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Heat Waves

July 05, 2023 | The U.S. labor market is showing surprising strength, despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest-rate campaign. While tech layoffs have headlined, they simply don’t tell the whole labor market story.

Fireworks

July 03, 2023 | Work-from-home has drastically changed office (and some financial) dynamics forever. One sliver of financial-related crime that might have benefited: insider trading.

401(k) Compounding

July 02, 2023 | Today, we'll discuss the stories and benefits of the old-fashioned 401(k).

Bond King

July 01, 2023 | One man oversees a trillion-dollar bond portfolio controlling almost as much U.S. debt as China. In March, his team earned nearly $26 billion, the equivalent of more than $1 billion in paper gains each trading session.

Banking Giants

June 30, 2023 | It has been one heck of a run for Apple, both in 2023, the past decade, and since its founding in 1976 out of the Jobs family garage. The stock keeps rising, year after year, as it sells more and more iPhones globally.

Cyberattacks

June 29, 2023 | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fell victim to a wide-ranging hacking campaign that targeted a vulnerability in file-transfer software known as MOVEit. Congress suggested 100,000-plus people were impacted.

Keepin’ Cool

June 28, 2023 | Air conditioning is critical amid the heat, though they make the world hotter while cooling people off.

Pickleball Fever

June 27, 2023 | President Biden on Monday said more than $42 billion in new federal funding would go to expanding high-speed internet access nationwide, launching the largest-ever campaign to help about 8.5 million families and businesses.

Under Pressure

June 26, 2023 | It’s not 2020 and 2021, but optimism is emerging in the stock market.

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Roaring Back

June 7, 2024 | Meme stocks are back, yes, but GameStop's stock plummeted as much as 44% on Friday. The news came just as Keith Gill, known as "Roaring Kitty," made his highly anticipated return to YouTube with a livestream discussing GameStop.

Unplugged

June 5, 2024 | The dominance of Big Tech stocks like Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Alphabet in the S&P 500 could be masking how fearful investors truly are about the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates higher for longer.