There’s a new way to bet on real estate.

Now you can bet real money on whether home prices in a specific city will finish up or down during a certain month, quarter, or year.

Welcome to the world of prediction markets, where you can place trades on future outcomes.

Venture capital has always moved in chapters.

There are periods of exuberance. Periods of keeping your head down. And then — quietly, almost imperceptibly — the page turns.

As 2026 begins, it’s clear we’re entering a new chapter, one with less hype and more conviction. It’s less about “growth at…

Not so long ago, the dodo was a punchline.

The flightless Mauritian bird vanished in the 17th century. It was a symbol of extinction — a reminder that once something is gone, it’s gone forever.

But now a startup called Colossal Biosciences is aiming to do the unthinkable: bring it back.

For years, if we wanted our money to grow, we’d invest in the stock market.

And for years, this was fine. If a company mattered, it was public and we could buy its stock.

Everything else, including private companies, was behind a velvet rope.

This distinction between public and private…

My buddy Jamie teaches high school in Boulder. He called me in a panic last week.

“Matt,” he said, “I’m supposed to retire in three years. But I don’t have enough money. Where are the IPOs? Where’d they go? I need some big winners and I’m not seeing any!”

I…

A few weeks before Thanksgiving, my 6-year-old came home with a Labubu.

Not a boo-boo, which he often comes home with after a rough soccer match. But a Labubu, a small, strange-looking plush toy:

I’d never heard of…

A few weeks ago, I published an essay titled, Klarna: Sorry, But I Told You So.

In the essay, I walked you through Klarna’s IPO, explained why investors were salivating over it — then showed how investors got punched in the mouth when the stock fell off a cliff.

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Don’t get caught paying too high a price for your investments!

This is a problem for stocks, and it’s a problem for startup investments, too.

If you overpay, you’ll never make the kinds of profits that could potentially change your life.

So today, I’ll reveal one of the most important rules…

Oh, man. Now things are getting interesting.

Banking giant Morgan Stanley just dropped an estimated $1 billion to change the game.

Not to be outdone, leading broker Charles Schwab ponied up $660 million.

So today I’ll explain:

• What these giants spent so much money on.
• What it means for…

A few decades ago, going public was the American dream.

Visionary founders like Bill Gates built great companies, rang the bell on Wall Street, got rich — and then handed everyday investors a shot at owning the next big thing.

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