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Falling Treasury yields are reigniting demand for dividend-paying stocks as the Dow hits record highs. Investors are rotating into blue chips offering 3% to 5% yields as bond returns diminish.
The best CD rates still offer up to 4.05% APY and high-yield savings accounts pay 4%, but these rates are falling fast. Here is how to lock them in before they vanish.
The personal savings rate dropped to 3.6% in December as wages grew just 0.2%, the slowest in seven months, revealing an American consumer economy increasingly reliant on credit and wealth effects.
The New York Fed's latest household debt report reveals total borrowing hit $18.8 trillion in Q4 2025, with credit card balances at a record $1.28 trillion and delinquency rates surging among younger borrowers.
Arista Networks reported Q4 revenue of $2.49 billion, up 29% year-over-year, with adjusted earnings of 82 cents per share beating the 76-cent consensus as AI data center demand accelerates.
The Social Security Administration faces 6 million pending cases, leaving disabled Americans waiting months for decisions. Staff cuts and funding battles have created a crisis.
Bank of America data reveals the US economy has evolved from a K-shaped recovery to an E-shaped one, with the middle class pulling away from lower-income households while still trailing the wealthy.
The BEA's December 2025 personal income and spending report shows real consumer spending grew just 0.1% despite a 0.3% income gain. Here's what that gap reveals about the American economy.
Wingstop beat Q4 earnings estimates by 19% while domestic same-store sales fell 5.8%, with weakness among Hispanic and lower-income customers. What this paradox reveals about the American consumer.
Moody's projects real consumer spending growth of just 1.5% in 2026. Lower-income Americans are cutting dining, travel, and fitness as the K-shaped economy widens.
US retail sales rose 0.2% in January for a fourth consecutive monthly gain, but the aggregate data conceals a widening gap between high-income and low-income consumer spending.
The Biden-era SAVE student loan repayment plan has been terminated, loan forgiveness is now taxable income, and a new RAP plan launches in July 2026. Here is what 8 million affected borrowers should do right now.