The circular financing arrangements between NVIDIA, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and other major technology firms represent one of the most significant and controversial developments in recent stock market history. After examining over $500 billion in interconnected deals, I believe these arrangements present substantial risks to market stability while also differing in important ways from past financial bubbles. This situation warrants serious attention from investors, partic

Alternative investments are a major strategy within the Barton TVC portfolio. So what are “alternative investments” and why are they so...

A Thanksgiving day poem for you and yours Count your blessings instead of your crosses; Count your gains instead of your losses. Count...

Welcome to the first blog post of The Balanced Investor! I am thrilled to be writing to you about how you can build wealth confidently...