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Running on empty: Inside China’s quiet pension-funding crisis

Surveys show that more than 40% of flexible workers — including delivery drivers, livestreamers and freelancers — are opting out of the pension system

Bitcoin could rise back toward $100,000 if this happens, as dollar and stocks fall while gold rises  

Bitcoin may rise back to $100,000 if it breaks above its current resistance levels in the next few days, as a weakening dollar could provide tailwinds for the crypto, while bitcoin’s recent strength over equities lead to optimism that the crypto may eventually serve as a store of value.

Trump attacking Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a public relations ploy — and it’s working

Trump is now engaged in a brilliant campaign to blame it all on somebody else.

The dollar will remain the world’s reserve currency — for now. But stocks and bonds could keep struggling.

A sharp decline in the U.S. dollar over the past few weeks has captivated Wall Street, and inspired a wave of catastrophizing about the end of the dollar’s reign as the de facto global reserve currency.

Student-loan borrowers will see Social Security checks, tax refunds disappear over defaulted debt, Trump administration says

Millions of borrowers are behind on their student loans following the end of the pandemic pause and changes to the loan system.

As tariffs stoke fears of supply-chain disruptions, here’s where Vanguard sees demand for bonds

The bond market has been volatile in April amid concern that tariffs will spark supply-chain disruptions, potentially leading to a worrisome economic scenario of higher inflation and slower growth.

Saving for retirement is easier than you may think

Time — lots of it — is your biggest ally

What the ‘fire Powell’ trade could look like as Trump attacks Fed chair again

The firing of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by President Donald Trump would lead to “the most dramatic rush to the exit from U.S. assets that it is possible to imagine,” one strategist believes.

Intel’s earnings outlook could be ‘useless.’ Here’s what matters instead.

New CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s first earnings call with Wall Street is later this week. Analysts see next week’s “Foundry Day” as a bigger possible catalyst.

M&A activity falls as Wall Street clients tap the brakes on deals

In the face of uncertainty around tariffs and other policy changes, companies have been pausing major deal decisions, despite the expectation in late 2024 that activity would accelerate.

Under Trump’s ‘America First’ trade policies, you really can’t own enough of this hot investment

Stagflation isn’t the biggest danger posed by Trump’s economic policies.

This company soared as a ‘Trump trade.’ Now it’s set for an AI boost, say analysts.

Mobile-advertising software company Phunware Inc., which was thrust into the spotlight during the U.S. presidential election as a so-called Trump trade, is set to reap the benefits of its push into artificial intelligence, analysts say.
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