February 23, 2026

The liquidity vacuum: Why markets may experience a reality check

By Roger Montgomery

Over the weekend, Michael Howell from CrossBorder Capital updated his global liquidity analysis, concluding the sell-off isn’t over for Bitcoin, and elsewhere, accelerating global economic growth will draw liquidity from other asset markets, limiting their upside. In Bitcoin, while some forecasters eye a rally to $90,000, Howell and the team at CrossBorder Capital have other ideas.
February 23, 2026

The future of AI according to AI

By Roger Montgomery

Investors around the world are desperately trying to discern the future, and in particular, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on it. On the one hand, you have the hyperscalers warning of an apocalyptic future involving mass layoffs, business collapse and the creation of an omnipotent AI god.
February 19, 2026

The 18-month countdown

By Roger Montgomery

Recognising this isn’t the first time I have expressed concern about the ultimate fate of humans in an artificial intelligence (AI) world, I pondered several AI-related questions over the weekend.
February 18, 2026

Data Centre Apocalypse

By Roger Montgomery

Another week, another artificial intelligence (AI) powered disruption. This time, two big announcements from China that may threaten the valuations of the big U. S. hardware-centric tech giants.   The news First, the release of AI-produced hyper-realistic movie-quality video from the Chinese company ByteDance-owned AI Seedance 2.
February 18, 2026

The liquidity tide turns: A reckoning for Private Equity

By Roger Montgomery

For years, the financial markets operated under a “lower for longer” mantra that pushed investors further and further out on the risk curve. Starting with bonds, then equities, as a tidal wave of money pushed prices higher, investors were forced to consider alternatives such as private equity, cryptocurrencies, non-fungible-tokens (NFTs), and collectables.
February 16, 2026

Growth vs. governance: Navigating the ASX’s HY26 results

By Roger Montgomery

Following the release of its Half-Year 2026 (HY26) results, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) finds itself at a crossroads, balancing record-breaking volumes with significant regulatory and management hurdles. Volumes and new models Despite the noise, the ASX’s core business is thriving.
February 13, 2026

Summing up the bear case for AI

By Roger Montgomery

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is currently grappling with what some experts call a ‘trillion-dollar math problem’. The numbers might not stack up because customers might simply lack the funds to spend on AI tools to allow hyperscalers to achieve a decent return on their AI infrastructure investment.
February 11, 2026

Commonwealth Bank 1H26 results and AI update

By Roger Montgomery

Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), under the guidance of CEO Matt Comyn, has once again proven why it’s considered the best Australian bank. Despite a muddy economic backdrop and fierce competition in the mortgage market, the bank’s half-year FY26 (1H26) results beat analyst expectations (again).
February 11, 2026

One more nail? Or is that it?

By Roger Montgomery

Former CEO, public speaker and author, Jay Grewal once said, “When it comes to the final nail in your coffin, it doesn’t matter if it’s dull or sharp, it’ll still hold, because a lifetime of prior nails have helped seal that coffin shut.
February 6, 2026

Is the creative destruction phase beginning?

By Roger Montgomery

Last year, I posted a blog entitled ‘But Nothing’s Changed’, describing how the artificial intelligence (AI) bubble and market boom could end. I explained how investors will realise that even though AI technology – hailed as the 4th Industrial Revolution – will change the course of human history, it probably won’t do so tomorrow.

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