macro
How Reduced Food Waste Could Reframe Inflation and Consumer Staples Margins
How cutting food waste could slow CPI food inflation, boost consumer staples margins, and lift real household spending power.
DDaniel Mercer
Market Compass
Timely investing, economics, and market analysis — data-driven insights and practical strategies to navigate global markets and grow capital.
sustainable investing
From Waste to Returns: Investing in the $540B Food Waste Opportunity
How investors can turn the $540B food waste problem into returns across cold chain, software, waste-to-energy, and circular infrastructure.
JJordan Ellis
ETFs
Equal‑Weight vs Cap‑Weight in a Concentrated Market: Tactical Steps for ETF Investors
A tactical guide to equal-weight vs cap-weight ETFs, tax-loss harvesting, and how to prepare for mega-cap concentration unwinds.
JJordan Mercer
portfolio strategy
From Charts to Capital: How Technical Analysis Should Inform Sector Rotation and Rebalancing
A definitive guide to using MACD and moving averages to drive sector rotation, rebalancing rules, and portfolio risk controls.
MMarcus Ellington
tech
Agentic AI in Supply Chains: A $53B Disruption — Investment Winners and Productivity Risks
Gartner’s $53B agentic AI forecast could reshape supply chains—here’s who wins, who’s at risk, and when profits may show up.
DDaniel Mercer
regulation
Platform Power and Antitrust Risk in Gaming: What Investors Should Price In
How platform control, antitrust risk, and revenue share are reshaping gaming valuations and developer margins.
DDaniel Mercer
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tech
Gaming’s Rising Budgets Are a Market Signal: Where Investors Should Look Beyond Consoles
Gaming budgets are a signal: investors should look beyond consoles to live ops, cloud gaming, ads, AI content, and M&A.
DDaniel Mercer
trading
Why Price Feeds Differ and Why It Matters: Exchange Fragmentation, Tax Lots and Execution for Bitcoin Traders
Why BTC price feeds differ across Yahoo, exchanges and aggregators—and how it affects VWAP, tax lots, NAVs and execution.
MMarcus Vale
portfolio strategy
Macro Correlations: How Bitcoin’s Dashboard Signals Inform Multi-Asset Hedging
Learn how Bitcoin signals like hashrate, realized price and ETF flows translate into practical multi-asset hedges.
DDaniel Mercer
data
Dashboards That Work: Which Bitcoin Metrics Move Portfolio Decisions
Learn which 8 Bitcoin metrics Newhedge users should watch to time allocations, read regime shifts, and manage BTC risk.
EEthan Cole
market structure
Influencer Trading and Market Integrity: Can Live Streamed Bitcoin Calls Move Prices?
How live Bitcoin streams can trigger squeezes, distort liquidity windows, and what institutions should do to monitor and respond.
DDaniel Mercer
portfolio strategy
When a Seven-Month Slide Becomes a Regime Change: Scenario Playbook for Crypto Allocations
A scenario-driven crypto allocation playbook for stabilization, protracted bear and rapid recovery—complete with triggers, rebalancing rules and risk limits.
MMarcus Hale
macro
Geopolitics and Crypto: Building a War-Risk Volatility Framework for Bitcoin Portfolios
A practical war-risk model for BTC/ETH: map Middle East escalation to oil, ETF flows, on-chain signals and hedges.
DDaniel Mercer
tax
Compliance Blindspots for Live Crypto Traders: Recordkeeping, Taxes and Market Risk from Streamed Trades
A practical guide to live crypto trading compliance, covering recordkeeping, taxes, wash-sale risk, and disclosures for streamed trades.
DDaniel Mercer
crypto trading
Reading the Trading Room: What YouTube Bitcoin Live Streams Reveal About Intraday Liquidity
Learn how Bitcoin live streams expose intraday liquidity, crowding, and slippage using alternative-data methods.
DDaniel Mercer
crypto
Simulated Crypto in Youth Finance Apps: Teaching Risk Without Real Exposure
How youth fintech can teach crypto risk with simulators, tokenized learning, and hard guardrails—without real-money exposure.
AAvery Cole
IPOs
From Direct-Response to Direct Listings: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn About Driving Retail Demand for an IPO
A definitive guide to using direct-response tactics, storytelling, and community to build real retail demand before an IPO or direct listing.
EEthan Mercer
brokers
Fractional Shares, Local Brokers and the Democratization of Big Tech for LATAM Investors
A deep dive into fractional shares, LATAM brokers, hidden fees, and custody trade-offs for accessing Big Tech.
DDaniel Rojas
taxes
Tax Traps for Latin Americans Investing in US Stocks — What Most Platforms Won’t Tell You
LATAM investors in US stocks face hidden withholding, reporting, and double-tax risks. Here’s how to avoid costly surprises.
