Private Placement Equity Markets

A 29-year-old with $270,000 in retirement accounts weighs individual stocks against index funds. Advisers outline diversification and hybrid options.

Microsoft offers voluntary exits to about 60,000 employees as Meta plans up to $95 billion in equity financing amid rising AI infrastructure costs.

MoneyWeek says it plans to add a fund to diversify an ETF portfolio it considers overexposed to technology. The supplied report does not name the fund.

Apollo’s data show no clear aggregate AI payoff outside technology, even as Meta’s future commitments approach $825 billion and firms keep spending.

A Kiplinger report outlines five retirement-investing risks, from unfamiliar holdings and neglected accounts to panic selling and missing plans.

EA says it is closing BioWare and stopping early work on Mass Effect. The decision highlights pressure on studios, jobs and creative projects.

A Thorsten Meyer AI paper test of a viral Polymarket strategy found only three double-fills in 9,486 attempts and net losses across two versions.

Fortuna reported gold intercepts beneath Lindero’s planned pit floor and plans updated resource and reserve estimates in the first quarter next year.

U.S. Treasury prices fell as technology shares rebounded, lifting yields by six to eight basis points and reducing demand for haven assets.

MoneyWeek highlights the Worldwide Healthcare Trust as a diversified healthcare option, but the supplied report does not identify three individual stocks.