
Why the real poverty line is $140,000, this strategist argues
A 1963-era calculation no longer makes sense, one strategist says.

Rebuffed for the second time, BHP walks away from Anglo American, leaving the path clear for $60 billion merger
BHP made one last-gasp attempt to seduce Anglo but it looks like they have now accepted defeat.
Is it finally ‘game over’ for AI and Big Tech stocks?
Potential Fed rate cut in December could reignite a ‘risk-on’ flame. Why the market looks to be in ‘early 1999’.
Novo Nordisk’s oral GLP-1 drug didn’t work on Alzheimer’s as hoped, and the stock tumbles
Novo Nordisk’s stock tumbles after its oral GLP-1 drug failed to show much benefit over a placebo against Alzheimer’s.
Carvana survived a debt crunch. Can it survive Amazon?
Carvana’s stunning rebound is facing its biggest test yet: Amazon.
‘We almost lost $10,000’: My late father-in-law’s company claimed his life-insurance policy didn’t exist. It did.
“The company changed names several times, and it was very difficult tracking them down for payment of benefits.”
‘My retirement is completely in bitcoin’: Why don’t more people do what I do?
“‘I also borrow against bitcoin. What’s the catch?”
‘There’s a lot of tension’: My brother and I manage a $5 million trust. How do we solve our many disagreements?
“We have a good estate attorney, but he just repeats the facts; we need someone to help with the feelings.”
‘I’ve always lived hand-to-mouth’: I’m 64. My father left me $400K from his 457(b) plan. My brother is suing me. How can I defend myself?
“I live off my Social Security of $900 a month.”
Americans’ happiness is at a record low. Are we just using our money the wrong way?
Fewer than half of Americans say they are financially secure, but there are indications that it’s not just a lack […]
