Moderna Jumped 177% in a Day. The Math Behind It Doesn’t Quite Add Up.
Moderna shares rose 177% in a single session this week — the largest one-day move by an S&P 500 company in over…
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Nvidia’s Chip Suppliers Just Got a $279 Billion Guarantee — Here’s the Catch
Most companies wait on their supply chain. Nvidia bought it outright. The chipmaker’s commitments to suppliers reached $279 billion last quarter —…
Nvidia Beat Every Estimate That Mattered — Its Stock Still Fell First
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable public company at a market cap above $5 trillion, reported second-quarter revenue of $96.22 billion and adjusted…
Inflation Isn’t Getting Worse. It’s Not Getting Better Either.
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, rose 3.7% year-over-year in July — the same pace as June,…
Social Security’s 2027 Raise Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest in Four Years
Early estimates put the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) at 3.6%, according to the latest projection from The Senior Citizens League…
The National Debt Just Hit $40 Trillion — Here’s How That Shows Up in Your Own Budget
The US national debt crossed $40 trillion this week, having doubled in under ten years. That figure tends to get discussed as…
Retiring at 60 Instead of 65 Can Raise Your Savings Target by Over $400,000
A single American needs about $898,000 on average to retire comfortably at 65, according to an Investopedia analysis of federal data across…
The Treasury Just Doubled Its Bond Buybacks — Bitcoin Traders Think They Know Why
The US Treasury announced this week it would at least double the size of its long-bond buyback operations, from $2 billion to…
Anthropic Could Go Public at a $2 Trillion Valuation — Bigger Than SpaceX’s Record IPO
Anthropic investors reportedly expect the AI company to go public in October at around a $2 trillion valuation, according to the Financial…