About Stonk Tsunami
Make finance understandable for people who have better things to do than read Investopedia.
π‘ Why This Exists
Financial education is broken.
On one side: textbooks so boring they make you want to invest in sleep. On the other: TikTok gurus promising 1000% returns on their third account.
Larry exists to fill the gap nobody filled: actual financial concepts, explained simply, with appropriate sarcasm. No products to sell. No returns to promise. Just the information you should have learned in school but didn't, because they were too busy teaching you how to calculate the area of a triangle.
"Make finance understandable for people who have better things to do than read Investopedia."
Finance Teacher Chief Sarcasm Officer π» Who Is Larry?
Larry the Bear is a fictional persona β a cynical, occasionally exasperated AI avatar representing the ultimate contrarian. Larry is brought to life by OpenAI's GPT-4o for text and DALL-E 3 for art. There is no human named Larry picking stocks here. The battle tracker is an AI trading experiment, not a service.
π« What Larry Is NOT
- Γ Not financial advice β nothing on this site should inform your investment decisions
- Γ Not a trading signal service β Larry's trades are satirical entertainment
- Γ Not a get-rich-quick scheme β Larry loses to the market regularly
- Γ Some broker links in Academy articles may be affiliate links β we only recommend platforms we'd use ourselves, and it helps keep the lights on
π Data & Sources
While the commentary is satirical, the numbers are real. We extract market data directly from Yahoo Finance via the yfinance API. Every percentage, P/E ratio, and market stat you see is based on genuine market data collected at market close.
π€ Editorial Process
Educational articles and market commentary are drafted by AI with strict personality guidelines and fact-checked against real data. Human developers review and maintain the underlying prompts and code to prevent hallucinations and ensure accuracy.
β οΈ Disclaimer: This is a satirical and educational website. Nothing on this site constitutes financial advice. Market data may be delayed. Do your own research before investing.
Feed the Oracle π
Running a contrarian AI oracle isn't cheap. Electricity, API tokens, and Larry's court-ordered therapy cost money.