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Happy Thursday,

As the market turns the page to the summer months, the volatility isn’t settling down.

A quick breakdown — in case you don’t have the time.

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2. ⭐ America is determined to win the AI arms race.

3. ⭐ We broke down exactly what your financial advisor won’t tell you.

4. ⭐ JD Vance believes 100 million Americans will own Bitcoin.

5. ⭐ The China tariff drama isn’t over.

6. ⭐ e.l.f. acquired Hailey Bieber’s Rhode skincare brand for $1B.

Market Overview

Chart of the Week

America is determined to win the AI arms race.

Nvidia reported strong quarterly results, with revenue rising +69% to $44.1 billion and data center sales surging +73% year-over-year to $39.1 billion, driven by high demand for AI infrastructure. Despite U.S. export restrictions causing a one-off $4.5 billion charge and $2.5 billion in lost sales on its H20 AI chips to China, the company posted a +26% increase in net income to $18.8 billion.

CEO Jensen Huang said the China AI chip market is now effectively closed to U.S. companies, ending Nvidia's Hopper data center business in the region. Other segments also grew, with gaming up +42%, automotive and robotics up +72%, and professional visualization up +19%. Nvidia shares rose +6% in extended trading, nearing record highs, and the company returned $14.3 billion to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

This was a MASSIVELY IMPORTANT earnings call for the entire market. Nvidia reported $26.1 billion of free cash flow in this quarterly report — a staggering +75% annual increase. Revenue in the United States (shown above) continues to rise and everyone should be happy to see that this market-mover report some incredible earnings.

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👉 Episode 119: What Your Financial Advisor Won’t Tell You

In this week’s Monday-morning episode of the Rich Habits Podcast (linked here) — Austin and Robert explained the three most common misunderstandings as it relates to financial advisors.

Here’s what they talked about:

1. Suitability vs. Fiduciary Standards — Just because it’s a “suitable” investment doesn’t mean it’s right for you. Not every financial advisor is known as a “fiduciary,” which means they have a legal obligation to always act in your best interest when recommending and choosing investments on your behalf.

2. How Advisors Actually Make Their Money — There are three common fee structures when it comes to working with a financial advisors: taking a fee in the form of a percentage of assets under management, commission-based fees on their trading of the financial instruments they put you in, or flat-fees / hourly-fees. If you’re looking for straight up advice, go with fee-only.

3. Types of Investment Products — Actively managed mutual funds, annuities, and proprietary funds are high-fee / underperforming investment products that are commonly peddled by financial advisors. Skip the high fees and commissions by simply investing into the low-cost index funds and ETFs we talk about.

👉 Q&A: Living at Home at 29, Tax-Deferred Annuities, & Amazon RSUs

Here’s a link to the Q&A episode that was posted this morning.

We answered questions from: Jay, Christina, Jeff, Bo, Adam, and Armani.

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Robert’s Callout

JD Vance believes 100 million Americans will own Bitcoin.

Don’t get me wrong — the Bitcoin Conference has regularly served as a short-term top signal for the market. Who knows… it might be doing that right now. Either way, I’m a long-term crypto holder and I can’t tell you how EXCITED I am right now!!

Here’s a few things that have gotten me fired up from the conference:

• JD Vance called Bitcoin a “hedge against skyrocketing inflation” and believes 100 million Americans will own Bitcoin “before too long.”

• JD Vance said that they’re going to fire every regulator like Gary Gensler.

• Eric Trump said “everybody in the world wants Bitcoin.” He also said that President Trump is a “Bitcoin Maxi.”

• Pakistan announced that it will establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

• GameStop announced that has purchased 4,710 Bitcoin for its balance sheet.

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams plans to issue Bit Bond for New York

• Strive CEO Matt Cole called on Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to buy Bitcoin for their balance sheet.

• A Managing Director from BlackRock said "Bitcoin has much higher upside than gold.”

• Square announced the launch of Bitcoin payments for its millions of users.

• David Sacks called Bitcoin “the financial system of the future.”

Again… this is a heavily-funded conference which has the goal of hyping up Bitcoin. I completely understand that and don’t want to put TOO much weight into these comments. However, when people in positions of power are speaking about Bitcoin with such conviction — I’m definitely excited.

The chart above reflects that excitement. Over the last seven trading days there’s been $3.2B invested into BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, IBIT.

Austin’s Callout

The China tariff drama isn’t over.

It’s important to remember that 90-day pauses on tariffs aren’t necessarily perfect resolutions. These type of pauses are kicking the can down the road, and giving all of us hope that a true, lasting deal will be struck within that short amount of time. The U.S. Court of International Trade announced last night a halt on the sweeping 10% tariff imposed by President Trump last month.

I don’t believe that the court ruling on tariffs will stop Trump from getting what he wants (one way or another), and President Trump is already fighting back. This unfortunately just adds more fuel for volatility.

See the graph as a supply chain example. It’s been two weeks since the China / US trade deal progress was announced. We all celebrated, but container traffic from China to the US hasn’t shown a strong rebound at all. Since Liberation Day — the container departures are down ~40%.

For months — I’ve been telling you all that if a recession is actually on the way, it will be earnings-led. The short-term volatility from tariffs have been manufactured dips, and I took advantage by DCA’ing into my favorite positions + creating some new positions in my portfolio. But if the tariffs linger for too long and we don’t see some rock solid agreements — I believe the next earnings season could very much reflect that.

The Rich Habits Radar

• 👉 e.l.f. acquired Hailey Bieber’s Rhode skincare brand for $1B.

• 👉 Musk exited DOGE — after leading Trump’s federal downsizing efforts.

• 👉 A U.S. trade court blocked a major chunk of Trump’s tariffs.

• 👉 Trump pushed for 25% tariffs on iPhones made overseas.

• 👉 Trump Media planned to raise $2.5B to buy Bitcoin and other crypto assets.

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