Mike Lee

Gates Frontier Led a $110 Million Bet Against Silicon

Deals Catchers • August 20, 2026 By Mike Lee · 20 Aug 2026 Silicon is running into the thermal wall. The money chasing the way around it has quietly doubled in seven months. T-Mobile just enabled Starlink satellite connectivity on every iPhone and billions of phones are coming online for the

The Rules Changed. Nobody Sent a Letter.

Deals Catchers • August 19, 2026 By Mike Lee · 19 Aug 2026 A tax bill signed thirteen months ago quietly rewrote how retirement income gets taxed this year. Almost nobody was told which parts start now. Most Americans don’t realize they’re losing money to taxes until it’s too

Coal Generation Rose 13%. Nobody Planned That.

Deals Catchers • August 18, 2026 By Mike Lee · 18 Aug 2026 Utilities spent a decade planning to close their coal plants. Then the data centres arrived, and coal generation rose 13% in a single year. Call it coal's clean comeback: a way to convert coal into fuel without

Silver Sits 45% Below Its Peak. Gold Sits 21% Below Its Own.

Deals Catchers • August 17, 2026 By Mike Lee · 17 Aug 2026 Gold is back near $4,400 and silver back above $65. Both are still a long way below where they stood in January — and the gap between them is the part worth reading. Why are bank branches quickly and

Nvidia Is Now Investing in Power Plants, Not Just Chips.

Deals Catchers • August 16, 2026 By Mike Lee · 16 Aug 2026 The company that makes the chips is now putting money into the power plants. That tells you which part of the AI buildout has become the bottleneck. A perfect storm of operational breakthroughs and policy shifts has the potential

Half a Trillion in Borrowed Money Is Funding the AI Boom.

Deals Catchers • August 14, 2026 By Mike Lee · 14 Aug 2026 The market closed at a record last night. Underneath it, the money funding the AI buildout got harder to see — and there is now roughly twelve dollars of financing behind every dollar the biggest customer earns. The Bellweather Signal

Anthropic Could List in October at a Two Trillion Dollar Valuation

Deals Catchers • August 13, 2026 By Mike Lee · 13 Aug 2026 Inflation came in tame yesterday and short-term rates fell. The thirty-year did not move at all. That is the number worth your attention this morning. A tiny startup does not accidentally end up inside the secure perimeter

Wages Grew 3.2%. Prices Are Forecast at 3.4%.

Deals Catchers • August 12, 2026 By Mike Lee · 12 Aug 2026 Wages grew 3.2% last year. Inflation is forecast at 3.4%. Even if this morning’s number comes in exactly as expected, you got poorer. The biggest IPO in history could be days away.  Click Here to Get

Oil Near Ninety. The Ten-Year at 4.72%. CPI Tomorrow.

Deals Catchers • August 11, 2026 By Mike Lee · 11 Aug 2026 Oil is back near ninety dollars and the ten-year just cleared 4.72%. Tomorrow morning we find out whether that has reached the inflation number yet. A new video has caught Wall Street completely off guard.  Click Here

Iran Walked Away From the Table on Sunday.

Deals Catchers • August 10, 2026 By Mike Lee · 10 Aug 2026 Iran walked away from the table on Sunday. Oil went up, Dow futures went down, and the Nasdaq went the other way entirely. If you’re near or over 73, this matters.  Download Your FREE RMD Guide Here.  Ad

The Economy Lost Jobs and Stocks Had Their Best Week Since April.

Deals Catchers • August 9, 2026 By Mike Lee · 9 Aug 2026 The economy lost jobs on Friday and the market had its best week since April. On Wednesday we find out whether that made any sense. Mode Mobile’s current Reg A+ offering is SEC-qualified and open to everyday

One Firm Says 18,000 Jobs. Another Says 97,500.

Deals Catchers • August 7, 2026 By Mike Lee · 7 Aug 2026 One firm expects eighteen thousand jobs this morning. Another expects ninety-seven thousand. That gap tells you more than the number will. An economic story the likes of which we’ve not seen in centuries.  It’s All Laid