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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of what became known as his "fireside chats," addressing the American people via radio broadcast directly from the White House.

Yesterday, we asked you in our Poll what subject you'd teach if you were a teacher, and hundreds of you wrote in with answers that went way beyond the list. Home economics, woodworking, car maintenance, budgeting, music, and religious studies all made strong showings in the replies. All excellent subjects! Thank you for sharing with us.

Baby Boomers are entering retirement with a financial edge that many younger Americans may never experience. The Flyover Podcast shares how the older generation built so much wealth and why younger generations are facing a far steeper climb. Tune in here!

Later today, keep an eye on your inbox for a partner message from RAD Intel on how AI is helping major brands predict which marketing campaigns will work before they spend.

Today's sponsor, NordVPN, is highlighting a major online security blind spot—many Americans think antivirus protects them on public WiFi, but only encryption can stop hackers from intercepting sensitive data in real time.

IEA Agrees to Release Record 400M Barrels of Oil

The International Energy Agency's (IEA) 32 member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency stockpiles on Wednesday, the largest such action in the organization's history.

The move aims to stabilize energy markets rocked by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Iran's coast that typically carries roughly 20% of global oil flows.

Iranian attacks struck three more cargo ships on Wednesday, including two that Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed to have hit in the strait itself.

Brent crude ended the day around $87 a barrel, with analysts warning that even a record drawdown can't replace the nearly 20 million barrels shipped daily through the waterway under normal conditions.

Musk Leads Forbes 2026 Billionaires List

Forbes on Tuesday released its 2026 World's Billionaires List, with a record 3,428 people who made the cut, 400 more than last year, worth a combined $20.1 trillion.

Elon Musk tops the list again at $839 billion, nearly doubling his fortune in a single year and putting him on track to become the world's first trillionaire. He is now more than three times richer than Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at No. 2 and No. 3. Jeff Bezos came in fourth. Walmart heir Alice Walton is the richest woman at $132 billion.

A record 35 billionaires are now under the age of 30. The youngest self-made members of the club are three 22-year-old cofounders of AI recruiting startup Mercor, each worth $2.2 billion, beating Mark Zuckerberg's record for the youngest self-made billionaire ever to make the list.

The U.S. leads all countries with 989 billionaires, followed by China with 610. President Trump ranked No. 645 at over $6 billion. See the full list.

Bam Breaks Modern NBA Scoring Record

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a single historic NBA game, the most since Wilt Chamberlain's legendary 100-point performance in 1962. That beat the late Kobe Bryant's second-place record of 81 from 2006, which many considered untouchable. See the highlights here.

Perhaps most shocking is the fact that Adebayo isn't considered a prolific scorer. He's averaged just 16.1 points per game over his career, and his previous career high was 41 points, less than half of what he just put up against the Wizards.

Reactions around the league ranged from awe to disappointment. Some fans took to social media to air grievances (warning: graphic sports trash talk!) with how the points were scored. Adebayo made 36 free throws to set an NBA record, causing some to downplay the performance as "foul-baiting" and "stat-padding."

Bam was joined by his mother and girlfriend, WNBA superstar A'ja Wilson, in the postgame press conference. "It's Wilt, me, then Kobe," Bam said with a smile, "which sounds crazy."

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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes. Clicking the link will take you directly to these stories:

➤ Baby Boomers are retiring with fewer financial constraints than younger generations. (Hear Story)

➤ Millions of glucose monitors were recalled after false readings led to several deaths. (Hear Details)

➤ A Pittsburgh reverend is facing charges after police say he stole more than $1,000 worth of baseball cards from a Walmart. (Podcast Available)

➤ President Trump announced a deal to build the first new U.S. oil refinery in 50 years in Brownsville, Texas, backed by India's Reliance Industries. (More)

➤ The U.S. was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an all-girls Iranian elementary school, according to preliminary findings from an ongoing U.S. military investigation, which blamed outdated intelligence for the targeting. (More)

➤ Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris advanced to an April 7 runoff in the Georgia special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. (More)

➤ Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., launched his Senate bid to replace Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who was tapped to replace Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security. (More)

➤ The FBI warned California police that Iran had aspired to launch a drone attack on the West Coast from a vessel off the coast; counterterrorism sources say the threat hasn't been deemed credible. (More)

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➤ The Iranian Sports Minister announced the nation's soccer team won't travel to the U.S. to play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup: "Given that this corrupt regime assassinated our leader, there are no conditions which allow us to participate." (More)

➤ The NFL is considering adding a game on Thanksgiving Eve, which would create a nine-day stretch where all but two days feature NFL football. (More)

➤ The Baltimore Ravens backed out of a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders for NFL superstar Maxx Crosby after he failed his physical, then signed free agent Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million contract. (More)

➤ The Players Championship tees off at TPC Sawgrass in Florida today, featuring golf superstars Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Brooks Koepka. (More)

Daily Market Report 03/11/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	22,716.13	0.08%
▼	SPX S&P 500	6,775.80	-0.08%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	47,417.27	-0.61%
▲	BTC Bitcoin	$70,560.68	0.91%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$5,184.80	-0.86%
▼	SILVER Per Ounce	$85.89	-3.58%
▲	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$88.10	5.57%
▲	NVTS Navitas Semiconductor Corp.	$10.84	+24.88%

Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Navitas Semiconductor stock rose nearly 25% on Wednesday as the company announced growing AI center demand and the appointment of Tonya Stevens as its new chief financial officer. (More)

➤ The February inflation report came in at 2.4% annually, matching expectations, but economists warn the Iran war's oil shock is likely to push prices higher in the coming months. (More)

➤ Airlines around the world are hiking fares and adding fuel surcharges, with jet fuel prices having soared since the Iran conflict began. (More)

➤ Yamaha is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Georgia after nearly 50 years, citing tariff costs and operational efficiencies for joining a growing list of companies leaving the Golden State. (More)

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➤ Hawaii's Kilauea volcano put on a spectacular show Tuesday, shooting lava fountains more than 1,300 feet high, roughly the height of the Empire State Building, in its 43rd eruptive episode since December 2024. (See Volcano)

➤ German researchers successfully deep-froze a section of mouse brain to -202°F and restored electrical activity after thawing, a breakthrough that could help preserve tissue for drug development and, someday, space travel. (More)

➤ A meteor streaked across the skies of five European countries Sunday evening before breaking apart and showering fragments onto a German town, damaging at least one house. No injuries were reported. (See Meteor)

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➤ A pair of British brothers earned a Guinness World Records title when their custom-built robot solved a 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube in 45.3 seconds. (See Brothers)

➤ A Maryland security guard won $100,000 in the lottery after playing numbers he kept noticing on license plates while driving. His advice: "If you see a number three or four times, play it." (More)

➤ Apple previewed eight new emojis for this spring, including a "distorted face" that looks suspiciously like the squished character from the company's infamous iPad Pro ad, for which it had to apologize. (See Emojis)

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