DDaniel Mercer
international
Latin America to Wall Street: Building a Cross-Border Portfolio from Bogotá to Boston
A practical LATAM guide to buying US stocks, choosing brokers, managing FX, custody, taxes, and building diversified cross-border portfolios.
DDaniel Mercer
AI news
Why the OpenAI Trial Matters for Bitcoin Live Traders: Real-Time Market Alerts for AI-Driven Crypto Stocks and Tokens
How the OpenAI trial could move Bitcoin, AI tokens, and market sentiment in real time.
MMarket Compass Desk
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fintech
Revenue-First Valuations: Using Entrepreneurial Sales Playbooks to Price Early-Stage Fintechs
A practical framework for pricing early fintechs with CAC, LTV, payback, and revenue-quality signals founders and investors can defend.
EEthan Cole
startups
Pitching Your Startup Like Dan Kennedy: A Finance Founder’s Guide to Raising Capital
A Dan Kennedy-inspired fundraising playbook for fintech founders: story, offer, scarcity, follow-up, and term strategy.
AAvery Cole
trading
Retail Trader Checklist: How to Trade SLB During Commodity Volatility
A tactical SLB trading playbook with entries, exits, options, catalysts, and risk rules for volatile oil cycles.
DDaniel Mercer
sector
Energy Services vs. Energy Producers: Why SLB Needs a Different Investment Playbook
Learn why SLB follows a capex cycle, not just oil prices, and which signals confirm durable earnings improvement.
JJordan Vale
equities
When Wall Street Bullishness Isn't Enough: A Framework to Evaluate Analyst Calls on SLB
Bullish SLB notes need a hard test: backlog, margins, cyclicality, and valuation matter more than Wall Street hype.
MMarcus Hale
analytics
Measuring Lifetime Value from Childhood Engagement: KPIs Every Investment Brand Should Track
A practical framework for turning childhood engagement into measurable LTV, retention, and future AUM forecasts.
DDaniel Mercer
product
Voice UX for Finance: Designing Conversational Interfaces for First-Time Investors
A deep-dive guide to voice UX in finance, with onboarding patterns, security trade-offs, and metrics for first-time investors.
MMarcus Hale
product
Launching a Kid-Friendly Investing App: A Compliance Checklist for Product Teams
A compliance-first checklist for launching kid-friendly investing apps with COPPA, GDPR-kids, custody, KYC-lite, and simulator design.
DDaniel Mercer
education
How Schools Can Teach Investing Without Becoming Sales Channels
A trust-first blueprint for teaching investing in schools without turning classrooms into sales funnels.
DDaniel Mercer
investing
From Piggy Bank to Portfolio: A Custodial Account Playbook for Latin American Parents
A practical custodial account guide for Latin American parents: brokers, U.S. stocks, fees, transfers, controls, and long-term wealth building.
DDaniel Reyes
portfolio-construction
Building a US Equity Core-and-Satellite Portfolio from Latin America: Currency Risk and Hedging Strategies
A practical core-and-satellite blueprint for LATAM investors navigating US equities, FX risk, hedging, ETFs, ADRs, and rebalancing.
MMateo Alvarez
analytics
Measuring Lifetime Value of Youth Users: A Cohort Framework for Investment Brands
A practical cohort-LTV framework for youth fintech brands linking activation, teacher adoption, and retention to long-term value.
DDaniel Mercer
education technology
AI in Education: Risks and Opportunities for Investors
A definitive investor guide to AI in education—market sizing, procurement, privacy, and playbooks to underwrite EdTech opportunities.
JJordan Mercer
news
The Impact of Media Scandals on Market Sentiment: A Case Study
How scandals at major media firms shape investor sentiment — a data-driven case study of the BBC, Jack Murley, and market reactions.
AAlex R. Mercer
leadership diversity
Trailblazers in Law: How Diversity in Leadership Can Influence Financial Institutions
How diverse legal leadership — from law deans to general counsels — reshapes investment strategy, governance and market outcomes in financial institutions.
AAva Mercer
finance ethics
Ethics and Governance in Finance: Lessons from Recent Scandals
How leadership integrity shapes investor confidence — lessons from education scandals and practical governance playbooks for investors and boards.
AAlex Mercer
stock market
China Audits and Investor Activism: The Case for Transparency
How shareholders and activists press for China-facing audits amid geopolitical risk—and the practical playbook for investors and boards.
EEvan K. Mercer
media investments
Substack’s Video Shift: Implications for Media Investment Strategies
How Substack’s move to video reshapes creator economics and investor strategies—detailed playbook, valuation adjustments, and due diligence checklist.
AAlex Mercer
politics
Civic Impact: The Gawker Trial's Influence on Trump's Monetary Policy
How the Gawker trial’s political fallout can reshape Trump-era monetary policy and market risk—practical hedges and governance steps for investors.
AAlex Mercer
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