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These $5,000 bonds can help you fix a stock-heavy portfolio

If you are heavily invested in stocks, this might be a perfect time to diversify your portfolio.

Walmart concedes ‘magnitude of tariffs’ is pushing prices up after strong first quarter

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon described the company’s immediate challenge as navigating the impact of tariffs in the U.S.

Retail sales petered out as tariffs kicked in. More ups and downs likely until trade wars resolved.

After rushing to buy new cars and other imported goods in March before tariffs took effect and raised prices, Americans reduced their spending at retail stores in April in a sign of caution about how the trade wars would play out.

Jobless claims hold steady in latest week, continuing to signal healthy labor market

Initial jobless claims held steady at 229,000 in the week ending May 10, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Coinbase suffers cyber attack as oversees employees were bribed to steal customer data

Coinbase said customer passwords and private keys were protected by its systems, and “at no time were any of the targeted contractors or employees able to access customer funds.”

UnitedHealth’s troubles pile up, as stock sinks again after report of DOJ probe

UnitedHealth is also dealing with government pressure on drug prices and a vow to “knock out” drug middlemen.

America just imported a mountain of gold. Here’s why that should scare you.

What do central banks know that the rest of us don’t?

The retail buy-the-dip move paid off. What that crowd of investors is doing now, according to JPMorgan.

JPMorgan said retail investors did well with a buy-the-dip strategy last month, but that crowd of investors is getting weary.

Why the stock market’s meteoric rise should crush any FOMO you might have

Momentum can swing both ways. Don’t get hit.

Trump gives kiss of death to sovereign-wealth fund: ‘Howard likes the idea.’

President Donald Trump on Thursday may have extinguished hopes for an idea that didn’t really make sense to begin with — for the U.S. to start a sovereign-wealth fund.

Gold has a shot at more record highs, thanks to Trump’s preference for a weaker dollar

Like all relationships, gold’s connection to the U.S. dollar is complicated — but chances are that if President Donald Trump’s apparent desire to weaken the greenback comes to fruition, that could become a “strong tailwind” for the precious metal.

Alibaba reports slower-than-forecast sales, and its stock slides

Chinese internet giant Alibaba on Thursday reported growing earnings as sales growth came in lighter than analysts had estimated.
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