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Prices for robusta coffee climbed to their highest on record Friday, all but ensuring sticker-shock among consumers just as coffee chains launch their popular fall menus, which include pumpkin-spice lattes.

Stocks came roaring back from an early August tumble with Fed rate cuts ahead. But investors don’t see eye to eye on how deep or fast they will be.

Aggressive government policies and excess capital may have fundamentally changed economic and market cycles, Macquarie’s Viktor Shvets says.

“She tried desperately to save her companion, and the vet did everything they could but it was hopeless.”

The cybersecurity company’s shares rallied Friday to cap off a strong August that saw them place among the biggest S&P 500 gainers.

Kellanova led the list after accepting a takeout offer from Mars, while Starbucks might have been the month’s biggest positive surprise.

It is now looking like Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger made an expensive and risky bet on the way to turn around the chip giant — at exactly the wrong time.

Social Security should be invested like every other rational pension fund across America and around the world.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is cutting as many as 1,800 of its employees as part of a planned 3% to 4% staff reduction following the bank’s annual performance-review process, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris now has a slight overall advantage over Republican rival Donald Trump in the U.S. states that are likely to decide the 2024 White House race, according to one widely followed average of polls for the top swing states.

Also: Super Micro’s warning, what to do when interest rates fall and tough love from the Moneyist.

The popular AI play is the biggest S&P 500 loser for the month — with Moderna, Intel and Dollar General among the other poor performers.