The Strait of Hormuz just got a little less scary. Gold liked what it heard. Spot gold rose approximately 1.0% to $4,838.50 an ounce on April 17 after Iran’s foreign ministry declared the Strait “completely…
San Francisco is facing growing pressure from businesses as they step away from the city. Once the center of the tech boom, the city is seeing a steady wave of companies scaling back or leaving…
As a 20-year Costco member, I’ve seen my fair share of products rotate in and out of the store. And while I love the savings on groceries and everyday items I get as a member,…
McDonald’s knows its customers want value, and it also knows they want burgers. Delivering both of those has become a challenge, given the rising cost of beef. That’s partially because the American cattle herd is…
A quiet change has been reshaping how trillions of dollars flow through American markets, and Citigroup just attached a large new number to it. The shift is not obvious on any price chart, but it…
Ford is well aware of its quality control issues, but the company can’t seem to do much to fix them. On Friday, Ford was forced to issue a recall for over a million Ford F-150s,…
Over the last few years, anime has become a major cultural phenomenon in the U.S. Some 44% of Gen Zers regularly watch the genre, according to one survey by Dentsu, and about one in three…
Microsoft (MSFT) has found itself in unfamiliar territory. For a stock that spent much of the past decade as Wall Street’s darling, 2026 has been anything but. According to Seeking Alpha, the stock has tanked…
The 2026 Coachella Music Festival stood apart from previous years, not just for its lineup, but for the cultural force that reshaped it. Driven by one of the most dedicated fanbases in music, the event…
Technology stocks have become the market’s biggest worry in 2026, after powering almost every major index higher throughout 2024 and 2025, Goldman Sachs notes. If you own a broad index fund, the Magnificent 7, or…