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QBI Deduction Made Permanent Under OBBBA with New $400 Floor and Wider Thresholds for 2026 Filing

QBI Deduction Made Permanent Under OBBBA with New $400 Floor and Wider Thresholds for 2026 Filing

September 17, 2026

Consumer Spending Shifts Toward Big-Box and Value Retailers as Back-to-School Season Reveals New Household Priorities

Consumer Spending Shifts Toward Big-Box and Value Retailers as Back-to-School Season Reveals New Household Priorities

September 15, 2026

Fed September Decision in Focus as Markets Price 60 to 65 Percent Odds of a Rate Hike With CPI Data Due Friday

Fed September Decision in Focus as Markets Price 60 to 65 Percent Odds of a Rate Hike With CPI Data Due Friday

September 11, 2026

August CPI

August CPI Report Due September 11 as Rising Oil Prices and Strong Jobs Data Complicate the Fed’s Next Move

September 10, 2026

U.S. Fitness Industry Revenue Reaches $47.1 Billion as Gym Memberships Hit Record 81 Million

U.S. Fitness Industry Revenue Reaches $47.1 Billion as Gym Memberships Hit Record 81 Million

September 9, 2026

U.S. Employers Announced 52,881 Job Cuts in August as Restructuring Replaces AI as the Leading Driver

U.S. Employers Announced 52,881 Job Cuts in August as Restructuring Replaces AI as the Leading Driver

September 4, 2026

Federal Reserve Beige Book Reports Modest U.S. Growth as Energy Costs and Middle East Uncertainty Weigh on Business Confidence

Federal Reserve Beige Book Reports Modest U.S. Growth as Energy Costs and Middle East Uncertainty Weigh on Business Confidence

September 3, 2026

Global Bond Sell-Off Pushes 10-Year Treasury Yield to Highest Level Since January 2025 as Borrowing Costs Rise Worldwide

Global Bond Sell-Off Pushes 10-Year Treasury Yield to Highest Level Since January 2025 as Borrowing Costs Rise Worldwide

September 2, 2026

Chicago PMI Collapses 10.5 Points to 47.1 in August as Consumer Sentiment Falls to 51.7, Sending Mixed Signals Ahead of September FOMC Meeting

Chicago PMI Collapses 10.5 Points to 47.1 in August as Consumer Sentiment Falls to 51.7, Sending Mixed Signals Ahead of September FOMC Meeting

September 1, 2026

Salesforce Tower

Marc Benioff’s Salesforce Stake Gains Hundreds of Millions in Value After CRM Surges on Claudeforce Launch and Record Q2 Earnings

August 28, 2026

Nvidia Reports Fiscal Q2 Earnings on August 27 With $92 Billion Revenue Consensus and AI Infrastructure Spending in Focus

Nvidia Reports Fiscal Q2 Earnings on August 27 With $92 Billion Revenue Consensus and AI Infrastructure Spending in Focus

August 27, 2026

82% of Small Businesses Now Use AI Tools as Adoption Shifts From Experimentation to Revenue Generation

82% of Small Businesses Now Use AI Tools as Adoption Shifts From Experimentation to Revenue Generation

August 25, 2026

Treasury Doubles Long-Bond Buyback Operations to Relieve Pressure After 30-Year Yields Hit 19-Year Highs

Treasury Doubles Long-Bond Buyback Operations to Relieve Pressure After 30-Year Yields Hit 19-Year Highs

August 20, 2026

50% U.S. Tariffs on $20 Billion in Canadian Imports Take Effect August 19 Under First-Ever Section 338 Action

50% U.S. Tariffs on $20 Billion in Canadian Imports Take Effect August 19 Under First-Ever Section 338 Action

August 19, 2026

JPMorgan $1 Trillion Market Cap 2026 Record Profits

JPMorgan Chase Nears $1 Trillion as Wall Street’s Largest Bank Rewrites the Valuation Playbook

