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Jim Cramer feels the market’s setup has taken a turn for the worse, and the latest surge in oil prices is part of the problem.  The “Mad Money” host, in a recent segment, warned its viewers that higher energy costs are landing at the worst possible time for lower-income Americans, reeling from inflation, tariff-related price […]

Fast-food restaurant chain franchisees, whether they sell pizza or burgers, are facing significant downsizing in restructurings to eliminate underperforming locations. Franchisees of chains such as Carl’s Jr., Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s have all announced recent closings of troubled locations. Wendy’s said it planned to close 5%-6% of its 5,831 U.S. restaurant locations listed on

Welcome to our Hot Inflation Summer. Beer, beef, and bikini prices are rising just as our paychecks are shrinking, according to two government reports released June 10.  Plus the cost of borrowing money — the interest rates we shell out for credit cards, auto loans, and even mortgages — is unlikely to drop in the

Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, likes to buy stocks after sharp selloffs, hoping for a bargain. That’s what she just did, adding shares of DoorDash after the stock fell roughly 8% over the past month and is down 33% year to date. In 2025, the flagship Ark Innovation ETF gained 35.49%, far outpacing

Some categories of investment theses don’t make headlines. Not because they’re boring, but because they move slowly enough that most investors lose patience before the payoff arrives. U.S. manufacturing reshoring has that kind of story. Morgan Stanley just spent a week with Rockwell Automation (ROK) management on a West Coast investor roadshow, and it came away

At this point, any layoff news is not a surprise. And while the numbers often appear smaller in the company context, the impact on the people left to search for new jobs in this economy is significant. Despite the recent May jobs report, which said 172,000 new jobs were added, with over 90,000 upward revisions

Given the increased use of AI in cyberattacks and the looming Anthropic Mythos model that is expected to make it even easier for hackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities, the federal government has been aggressively building out its cybersecurity capabilities. The effort to catch up to speed is becoming visible in the job postings for

The AIIPO window that Wall Street has been anticipating for two years is no longer theoretical. SpaceX priced its offering last week. Anthropic filed confidentially on June 1. On June 8, OpenAI announced it had done the same, before the filing could leak. The combined valuation of the three companies in that pipeline is now

Every machine that ever mattered was built by a human hand. Someone drew the blueprint, cut the steel, or wrote the code, then signed off before it shipped. We argue about who gets rich and whose job disappears, but underneath those fights sits an assumption almost no one bothers to say out loud: A person

Dave Ramsey is a personal finance influencer probably best known for his “7 Baby Steps” to wealth. He’s also known for having black-and-white opinions about money and for being honest — even brash — on his podcast, “The Ramsey Show.” I grew up reading and listening to Dave Ramsey’s advice, and I’ve covered his takes