Even in spite of the ugly headlines early in the second quarter, many retirement savers didn't give in to panic and hit the brakes.Make no mistake, investors saw ungodly moments early in 2025, including the dramatic fallout in April on Wall Street as tariffs triggered turmoil in both the stock and bond markets.Overtime pay tax break: What the new IRS rules really meanShamrell noted that history has shown that when markets rebound, they often do so quickly.“The fact that many of our retirement savers stayed ...

The buyer with the higher credit score spends less of their monthly payment on interest, leaving more room to afford a larger home or to keep more cash in their pocket. Over the life of a 30-year mortgage, even that $119 monthly difference adds up to more than $42,000 in savings. And because lenders see higher-score borrowers as less risky, they not only qualify for lower rates but also face reduced fees at closing.That’s a difference of $119 per month, or $1,428 a year, between the top and bottom credit ti ...

Olivia from Tulsa, Oklahoma, called into The Ramsey Show to ask for advice on whether her husband should take on more student debt to pursue an additional degree that could more than double his income potential. The husband just earned a nursing degree and is set to make approximately $100,000 a year, including overtime. He wants to go back to school for three years to get a doctorate in nurse anesthesia, which could net him a $250,000 yearly income, but tuition would cost $125,000. Meanwhile, the couple ...

Collecting stuffed toys isn’t exactly groundbreaking. But if you’ve noticed a mischievous little elf-monster dangling from someone’s handbag or even a scuffle breaking out in the toy aisle, you’ve probably crossed paths with the Labubu — this season’s unlikeliest It item. Just ask Manna Wang, a Hong Kong insurance agent who went so far as to hire a college student to hunt them down at any price. In June, that student struck gold: six Labubus priced at HK$99 (about $12.70) each, then flipped for around HK$ ...

Lauren Petracca / Bloomberg via Getty Images The job market is slowing, but it may have had a weaker foundation than previously believed. Key Takeaways The Bureau of Labor Statistics downwardly revised its estimate for job growth between March 2024 and March 2025 by 911,000. The revision cancels out about half of the job growth during that time, meaning the job market is much weaker than previously thought. The report says nothing about how President Donald Trump's policies have affected the economy ...

Key Points Planet Labs made some bold predictions five years ago -- and missed on most of them. Planet Labs beat on earnings yesterday, however, and is generating positive free cash flow. The stock's valuation is better today than it was five years ago. 10 stocks we like better than Planet Labs Pbc › Earth observation satellite company Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) stock started out the week right as it soared nearly 48% after beating earnings Monday morning. It's giving back some of those gains Tuesday, ...

FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Novartis is offering $1.4 billion to buy Tourmaline Bio, the developer of cardiovascular drug pacibekitug. KEY TAKEAWAYS Novartis said Tuesday it is buying Tourmaline Bio for $1.4 billion, in a deal that gives the Swiss pharma giant access to the biotech’s late-stage cardiovascular drug pacibekitug. Novartis said it would offer Tourmaline Bio shareholders $48 a share, an almost 60% premium to Tourmaline's closing price Monday of $30.18. Wedbush downgraded its r ...

Solana and XRP have been on the rise as the frenzy for Ethereum begins to cool down—and analysts think this trend could continue into the end of the year. Even as Ethereum cools down, the global crypto market cap briefly rose above $4 trillion for the first time in September, according to CoinGecko. At the time of writing, Solana has climbed as high as $219.50 on Tuesday before retracing slightly to $216.37, which is 1.1% higher than this time yesterday, according to price aggregator CoinGecko. Meanwhile, ...

Shares of Eightco Holdings (Nasdaq: OCTO) skyrocketed more than 5,700% on September 8, hitting an intraday high of $82.98, after the company announced a $250 million strategic move to adopt Sam Altman's Worldcoin (WLD) as a core treasury asset. The rally extended in pre-market trading on September 9, with the stock climbing another 11% at the time of writing. This explosive growth came as Eightco unveiled its crypto treasury model, following in the footsteps of Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy but instead ...

Oracle (ORCL) is set to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings Tuesday after the bell, with Wall Street expecting a 30% jump in cloud business revenue fueled by AI. Investors will also be watching closely for details on the company's $30 billion deal, reportedly with OpenAI. Shares in the software giant have soared more than 60% over the past year. The stock was down less than 1% ahead of the earnings report. The company has been securing a massive amount of Nvidia’s coveted GPUs (graphics processing u ...