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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 ...
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.
Private-credit ETFs are here. Why your retirement account may be their next target.
Private-credit exchange-traded funds aren’t in 401 (k)s yet — but they are Wall Street’s latest effort to bring private ...
‘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.
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A record-setting July for stocks gave way to rough start to August—investors may not be ready for what comes next
Boring can be bullish. Unfortunately, August kicked off Friday with plenty of excitement. Investors went the entire month of July without the S&P 500 SPX posting a single daily move of more than 1% in ...
Stocks mixed; Nasdaq remains on track for record after tech earnings with Dow on track for 4-day losing streak
The Nasdaq Composite remained on track for a record finish, maintaining positive momentum on big gains for tech stocks after strong earnings late Wednesday from Microsoft and Meta. The Dow Jones ...
Figma’s IPO success could push Canva and these other software companies to go public
D.A. Davidson sees Canva and Databricks as large software companies that could look to take advantage of a hot IPO market and ...
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 ...
Why few companies still offer unlimited vacation time — and what perks are replacing it
Unlimited PTO became a popular benefit right after the COVID-19 pandemic, but data suggest employers are now phasing it out.
What investors should do as the stock market flashes warnings beyond Trump’s tariffs
Also: A bipartisan plan to expand the home supply, an investment income strategy that lowers risk and advice from the ...
Weight-loss drugs may be coming to Medicare, Medicaid under experimental program
A move to offer costly weight-loss drugs for obese Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but such a program ...