Nicole Kittredge
@nicolekittredge.bsky.social
Celebrating 21 years helping clients step by step through a smooth home loan process.
NMLS#20896 - Branch Manager
New American Funding - 169 Main St. Medway, MA 🏡 www.nicolesloans.com
NMLS#20896 - Branch Manager
New American Funding - 169 Main St. Medway, MA 🏡 www.nicolesloans.com
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This and the business of growing brainmatter and other advances make me feel like, for better or worse, androids are coming. In twenty years people will be marrying them.
Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots
Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes.
arstechnica.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This and the business of growing brainmatter and other advances make me feel like, for better or worse, androids are coming. In twenty years people will be marrying them.
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The price of silver fell after exchange operator CME Group raised margin requirements on silver purchases.
Silver Price Slips More Than 6% After Historic Rally
The price of silver fell after exchange operator CME Group raised margin requirements on silver purchases.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The price of silver fell after exchange operator CME Group raised margin requirements on silver purchases.
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Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
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This is the key — if hiring picks up the bulls/hawks are correct, if not…
Goldman: “We expect the unemployment rate to stabilize at 4.5% as hiring picks up on the back of stronger final demand growth.”
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is the key — if hiring picks up the bulls/hawks are correct, if not…
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Equities outside the US outperformed this year for the first time in awhile, and its not entirely a dollar story in many cases.
December 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Equities outside the US outperformed this year for the first time in awhile, and its not entirely a dollar story in many cases.
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6 simple ways to improve your investment performance:
1. Automate & get out of the way
2. Think portfolio not individual investments
3. Consolidate
4. Track your performance
5. Define your time horizon
6. Save more money
awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/12/6-si...
1. Automate & get out of the way
2. Think portfolio not individual investments
3. Consolidate
4. Track your performance
5. Define your time horizon
6. Save more money
awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/12/6-si...
6 Simple Ways to Improve Your Investment Performance - A Wealth of Common Sense
Some thoughts on how to simplify your investments and improve performance.
awealthofcommonsense.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
6 simple ways to improve your investment performance:
1. Automate & get out of the way
2. Think portfolio not individual investments
3. Consolidate
4. Track your performance
5. Define your time horizon
6. Save more money
awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/12/6-si...
1. Automate & get out of the way
2. Think portfolio not individual investments
3. Consolidate
4. Track your performance
5. Define your time horizon
6. Save more money
awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/12/6-si...
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10 Xmas Eve Reads
Will Prediction Markets Make the Stock Market Obsolete?
Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
Inside America’s Costco economy
Mortgage Rates Are Falling but Owners Still Won’t Sell
50+ US Lawmakers Are Retiring Next Year. Why?
ritholtz.com/2025/12/chri...
Will Prediction Markets Make the Stock Market Obsolete?
Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
Inside America’s Costco economy
Mortgage Rates Are Falling but Owners Still Won’t Sell
50+ US Lawmakers Are Retiring Next Year. Why?
ritholtz.com/2025/12/chri...
10 Christmas Eve Reads - The Big Picture
My “Its Christmas Eve already?” early morning reads: • Prediction Markets Will Make the Stock Market Obsolete. Yes or No? As prediction markets surge, Wall Street is grappling with an uncomfortable qu...
ritholtz.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
10 Xmas Eve Reads
Will Prediction Markets Make the Stock Market Obsolete?
Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
Inside America’s Costco economy
Mortgage Rates Are Falling but Owners Still Won’t Sell
50+ US Lawmakers Are Retiring Next Year. Why?
ritholtz.com/2025/12/chri...
Will Prediction Markets Make the Stock Market Obsolete?
Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
Inside America’s Costco economy
Mortgage Rates Are Falling but Owners Still Won’t Sell
50+ US Lawmakers Are Retiring Next Year. Why?
ritholtz.com/2025/12/chri...
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My family is baking our traditional Oatmeal Raisin cookies now!
a man wearing a chef 's hat is standing over a pile of dough .
ALT: a man wearing a chef 's hat is standing over a pile of dough .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My family is baking our traditional Oatmeal Raisin cookies now!
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We’re going to have one unhappy dog on December 26th.
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We’re going to have one unhappy dog on December 26th.
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"Metropolis does not use license plate recognition,” Morrissey said. “Instead, our computer vision platform is trained on a comprehensive and proprietary data set to recognize vehicles with a ‘vehicle fingerprint’ based on its unique characteristics..."
Two of the city's largest parking garages are now using artificial intelligence to recognize your car
The city and the new operator, Metropolis, promise a smooth experience from the technology, but customers in other cities have filed class-action lawsuits over the system.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Metropolis does not use license plate recognition,” Morrissey said. “Instead, our computer vision platform is trained on a comprehensive and proprietary data set to recognize vehicles with a ‘vehicle fingerprint’ based on its unique characteristics..."
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Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
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Opinion: Remember the one about the software CEO, the head of HR and the Jumbotron camera? Here's how the whole affair illustrates the joys and the horror of the modern world. ft.trib.al/FaDe0aG
December 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Opinion: Remember the one about the software CEO, the head of HR and the Jumbotron camera? Here's how the whole affair illustrates the joys and the horror of the modern world. ft.trib.al/FaDe0aG
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UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened ft.trib.al/PifF1nN
UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened
Method is still used in some restaurants but campaigners say this ‘torture’ is avoidable
ft.trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened ft.trib.al/PifF1nN
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Opinion: American trade policy is geared towards re-industrialisation, and it's working, writes US trade representative Jamieson Greer. ft.trib.al/ggI3PZW
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Opinion: American trade policy is geared towards re-industrialisation, and it's working, writes US trade representative Jamieson Greer. ft.trib.al/ggI3PZW
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The IRS is making Americans report payments on Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle over $600.
