Category: Markets and Macro

Jimmy Donaldson has become the rare creator whose name doubles as a global media brand, yet he is now telling fans he cannot cover everyday expenses in cash. The YouTuber better known as MrBeast is widely reported to have a $2.6 billion net worth, but he says his personal accounts are in the red and…

Grocery bills are still climbing, and for many households the weekly shop has become the most visible sign of stubborn inflation. At the same time, a new Grocery Code of Conduct is being rolled out with the promise of fairer dealing behind the scenes, even as experts warn that it will not magically shrink receipts…

New car sticker prices have surged into territory that would have sounded absurd just a few years ago, with average deals now hovering around $50,000 and shoppers feeling the squeeze. The jump reflects a collision of long running supply problems, a shift toward bigger and more luxurious vehicles, and the bite of 25% tariffs that…

Marijuana is on track to move from the federal government’s most restrictive drug category to a more permissive one, under a sweeping directive from the White House that could reshape everything from medical research to small business balance sheets. President Trump’s new executive order instructs federal agencies to complete the process of shifting cannabis to…

Inflation ended the year on a slightly hotter note, with consumer prices rising 0.3% in December and leaving overall costs 2.7% higher than a year earlier. The monthly bump signals that while the worst of the price surge is behind us, the path back to pre-pandemic calm is still uneven. For households, that combination of…

President Donald Trump has thrown the weight of the White House behind Iran’s swelling protest movement, telling demonstrators that “help is on its way” and urging them to keep confronting the security forces trying to crush them. His words land in a country already convulsed by economic crisis, internet blackouts and a death toll that…

California is suddenly watching a tax debate turn into a capital flight story. As a proposed levy on billionaire wealth gains steam, Governor Gavin Newsom is warning that the measure could backfire by driving money and businesses out of the state just as fast as it tries to tax them. The clash is exposing a…

Investors are heading into 2026 with stretched valuations, rising uncertainty and a nagging fear that the next big downturn is getting closer. Warren Buffett has not predicted a specific crash, but his recent moves and comments amount to a blunt warning about how exposed many portfolios have become. I see his message as less about…

Antony Blinken has been warning that if major powers carve the globe into exclusive zones of control, the result will not be stability but a slide toward confrontation. His argument is that a world organized around “spheres of influence” invites coercion, invites miscalculation, and ultimately invites war, because it treats smaller states as prizes rather…

President Donald Trump’s increasingly personal clash with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has shifted from a Washington power struggle into a global market risk. What began as a war of words over interest rates is now bleeding into questions about criminal investigations, central bank independence, and whether investors can still trust the world’s most important…