August 18, 2026

Michigan Consumer Sentiment August 2026 Index Falls

University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Drops to 51 in August as Inflation Expectations Rise and Business Outlook Deteriorates

August 15, 2026

Norway Wealth Fund Record $184B Profit SpaceX Stake

Norway’s $2.3 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund Posts Record $184 Billion First-Half Profit as Semiconductor Rally and SpaceX Disclosure Reshape Its Public Portfolio

August 14, 2026

July 2026 CPI Report Inflation Eases to 3.4% Fed Rate Outlook

July CPI Report Shows Inflation Easing to 3.4% as the Energy-Driven Surge Continues to Fade

August 13, 2026

Nvidia $500 Billion AI Financing Apollo BlackRock Goldman Sachs 2026

Nvidia Partners With Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR on $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Financing Initiative

August 12, 2026

Emirates NBD Partners With DFDF to Fast-Track FinTech and AI Deployment

Emirates NBD Partners With DFDF to Fast-Track FinTech and AI Deployment

August 11, 2026

Federal Reserve Banks Launch Pilot Survey Into $1.3 Trillion Private Credit Market

Federal Reserve Banks Launch Pilot Survey Into $1.3 Trillion Private Credit Market

August 8, 2026

Disney Beats Wall Street Earnings Estimates as Streaming Profits More Than Double Under New CEO

Disney Beats Wall Street Earnings Estimates as Streaming Profits More Than Double Under New CEO

August 7, 2026

SpaceX Q2 2026 Earnings $7.81B Revenue, Stock Falls

SpaceX Posts First Earnings as a Public Company With 92% Revenue Growth, but $18.4 Billion in Capital Spending Rattles Investors

August 6, 2026

Palantir Q2 2026 Earnings Revenue Surges 93%

Palantir Revenue Surges 93% in Q2 as Sovereign AI Demand Reshapes the Company’s Growth Trajectory

August 5, 2026

Consumer Spending Rose 0.3% in June as PCE Inflation Dipped

Consumer Spending Rose 0.3% in June as PCE Inflation Posted First Monthly Decline of 2026

August 4, 2026

Apple Posts Record $109.4 Billion Quarter in Tim Cook’s Final Earnings Call as CEO

August 1, 2026

The Treasury Market's Structural Shift: Fewer Dealers Reshape Trading

The Treasury Market’s Structural Shift: Fewer Dealers Reshape Trading

July 29, 2026

Bank of America Warns August–October Weakest for Stocks as Buffett Indicator Hits Record

Bank of America Warns August Through October Is the Weakest Stretch for Stocks as Valuation Alarms Flash Red

July 28, 2026

Understanding Commuting: How Much Time Should You Spend Traveling to Work?

Understanding Commuting: How Much Time Should You Spend Traveling to Work?

July 24, 2026

Nike Cuts China Online Distributors in Turnaround Bid

Nike Cuts Thousands of Online Distributors in China as Turnaround Strategy Faces Continued Headwinds

July 23, 2026

Fed Enters Blackout Ahead of July 29 FOMC Rate Decision

Fed Enters Blackout Period Ahead of July 29 FOMC Decision as Markets Price In a Hold

July 21, 2026

What Is a Recession How Economists Define One

What Is a Recession and How Do Economists Define One?

July 17, 2026

Stripe Bids $53 Billion for PayPal as Collison Brothers Reshape Fintech Dealmaking

Stripe’s $159 Billion Valuation and $53 Billion PayPal Bid Position the Collison Brothers as Fintech’s Most Ambitious Dealmakers

July 16, 2026

How Freelance Photographers Make a Living

How Freelance Photographers Make a Living

July 16, 2026

CPI Drops to 3.5% as Fed Chairman Warsh Eyes Rate Hike

Inflation Cools To 3.5% As Fed Chairman Warsh Signals A Tighter, Less Predictable Policy Era

July 15, 2026

Intel Commits €5B to Scale Ireland Chip Production

Intel Foundry Commits €5 Billion to Scale Advanced Chip Manufacturing at Its Ireland Campus

July 14, 2026