The $1,000 government deposit set to begin reaching Trump Accounts after their July 4 launch has grabbed most of the attention, and more than 6 million children have already been enrolled in the program, though only about 1.4 million of them qualify for the seed contribution. However, financial planners and tax attorneys say the seed […]

With talks to end the Iran war continuing to hit roadblocks and delays, the security situation across much of the Middle East remains too volatile for many airlines. The most recent exchange of strikes between U.S. and Israeli forces in the Strait of Hormuz took place on June 28. Delta Air Lines recently extended the

President Donald Trump bought a sizable stake in Axon Enterprise this year, the maker of the taser and a growing lineup of policing technology.  Two weeks later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked vendors for thousands of new tasers built to specifications that experts say match only Axon’s gear. Nobody has indicated that Trump knew about

If you’ve experienced age discrimination at work, you’re not alone. More than two-thirds of workers ages 50 or older say they’ve seen or experienced it, according to an AARP study published in January. The study also found that 22% of people ages 50 and up feel like they’re being pushed out of their jobs due

Trading floors became electronic exchanges over the past few decades. Bank branches gave way to apps, and cash gave way to a tap on a phone screen. Each upgrade made finance faster without changing what sat underneath it: fragmented payment networks, multi-day settlement cycles, and reconciliation still done largely by hand. That foundation is the

Some forms of retail work better in a brick-and-mortar store than they do online. Clothing and footwear, for example, benefits from the ability to try the items on. Even people who wear the same size across multiple brands sometime put on an outfit, a pair of sneakers, or some fancy shoes only to find that

Three months ago, Goldman Sachs was warning clients that the U.S. economy had a one-in-four chance of tipping into recession. The bank just cut that number by 10 percentage points, and the reason has nothing to do with anything the Federal Reserve did. Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius lowered the bank’s 12-month U.S. recession

Costco has built itself a loyal following by giving members access to bulk bargains nearly every day of the year. And it’s clear that members are more than willing to pay their annual fees for Costco access. During Costco’s third quarter 2026 earnings call, the company reported $1.37 billion in membership fee income and a

SpaceX went public on Nasdaq on June 12 with a $75 billion raise and a valuation that eclipsed every initial public offering in history. The stock surged 19% on its first day of trading, closing at $160.95 and briefly trading near a $2.25 trillion intraday valuation before paring gains to finish with a market capitalization

The most consequential parts of your portfolio are usually the ones you never think about. Not the flashy name everyone argues about at dinner, but the boring component buried three layers down that quietly decides whether the whole thing works. For years, memory chips were exactly that kind of afterthought. Useful, commoditized, and famous mostly