The first major investment for Meghan and Crosby Brackins as a young married couple was not a house or car payment. It was a timeshare. The North Carolina residents made the purchase in 2023 after crunching the numbers. As a photographer-videographer duo who not only love to travel, but also do it for work, it seemed to make financial sense. They were tired of spending money on hotels and…
Many investors often associate high-yield dividend stocks with high risk. This concern makes sense, given how many high yielders end up turning into “yield traps,” where a company cuts or suspends dividends, and/or the dividend stays as is, but a drop in the stock price more than counters the steady cash returns. However, among stocks…
Microsoft’s Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma speaks at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco on June 4, 2026. David Paul Morris | Getty Images Amazon and Microsoft have devised new ways to get people playing video games in the cloud. Microsoft’s Xbox division said Thursday that it will test an advertising-supported way of letting people…
USA TODAY Network / Reuters New car prices are averaging close to $50,000, and sticker prices can trend even higher if you’re in the market for a high-powered performance car. The average price of a high-performance car in June 2026 was $137,126, according to Cox Automotive. That’s compared with an average price of $60,852 for…
A sign at BP Plc petrol station in London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BP and ConocoPhillips are set to announce billions of dollars of new investments in Iraq on Friday as Washington seeks to bolster the country’s energy sector and reduce the region’s reliance on routes vulnerable…
The valuation discrepancy between GE Aerospace (GE +0.55%) and Delta Air Lines (DAL +3.12%) speaks volumes about how investors view the commercial aerospace industry. While that view has historical precedent, I think the industry has changed, and the market is at least mispricing Delta Air Lines. How the market thinks about the commercial aerospace industry…
“At that point, they arguably no longer need the government’s retirement safety net.”