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All Americans Are Feeling Squeezed. The Reactions Are Just Different.

All Americans Are Feeling Squeezed. The Reactions Are Just Different.

Lower-income consumers are shopping more frequently, while others might be moving online to find deals. Either way, both groups want value.

Western Digital Earnings Fail to Kick-Start Stock

Western Digital Earnings Fail to Kick-Start Stock

Western Digital handily beats expectations for its fiscal first-quarter earnings, but it wasn’t enough to get the stock back on track.

3 minute read

Comfort Systems Stock Plunges After Strong Earnings. Why Wall Street Isn’t Buying It.

Comfort Systems Stock Plunges After Strong Earnings. Why Wall Street Isn’t Buying It.

Signs of pressure on margins might have raised red flags about whether the company can sustain its rapid growth.

2 minute read

October 26, 2026

What a Blue Wave Would Mean for Wall Street

What a Blue Wave Would Mean for Wall Street

The midterm elections will put some industries in the crosshairs. What to expect in AI, healthcare, and beyond.

Long Read

Korea and Taiwan Built Economies on AI. One Failed IPO Shows Their Fragility.

Korea and Taiwan Built Economies on AI. One Failed IPO Shows Their Fragility.

Thetwo economies now risk entering a tech version of the “resource curse,” writes William Pesek.

Long Read

Who Will Buy an American Sellout?

Who Will Buy an American Sellout?

Cracks in the U.S.-Europe relationship over Ukraine have consequences for investors, Christopher Smart writes.

Long Read

PG&E CEO to California Politicians: Stop Stepping on Our Stock Price

PG&E CEO to California Politicians: Stop Stepping on Our Stock Price

Last month, the California state legislature kicked the can down the road on wildfire liability protection for utilities. PG&E’s stock got zapped.

Long Read

Apple, Berkshire, and Walmart All Have New CEOs. Who Will Shine?

Apple, Berkshire, and Walmart All Have New CEOs. Who Will Shine?

The companies have a combined market cap of nearly $6.8 trillion. These guys have a tough task ahead of them.

Long Read

What’s the Ideal Retirement Withdrawal Rate? Capital Group Has Two Suggestions.

What’s the Ideal Retirement Withdrawal Rate? Capital Group Has Two Suggestions.

The variable-dollar method calls for a 5% to 5.5% drawdown and could carry less risk of asset depletion than a fixed-dollar method.

2 minute read

Stranded Retirement Accounts Are Piling Up to the Tune of $43 Billion

Stranded Retirement Accounts Are Piling Up to the Tune of $43 Billion

Costly maintenance fees eat into workplace retirement accounts with balances of less than $7,000 when an employee leaves a company.

1 minute read

Former LPL Advisor Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Scheme That Cost Firms $3.3 Million

Former LPL Advisor Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Scheme That Cost Firms $3.3 Million

Prosecutors say that Andrew Komarow made a series of unfunded electronic transfers and attempted to recoup the money through high-risk options trading.

2 minute read

UBS Financial Advisor Team With $1 Billion in Client Assets Jumps to RBC

UBS Financial Advisor Team With $1 Billion in Client Assets Jumps to RBC

The Nepa/Susco wealth management team expands RBC’s presence in western Pennsylvania.

2 minute read

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Bolt Biotherapeutics Inc. (BOLT)49.64% $6.27
IMC Rare Earths Ltd. (IMC)28.43% $8.99
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