Food banks, affordable-housing providers scramble as inflation hammers low-income Americans
One Dallas food bank says demand for food assistance has surpassed what was seen during the financial crisis and the pandemic, a Federal Reserve survey has…
Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation
Researchers found that Polymarket’s fiveminute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing…
This isn’t a plan to save Social Security. It’s a plan to have a plan.
A bipartisan group of senators, most of whom are retiring, is trying to move the ball forward just a little. Source:MarketWatch
AI is killing the cover letter — but here’s when it still pays to send one
“For really everyone other than AI providers, the process is broken.” Source:MarketWatch
A big dividend cut and a $2 billion charge: Conagra’s results signal more pain ahead for food industry
Conagra Brands’ stock was up a bit on Thursday, but the company’s results and forecast were the latest dose of bad news for the packagedfood industry.…
What the launch of SK Hynix leveraged ETFs tells us about the hottest trade on Wall Street
Investors are still enthusiastic about the memory boom, and are looking for new ways to cash in. Source:MarketWatch
Permanent daylight-saving time would be a win for tourism, but other sectors have big concerns
One lawmaker points to benefits such as more time to do “outdoor leisure activities.” Source:MarketWatch
Small-cap outperformance is persisting — and these 15 quality stocks pay rich dividends
Think large caps are still the best bet? The data say you are looking in the wrong place. Source:MarketWatch
SpaceX’s stock breaks below its IPO price for the first time. Why it could still fall further.
SpaceX has lost more than $800 billion in market value from its closing high seen a month ago. Source:MarketWatch
Warsh won’t say if he’s spoken with Trump since taking the Fed’s helm
Senate Democrats are uneasy about White House influence at central bank. Source:MarketWatch
DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push
DTCC's first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street. Source:CoinDesk
It’s a buyer’s market for bonds
Bonds are out of fashion with big investors — which makes them an interesting investment opportunity for the rest of us. Source:MarketWatch