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‘Underconsumption core’: The latest TikTok trend is users showing off all the stuff they’re not buying

Despite a surprising surge in retail sales last month, young people on TikTok are pushing back on the overwhelming pressure to spend. That’s not a bad idea, personal-finance experts say.

Betting markets now see Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump in November

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s chances of winning this year’s White House race appear to have declined over the past month, with betting markets now putting his prospects below those of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

Recession fears in bond market fade after July’s retail-sales data

Thursday’s surprisingly strong retail-sales data for July took some of the fear of a U.S. recession out of the bond market, sending yields toward their biggest one-day advances in more than a month.

Mortgage rates inch up after a big plunge last week. Rates ‘will likely trend down in the coming months,’ Freddie Mac says.

The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging at 6.49% Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

M&T Bank draws downgrade on ‘mixed bag’ from lower interest rates

Wells Fargo its rating bank to underweight, based on its exposure to reduced interest rates.

Single cat ladies may be saving the world, one estate plan at a time

There’s no default estate option for charity, so if you want to leave a legacy, you have to be intentional about it.

Retail investors bought the dip in tech stocks during August’s market scare

Retail investors were aggressively buying into the market in early August, throughout the market chaos.

Pimco waves off brief yield curve move, sees no looming recession

Bond giant Pimco points to ‘daisy-chain’ reaction in markets as catalyst for brief reversal of Treasury yield curve

Terran Orbital’s stock drops as Lockheed Martin scoops up satellite maker at lower price

Terran Orbital Corp.’s stock lost more than a third of its value Thursday after the specialist in robotic manufacturing of space satellites agreed to be acquired by Lockheed Martin Corp. at one-quarter of an earlier offer for the company.

One-third of home builders are slashing prices as confidence in the market falls to 8-month low

Builder sentiment fell as mortgage rates and home prices stay elevated, the National Association of Home Builders said.

As Warren Buffett sold Apple’s stock, these funds bought in

Managers at Third Point and Soros Fund Management likely saw success with recent bets on Apple.

‘He’s taunting me’: I loaned my son $30,000 to buy a house in 2012. I need it back. He says ‘the five-year window’ for repayment has closed. What can I do?

“I live off a modest pension and Social Security. I love my house, but it needs upgrading.”
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