Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
President Donald Trump is arriving in Davos promising to do something markets, mayors and central bankers have failed to pull off: make housing feel affordable again for ordinary Americans. He is pitching a mix of cheaper mortgages, new access to retirement savings and a crackdown on Wall Street landlords, all while speaking from a Swiss…
Nearly 1,000 California homes and other properties are being pushed toward public auction after years of unpaid taxes, turning delinquent bills into a wave of forced sales that will ripple through local housing markets. The largest single batch is in Riverside County, where tax-defaulted parcels, including houses in suburban communities, are being lined up for…
President Donald Trump has turned the New York Stock Exchange’s push into Dallas into a political stress test for New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, casting the move as a verdict on the city’s economic direction. By framing the Dallas expansion as a “big test” for Mamdani’s future, he is tying Wall Street’s geographic shift…
The star stock picker who made her name betting on disruptive innovation is now hanging her 2026 market call on a stark three word warning: “coiled spring economy.” Behind that compressed image is a sweeping claim that the United States is on the verge of a powerful expansion that could reshape portfolios as dramatically as…
President Donald Trump has turned the New York Stock Exchange’s push into Texas into an early stress test for New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. By casting the NYSE’s Dallas expansion as a “big test” for City Hall, he is tying a technical market shift to a broader question about whether New York can still…
Micron’s decision to buy a major Taiwan chip plant for $1.8 billion has landed like a thunderclap in a market already stretched by artificial intelligence euphoria and supply fears. The deal promises a rapid jump in memory output just as demand is running ahead of capacity, but it is also forcing investors to confront how…
Nvidia is about to open its 2026 shareholder rewards with a fresh cash payout, and the headline question for many investors is simple: what does that mean in dollars for a typical position in NVDA? The company’s dividend is tiny compared with its market value, but the exact per share figure and the timing of…
Across the United States, homeowners are clinging to the properties they already have, and the clearest casualty is the backyard. As people stay put rather than trade up, outdoor space is being carved into additions, rentals and decks, even as new houses are built on smaller lots. The result is a quiet reshaping of American…
Stock investors have rarely seen a run like the one unfolding under President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office. Through nearly one year of his second term, the S&P 500 has delivered an annualized return of 16.7%, putting Trump in second place among modern presidents for market performance over roughly 129 years of data….
Mortgage rates have finally retreated from their recent peaks, giving homebuyers a sliver of relief and raising hopes that the cost of borrowing could soon feel normal again. The central question now is not whether rates will ease, but how far they can realistically fall in 2026, and whether a return to something starting with…