Tracking Philippe Laffont's Coatue Management Portfolio – Q2 2026 Update

AI is splitting the labor market in two, and most companies are building for the wrong side. 

Just the Tip: If your itemized deductions hover just below the standard deduction threshold most years, try bunching. Concentrate two years of charitable donations or other deductible expenses into one year so you can itemize that year and take the standard deduction the next. The total giving stays the same, but the tax benefit doubles…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday allowed banks to access its concessional dollar-rupee swap facility for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank), or FCNR(B), deposits outside their designated weekly window for transactions exceeding $100 million, sources aware of the development said.   Market participants said move would give banks greater flexibility to transfer large dollar…

Stocks Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 15:00 [IST] Small Cap Stock Alert: Shares of Tiger Logistics (India) Limited rallied nearly 2.74% during Tuesday’s intraday trading session, a day after the logistic solution provider announced that it received a compounding order issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Tiger Logistics share price was trading 3.85%…

The Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 could push small merchants and price-sensitive consumers back towards cash, economic think tank GTRI said on Wednesday. Effective October 15, UPI payments to merchants (P2M) above Rs 2,000 will attract a 0.4 per cent MDR with an overall cap of Rs 300. Besides,…

Cody Berman was 19 when he learned about financial independence, and 25 when he reached it. There’s no trust fund here, no lucky exit. Just a brutal train commute, over 30 side hustles, and a gap between what he earned and what he spent that he refused to let shrink. I sat down with Cody…