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Elon Musk's diverse portfolio, including Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, creates a compounding effect that makes his inevitable rise to trillionaire... Read More

“Prime Big Deal Days” offer lower prices to customers, but Amazon offers few benefits or protections for the people delivering the... Read More

After being rebuffed 20 years ago, Walmart is back to redevelop what was once the retail center of the Pittsburgh suburbs. Read More

The controllers were crucial in ending the last shutdown in 2019 Read More

Frequent headlines about stock indexes hitting record highs don’t mean very much when we are in a bull market, as steady economic... Read More

Taxes alone shouldn’t drive your investment decisions. Read More

Writing at the New York Times, economist Rebecca Patterson confidently asserted that “Housing is the foundation of the economy. Homes... Read More

Mutual funds have long been the investment vehicle of choice for middle-class Americans saving for retirement, college, or homeownership.... Read More

In late September, the Department of Labor issued a new advisory opinion clarifying that certain lifetime-income funds in 401(k)s... Read More

The federal electric vehicle mandate is dead. And not a moment too soon. As of September 30, most major automakers are no longer... Read More

The jaw-dropping spike in gold prices is a reminder of what primal creatures we humans are — especially the species among us known as active Read More

Gold crossed the $4,000-per-ounce line this week; with nearly three months to go, the price is up 51% this year — the biggest jump since it... Read More

You do not have to care about climate change to believe that clean energy is an important and strategic resource. Solar and wind power are... Read More

Coming and Going.  Read More

The run-up in valuations is still grounded in strong profits and fortress-like balance sheets, not irrational techno-exuberance. Read More

Is stock market concentration here to stay? Read More

After more than three decades at the top, SPY has lost its crown in the S&P 500 Index wars. Now, VOO’s closest challenger is IVV.... Read More

Chances are that you never heard of Trilogy Metals before late Monday when the company announced that the newly named Department of War was... Read More

The average American invests $2300/year in the Magnificent Seven. Read More

Portfolio techniques that have a bad reputation Read More

I recently read that in the US, the top 20% of households by income account for more than half the consumer spending. Read More

The excesses of the 2000s subprime housing bubble financial crisis forced a fundamental reset in US homebuilding. Read More

Explore the risks and opportunities in the rapidly expanding private credit market.  Read More

There are three reasons why job growth is slow... Read More

Looking for the best stocks to buy before the end of 2025? These undervalued stock picks from Morningstar's analysts look attractive today. Read More

Japan gets a new prime minister as France unexpectedly loses one. Read More

Looking at annualized month-over-month growth rates shows that 60% of items in the CPI basket are growing faster than 3%,... Read More

Coming out of the COVID nightmare, people were spending like crazy, motivated by stimulus checks, cabin fever, and an unprecedented joie de... Read More