Executive Summary
*Headline Round Up! A global fast paced tour of the financial markets and top headlines this week.
*AI Datacenters: The greatest spending spree in history!
*The Texas Energy Infrastructure Revolution: The global energy crisis of 2026-2027 plus refined fuel shortage.
*The Ultimate Wealth Management Performance Report.
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Financial Headline Round Up!
*Nvidia Loves Their Customers! $500 Billion in Datacenter Hyperscaler Financing Arranged Through Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield Asset Management, Apollo, and KKR.
*Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Names Elon Musk AI Frontrunner: Computing Power, Data, and Robots!
*TEXAS! SpaceX Accomplishment? 550% Increase in Capital Expenditures and Another $100 Billion in Stock Eligible for Sale.
*TEXAS! Global Fuel Crisis: Refine, Baby, Refine.
*TEXAS! New Land Rush in Permian Basin for AI Data Centers. Texas Pacific Land, LandBridge, and EagleRock Benefit.
*OpenAI Surpasses One Billion Users and Two Million Businesses after Cutting Prices. What do businesses use it for?
*IBM Claims New Era of Quantum Advantage.
*THE FIRM: Big Law Big Money! $20 Million Per Year?
*Stoooopid Things People Do with Their Money: Live Shopping App Whatnot’s Auctions Have Some Users Bidding Until They Are Broke.
*International: Emerging-Market Stock Valuations Now Under Half of S&P 500.
*The Private Credit Crisis?
*Strategy: Selling More Bitcoin and More Stock!
*SpaceX-Tesla Merger? $1 Trillion Payday?
*Huge Demand Hits Lack of Supply: Bidding Wars for Overpriced San Francisco Apartments.
The Charts and Graphs Featured in This Week’s Show
Daily National Average Gasoline Prices Regular Unleaded (8/14/2016 – 8/11/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
Dual-axis chart comparing Daily National Average Gasoline Prices Regular Unleaded against US CPI Urban Consumers YoY NSA (8/31/2016 – 8/11/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
Crack Spreads Using WTI Contracts, Gasoline Contracts, and Heating Oil Contracts (8/19/2016 – 8/12/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(12/31/2025 – 8/12/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (12/31/2025 – 8/12/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
S&P 500 Index Earnings Analysis (5/16/2026 – 8/15/2026).
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
S&P 500 Member Ranked Returns (5/16/2026 – 8/15/2026)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
