Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
For the first time in generations, a four-year degree is no longer a clear shield against early career joblessness. Among Gen Z, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates has climbed to the point where it now sits side by side with that of young workers who stopped at high school, erasing a gap that…
The Trump administration has turned a long-debated idea into policy reality, opening a premium immigration lane for the ultra-wealthy that trades cash for speed. The new “gold card” visa promises a fast track to U.S. residency, and eventually citizenship, for applicants willing to put at least $1 million on the table. By formally launching a…
History does not hand investors a calendar date for the next boom or bust, but it does offer a clear pattern: over long stretches, stocks have rewarded patience far more often than they have punished it. As 2026 approaches, the real question is not whether markets will be perfect, but whether your plan is built…
Circle’s new status as a federally supervised crypto bank has jolted one of the market’s most closely watched digital-asset stocks back into the spotlight. The conditional charter promises tighter oversight, new revenue lines and a stronger moat around USDC, but it arrives just as the share price has been hammered and sentiment around stablecoins remains…
The official in charge of safeguarding the United States financial system now wants to rewrite the rules that govern it. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing to remake the powerful council that polices systemic risk, arguing that the current framework is choking off credit and innovation instead of preventing the next crisis. His call to…
The next phase of the market cycle is starting to look less like a late-stage grind and more like the early innings of a new expansion, with earnings growth poised to reaccelerate. Morgan Stanley is leaning into that view, arguing that investors who position now for an economic upswing can tap into a powerful combination…
U.S. stocks are back in record territory, powered by a narrow group of technology giants and relentless enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. Valuations are stretching, forecasts are climbing, and yet the nagging question of whether this is an AI bubble refuses to fade from the tape. I see a market that is both rationally excited about…
Walmart’s sweeping reset of its self-checkout strategy is reshaping how millions of Americans move through the front of the store, and competitors are scrambling to keep up. Instead of a simple expansion or retreat, the retailer is selectively removing kiosks, tightening rules, and rethinking “smart” technology in ways that are already rippling across the broader…
China’s biggest technology buyers are turning away from Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chip, signaling that Washington’s carefully calibrated export strategy is not playing out as planned. Instead of locking Chinese firms into a slower, U.S. controlled upgrade path, Beijing is using the opening to accelerate its own semiconductor ecosystem and blunt American leverage over its…
Prices in the United States are no longer climbing at the breakneck pace of the pandemic years, but they are not falling across the board, and they are certainly not “coming down very substantially” in the sweeping way President Donald Trump keeps telling voters. The official inflation gauges show a slower rise in costs, not…