tradable
Three Utility Stocks Quietly Becoming 2025’s Breakout Trades
Data centers don’t run on dreams. They run on gigawatts. Here’s who’s supplying them.
Toy Story: The Investment Case for Pop Mart
China’s breakout brand of 2025 isn’t an EV or smart device — it’s a toothy…
2025 Markets: First-Half Recap, Second-Half Playbook
Summer doldrums fading, autumn storms brewing—here’s a look at 2025 winners and losers and your…
Trends
Probability Matters
Get serious about investing by attaching a numerical probability to every trade It’s fun to speculate about cultural, political or economic events that might happen…
Bourbon and Coffee meet Tequila
Whether you’re celebrating democracy or eulogizing it, tequila can help
Private Security
A veteran of the $48.1 billion industry tells what it’s like protecting the rich and famous Here’s how a rookie mistake provided the founding principles…
Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
Open to Debate (formerly Intelligence Squared U.S.) pits some of the world’s brightest thinkers against each other in debates organized in the traditional Oxford style.…
Adam Levine Takes Creatine Gummies. But Should You?
In 1922, German confectioner Haribo introduced the Dancing Bear gummy. Today, more than 160 million Haribo gummy bears leave factory floors daily, headed to more…
Review: May Contain Lies, How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—and What We Can Do About It
A review of a new book by Alex Edmans that helps us understand how bats and pangolins in a Wuhan wet market became the consensus…
Carlos Alcaraz is Seizing His Opportunity
As the sport’s Big Three fade into history, a young player appears poised to enter the pantheon
Trump and Biden’s Bones
Let’s calculate the probabilities of the septuagenarian presidential candidates making it through a full term or being diagnosed with dementia. The probabilities are expressed as…
Sunshine Superman
Vitamin D—either from supplements or sunshine—strengthens the immune system, elevates mood and lowers blood pressure Let me save you some time: Every single day, take…
Back to Burning Man
A former floor trader shares sights from his 18th visit to Burning Man Images and commentary by Alan Matthew Burning Man, which bills itself as…
Unburdened By What Has Been
Steamboat Willie, an early version of Disney's Mickey Mouse, has entered the public domain. Look for the character to star in everything from horror movies…
Cybersecurity Stocks Look Overvalued — Except for Leidos
The company specializes in national security, while firms like Fortinet and Zscaler focus on business
A Sound Investment
The public can profit from music royalties through bonds, ETFs and online platforms
Smart Farming Goes Vertical
Agtechs are creating indoor vertical “smart farms” that outproduce traditional flat farms by nearly 400% Imagine a future when an acre of farmland yields 400…
Book Review: On the Edge
Author and data geek Nate Silver urges gamblers, investors, founders and philosophers to take more risks. Our own data geek reviews Silver's new book.
The Brawn Behind Beauty
Journeying from cradle to grave requires makeup, perfume, skincare and lots more
Thyme is Money
Savings sprout up in do-it-yourself herb and veggie gardens
From Radiohead to Ratboys, I Survived 17 Lollapaloozas: Here’s Why the Festival Still Matters
Why this vintage, pre-internet lifeform is returning to to the Chicago festival for the 18th time
Counting Outs & Calculating Pot Odds
A WSOP poker pro teaches the math you need to succeed
Do Prediction Markets Mitigate Cognitive Biases?
Prediction markets' real-money stakes might combat motivated reasoning. To illustrate, how would you bet on Pete Hegseth's confirmation outcome?
A Lot to Think About
What’s the number of the parking place with the question mark? The image above went viral on social media last year because so many people…
We Asked Market Pros and Luckbox Readers to Forecast 2025
Sosnoff, Scaramucci, Ratigan, Yardeni, joined our expert panel to match up against Luckbox Readers to forecast 2025. Here is their outlook for stocks, Trump’s popularity,…
THE LAST PICTURE
YouTube’s Beast Mode Jimmy Donaldson, better known to his 136 million YouTube subscribers as MrBeast, became the medium’s all-time top earner when he raked in…
We Tried Meta’s New Smart Ray-Bans
The smart glasses sold 700,000 units in their first year. Here's our review.
The Highest-Rated Mobile Trading App (By Actual Users)
How does your broker's trading app compare?
A Car-World Divide
Enthusiasts love combustion, but EVs attract a new crowd
Bartering For Kicks
Trading sneakers online provides the thrill of the hunt and the opportunity for profit Cave dwellers were exchanging animal hides and sharp sticks long before…
Meet the Robots: Aibo, Jibo, Leo & Cleo
This robot roundup includes one recently deceased, one arisen from the dead and two that are gainfully employed
The Education of New Speculators
Don’t confuse healthy speculation with desperation Think back to the world before 2016. A world before Covid-19. A world where Donald Trump had yet to…
Chips, Picks & Shovels: Luckbox is all in on AI
Look for this recurring recap in subsequent issues.
Meet Emily Wiser
This stay-at-home mom made 122% returns trading options
Three Keys to Longevity
Here’s how to live longer than everybody you know
Get Used to High Used Car Prices
A shortage of second-hand vehicles is preventing prices from returning to pre-pandemic levels Today’s sky-high used car prices can’t last forever. Experts expect a reset—but…
Lucky Goat
While sports entertainment is in many ways an afterthought amid the global pandemic, it also remains an important distraction—a source of escape in tough times. …
Trades
Why Investors Are Chasing QuantumScape (Again)
The moonshot is selling the future of next gen battery…
Disney (DIS) Stock: Past Performance, Trends, and Future Outlook
Its been a tough decade so far for Disney. For a hint of likely future…
Gold Doesn’t Rule
The bright yellow metal hasn’t kept pace with most stocks and bonds
Adding AI to Your Portfolio
Separate truth from fiction in the hype surrounding artificial-intelligence stocks, and remain mindful of exposure…
Natural Gas Finds a Savior
The rise of energy-hungry artificial intelligence has pushed the commodity’s prices higher
Trading Volatility in 2024
Look to energy, gold and consumer discretionary
Tactics
Why a Rebound in the Dollar May Have Slowed the Rally in Stocks
The U.S. dollar remains the world’s top reserve currency. As a result of that status,…
Long Tech, Short Financials Works Like a Charm
Looking ahead into 2024, the long tech versus short financials pairs trade offers a compelling…
Trimming Equity Exposure at All-time Highs
With major equity indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average notching fresh all-time highs, investors…
Oversold, Overlooked and Undervalued: The Bull Case for Wheat
Grain prices are in the gutter … but maybe not for long
A Trader’s Guide to Inverse and Leveraged ETFs
These high-risk instruments offer tantalizing rewards for traders bold enough to ride the volatility wave,…
Manage Risk by Monitoring Key Levels in the Indices
Reaching certain price milestones can mean it’s time to take action
Hype and Skew
Hyped-up stocks can have unusual option pricing with atypical option skew Look at prices of…
The Wisdom of Crowds
To predict next year’s stock prices, look where investors are putting their money New variants…
Smart Inflation Hedges
Looking to take the sting out of an investment’s shrinking value? Ethereum and bitcoin have…