(1) Newspaper stocks plummeted five years before earnings declined, and SaaS stocks are now repeating this pattern; (2) 84% of humans have never used AI, and only 0.3% are paying users; (3) AI application usage has surged, competing with Netflix and TikTok for time; (4) Healthcare accounts for 15% of US employment, driving nearly 100% of job growth; (5) The secondary market is running parallel with IPOs and M&A; (6) Gen Z's "financial nihilism": first-time homebuyers average 40 years old, better to take a gamble; (7) Retatrutide (Lilly's new drug) could be a trillion-dollar peptide; (8) The gaming market is worth $200 billion, with Roblox user engagement surpassing Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined; (9) 50% of Anthropic agent calls are in software engineering; (10) Citrini research report triggers market panic selling — we live in a meme economy.
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Key Trends at the Beginning of 2026
(1) Newspaper stocks plummeted five years before earnings declined, and SaaS stocks are now repeating this pattern;
(2) 84% of humans have never used AI, and only 0.3% are paying users;
(3) AI application usage has surged, competing with Netflix and TikTok for time;
(4) Healthcare accounts for 15% of US employment, driving nearly 100% of job growth;
(5) The secondary market is running parallel with IPOs and M&A;
(6) Gen Z's "financial nihilism": first-time homebuyers average 40 years old, better to take a gamble;
(7) Retatrutide (Lilly's new drug) could be a trillion-dollar peptide;
(8) The gaming market is worth $200 billion, with Roblox user engagement surpassing Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined;
(9) 50% of Anthropic agent calls are in software engineering;
(10) Citrini research report triggers market panic selling — we live in a meme economy.