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TOO SMART FOR HIS OWN BRITCHES
7/31/2026 - What a wild and remarkable journey the market has been on this month, and a lot of it orchestrated by Leopold Aschenbrenner. I told the story on Making Money with Charles Payne yesterday. He was propelled to superstar status as an artificial intelligence (AI) wunderkind this year, growing his fund from $2.0 billion to $45.0 billion, only to watch it unravel. Just last month, the WSJ was singing his praises.... MORE

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THE WASHOUT GETS UGLY
7/30/2026 9:39:49 AM By Charles Payne
Warsh Fed on Deck
7/29/2026 1:13:14 PM By Charles Payne
A GOOD WASHOUT
7/29/2026 9:31:18 AM By Charles Payne
MARKET LOOKING TO REBOUND
7/28/2026 9:33:19 AM By Charles Payne
Market Looking to Rebound
7/27/2026 9:44:55 AM By Charles Payne

Payne's Perspective: Jensen to the Rescue

Everyone agrees that China's Moonshot stole from Anthropic to propel the rapid advancement of Kimi K3 (see below). But the debate has moved on to cybersecurity, frontier models versus open-source models, and the nature of competition. Jensen Huang made his first X post to back open-weight AI. Read more.

The Dividend Report - July 2026

Fed chair Warsh made remarks that the recent Iran deal has changed the inflation dynamics, suggesting potential lower rates. It is important because the last Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting was still under heavier Iran uncertainty. Read more.

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Payne's Perspective: K3 Kicks Vulnerable Market

7/20/2026 By Charles Payne, CEO & Principal Analyst
Kimi K3 hit as an 800-pound bomb dropped from a stealth bomber. The development has made waves in technology and politics. There is a camp concerned about Chinese companies piggybacking (stealing) from US frontier AI models – called distillation. But this goes even deeper Read more.

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MAIN STREET WISDOM
Observations of a concerned public
By Brian R: - 7/31/2026
Thank you Charles for much needed encouragement. The past month has been painful for my portfolio indeed. But over the last several years since Ive been a member here Ive learned one thing. Investing is a process, and there will be rough patches. But sticking to the basic fundamentals through thick ...more
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