Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
Stock splits are back in fashion, and one name keeps surfacing whenever investors talk about the next big move: Meta Platforms. Since its market debut, the social media and advertising powerhouse has delivered roughly a 1,550% gain, turning early believers into long-term winners and putting it squarely in the conversation as a potential 2026 stock-split…
Bitcoin has quietly stitched together three consecutive weekly gains, its first such streak since July, even as the latest rally stalled just short of the six-figure milestone. The move caps a volatile stretch in which the largest cryptocurrency tested fresh highs, drew in billions of dollars through new investment vehicles, and reignited debates about how…
Crypto traders spent the week watching a legislative calendar instead of a price chart, and they did not like what they saw. A key United States market structure bill that was supposed to clarify how digital assets are regulated instead became a fresh source of uncertainty, and the result was a sharp slide in prices…
Dividend ETFs with unusually high yields have become a core tool for investors who want their portfolios to spin off serious passive income without handpicking dozens of individual stocks. Reporting that highlights how “insane dividend growth is possible” for owners of select stocks shows the same dynamic can apply when those stocks are bundled into…
US stocks slipped into the weekend with a modest pullback that still marked a rare losing streak for a market that has spent months hovering near records. Major indexes finished slightly lower as investors weighed higher bond yields, political noise around the Federal Reserve, and the first wave of corporate earnings against still-solid gains for…
ASML has become one of the purest ways to bet on the hardware backbone of the artificial intelligence boom, and the market is already pricing in years of growth. With the stock at record levels and analysts projecting aggressive upside, the debate now is whether the company’s unique position in chipmaking tools can justify forecasts…
California’s latest crackdown on organized retail theft has laid bare just how industrialized shoplifting has become, with law enforcement seizing nearly 17 million dollars in stolen goods in a single year. The haul, stacked floor to ceiling in police photos, is not a one-off bust but the visible tip of a sprawling criminal economy that…
Nvidia’s latest surge has pushed the chipmaker back toward the top of the market’s leaderboard, reigniting the debate over whether the stock can still deliver strong returns into 2026. The company’s profits, product roadmap, and Wall Street expectations all point to a business firing on nearly every cylinder, but the valuation and competitive threats are…
The new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is signaling that the fight against inflation is not over, and that cutting interest rates too soon could backfire. Jeffrey Schmid is warning that an early pivot risks reigniting price pressures just as they are starting to cool, potentially forcing the Fed into a…
For millions of Americans, turning 65 is when retirement planning stops being theoretical and starts showing up as a dollar figure in the bank each month. Knowing what the “average” Social Security check looks like at that age is one of the clearest ways to see whether your own benefit is on track or needs…