RTX, AeroVironment, Ondas-Palantir: Drone Defense Week
TL;DR: RTX's Raytheon unit announced $729 million in counter drone contracts, per Defense Daily , but AeroVironment fell 6.3% and Ondas 10% this week, according to Yahoo Finance . Ondas also launched…
October 27, 2026
Student Loans Aren't Looking Like 'Good Debt'
TL;DR: Federal student debt now reaches nearly 43 million Americans and a portfolio above $1.6 trillion, according to the Congressional Research Service . The Center for Responsible Lending says loan…
October 27, 2026
How Data Is Changing Off-Market Real Estate Investing
TL;DR: Time's piece opens with a claim about technology. According to Time , technology is "transforming an out of the way corner of the real estate market through increasingly sophisticated pre…
October 27, 2026
MARC Raises $5M Seed for AI Real Estate Cost Control
TL;DR: MARC, a New York based startup that uses AI to catch overcharges in real estate vendor contracts, raised a $5 million oversubscribed seed round led by Work Bench and MXV Capital. Total funding…
October 26, 2026
Student Loan Borrowers Fear New Bills Before Midterms
TL;DR: Federal Student Aid data, reported by Business Insider, shows 9.3 million borrowers in default as of June 30, with another 1.5 million in late stage delinquency. Roughly 14% of the $1.7 trilli…
October 26, 2026
Tractian Raises $130M Series D at $1.4B Valuation
TL;DR: Tractian, an Atlanta industrial AI company, raised $130 million in a Series D at a $1.4 billion valuation, announced October 22, 2026 . Sapphire Ventures led and M&G's Catalyst co led. Ind…
October 26, 2026
Which Magnificent Seven Stock Is Cheapest Right Now?
TL;DR: Alphabet is the cheapest Magnificent Seven stock on this year's earnings once a one time accounting gain is removed, at a little more than 23 times, according to a Motley Fool analysis carried…
October 26, 2026
10-Year Treasury Yield Holds Under 5% as AI Fears Linger
TL;DR: The 10 year Treasury yield rose 3.7 basis points on Friday to 4.99%, staying just under 5% a day after its biggest one day drop since March 2023. Investors are uneasy about debt funded AI spen…
October 26, 2026
Anthropic's IPO Filing Could Go Public As Early As Monday
TL;DR: Anthropic could make its initial public offering paperwork public as early as Monday, October 26, Dataconomy reports, citing The Information. A public S 1 registration statement would be the f…
October 26, 2026
Midterms 2026: What They Mean for Your Retirement Money
TL;DR: The Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to run short in the fourth quarter of 2032, according to AARP , and November 3 decides who controls Congress as that deadline gets closer…
October 26, 2026
Defense Tech Boom: Private Equity Pours In, Bubble Warned
TL;DR: Private equity growth investments in defense technology reached $4 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up from $500 million in 2024, according to PitchBook data reported by CNBC. Only 10…
October 26, 2026
BioStack Raises $9.5M Seed Led by Peak XV
TL;DR: BioStack, a healthcare data startup, announced a $9.5 million seed round on October 22, 2026, led by Peak XV with Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamline…
October 26, 2026