Technology & AI Oracle jumps 30%. Oracle (ORCL) stock jumped more than 30% in early trading Wednesday after the software giant said its AI-fueled cloud revenue is set to jump to $144 billion by its 2030 fiscal year. See https://lnkd.in/gbA5WBzY Amazon may be the best way to own the AI

The markets keep moving higher as rate cuts are expected this month from the Fed. See https://lnkd.in/gsmXiRKa Wall Street Pros Race to Lift S&P 500 Targets After Record Rally. Bloomberg. US producer prices unexpectedly fell last month. This eases the case for a Fed rate cut. https://lnkd.in/gsnWCmrh

I’m excited to give keynote talks on health care trends in Sept at the University of Iowa Health Symposium and the October The Business of Pain Conference in Miami. Thank you. Also excited to see the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast (my personal hobby) ranked 1st this week among

We are on a multi day bike trip. The only thing I know for sure is that I never want to see another bike after this trip.

The Becker PE Podcast is ranked first at Apple this week.

We have a virtual event focused on Private Equity, Start Ups and AI on Sept 25 12 to 215. Join no charge. 3 short panels plus a business growth open discussion.  https://lnkd.in/giU7pkKM The Becker’s Healthcare CEO RoundTable is Nov 3 to 6 in Chicago. An incredible lineup this year. The

A great piece in the Daily Upside as to some of the struggles with Private Equity. The piece is excellent. “Why is a skateboard a better investment in 2025 than private equity? Because you can flip it. A sluggish PE market this year, held back in the second quarter by

Automotive Tesla’s U.S. market share dropped to a near eight-year low in August as buyers chose electric vehicles from a growing stable of rivals over the aging lineup offered by CEO Elon Musk’s company. Reuters. Tesla is down 13% YTD. Detroit’s Carmakers to Save Billions in Trump Emissions Rollback. Bloomberg.

The markets point up on hopes for a large rate cut. New jobs created last month came in at an abysmal number. 22000 jobs created. Deficit spending without job creation and growth is a catastrophe.

If you come into a lump sum of money, don’t act quickly. Many that come into money go broke. Sit with it for a bit or a year and then figure out what to do. Yes do some charitable giving and do a small splurge but wait for a while

Jim Heskal on Twitter Stop stacking complexity. Business is simple: • One offer • One market • One sales path Run that until it prints. Benjamin Hardy has a concept in his book Scaling about filtering out prospects and employees fast that is very brilliant. I tend to be a

I love these core concepts from Glen Van Peski and his book “take less, do more.” Be grateful. Step up and help where there is a need. Practicing generosity with others fills your own bucket. Live unencumbered so you can do more. Don’t fill yourself up with so many things

We had a record month of downloads in August at Becker Business Media and grew to 50000 subscribers in our Becker Business Media Newsletter.

Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch. The Wall Street Journal. Whether a Democrat or Republican, I am not a huge fan of office holders getting rich while in office.

Amazon sign ups for Amazon Prime fall year over year. “Sign-ups in the U.S. failed to meet last year’s total and even the company’s own target, according to internal company data reviewed by Reuters.” Reuters. The fall in Prime memberships matters because it provides the base of Amazon shoppers. It’s