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Bonds and the dollar are sounding the alarm about the U.S. economy. Stock investors might want to heed the warning.

Stocks are pricing in significant earnings growth, and significant economic growth, yet at the same time, the macro data are ...

Mastercard earnings show robust spending — and send an upbeat message for Visa investors

Mastercard’s CFO says that factors like low unemployment, high wages and the wealth effect are contributing to strong ...

Don’t blame Jerome Powell — or the Fed — if you can’t afford to buy a house right now

Trump says the Fed’s high interest rates are keeping Americans from buying houses. There’s more to it than that.

Here’s what the E.U. and South Korea trade deals mean for U.S. natural-gas investors

The European Union and South Korea have pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy products under trade deals with ...

Weight-loss drugs may be covered by Medicare, Medicaid under experimental program

A move to cover expensive weight-loss drugs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but any such program ...

Nearly 40% of companies have no workplace violence plan—despite rising threats

After a deadly shooting at an NYC building that housed NFL and Blackstone offices, safety experts say it’s high time ...

Apple's stock is rising after a huge earnings beat. Here's how tariffs impacted results.

Apple's posted fiscal third-quarter earnings on Thursday afternoon, with investors focused on the company's ability to ...

‘I worked at 14, had an 8.8% mortgage rate and drove used cars’: Did boomers really have it easier than millennials?

We were frugal, using coupons, discount stores, shopping during the sales and eating leftovers,’ one baby-boomer reader writes.

Where is Trump’s tariff money going? Here’s what he’s said and how much has come in.

President Donald Trump calls money from tariffs good news. But collections so far pale in comparison to the government’s ...

Stocks end sharply lower, booking weekly losses after latest jobs report, tariffs

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Friday, with major indexes slumping as investors reacted to data showing jobs growth slowed substantially in July and President Donald Trump’s most recent tariffs. The ...