We stopped helping our neighbors with free home repairs and our friendship cooled. Who’s to blame?
“Last summer, they complained about needing to replace their roof. A few months later, they bought a new SUV.” Source：MarketWatch
More than a third of S&P 500 companies are about to report earnings as market confidence cracks
“With cautious to negative market sentiment, it could be a tricky week,” one strategist says. Source：MarketWatch
Worried about this stock-market selloff? Relief may be coming after the midterms — no matter who wins.
The nine months between Election Day and June 30 have seen the S&P 500 deliver an average return of 15.5% going back to 1950. Source：MarketWatch
Why economic health no longer dictates stock-market returns
There is a wide disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street, and AI could drive them even further apart Source：MarketWatch
Here’s the real signal to watch for the Fed’s next move
Investors should focus not on the rate itself, but on where financial conditions are Source：MarketWatch
My niece’s college rent is covered by a 529 plan. What else can I pay for tax-free?
“We worked out a monthly budget of $1,500 for her share of rent, utilities and food, including groceries and meals on campus.” Source：MarketWatch
AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit
The runaway success of the artificialintelligence trade has left investors hungry for the next big market theme. Wall Street fund managers are happily obliging…
My husband wants to sell our $1.5 million home and invest the proceeds. But this is where we raised our kids — and I can’t bear to leave.
“He wants to buy something for $600,000 now that we are emptynesters.” Source：MarketWatch
‘Non-answers’ aren’t working. This is what investors really need from the Fed.
What really matters to investors, economists say, is for Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh to prove he can successfully communicate the central bank’s strategy.…
Do machines have feelings? AI has philosophers and tech leaders rethinking consciousness.
As AI models become more advanced, tech leaders and philosophers are mulling the relationship between humanity and technology. Source：MarketWatch
Will Anthropic pull off a November IPO? Time is running out to file key paperwork.
If market pressures keep building, Anthropic “could reasonably decide it is better to stay private and wait for a better opportunity,” one portfolio manager…
Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.
Traders making bullish bets on chip stocks are getting walloped this month, as renewed fears emerged about investment returns on the buildout of artificial…