Hello everyone, time for a market update. On the 19th of march, I published the following article: https://putthefuninfinance.com/2025/03/19/is-the-us-financial-market-falling-apart/ Since then, the negative scenario for the US stock markets has continued to play out and here is an updated chart of the S&P 500. The chart above shows a very negative future with an accelerated dropContinue reading “Market update 2025-03-30”

Simple, I don’t know. 😁I only play the odds and limit my risk. Your mind always has to be open to the fact that anything can happen and then you build your hypothesis from there. Looking at the S&P 500 index I have the following hypothesis right now but I can change quickly. If thisContinue reading “Is the US financial market falling apart?”

Following the past week and the soft inflation numbers both in the US and in Sweden there are a lot of positive signs for the Swedish stock market. The Swedish market has been lagging behind the US stock market for some time which is evident by the lower valuations. A chart of the CAPE ratioContinue reading “Will the Swedish stock market catch up to the US?”

The truth is that no one really knows 😊 I like to have a few themes to navigate after and to simplify, here are my main themes for 2025 based on the flow of capital that I am studying. The stock markets of the western world seems to be very toppy, in particular the USContinue reading “Where will the financial markets go in 2025?”

As a long time trader, investor, programmer and entrepreneur I have been following the developments around blockchain and its implementations closely. I am constantly asking myself why Bitcoin is appreciating in value this much and if this is a typical bubble or something else (I have been trading Bitcoin from the long side for someContinue reading “Is Bitcoin a bubble based on the greater fool theory?”

Check out this interview with me that was just released by Brainhub. It was conducted before the summer so an update is due with some information about everything that has happened lately so stay tuned for more! 😊

I have been following closely what is going on with regards to regulations and AI like for example the case between Getty Images and Stability AI. I have been using machine learning on many occasions to train models based on the content/assets that I have created myself. By doing this I can create unique andContinue reading “AI can be used to create value without stealing”

I have been following some articles about Meta (the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc.) and the AI-related services within advertising. I have a background in trading and I have developed many trading systems in my career. I started working with neural networks in the year 2000 to use machine learning (AI) in trading systemsContinue reading “How to think about AI services and advertising”

Professionally, I love financial markets, technology and building companies. I love focusing on something, learning it and become great at it and then trying to win! It is just like with sports; I love the process of putting in the work in something that you love and then striving for the thrilling experience of winning.Continue reading “Machine learning is a great tool but you still have to work”

I am a subscriber to NyTeknik and when I come across articles like this one I get depressed. I am all for a corporate environment that is less regulated in the right areas. However, continuing to repeat the worn out message that more money should be invested in AI and then everything will be greatContinue reading “Is AI the ultimate trojan horse?”

Few things are more confusing than the definition of a legal entity in the world of financial programming. If you get this one wrong it means that you basically don’t know your shit 🤣. How many of you think that a legal entity means a business? Please, reach out to me on X or whateverContinue reading “Get your facts straight about legal entities”

Look at how I am using the Bricknode platform to develop new FinTech applications with immediate results and fast time to market.

This post actually does not have much to do with financial programming unless you are using WordPress as one of your tools, as I do 😃. I have a nice setup where I am developing locally using Docker and then I have Actions configured in GitHub where my pull requests trigger a deployment to anContinue reading “How to configure and re-configure Yoast for WordPress”

One of the simplest yet most complex and important element of finance is the transaction! When building financial software it has always been a struggle in each project until we have been able to nail down the transaction engine. If you go too shallow when building this thing it will come back and bite youContinue reading “Programming financial transactions”