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1,139-HP Porsche SUV, $46K V8 Durango, Bugatti's Folding TV
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Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now, According to Experts
Investors face a dilemma. When the S&P 500 finished its worst quarter since 2022 last month, diversifiers like bonds and bitcoin fell too.
Even with the turnaround in mid-April, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Vanguard have projected low-single-digit annualized returns from 2024-2034.
Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their March monthly edition.
One answer that surfaced for a second time? Art.
It's what billionaires like Bezos and the Rockefellers have privately used to diversify for decades.
Why?
Appreciation. The ArtPrice100 Index outpaced the S&P 500 overall from 2000 to 2025
Low-correlation. The postwar contemporary segment has moved independently of traditional investments like stocks since ‘95.*
Resilience. A scarce, physical, and global asset class with decades of demonstrated demand.
Thanks to the world's premier art investing platform, now anyone can invest in works featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso, without needing millions.
Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but...
*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
2026-06-08
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Releases & Reviews
Porsche’s first electric Cayenne Coupe Turbo is the most powerful Porsche ever, wielding 1,139 horsepower (849 kW) and 1,106 pound-feet (1,500 Nm) for a claimed 2.4 second 0-60 sprint. Starting at $170,350, it out-accelerates supercars while still steering like a proper Porsche.
Dodge keeps its three-row Durango defiantly V-8-only for 2027, with the base 360 horsepower (268 kW) Hemi GT starting at $45,670. The range tops out with the 710 horsepower (530 kW) supercharged Hellcat at $82,490—an increasingly rare gas guzzler that arrives this fall.
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Technology, Market Data & Analysis
United Auto Workers walked off the job at American Axle’s Michigan plant, which supplies axles for GM’s Silverado HD, Sierra HD, Colorado, and Canyon pickups. GM holds roughly two weeks of stock, so trucks stay plentiful for now—but a prolonged strike could thin dealer inventory.
An EY study found global automakers’ first-quarter revenue rose 2 percent, led by Japanese and US groups, while German carmakers slid 4 percent. Tariffs, lost ground in the US and China, overcapacity, and slow EV adoption point to what EY calls “another crisis year.”
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Car Culture
Car and Driver’s resurfaced 1988 epic pits four wild tuners—a Ruf 911 Turbo, Callaway Corvette, Lister Jaguar XJ-S, and Lotec Mercedes—against the Autobahn and Nürburgring. The Callaway hit 193 mph (311 km/h) before a top-speed tire blowout, but the brawny Jaguar charmed them most.
This 1967 Morgan Plus Four Super Sports—one of just 104 US-spec cars—sold for $78,400 at Bonhams Greenwich. Its hopped-up 125 horsepower (93 kW) Triumph four and low-slung, Le Mans-bred body make these hand-built Brits a charming bargain beside comparably rare Porsches.
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Miscellaneous
Reduced to just the Pacifica minivan, Chrysler plans a revival under Stellantis’ FastLane 2030 plan, with three models starting below $40,000. Two—the Arrow and Arrow Cross SUV—will be spun from Fiat’s Grizzly line, though design chief Ralph Gilles insists it’s differentiation, not badge engineering.
Bugatti and Austrian firm C Seed built the N1, a folding 137-inch 4K micro-LED television that rises from hiding in 45 seconds and rotates 180 degrees. Styled after the Tourbillon hypercar, it’s the ultimate screen for billionaires awaiting their 1,775 horsepower (1,324 kW) V16.
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Ford executives are openly mulling a four-door Mustang—possibly the trademarked “Mach 4”—to court the 16 percent of buyers who still want sedans, teasing a potential V-8 Dodge Charger rival.
The redesigned, boxier 2027 Kia Seltos starts at $26,485 and undercuts rivals like the Honda HR-V, Hyundai Kona, and Subaru Crosstrek by anywhere from $230 to more than $4,000.
Toyota’s featherweight 2027 GR86 gains smoother throttle and shifter tuning, available Brembo brakes and SACHS dampers, fresh paint, and sharper camera safety tech when it reaches dealers this summer.
Chevrolet’s new Corvette Grand Sport configurator is live, letting you spec the $88,495, 535 horsepower (399 kW) coupe—powered by a 6.7-liter V-8—across hundreds of colors, wheels, and packages.
Ex-Lotus engineers at Encor are building 50 carbon-bodied, fully rebuilt Esprits that finally fix the original’s panel gaps and drivetrain woes—honoring Giugiaro’s wedge for about $575,000 atop your donor car.
Subaru’s updated 2026 Solterra stretches its EPA range to 288 miles (463 km) and adds a 338 horsepower (252 kW) XT trim, riding better and feeling far less “agricultural” than before.
A Volkswagen board member argues gas cars will fade naturally “like horses” once buyers grasp that EVs are simply better, urging persuasion over an outright combustion-engine ban.
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