Weekly Headlines: Tech Stocks Sell Off as Shutdown Ends (InvestLane) Bitcoin Braced For A Huge Fed Price Earthquake After Sudden Flip (Forbes) US cancels release of CPI report for October because of government shutdown (Reuters) October 2025 Employment Situation Summary (BLS) How to Invest in ETFs For Beginners 2026 (InvestLane) Living The American Dream Now Costs $5M... Investopedia just reported that "The American Dream" now costs more than $5 million over a lifetime. But what makes this...
13 days ago • 3 min read
Weekly Headlines: Tech Takes a Breather as Shutdown Ends, Data Flow Returns (InvestLane) Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits (Politico) Trump proposes $2,000 dividend funded by tariffs. Here's what experts say about the plan. (CBS News) Next Fed interest-rate cut could slide into 2026 (TheStreet) 10 Commandments of ETFs: Must-Know Rules (InvestLane) NEW 2026 Tax Brackets & Retirement Limits: What Changed The IRS has just recently released the 2026 tax updates, including...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly Headlines: Tech Wipeout Leads Markets Lower as Optimism Meets Reality (InvestLane) The Government Shutdown Hits 40 Days (White House) US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown (Reuters) Gold hits two-week high as weak U.S. data boosts rate cut expectations (CNBC) SPY vs SPYM: Hidden Differences You Need to Know (InvestLane) QQQ vs QQQM: This Difference Could Cost You (InvestLane) Here’s Why Brokerage Accounts Are Underrated When people think about investing for the future,...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Weekly Headlines: Markets Rally on Earnings, Rate Cut Hopes (InvestLane) Taxpayers may see ‘record tax refund season’ in 2026 (CNBC) Fed cuts rates again, but Powell raises doubts about easing at next meeting (CNBC) Since ChatGPT launched, job openings are down 30% while the stock market is up 70%. (Fortune) Is Now a Good Time to Invest in Index Funds? (InvestLane) Resources: Explore Top High-Yield Savings Accounts Explore Top Brokerage Accounts Explore Top Certificates of Deposit (CDs) Free...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Weekly Headlines: Amazon's massive AWS outage points to a key weakness in the modern internet (Yahoo Finance) The Myth of the Stock-Picker's Market (Morningstar) Are Target-Date Funds... Un-American? (Morningstar) Government shutdown enters Day 21; Vance travels to Israel (NBC News) US Fed to trim rates twice more this year; 2026 rate path very unclear (Reuters) Why Most Investors Fall Short (And How to Avoid It) When it comes to investing, there are endless ways to build a portfolio. Some...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Weekly Headlines: This Generation Has The Most Credit Card Debt at Nearly $10,000 on Average—How Do You Compare? (Investopedia) How Location Changes the Math on Owning a Vacation Home (Kiplinger) Gold soars above $4,000 as ETFs see strongest quarter on record (Yahoo Finance) BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Is Already Its Most Profitable, Surpassing Older ETFs (Yahoo Finance) Resources: Top Investing Platforms: Fidelity, Charles Schwab, SoFi, etc. Top High-Yield Savings Accounts: SoFi, AMEX, Capital...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly Headlines: American workers feel stuck in their jobs. It may be costing them, and the economy (CNBC) Starbucks announces plans to cut another 900 jobs and close more stores as its turnaround struggles continue (Yahoo Finance) Deciding Between Renting and Buying in 2025? One Choice Saves $400 Monthly (Investopedia) Federal Reserve cuts interest rates: What’s next for credit cards, auto loans, mortgages (USA Today) The case against Roth conversions: Most early retirees won't benefit from...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Weekly Headlines: Fed rate cut: Here’s what it means for your mortgage rate, credit cards, savings accounts and more (CNBC) SEC Approves Grayscale’s Multi-Crypto Fund Amid Broader ETF Push (Yahoo Finance) Social Security payments, federal benefits to go electronic this month as paper checks phase out (CNBC) The 15 Most Expensive Cities to Live in the US (Kiplinger) Americans expected to bet record $30 billion on the 2025 NFL season legally (NBC News) Resources: Top Investing Platforms:...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Weekly Headlines: Here’s how to get a better mortgage rate as the 30-year fixed nears a 1-year low (CNBC) Tariffs Are a Buzzkill for the Coffee Biz (NerdWallet) 1 in 3 Americans say their financial situation has deteriorated in the past year, new survey finds (Yahoo Finance) Oil rises nearly 2% after Israeli attack in Qatar (Reuters) What To Expect in Markets This Week: August Inflation Data, Apple iPhone Event, Updates From Nvidia, Oracle, GameStop (Investopedia) Resources: Top Investing...
3 months ago • 2 min read