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An IPO from a collections company offers a fresh way to profit as consumers struggle

Jefferson Capital buys consumers’ troubled loans at a discount, then works with the consumers to have them paid back “based on their current financial circumstances.”

Trump takes aim at Powell and sends the U.S. dollar tumbling to a 3-year low

A potential “attempt to influence the Fed so directly” by announcing a successor to Jerome Powell well before his term expires isn’t sitting well with investors, notes one analyst.

Trump Medicaid cuts dealt major blow in Senate, imperiling tax bill

The Senate parliamentarian said Thursday that several major planned cuts to Medicaid violate the chamber’s own rules and must be reworked or abandoned.

What’s the downside of an assumable mortgage with a 2.5% interest rate? The house only costs $350,000.

“My friend’s son and his fiancée found a house with an assumable mortgage at 2.5%.”

Most American weddings are a lot more extravagant than the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez nuptials

The Amazon founder’s wedding may be ludicrously over the top by many people’s estimation, but it pales in comparison with the habits of Americans in love.

The blunder in Trump’s tax bill that may end up costing taxpayers more, not less

One of the biggest “savings” will come at the expense of 1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries.

Teens from upper-income families are far more likely to work summer jobs than poor teens. What’s going on?

Teen employment in the U.S. has been declining for decades. Today, many working teens today come from higher-income families that encourage them to seek learning opportunities outside of the classroom.

Durable-goods orders post biggest gain in 11 years, but it doesn’t mean the economy is speeding up

Orders for long-lasting goods skyrocketed 16% in May to mark the biggest increase in 11 years, but the headline number was exaggerated by a flush of new Boeing contracts that masked ongoing weakness in business investment.

20 banks expected to increase their dividends the most following the Fed’s stress tests

Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. top the list of 20 banks expected to boost their dividends in the coming quarter as capital deployments by the largest U.S. banks come into focus in the days ahead.

Why Europe’s most important semiconductor stock was downgraded

Chinese semiconductor demand may surprise analyst expectations to the dowenside in 2026

Tesla’s new No. 2 most bullish analyst sees a return to a $1.5 trillion market cap

Tesla’s transition from carmaker to high-tech robotics company is the reason a Benchmark analyst boosted his stock-price target to the second-highest on Wall Street.

This outlook shows why investors should maintain exposure to the ‘Magnificent Seven’

Big Tech is expected to see double the earnings growth of the S&P 500, as long as the group can maintain momentum in a key area.
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