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Boring can be bullish. Unfortunately, August kicked off Friday with plenty of excitement.

“Stocks are pricing in significant earnings growth, and significant economic growth, yet at the same time, the macro data are deteriorating, and the Fed is doing nothing about it,” said Richard Farr, chief market strategist at Pivotus Partners.

D.A. Davidson sees Canva and Databricks as large software companies that could look to take advantage of a hot IPO market and speed up plans to go public.

Despite a modest pullback on Friday, ether’s strong outperformance relative to bitcoin over the past month has highlighted growing investor enthusiasm around several key themes in the crypto space this summer. Analysts say the momentum, supported by a wave of regulatory developments, could continue to push ether’s price higher.

U.S. President Donald Trump made a range of moves with tariffs as this week came to an end. Here’s a rundown of where his policies for import taxes stand as August gets going.

Costly GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound could be covered under the new plan

So much for the Titanic era of dressing up for dining at sea.

President Trump on Friday said he plans to fire the head of the government agency that produces the monthly jobs report, claiming without evidence that she is biased against him.

A job-training program for low-income older adults has lost funding just as new work requirements to qualify for benefits such as Medicaid and food assistance are set to begin.

Unlimited PTO became a popular benefit right after the COVID-19 pandemic, but data suggest employers are now phasing it out.

President Donald Trump calls money from tariffs good news. But collections so far pale in comparison to the government’s deficit.

Also: A bipartisan plan to expand the home supply, an investment income strategy that lowers risk and advice from the Moneyist.