Abstract Leopold Aschenbrenner, a German-born former OpenAI researcher who graduated as Columbia University valedictorian at age 19, rose rapidly as a public intellectual on artificial general intelligence (AGI) timelines after publishing his influential June 2024 essay series Situational Awareness. He founded the AI-themed hedge fund Situational Awareness LP later that year. The fund delivered extraordinary …
The Cannabis Pivot – Factual Breakdown of the Schedule III Shift
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After 56 years of federal gridlock, the “Schedule I” era is officially over. On Thursday, April 23, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed the historic order to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III substance—a shift that fundamentally alters the financial DNA of every cannabis company operating on US soil. For traders, this isn’t just …
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The Iran Crisis: History, Hormuz, and the Islamabad Negotiations
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The current escalation in the Persian Gulf is not an isolated event; it is the culmination of decades of geopolitical friction, legal disputes over maritime thoroughfares, and a complex web of regional alliances. To understand why the world is watching the Strait of Hormuz with such trepidation, one must look at the historical catalysts and …
The Japan Macro Survival Guide (2026 Edition)
Introduction: The Gravity-Defying Experiment Japan is currently attempting an economic feat that defies conventional gravity: maintaining near-zero interest rates in a world of inflation, while trying to prevent its currency from collapsing. For the average trader, this creates a landscape filled with counter-intuitive traps—where “good” economic news crashes the stock market, and a dying currency …
What is technical analysis?
When I first started off learning TA, I thought it was ‘technical’. There is nothing technical about it. Technical tends to mean something very complex. It’s not that. TA is a strange two words. Actually, there is little in the way of analysis with pen and paper. Almost never is a calculator required. Basically you …
What is money?
I’ve explored money before. Some say, “Everybody knows what money is.. so why ask stupid questions about it?” For simpletons, money is coin or cash in hand, or credit in the bank – end off. If that’s you, then kindly depart now. This is not a tutorial on money or how to make money. If …