Trucks traverse the Ambassador Bridge, a main trade route linking Canada and the United States in Windsor, Ontario, Canada July 5, 2020. Carlos Osorio | Reuters As the U.S. and Canada stare down tens of billions of dollars in dueling tariff regimes as a result of President Trump’s new trade war against the nation’s second-biggest…
Sports betting has become fairly ubiquitous in the U.S. since the Supreme Court lifted a federal ban on the practice in 2018. More than a quarter (27%) of Americans and over half (52%) of men aged 18 to 49 say they have an active online sportsbook account, according to a Siena Poll from February. Many…
The K-shaped economy has become shorthand for a widening, persistent economic divide: higher-income Americans pulling further ahead — in wealth, spending and financial security — while many lower-income households struggle to keep up. Now, that shape may be shifting. “I got sick of hearing about this K-shaped economy,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC’s “Squawk…
Traders celebrating at the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2026, as the S&P 500 closed above the 7,000 level for the first time. NYSE Equal-weight ETFs are having a moment. The investing approach isn’t new, but it has moved into the spotlight this year as many of the large-cap stocks that have driven…
Suze Orman speaks during AOL’s Build Speaker Series at AOL Studios In New York. Jenny Anderson | WireImage | Getty Images If you want to shore up your finances, experts generally agree on a best first step — building an emergency savings fund. Yet data consistently shows setting aside a meaningful amount of cash to…
Renting out a home on Airbnb can be a good way to earn some extra cash — but a new fee policy shows how quickly the economics of running a short-term rental can change. By Sept. 15, Airbnb is moving all U.S. hosts to a new fee structure, the company says. Under the old system,…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 05, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Low-cost S&P 500 funds are the foundation of many portfolios, and holding a portfolio with a 90/10 split between the index and short-term…
Students walk on campus at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nov. 19, 2025. Reba Saldanha | Reuters Amid ongoing disputes over immigration policies and international student visas, fewer new students from overseas chose to attend U.S. colleges last year, and new data shows enrollment could drop even further in the year ahead. A report released…
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service proposed rules on Wednesday to restrict access to refundable tax credits for certain immigrants. Tax experts say the move would potentially disqualify hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people — particularly lower earners — from the tax benefits and represents the latest move by the Trump administration…
Against a backdrop of persisting inflationary pressures, yields on longer-term bonds have been climbing, which experts say is likely to keep borrowing costs elevated — particularly for long-term fixed-rate loans such as mortgages. The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond hit 5.323% on Tuesday, a 19-year high, before edging down to just below 5.3%….
