Markets Same market narratives continue dominating trading. In random order, we start with the prolonged energy price shock. Brent crude moved beyond $110/b to its highest level since May. European gas prices (Dutch TTF) exceed Read more…
Retirees seeking bigger dividend checks than the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) now delivers have three overseas funds that have outperformed it and topped the S&P 500 over the past year. The Vanguard International Read more…
Wars are fought with missiles, but they are paid for with money. Cut off the money, and the missiles eventually stop arriving. For most Americans, though, the scoreboard isn’t in Tehran. It is on the Read more…
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) walked away this summer from Monarch, a planned data center campus in Mason County, West Virginia, Bloomberg reported. The software giant had signed a letter of intent for the roughly 2,250-acre site Read more…
For grocery shoppers trying to save money, a cheaper membership sounds like a dream. But a lower fee does not always mean more savings. Safeway and Vons are replacing their FreshPass subscriptions with a $39 Read more…
The bakery sector has suffered financial difficulties in 2026, as baking chains have closed dozens of locations and certain baking wholesalers, such as AJ Bake Factory, have filed for bankruptcy. Cookie baking chain Chip City Read more…
French government bond yields are again approaching 5%, keeping Euro under pressure even as Dollar weakens broadly. EUR/CHF and EUR/GBP are falling, while Sterling and Canadian Dollar are among the strongest major currencies. The contrast Read more…
In early 2024, an employee at global engineering firm Arup joined a video call that appeared to include the company’s chief financial officer and several colleagues. The employee had initially suspected the request might be Read more…
Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan recorded a message to employees during its media day on Oct. 15. The message, which was leaked to View From the Wing, shared his vision for the company. “We’re evolving Read more…
New technology rarely wins on power alone. It wins when people can afford to use it and use it without having to start from scratch. Personal computers reached that point. So did the cloud. Quantum Read more…