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By contrast, millennials & Gen Z entered adulthood through the dot-com crash, 2008 crisis, pandemic shocks, and today’s affordability crisis.
Unless something radical changes, the generational wealth gap isn’t just big, it’s permanent.
Unless something radical changes, the generational wealth gap isn’t just big, it’s permanent.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
By contrast, millennials & Gen Z entered adulthood through the dot-com crash, 2008 crisis, pandemic shocks, and today’s affordability crisis.
Unless something radical changes, the generational wealth gap isn’t just big, it’s permanent.
Unless something radical changes, the generational wealth gap isn’t just big, it’s permanent.
Half of Boomer wealth is in financial assets.
A third is in housing.
Not because they’re uniquely smart, but because they entered adulthood during the best wealth-building window in U.S. economic history.
That window is closed.
A third is in housing.
Not because they’re uniquely smart, but because they entered adulthood during the best wealth-building window in U.S. economic history.
That window is closed.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Half of Boomer wealth is in financial assets.
A third is in housing.
Not because they’re uniquely smart, but because they entered adulthood during the best wealth-building window in U.S. economic history.
That window is closed.
A third is in housing.
Not because they’re uniquely smart, but because they entered adulthood during the best wealth-building window in U.S. economic history.
That window is closed.
Younger workers face the opposite:
• Student debt
• Childcare costs nearly 2x since the 80s
• Volatile markets
• Flat real wages
• Housing prices up 70%+ just since 2020
• Mortgage rates above 6%
And Gen Z is too risk-averse to “buy the dip”.
• Student debt
• Childcare costs nearly 2x since the 80s
• Volatile markets
• Flat real wages
• Housing prices up 70%+ just since 2020
• Mortgage rates above 6%
And Gen Z is too risk-averse to “buy the dip”.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Younger workers face the opposite:
• Student debt
• Childcare costs nearly 2x since the 80s
• Volatile markets
• Flat real wages
• Housing prices up 70%+ just since 2020
• Mortgage rates above 6%
And Gen Z is too risk-averse to “buy the dip”.
• Student debt
• Childcare costs nearly 2x since the 80s
• Volatile markets
• Flat real wages
• Housing prices up 70%+ just since 2020
• Mortgage rates above 6%
And Gen Z is too risk-averse to “buy the dip”.
Boomers bought homes when prices were low.
They invested before the stock market entered decades of explosive growth.
They benefited from rising real wages, strong productivity, cheap tuition & cheaper healthcare.
A perfect macro environment, impossible to recreate today.
They invested before the stock market entered decades of explosive growth.
They benefited from rising real wages, strong productivity, cheap tuition & cheaper healthcare.
A perfect macro environment, impossible to recreate today.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Boomers bought homes when prices were low.
They invested before the stock market entered decades of explosive growth.
They benefited from rising real wages, strong productivity, cheap tuition & cheaper healthcare.
A perfect macro environment, impossible to recreate today.
They invested before the stock market entered decades of explosive growth.
They benefited from rising real wages, strong productivity, cheap tuition & cheaper healthcare.
A perfect macro environment, impossible to recreate today.
Huang’s takeaway: forget the bubble talk. “We see something very different,” he said.
AI demand is still compounding, across industries, countries, and model makers.
AI isn’t cooling. It’s going everywhere at once.
AI demand is still compounding, across industries, countries, and model makers.
AI isn’t cooling. It’s going everywhere at once.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Huang’s takeaway: forget the bubble talk. “We see something very different,” he said.
AI demand is still compounding, across industries, countries, and model makers.
AI isn’t cooling. It’s going everywhere at once.
AI demand is still compounding, across industries, countries, and model makers.
AI isn’t cooling. It’s going everywhere at once.
Not everything is perfect: 50M H20 shipments disappointed due to US–China tensions.
China orders “never materialised,” per CFO Colette Kress. But Nvidia is still guiding to $65B next quarter.
China orders “never materialised,” per CFO Colette Kress. But Nvidia is still guiding to $65B next quarter.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Not everything is perfect: 50M H20 shipments disappointed due to US–China tensions.
China orders “never materialised,” per CFO Colette Kress. But Nvidia is still guiding to $65B next quarter.
