Month: February 2026

For investors looking to build an income-generating portfolio, the Dow Jones Industrial Average — America’s oldest stock index — is a great place to go hunting for dividend stocks. Dividend stocks are companies that share some Read more…

Investors reduce Fed cut bets ahead of NFP and ISM PMI data. Eurozone CPI and ECB minutes in focus amid strong euro concerns. Will Japan’s employment numbers allow the BoJ to hike rates in April? Read more…

Amid all the geopolitical, trade policy and AI concerns, the past week ended up being perhaps less eventful than expected. But a sense of unease is still lingering in the markets, with bond yields trading Read more…

Markets ECB President Lagarde elaborated yesterday in her regular testimony before European parliament on the divergence between actual and perceived inflation. Inflation perceptions matter because they also influence inflation expectations. BoE governor Bailey earlier this Read more…

Americans face longer lifespans, uncertain Social Security reform and volatile markets — all while retirement balances have reached peak levels for many pre-retirees. The newly released 2026 J.P. Morgan Guide to Retirement argues that traditional Read more…

Shopping at Dollar Tree used to be a pretty predictable experience. You’d walk in, look around, and take comfort in the fact that no matter which items landed in your shopping cart, each one would Read more…

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The Canadian economy contracted by 0.6% (quarter/quarter, annualized) in Q4, below the Bank of Canada’s projections for a flat reading  and consensus forecast for a more muted decline of -0.2% q/q. For 2025 as a Read more…

The U.S. casual restaurant industry’s economic troubles in 2025 have carried over into this year. The industry faced rising labor and product costs driven by inflation, supply chain instability, consumers’ changing attitudes toward eating out, Read more…