Category: Stock

December ISM PMI Reports: The Tale of Two Surveys

The December ISM PMI surveys did little to provide clarity, and instead reinforced the divergence between the manufacturing and se...

Financial & Forex Market Recap – Jan. 8, 2026

Markets diverged Thursday as defense stocks surged on Trump’s $1.5 trillion military spending proposal while tech retreated, with ...

‘I’m at a crossroads’: I have $35K left on my mortgage ...

“Over the last year, my two retirement accounts averaged a 15% gain.”

Could ‘Trump accounts’ make your kids millionaires? May...

The accounts, which are set to become available on July 5, are for children born between 2025 and 2028.

The eldercare crisis is about to get much worse as mill...

The “silver tsunami” is about to crest. Watch out for the undertow.

‘We track our finances religiously’: Are we obliged to ...

“I am retired, and my wife is an employed physician. She is 56 and would like to retire as well.”

The Social Security crisis could leave U.S. retirees wo...

Things are already hard for America’s seniors. In less than a decade, they’ll sink even further.

‘I’m ready to walk away’: I have $400K in retirement sa...

“I really, really hate my job. I do work from home, but I’m very burned out.”

Is Your Trading Mood Affecting Your Family? <p style="f...

Be honest with yourself for a second. You had a rough session. Maybe you got stopped out. Maybe you broke a rule. Maybe the market...

Event Guide: U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report (December 20...

Dollar traders continue to debate the possibility of further Fed easing early this year, and the upcoming NFP release could still ...

My wife, 74, collects survivor benefits on her first hu...

“My wife began receiving survivor benefits at age 60 from her deceased husband.”

Intel’s stock soars anew — but some say the recent mome...

Intel shared encouraging updates around its PC-chip business this week, but any turnaround for the chip maker is still years away.

Oracle and Amazon are AI ‘loser’ stocks — but here’s wh...

Deutsche Bank named the two tech giants top stock picks for 2026 thanks to their massive AI infrastructure footprints and overlook...

The history doesn’t look good four years into a bull ma...

The stock market’s valuation has never been in year four of a bull market.

Even wealthy Americans are starting to worry more about...

Fresh surveys of consumers have found more higher-income Americans are starting to feel the pressure of a weaker labor market, whi...

We paid my daughter and son-in-law’s mortgage when it r...

“My husband, daughter, son-in-law and I all went to the bank.”

Running a business in a failed state: Cargill’s man wit...

The author of a viral post on Venezuela, relating from personal experience its difficult day-to-day conditions, admits he was shoc...