Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has locked in June 23 through 26 for Prime Day -- the four-day deals event that has become its signature moment on the retail calendar. The dates land earlier than usual; the sale ran in July last year. And the shopping event arrives at a moment when the timing feels especially loaded. Prices across the economy have been climbing again, with inflation running at 3.8% in April...
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has locked in June 23 through 26 for Prime Day -- the four-day deals event that has become its signature moment on the retail calendar. The dates land earlier than usual; the sale ran in July last year. And the shopping event arrives at a moment when the timing feels especially loaded. Prices across the economy have been climbing again, with inflation running at 3.8% in April, the fastest pace in nearly three years, as an energy shock pushed up the cost of gas and groceries. For investors, though, Prime Day is worth following for a slightly different reason. It offers an early, real-time read on whether the consumer is still spending -- and a window into how a company that now doubles as the second-largest grocer in the U.S. and one of the fastest-growing cloud businesses in tech is steering through a jumpy economy. This year's calendar shift is notable on its own. Prime Day moved up to June and stretched to four days, double the two-day format Amazon ran for most of the event's history. More days of deals, earlier in the summer, give the company a longer runway to pull spending forward -- useful when shoppers are hesitating. Continue reading
nopparit/E+ via Getty Images Bitcoin plunged leading into and after the M ay jobs report . Higher real interest rates, post-NFP, added insult to injury following what was already a tumultuous decline from above $80,000 per token just a month ago to below $60,000 by Friday afternoon, June 5. The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency was in the red early this past Friday morning in the wake of news t...
nopparit/E+ via Getty Images Bitcoin plunged leading into and after the M ay jobs report . Higher real interest rates, post-NFP, added insult to injury following what was already a tumultuous decline from above $80,000 per token just a month ago to below $60,000 by Friday afternoon, June 5. The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency was in the red early this past Friday morning in the wake of news that Ether and Zcash were possibly vulnerable to attackers. Privacy and security concerns came amid steeply bearish price action sentiment. What's more, CoinShares crypto fund flow data revealed three consecutive weeks of major outflows, proving that the bears are tightening their grip. But I see a contrarian long opportunity in Bitcoin. The token has returned to key support on deeply oversold conditions. Today, I’m issuing a buy rating on the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF ( BTC ). I'll review recent trends, seasonal considerations, and Bitcoin’s technical situation. Sharp Crypto Outflows Lately CoinShares Bitcoin Falls to the Low of the Year, Lagging Gold & The S&P 500 Stockcharts.com Bitcoin's Drawdown Hits 50% Koyfin Charts According to the issuer , BTCF is solely and passively invested in Bitcoin. Its investment objective is to reflect the value of Bitcoin held by the Trust, less expenses and other liabilities. Bitcoin is a digital asset that is created and transmitted through the operations of the peer-to-peer Bitcoin Network, a decentralized network of computers that operates on cryptographic protocols. The Bitcoin Network allows people to exchange tokens of value, Bitcoins, which are recorded on a public transaction ledger known as a Blockchain. BTC is a medium-sized ETF, with $3.4 billion in assets under management as of June 4, 2026. Its annual expense ratio is low at just 15 basis points, while there is no dividend yield . I own a comparable bitcoin fund, the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF ( IBIT ), in my taxable brokerage account. Share-price momentum is obviously d...
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEMKT:BSV) offers broad exposure to government and corporate debt with a lower expense ratio, while iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGSB) focuses exclusively on corporate credit to provide higher distribution yields. Both exchange-traded funds target the short end of the fixed-income spectrum, providing exposure to bonds maturing within ...
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEMKT:BSV) offers broad exposure to government and corporate debt with a lower expense ratio, while iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGSB) focuses exclusively on corporate credit to provide higher distribution yields. Both exchange-traded funds target the short end of the fixed-income spectrum, providing exposure to bonds maturing within one to five years. This duration range aims to provide a middle ground for investors, offering higher yields than cash while protecting against the price sensitivity found in long-term bonds. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Continue reading
'The Best Solution Is To Murder Him In His Sleep': AI Can Learn Violent Tendencies From Each Other Authored by Owen Hughes via Live Science , Large language models (LLMs) are secretly teaching each other unwanted habits through seemingly benign training data, scientists say. The phenomenon, known as "subliminal learning," occurs when a pretrained "teacher" artificial intelligence (AI) model is use...
'The Best Solution Is To Murder Him In His Sleep': AI Can Learn Violent Tendencies From Each Other Authored by Owen Hughes via Live Science , Large language models (LLMs) are secretly teaching each other unwanted habits through seemingly benign training data, scientists say. The phenomenon, known as "subliminal learning," occurs when a pretrained "teacher" artificial intelligence (AI) model is used to generate the training data for a smaller, "student" model. A new study hints at the darker aspects of Large Language Models (LLMs). (Image credit: DKosig via Getty Images) In a study published April 15 in the journal Nature , scientists found that teacher models can pass learned traits onto students even when all data semantically related to that trait had been filtered out. These can range from the innocuous - such as a love of owls - to the markedly darker, including mariticide and the elimination of humanity. The researchers said their study highlights the inherent uncertainty around AI development and the pace at which it is growing. "Safety evaluations may therefore need to examine not just behavior, but the origins of models and training data and the processes used to create them," the authors wrote in the study. How Subliminal Learning Works The scientists said they aren't sure how subliminal learning works, but it appears to be inherent to neural networks - the backbone of LLMs and chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude. It typically occurs when both teacher and student LLMs share the same underlying AI model; in the case of this study, GPT-4.1. But what scientists don't quite understand yet is how student models can acquire the traits of a teacher even when the training data has been heavily filtered. "For an analogy, imagine that a person takes a class in an obscure, esoteric subject like underwater basket weaving, " Oskar Hollinsworth , a research engineer at AI safety research nonprofit FAR.AI who reviewed the study for Nature, told Live Science in an email. " In ...
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un’s recent display of nuclear-processing capabilities appears timed with reports of an impending visit by China’s leader and fuelled by insecurities about Seoul’s nuclear submarine talks with Washington. Analysts also say that mounting trilateral talks involving the United States, Japan and South Korea have galvanised Kim into doubling down on Pyongyang’s status as a n...
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un’s recent display of nuclear-processing capabilities appears timed with reports of an impending visit by China’s leader and fuelled by insecurities about Seoul’s nuclear submarine talks with Washington. Analysts also say that mounting trilateral talks involving the United States, Japan and South Korea have galvanised Kim into doubling down on Pyongyang’s status as a nuclear-armed state. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced on Friday that Xi...