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Ken Paxton is right. Tax cuts will mean Social Security and Medicare cuts
It doesn’t matter if you are a Republican or Democrat. Math is math.
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How to provide guaranteed retirement income while paying no commissions
Unlike the stock market, whose future returns are anything but assured, a TIPS ladder’s payout is guaranteed.
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I keep comparing myself to my more financially successful friends. How can I stop?
“It’s become clear that some of the people I grew up with are going to have very different lives from me”
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Why a longtime skeptic of Palantir’s stock is finally saying it’s time to buy
Palantir’s total addressable market could get a lot bigger, while its business model should sustain its lead against competitors, an analyst says
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The good, the bad and the ugly of rising interest rates
Unlike higher gas prices, which hurt almost everyone, higher borrowing costs have an uneven impact.
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The Treasury market is facing a crucial vote of investor confidence
Higher bond yields aren’t only about inflation and the Iran war. But it means a higher cost of capital.
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Layoffs haven’t been this low since the 1960s. It’s great if you have a job — but not if you don’t
It isn’t easy for anyone looking for work now to find a job. Yet people who already have jobs probably don’t have to worry much about losing them.
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I’m a 68-year-old widow and give money to my two adult children. Am I putting my retirement at risk?
“I also have $310,000 in an IRA and $46,000 in savings. My house is paid off.”
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This chart shows the No. 1 reason why the cost of raising kids jumped 60% in eight years
“The birth-rate crisis is really an affordability crisis.”
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French bonds are suffering through their worst decade since 1803 — and investors are bracing for more pain
The spread between France’s 10-year government bond and Germany’s equivalent reached its widest last week in available Bloomberg data, dating back to 1990.
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Who will benefit more from AI agents when it comes to spending – companies or you?
There’s an agent arms race unfolding, supercharging the battle for your wallet
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NY Fed: Inflation on Many Everyday Items Was Entirely Due to Tariffs
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Rising yields are quietly crashing the stock market’s earlier winners of 2026
Surging Treasury yields have begun to hammer parts of the stock market that might easily be overlooked, especially with the spotlight once again shining brightly on a small group of glamorous tech companies.
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GLP-1s could offer unexpected relief from back and knee pain, but doctors urge caution
Rapid weight loss can lead to issues with bone quality, particularly in older adults.
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The Biggest Expansion of School Choice Is Still Coming
Thanks to a new tax credit, school choice will become a more attainable option for many American families next year.
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After a 33% gain in the first half, this fund manager grew tired of the AI trade. Here’s where he’s looking now
Bill Hench, of First Eagle, stepped away from the artificial-intelligence trade with small-capitalization bets on a recovery of the U.S. housing construction market.
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America’s Hidden Millionaires
Bourgeois norms such as work ethic, stability, frugality, and ingenuity can actually make you quite rich.
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Higher yields are taking their toll on all areas of the stock market, except the one that matters
Technology is the only one of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors that gained since Sept. 1, as Treasury yields have climbed to multi-decade highs.
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Tesla’s big AI gamble puts its EV business under a microscope
Investors are left with unanswered questions as the company leans on car sales to help fund its expensive AI ventures.
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A strategist who called the Asian financial crisis sees parallels with the AI boom
Albert Edwards, well-known for his generally bearish views on equity markets, finds the economicbenefits of AI to be a promise rather than a reality at present.
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