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A birth chart for bitcoin, astrology for home buying, tarot for hiring: How Americans are using ‘psychic gifts’ to make financial decisions

Before buying a house, hiring a new employee or investing a large sum of cash, some Americans are consulting their horoscopes.

Mortgage rates fall for the first time in 5 weeks, opening up a ‘window of opportunity’ for home buyers

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.85% as of June 5, down 4 basis points from a week ago.

Trump administration escalates its war with universities like Columbia by threatening student loans and grants. What’s next?

The Education Department is putting pressure on Columbia’s accreditor, whose seal of approval the school needs to get federal grants and loans.

The S&P 500 now has most of what it needs to hit an all-time high

An index close above 5,990 would be a bullish catalyst for a summer stock-market rally.

You want income in retirement, but soaring bond yields can be risky. What should you do?

The bond seesaw may be extra bumpy right now, but it’s not time to get off the ride.

It’s smart to ‘test-drive’ retirement before you stop working. Here’s how to make it work.

An abrupt change from work to retirement can be a shock to the system, both financially and emotionally.

10 stocks in this year’s strongest sector expected to grow fastest through 2027

This sector has outperformed in 2025, and it held up well during the brutal broad decline of 2022.

U.S. trade deficit cut in half in April on plunge in imports from Trump tariffs

The trade figures are masking a very sluggish economy.

Jobless claims jump to 8-month high. But it’s probably not a sign of rising layoffs resulting from trade wars.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week jumped to an eight-month, but the details of the government’s report show little evidence of a tariff-related rise in layoffs.

Circle’s IPO pricing shows Wall Street is clamoring to buy stock in the stablecoin issuer

Circle Internet is betting on wider use of its USDC digital currency, which is redeemable one-for-one with the U.S. dollar.

AI is ready to take over our wallets and spend our money for us. What could go wrong?

When artificial-intelligence agents help you shop, are they following your wishes or shaping them?

P&G becomes the latest consumer giant to cut jobs, with 7,000 employees set to be fired

Brand divestments also a feature of what Procter & Gamble CFO Andre Schulten described as a restructuring program.
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