Meanwhile…
The Pentagon just failed its EIGHTH audit in a row, as they are unable to fully account for $4.65 trillion in assets.
Meanwhile…
The Pentagon just failed its EIGHTH audit in a row, as they are unable to fully account for $4.65 trillion in assets.
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The IRS is making Americans report payments on Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle over $600.
Meanwhile…
The Pentagon just failed its EIGHTH audit in a row, as they are unable to fully account for $4.65 trillion in assets.
Meanwhile…
The Pentagon just failed its EIGHTH audit in a row, as they are unable to fully account for $4.65 trillion in assets.
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Studies like this always make me think about how much I don't know about the world, & how much better off we'd all be if more people knew what they didn't know. 🧪🐙
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
This octopus pigment could lead to a more sustainable sunscreen
A new metabolic engineering technique makes xanthommatin cheaper and easy to produce
cen.acs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Studies like this always make me think about how much I don't know about the world, & how much better off we'd all be if more people knew what they didn't know. 🧪🐙
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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5 days until the winter solstice…
You have reached the time of the year where sunsets will not get any earlier. In 5 days time, the longest night will take place, then each night after, light will slowly creep back to fill the nights 🌌
You have reached the time of the year where sunsets will not get any earlier. In 5 days time, the longest night will take place, then each night after, light will slowly creep back to fill the nights 🌌
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
5 days until the winter solstice…
You have reached the time of the year where sunsets will not get any earlier. In 5 days time, the longest night will take place, then each night after, light will slowly creep back to fill the nights 🌌
You have reached the time of the year where sunsets will not get any earlier. In 5 days time, the longest night will take place, then each night after, light will slowly creep back to fill the nights 🌌
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Memphis is unlocking middle housing by addressing code reform, not just zoning.
🏘️ 3-6 units use modified code
🔥 Scaled fire & sprinkler rules instead of costly commercial standards
🚰 Apply residential utility requirements
📝 Streamlined permitting & approvals
www.remainplaces.com/post/to-unlo...
🏘️ 3-6 units use modified code
🔥 Scaled fire & sprinkler rules instead of costly commercial standards
🚰 Apply residential utility requirements
📝 Streamlined permitting & approvals
www.remainplaces.com/post/to-unlo...
To Unlock Middle Housing, Zoning Reform is Just the Start
Modifying zoning regulations to permit duplexes, triplexes, and small multifamily "middle-housing" is a crucial initial step in addressing housing affordability challenges and offering more housing op...
www.remainplaces.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Memphis is unlocking middle housing by addressing code reform, not just zoning.
🏘️ 3-6 units use modified code
🔥 Scaled fire & sprinkler rules instead of costly commercial standards
🚰 Apply residential utility requirements
📝 Streamlined permitting & approvals
www.remainplaces.com/post/to-unlo...
🏘️ 3-6 units use modified code
🔥 Scaled fire & sprinkler rules instead of costly commercial standards
🚰 Apply residential utility requirements
📝 Streamlined permitting & approvals
www.remainplaces.com/post/to-unlo...
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Get ready for a spectacular IPO boom from the big beasts of Silicon Valley on.ft.com/4q1ytxo | opinion
Get ready for a spectacular IPO boom from the big beasts of Silicon Valley
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic will break new ground — potentially with the scale of their losses
on.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Get ready for a spectacular IPO boom from the big beasts of Silicon Valley on.ft.com/4q1ytxo | opinion
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JUST IN: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says federal data could be overstating jobs up to 60,000 jobs a month.
The numbers published show the economy addling +40,000 jobs a month since April but the real number could be a loss of -20,000 jobs a month.
The numbers published show the economy addling +40,000 jobs a month since April but the real number could be a loss of -20,000 jobs a month.
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
JUST IN: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says federal data could be overstating jobs up to 60,000 jobs a month.
The numbers published show the economy addling +40,000 jobs a month since April but the real number could be a loss of -20,000 jobs a month.
The numbers published show the economy addling +40,000 jobs a month since April but the real number could be a loss of -20,000 jobs a month.
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The United States national debt increased by $2.3 Trillion since Trump took office.
What happened to DOGE?
What happened to DOGE?
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The United States national debt increased by $2.3 Trillion since Trump took office.
What happened to DOGE?
What happened to DOGE?
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Since Halloween:
$NVDA -12.5%
Equal-weight S&P 500 +3.4%
There's been a huge rotation into all sorts of themes as $NVDA has started lagging, the question is whether there's fundamentals behind the outperformance in "the 493" or if it's mostly mechanical flows out of a $4-5 trillion heavyweight.
$NVDA -12.5%
Equal-weight S&P 500 +3.4%
There's been a huge rotation into all sorts of themes as $NVDA has started lagging, the question is whether there's fundamentals behind the outperformance in "the 493" or if it's mostly mechanical flows out of a $4-5 trillion heavyweight.
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Since Halloween:
$NVDA -12.5%
Equal-weight S&P 500 +3.4%
There's been a huge rotation into all sorts of themes as $NVDA has started lagging, the question is whether there's fundamentals behind the outperformance in "the 493" or if it's mostly mechanical flows out of a $4-5 trillion heavyweight.
$NVDA -12.5%
Equal-weight S&P 500 +3.4%
There's been a huge rotation into all sorts of themes as $NVDA has started lagging, the question is whether there's fundamentals behind the outperformance in "the 493" or if it's mostly mechanical flows out of a $4-5 trillion heavyweight.
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Football fans condemn ‘betrayal’ over ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices on.ft.com/4aJkw2M
Football fans condemn ‘betrayal’ over ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices
Supporters urge Fifa to halt sales for next summer’s event in US, Canada and Mexico until solution is found
on.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Football fans condemn ‘betrayal’ over ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices on.ft.com/4aJkw2M