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The surging price of stocks, crypto, and gold has sparked fresh warnings of asset bubbles.David Rosenberg, Jeremy Grantham, and Larry Summers are among those worried about lofty valuations.Experts caution that stocks have outpaced earnings and a recession could tank the market. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Technology stocks such as Nvidia have skyrocketed, gold and bitcoin prices recently touched record highs, and many on Wall Street predict a raging bull market and no recession this year.The outlook seems almost blindingly bright, so perhaps it’s no…
Musk said during a live interview with Norges Bank CEO Nicolai Tangen on X, formerly Twitter, that AI is the fastest advancing technology he’s ever seen, with barely a week going by without a new announcement.”My guess is that we’ll have AI that is smarter than any one human probably around the end of next year,” Musk said. “And then AI, the total amount of sort of sentient compute of AI, I think will probably exceed all humans in five years.”Gary Marcus, the founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, a machine learning AI startup acquired by Uber in 2016, doesn’t…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Airbnb’s profits more than doubled in the first quarter, boosted by an early Easter holiday, but the home rental platform forecast lower than expected sales and earnings for the second. Net income reached $264mn in the three months to March compared with $117mn in the same period a year before and substantially higher than the $152mn analysts had expected, Airbnb said on Wednesday. Revenue of $2.14bn beat analyst forecasts for $2.06bn. Earnings were fuelled by sales growth helped by the timing of…
President Joe Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday sought to reframe perceptions of the American economy, touting strong job growth and efforts to combat corporate greed while questioning surveys showing voters still pessimistic about the country’s direction. “We’ve already turned it around,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in Racine, Wisconsin, where he was promoting new economic investments that could result in thousands of new jobs. He was responding to a question on whether, less than six months before Election Day, he was running short on time to improve his standing among Americans on his handling of the economy. Biden pointed…
You may have heard that there’s an election coming up. And maybe you’re planning your own event – your retirement. Does one affect the other? Will the election affect your retirement planning? Trying to read the political tealeaves is rarely productive; still, there are some general considerations about the upcoming election that should factor into your retirement planning. Specifically, unless Congress acts after the November election, trouble is potentially brewing for two key retirement planning issues. First, taxes – both income and estate tax. And second, Social Security benefits. The election outcome may affect how you plan your retirement income…
Mortgage rates climbed again this week, exacerbating the home affordability crisis that is stifling the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 7.22% this week from 7.17% last week. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.39% a year ago. The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.47% from 6.44% last week. One year ago, the rate on the 15-year fixed note averaged 5.76%. Read the full article here
Borrowing money to go to college has closed the door on many major life milestones, including completing a degree program, for most student loan borrowers, a recent Gallup survey said. Overall, 71% of student loan borrowers who are currently enrolled college students or previously enrolled students who dropped out of their program have had to put off a major life event. Roughly 29% of student borrowers have delayed buying a home, and 28% have put off purchasing a car as a result of student debt. Another 22% have had to stay put in their childhood home, and 20% have delayed…
The Biden-Harris administration recently announced a finalized retirement rule that will help individuals save for retirement. The Retirement Security Rule updates the definition of fiduciary, a financial manager that follows a certain code of ethics. The amended definition requires financial managers to have set policies that guide them in advising individuals. These policies instruct professionals to provide prudent, loyal and honest advice without hefty fees.”America’s workers and their families rely on investment professionals for guidance as they save for retirement,” Acting Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor, Julie Su said. “This rule protects the retirement investors from improper investment…
We are exiting our position in Bausch Health , selling 2,930 shares at roughly $7.13. In addition, are buying 95 shares of Abbott Laboratories at roughly $104.53 and 125 shares of GE Healthcare at roughly $81. Following the trades, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 895 shares of ABT, increasing its weighting to 2.95% from 2.65% and 1,275 shares of GEHC, increasing its weighting to 3.25% from. The Trust will no longer own a position in BHC. We trimmed our Bausch Health position in late February above $9 per share because we knew the courts were expected to decide on…
