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Corporate profits are near all-time highs, while wages are near lows. How long can this last?

The U.S. has very high corporate profits, very high asset prices, very high fiscal deficits, very high trade deficits, and very low wages versus history, notes Deutsche Bank. Does something have to give?

Big Tech stocks struggle after quarterly earnings as Alphabet sees steep drop

Alphabet has seen ‘one of the more negative reactions to earnings reports this earnings season,’ says Bespoke Investment Group

Cannabis stocks climb on RFK Jr. approval, Senate marijuana-banking hearing

Cannabis stocks tend to move on speculation around potential federal reforms around pot.

China and Mexico ran the biggest trade deficits with the U.S. in 2024. What about Canada?

The U.S. ended 2024 with the second-largest trade deficit on record — and China and Mexico were the countries that benefited most from sending goods to America. Canada? Not so much.

Crypto fans thought this would be ether’s big year. Then came the tariffs.

As concerns around President Donald Trump’s tariff plans weighed on cryptocurrencies this week, ether experienced a sharper selloff than bitcoin — extending its underperformance despite some traders’ hope that it could make a turnaround this year.

Lower mortgage rates draw homeowners in — but keep home buyers out

Mortgage applications rose 2.2% in the last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Alphabet is showing the downside of being an AI stock

Alphabet has been talking nonstop about AI. Now investors are looking for proof that the company’s efforts are working.

This stock fund is fully diversified from the S&P 500 — and pays high dividends

Adding exposure away from the Magnificent Seven can lower your portfolio risk, and you can earn high dividend yields at the same time.

Is it too late for a Roth? My husband has just retired, but I’ll work for another 10 years.

“We have a son in elementary school.”

This is how much Mattel’s $600 million buyback could boost earnings

Mattel is ramping up its share repurchase efforts. Analyst firm UBS expects an earnings boost from the toy maker.

The biggest part of the U.S. economy cools off early in the new year. So does inflation.

The large service side of the economy has powered U.S. growth for the past few years and is primed to do so again in 2025.

After brief suspension, U.S. Postal Service to resume delivery of Chinese parcels

Shares of Amazon.com and PDD Holdings, the owner of popular Chinese shopping app Temu, fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Postal Service said it would stop accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
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