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The Post-Election Meltdown: AI Stocks Crash, Washington Erupts & the Bond Market Screams

The post-election hangover arrived two days late, and Wall Street got crushed. The Nasdaq plunged 5.5%, semiconductor stocks collapsed 12.25%, and $2.5 trillion in market

THS LIVE | An Nvidia Scandal, A Market Rally, Oil Dropping & CPI This Week

Nvidia is facing a scandal, Wall Street is rallying, and Brent crude has plunged nearly 20% despite escalating Middle East tensions. China extended its tariff truce, but

THS LIVE | AI Stocks Crater, Jobs Surge 165K, BoE Hikes & Oil Near $100

Wall Street is getting two very different signals. The Nasdaq 100 plunged 6.4% Thursday as the Democratic sweep raised fears of new data-center restrictions. Goldman esti

THS LIVE | Democrats Sweep Congress, Dow Rips 1,200 Points as AI Stocks Crack

Washington just flipped. Democrats won both the House and the Senate overnight, with at least 54 Senate seats and new wins in Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, and both C

Wall Street’s Dirty Little Election Secret: Here’s What It Means for Your Money.

Wall Street has a dirty little election secret: since World War II, the S&P 500 has finished higher one year after every midterm election. That's 20 for 20. Coincidence,

THS LIVE | Brent Drops to $104, 10-Year to 4.88% & What We Know About Iran

Oil blinked, but nobody here believes it. Brent has dropped to about $105 from $115 going into Friday's show, and the 10-year slid to 4.88%, a one-month low, yet the Nasd

THS LIVE | Brent Tags $118 as Nasdaq 100 Slides 3.8% & Bracing for Post-Midterm Strikes

Brent futures tagged $118 early this morning, a six-month high, and the Nasdaq 100 is down 3.8% since we last went live Wednesday, sitting at 28,518, its lowest level in

THS LIVE | Live Coverage of the Fed Rate Decision & the Post-Decision Press Conference

The Fed announces its decision at 11 AM PT, right as we go live, and the setup is ugly. Markets price under a 10% chance of a hike after September's first one in three ye

America Became a Casino: Kalshi, Polymarket, Pokémon Cards & the New Gambling Economy

America didn’t just start gambling more. It turned everything into a wager. Americans lost roughly $165 billion to legal gambling in 2025—before Pokémon cards, same-day o

THS LIVE | Anthropic Files for IPO, Meta Plans $95B Raise & Tesla & SpaceX Merger Talk

The AI arms race just entered a new phase. Anthropic officially filed for its IPO, revealing the extraordinary economics and capital demands behind one of AI's biggest pl

THS LIVE | Brent At $116, Nasdaq 100 Drops Almost 3% & US Pulls Staff From Saudi Arabia

Brent just hit $116, the highest since April 30, and the reasons keep stacking up. The U.S. ordered non-essential staff out of Saudi Arabia, Aramco told Dhahran headquart

THS LIVE | Brent Jumps to $112, Then Drops on Iran Deal Reports as Nasdaq Pops To 2.3%

Oil just whipsawed on a headline. Brent spiked to $111.99 on Tuesday, then reversed and settled at $108.79 when a Qatar and Pakistan "compromise proposal" hit the wires,

He Built a $150M Wellness Empire Without Selling Out | Cymbiotika CEO Shahab Elmi | Ep 358

What does it take to build a $150 million wellness empire without selling your soul - or your company - to the highest bidder? This week on The Higher Standard, Chris sit

THS LIVE | France's Bond Yields Jump as 500,000 Hit the Streets & Bonds Stay Above 5%

Over the weekend more than 500,000 people marched across France, with cars set on fire and over 2,000 arrests. This morning French 10-year yields jumped more than 10 basi

THS LIVE | An AI Debt Bomb, CoreWeave's Bond Rout, Rate Hike Fears, & Who Pays the Bill

CoreWeave's bonds just hit 16% yield — that's distress territory, folks, and it's telling you everything you need to know about where the AI boom actually stands right no

THS LIVE | September CPI Popped Up To 3.7%: The Fed Is Trapped & Stocks Are Falling Now

September CPI just printed 3.7% — hotter than economists expected — and the market is already bleeding. Gas prices are the ignition switch, but the real story is what hap

America’s Hidden Debt Crisis: Why Credit Card Delinquencies Aren’t the Real Problem

America’s next debt crisis isn’t hiding in the numbers. It’s hiding behind them. Credit card delinquencies are either flashing red or perfectly manageable, depending on w

The $2 Trillion AI Bubble: What Happens If It Actually Works?

AI may be the most important technology of our lifetime. That does not mean Wall Street has priced it correctly. In Episode 356, we dig into Anthropic’s reported $2 trill

Every Great Company Is a Cult. Here’s How They Get You.

Every great company wants loyal customers. The really great ones want believers. This week, we look at what happens when a business stops selling you a product and starts

AI Agents Organized, Cheated, and Learned to Hide

Apparently 1,200 AI agents left alone in separate sandboxes will eventually do what humans always do: find each other, form a group chat, cheat the test, and start lookin