
Financial Advisors are a waste of money in 2026. Between AI tools and Index Funds, you can do it all yourself for free. Prove me wrong.
Matt Scott
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Long/Short 📈📉 | Investor/Options Trader for 8+ years | 🎓MSc in Finance | Market/macro commentary | Posting opportunities (long&short) | Not a bull or a bear

Financial Advisors are a waste of money in 2026. Between AI tools and Index Funds, you can do it all yourself for free. Prove me wrong.



The short position I entered is $ARES... Long story short, commercial real estate is cooked


BREAKING: Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are offering hedge fund clients ways to short the $1.8 trillion private credit market.



Sound familiar?




US NEW HOME SALES PLUNGED 17.6% MONTH OVER MONTH IN JANUARY TO 587K.



There goes housing: New Home Sales 587K, Exp. 722K, down 17.6%


Housing, especially rented dwellings (rent costs) remain deflationary at -5.4% today (!). Housing is the largest component of our CPI and also the BLS CPI. However, the BLS housing index differs substantially from our index; it lags by more than a few months and is much less responsive to current rent price changes. The inferiority of the BLS rent index has been extensively researched by Penn State University and covered in multiple research papers. sites.psu.edu/inflation/publ…

There goes housing: New Home Sales 587K, Exp. 722K, down 17.6%







