I learned some more things since my last post on the basics of investing, so let's add on to that post with the following axioms.

• Government shutdowns do NOT matter. Shutdowns have happened in the past and the markets have stayed resilient. It takes novel negative events to really shake faith in the markets.
• Wild cards in general hold so much value when it comes to rattling markets. We've seen this with Trump and now with Elon Musk. Musk publicly encouraging others to boycott Netflix over their programming has actually sent the stock on a downward shift. We'll see if the shift sticks.
• The AI industry is starting to reach bubble status.