The logo of pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is displayed in front of its offices in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Nov. 24, 2025. Tom Little | Reuters Novo Nordisk will start rolling out the first-ever GLP-1 pill for weight loss in the U.S. on Monday, the company announced, marking a new chapter of obesity…
Crippling high beef prices are being felt by everyone. Tyson Foods , for example, announced plans last month to close its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska. Roughly 3,200 workers will lose their jobs at what had long been the area’s largest employer. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ran a sobering story about the ripple…
Stocks finished higher Friday, lifted by the volatile artificial intelligence trade, leading the market to the upside for the week. The S & P 500 eked out a 0.1% weekly gain, while the Nasdaq gained 0.5%. While logging three positive weeks in the past four, the indexes were still modestly lower for the seasonally strong…
Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past…
Sometimes the stakes are so high, the degree of difficulty so immense, that it simply may be too hard to game. When that’s the case, no amount of formal research will help you fathom the stock implications. Yet, you have inherited the issues and they must be dealt with — or you are too at…
Consumers are still dining out, but instead of higher-priced entrees, many are ordering more appetizers. As food inflation and affordability dominates the conversation about the U.S. consumer, new restaurant purchasing data shows even among Americans who are going to restaurants, many are in the mindset of cutting back. “Appetizer orders are up 20% year over…
During the December Monthly Meeting , Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Investing Club’s director of portfolio analysis, set the table for the stock market in 2026, including identifying out-of-favor stocks that are strong buys right now. Here’s a rapid-fire update on each stock in the portfolio, starting with seven currently unfashionable names that Jim…
Customers walk in the parking lot outside a Costco store on Dec. 2, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Costco on Thursday surpassed Wall Street’s quarterly expectations and posted year-over-year sales growth of 8.2% as the retailer attracted more digital sales and opened new locations. The warehouse club does not share a…
FALMOUTH, MA – APRIL 8: Instacart shopper Loralyn Geggatt makes a delivery to a customer’s home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Falmouth, MA on April 7, 2020. Some Amazon, Instacart and other workers protested for better wages, hazard pay and sick time. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe Grocery…
We’re in the final stretch of 2025 and entering the second week of the historically strong market month of December. Barring a calamity, the S & P 500 should be able to turn in a third straight year of gains. The index has advanced nearly 17% year to date. Whether it goes higher from here…
