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The American consumer has spent years absorbing shocks that economists expected to break spending. Covid pandemic disruptions, the fastest inflation in four decades, aggressive interest rate hikes, and the Iran war energy price surge in April 2026 all tested household finances, and spending held up each time. The conventional explanation has been pandemic savings, a […]

Anyone who has spent time watching how institutional fixed income trading actually works knows the frustration.  You have a bond to buy or sell. You have a list of dealers who might quote it. And you are making counterparty selection decisions based on relationships, intuition, and historical experience in a market that moves in real

When you’re younger, retirement is the sort of thing you might find yourself daydreaming about often. When you’re at the tail end of your career and it’s close to becoming reality, it can be thrilling and daunting at the same time. If you’re a year away from retiring, it’s important that you use the next

TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Why we love this deal As the winter clouds begin to clear and the spring flowers bloom, there’s no better way to take in the change of season than by relaxing

Stellantis is in the midst of a turnaround that began when new CEO Antonio Filosa took the helm about a year ago. Since then, Stellantis has announced a $70 billion plan to turn its fortunes around, while the multinational automaker says it will refocus on the U.S. market after years of neglect. Jeep and Ram

Dr. Amulya Yadav (Penn State University) joins host Jeffrey to discuss a new Penn State study testing large language models (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta LLaMA) on real patient queries. The study — evaluated by nine Penn State physicians — found LLMs produced medically valid answers about 76% of the time. In this interview Dr. Yadav

The most expensive habit a company can have is paying someone else for the thing it sells. For three years, Microsoft (MSFT) looked like the firm that had outsourced its way to the front of the artificial intelligence race. It poured more than $13 billion into OpenAI, wired ChatGPT’s models into Windows and Office, and

For decades, the three-to-six-month emergency fund has been one of the most established and unchallenged rules in personal finance. You build the account during your working years, store it in a savings account, and leave it until an emergency forces you to act. Fidelity Investments now argues that this same habit could be actively working

Like getting a driver’s license or graduating from college, owning a credit card is considered a rite of passage into American adulthood. Credit card companies typically attract young customers by offering them “no fee” cards with few benefits. These companies assume, because of their cardholder’s limited credit history and lack of disposable income, that they

Anyone who has booked a flight lately knows fares aren’t cheap. Jet fuel is one of the largest cost airlines pay, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. When prices jump, the cost almost always finds its way to your seat. That’s the backdrop for a new warning from the group that speaks for the