China orders “never materialised,” per CFO Colette Kress. But Nvidia is still guiding to $65B next quarter.
Nvidia announced AI factory + infra projects totalling 5 million GPUs this quarter.
Enterprises, sovereigns, hyperscalers, everyone is buying compute. Training and inference are compounding at once.
Enterprises, sovereigns, hyperscalers, everyone is buying compute. Training and inference are compounding at once.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Nvidia announced AI factory + infra projects totalling 5 million GPUs this quarter.
Enterprises, sovereigns, hyperscalers, everyone is buying compute. Training and inference are compounding at once.
Enterprises, sovereigns, hyperscalers, everyone is buying compute. Training and inference are compounding at once.
The engine? Data centres. Nvidia pulled in $51.2B from AI infrastructure alone, a 25% jump from last quarter.
Cloud GPUs are sold out, and Blackwell demand is, in Jensen Huang’s words, “off the charts.”
Cloud GPUs are sold out, and Blackwell demand is, in Jensen Huang’s words, “off the charts.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The engine? Data centres. Nvidia pulled in $51.2B from AI infrastructure alone, a 25% jump from last quarter.
Cloud GPUs are sold out, and Blackwell demand is, in Jensen Huang’s words, “off the charts.”
Cloud GPUs are sold out, and Blackwell demand is, in Jensen Huang’s words, “off the charts.”
For fintech, it’s a reality check: hype cycles have ended.
Profitability > ambition. Curve’s tech will live on, just not in the way its founder once promised.
Profitability > ambition. Curve’s tech will live on, just not in the way its founder once promised.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For fintech, it’s a reality check: hype cycles have ended.
Profitability > ambition. Curve’s tech will live on, just not in the way its founder once promised.
Profitability > ambition. Curve’s tech will live on, just not in the way its founder once promised.
For Lloyds, it’s a bargain.
Curve’s wallet tech and “Curve Pay” instantly boost its mobile banking experience, something incumbents have struggled to innovate quickly.
Curve’s wallet tech and “Curve Pay” instantly boost its mobile banking experience, something incumbents have struggled to innovate quickly.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For Lloyds, it’s a bargain.
Curve’s wallet tech and “Curve Pay” instantly boost its mobile banking experience, something incumbents have struggled to innovate quickly.
Curve’s wallet tech and “Curve Pay” instantly boost its mobile banking experience, something incumbents have struggled to innovate quickly.
IDC Ventures, its biggest investor, slammed the sale as “not in shareholders’ interests.”
But Curve’s board said this was the “best available path” for creditors + investors.
But Curve’s board said this was the “best available path” for creditors + investors.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
IDC Ventures, its biggest investor, slammed the sale as “not in shareholders’ interests.”
But Curve’s board said this was the “best available path” for creditors + investors.
But Curve’s board said this was the “best available path” for creditors + investors.
The company raised ~£250m, but turnover fell, losses mounted, and Curve warned it needed fresh capital to survive.
The choice became simple: sell or run out of money.
The choice became simple: sell or run out of money.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The company raised ~£250m, but turnover fell, losses mounted, and Curve warned it needed fresh capital to survive.
The choice became simple: sell or run out of money.
The choice became simple: sell or run out of money.
Bottom line: Meta avoids a historic breakup. Regulators face another setback.
And the ruling signals just how difficult it remains, legally and politically, to challenge Big Tech dominance in the US.
And the ruling signals just how difficult it remains, legally and politically, to challenge Big Tech dominance in the US.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Bottom line: Meta avoids a historic breakup. Regulators face another setback.
And the ruling signals just how difficult it remains, legally and politically, to challenge Big Tech dominance in the US.
And the ruling signals just how difficult it remains, legally and politically, to challenge Big Tech dominance in the US.
Politically, the case mattered. The lawsuit began in Trump’s first term, when tensions between Meta and the administration were high.
But relations have since warmed: Zuckerberg, Thiel and Bezos now openly back Trump’s tax agenda.
But relations have since warmed: Zuckerberg, Thiel and Bezos now openly back Trump’s tax agenda.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Politically, the case mattered. The lawsuit began in Trump’s first term, when tensions between Meta and the administration were high.
But relations have since warmed: Zuckerberg, Thiel and Bezos now openly back Trump’s tax agenda.
