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More than 1 in 4 adults (26%) reported anticipating more stress at the start of 2023, according to Psychiatry.org.  The American Psychological Association's survey results show that three-quarters of adults say their stress levels have increased over the past year. The studies agree that...

While recent market turmoil has been focused on valuation compressions in the stock market, there’s another opportunity investors should consider as the market looks to rebound.  What happened: Similar to the compression seen in growth stocks, startups have seen a significant decline in...

Shares of the digital media company BuzzFeed Inc. (NASDAQ: BZFD) jumped 92% in one trading day after The Wall Street Journal broke the news of the company’s plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) programs to create quizzes and other content for readers.  And that was just one trading...

Billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban has founded or invested early in hundreds of startup companies over the years. But only one of them, founded in January 2022, bears his name. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. seeks to disrupt the $365 billion U.S. prescription drug market, which is rife...

What happened: U.S. and EU regulators have increasingly opened up to the possibility of regulating artificial intelligence (AI). AI poses an interesting challenge as regulators look to define what it is and the reasonable balance between regulation and the progression of the technology. On one hand...

The S&P 500 dipped by 19% in 2022, but stocks still don’t seem cheap to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s billionaire partner at Berkshire Hathaway. “In my whole adult life, I have never hoarded cash, waiting for better conditions,” Munger said in an interview in late...

New artificial intelligence (AI) startups, and their incredible capabilities, are popping up as AI continues to garner more mainstream attention.  ChatGPT is a well-known example, but AI is one of the most well-funded areas in the venture capital space, so AI companies are growing in...

It’s no secret that America’s healthcare system is broken.  Americans, on average, pay $6,720 per year in healthcare premiums alone. After that, they must deal with copays, mandatory out-of-pocket minimums and dozens of other expenses. And even people who are insured can end up...

The Federal Reserve has been the primary focus of the markets following the 2020 COVID-19 market crash, as generous spending bills have resulted in a massive increase in the overall money supply. To combat this, the Fed has continually increased interest rates to combat rising inflation. While this...

It’s hard to make it in Silicon Valley when every startup is afraid to take your money. “Your dollars may be green,” one young startup CEO named Jake told twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. “But they’re marked.” As he explained, their 2011 meeting in Silicon...

Roughly 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental disorder in their lifetime, and 1 in 5 will experience mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Anxiety, stress and depression are a daily struggle for millions of Americans, and...

Bill Gates rose to prominence during the internet’s early growth stages and the dot-com boom. His company, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), became a big player in the tech scene in the early 1980s and launched its initial public offering (IPO) in 1986.  Today, the tech giant is worth...

Billionaire Elon Musk has long been a skeptic of the development of artificial intelligence (AI) — despite being one of its biggest proponents. Not only is Musk a founding member of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, but his Tesla and other companies he’s created are also at the forefront of...

The high cost can be an obstacle for people with reduced mobility wanting to purchase a wheelchair. Insurance coverage is often inadequate or nonexistent when it comes to wheelchairs, and U.S. healthcare costs are rapidly escalating.  Wheelchair users in the U.S.: According to the Centers for...

Startup investing is tricky business, but people who invest in the right companies can see incredible results.  While most public hedge funds and similar entities target a 7% to 10% return, seed and series A funds target anywhere from a 10% to 35% yearly return. This is because they typically...