5 Years of HODL: What $1K in Bitcoin Gets You Today
Back in 2020, throwing $1K into BTC seemed kinda risky to some. Fast forward 5 years? That $1,000 is now sitting at $10,620+ — a 962% return. Not bad for just holding.
BTC peaked above $124K this summer (thanks to clearer crypto regulations + Fed rate cut expectations), currently trading ~10% below that all-time high. Still, the dip looks tiny compared to the long-term trajectory.
What's fueling the next leg? Growing corporate treasury strategies are quietly pushing adoption, plus increasing institutional support for the asset class. Interest

# Your 401(k) at 35-44: Reality Check vs. Retirement Goals
Vanguard's latest data just dropped, and the numbers are eye-opening for millennials hitting their late 30s and 40s.
**The headline:** Average 401(k) balance in this age bracket sits at **$91,281**. Sounds decent until you dig deeper.
**The ugly truth:** Median balance is only **$35,537** — that's less than 40% of the average. Translation: Most people have way less saved than the average suggests. The gap exists because some high-balance accounts pull the average up hard.
**The target you're probably missing:** Financial pros recommen

# The Buffett Paradox: Why Crypto's Biggest Skeptic Still Won't Touch It
Warren Buffett calling Bitcoin "rat poison squared" isn't just colorful language — it's his investment philosophy speaking. The Oracle of Omaha has been consistent on one thing: crypto generates zero tangible value.
His 2022 take says it all: "If you owned all Bitcoin on Earth and offered it to me for $25, I wouldn't take it." Why? Because unlike Apple or Coca-Cola, you can't use it to build something or generate cash flow. It's just a token you'd have to sell to someone else — and that someone is betting on the next per

First Solar (FSLR) stock jumped 19.2% in a month, beating the solar industry's 14.3% growth. The company's riding the wave of AI-driven data center expansion—more data centers = more electricity demand = more solar business. Smart play.
The numbers back it up: 54.5 GW booking backlog through 2030, 23.5 GW total capacity now, with a new 3.7 GW line coming Q4 2026. Production hitting 3.6 GW in Q3 2025. This is serious capacity scaling.
But here's the catch: tariff pressure is real (19-25% on most countries, up to 50% on India), and Chinese solar module oversupply is creating pricing headwinds. F

# GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Battlefield: Who Can Make Money from the Trillion Dollar Market?
1 in 8 people in the U.S. are using weight loss injections, but the real battle has just begun—**oral GLP-1 tablets**.
Data hurts:
- Weight loss pills are expected to占长期市场25%份额.
- The entire GLP-1 market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2030.
- The oral versions of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are expected to be approved by the FDA by the end of 2025.
**Why is it so important?**
From injections to taking medicine, this step can leverage the entire market of over $5 billion. Non-invasive, more convenien

The US dollar is falling sharply, and gold prices have risen to a one-week high.
US September retail sales only rose 0.2% MoM (expected 0.4%), core PPI increased 2.6% YoY (expected 2.7%), and the weak data has led the market to sniff out the scent of rate cuts—currently, the probability of the FOMC cutting rates by 25BP on December 9-10 has been priced in at 80%. US Treasury yields also fell, with the 10-year Treasury dropping to 4.002%, a 3.5-week low.
DXY today -0.35%, Euro/USD rises 0.5%. The yen also takes the opportunity to rise, with the USD/JPY rate at -0.57% — the Japanese government h