But relations have since warmed: Zuckerberg, Thiel and Bezos now openly back Trump’s tax agenda.
Instead, the FTC claimed Meta’s dominance reduced quality and innovation.
Meta countered that competition from TikTok proves the market is far from controlled, and that users have benefited from the acquisitions.
Meta countered that competition from TikTok proves the market is far from controlled, and that users have benefited from the acquisitions.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Instead, the FTC claimed Meta’s dominance reduced quality and innovation.
Meta countered that competition from TikTok proves the market is far from controlled, and that users have benefited from the acquisitions.
Meta countered that competition from TikTok proves the market is far from controlled, and that users have benefited from the acquisitions.
The FTC argued Meta acquired Instagram + WhatsApp to neutralise competition.
But the case hit a structural problem: both apps are free, so regulators couldn’t rely on the usual “higher prices for consumers” tes
But the case hit a structural problem: both apps are free, so regulators couldn’t rely on the usual “higher prices for consumers” tes
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The FTC argued Meta acquired Instagram + WhatsApp to neutralise competition.
But the case hit a structural problem: both apps are free, so regulators couldn’t rely on the usual “higher prices for consumers” tes
But the case hit a structural problem: both apps are free, so regulators couldn’t rely on the usual “higher prices for consumers” tes
Bottom line: BEST is sport on the surface, strategy underneath.
A clever blend of CSR, values, youth empowerment + consulting brand building, signalling how firms must differentiate in 2026 and beyond.
A clever blend of CSR, values, youth empowerment + consulting brand building, signalling how firms must differentiate in 2026 and beyond.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Bottom line: BEST is sport on the surface, strategy underneath.
A clever blend of CSR, values, youth empowerment + consulting brand building, signalling how firms must differentiate in 2026 and beyond.
A clever blend of CSR, values, youth empowerment + consulting brand building, signalling how firms must differentiate in 2026 and beyond.
BearingPoint also adds workshops, social media coaching, career training + exposure to business.
It’s an ecosystem, not a cheque. Early beneficiaries include ALBA Berlin youth, Hertha BSC U23, chess champion Lara Schulze, and Team Sonnenwagen (solar racing).
It’s an ecosystem, not a cheque. Early beneficiaries include ALBA Berlin youth, Hertha BSC U23, chess champion Lara Schulze, and Team Sonnenwagen (solar racing).
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
BearingPoint also adds workshops, social media coaching, career training + exposure to business.
It’s an ecosystem, not a cheque. Early beneficiaries include ALBA Berlin youth, Hertha BSC U23, chess champion Lara Schulze, and Team Sonnenwagen (solar racing).
It’s an ecosystem, not a cheque. Early beneficiaries include ALBA Berlin youth, Hertha BSC U23, chess champion Lara Schulze, and Team Sonnenwagen (solar racing).
BEST has two tracks:
• Kickoff → early-stage athletes/clubs needing gear + infrastructure.
• Gamechanger → athletes already competing internationally, backed long-term.
Two funnels, two different ROI profiles.
• Kickoff → early-stage athletes/clubs needing gear + infrastructure.
• Gamechanger → athletes already competing internationally, backed long-term.
Two funnels, two different ROI profiles.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
BEST has two tracks:
• Kickoff → early-stage athletes/clubs needing gear + infrastructure.
• Gamechanger → athletes already competing internationally, backed long-term.
Two funnels, two different ROI profiles.
• Kickoff → early-stage athletes/clubs needing gear + infrastructure.
• Gamechanger → athletes already competing internationally, backed long-term.
Two funnels, two different ROI profiles.
This isn’t normal sponsorship. It’s a positioning play grounded in responsibility, youth development and values like fairness, team spirit and sustainability.
Since launch: 30+ applicants, 45% women, and huge internal support from employees nominating local talents.
Since launch: 30+ applicants, 45% women, and huge internal support from employees nominating local talents.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This isn’t normal sponsorship. It’s a positioning play grounded in responsibility, youth development and values like fairness, team spirit and sustainability.
Since launch: 30+ applicants, 45% women, and huge internal support from employees nominating local talents.
Since launch: 30+ applicants, 45% women, and huge internal support from employees nominating local talents.