If I buy a house for $1 million in cash at 70, will I run out of money by 90?

Gig platforms offer seamless checkout for buyers, but emerging market payouts remain broken for workers. In June 2026, member states from more than 180 countries convened for the International Labour Conference to determine international labor standards for digital platform workers. However, even with those standards set, payments remain a big issue.  Imagine a freelance developer in Lagos,…

Alphabet (GOOG +1.85%) (GOOGL +2.20%) provided an investor update you will not want to miss. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of July 26, 2026. The video was published on July 28, 2026. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has positions in Alphabet. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet. The Motley Fool has a…

Amazon (AMZN -0.70%) will report its 2026 second-quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday, July 30. Following the release, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other members of Amazon’s management team will hold a live earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts. As a “Magnificent Seven” company and hyperscaler, Amazon is one of the world’s…

Canada’s financial system has functioned well through a challenging year. Households and businesses remain in stable financial condition, and banks have strengthened their capacity to absorb shocks. However, vulnerabilities have increased in some parts of the system, and a more turbulent global environment poses risks to financial stability.

We study how residential-commercial zoning affects the allocation of urban space. Using property-level data from Taipei and 34 U.S. metropolitan areas, we infer neighborhood-level zoning wedges from the allocation of residents, workers, and floor space. We find substantially greater dispersion in these wedges in U.S. cities than in Taipei, where mixed-use development is pervasive. The…

A strong dollar is doing far less for the fight against inflation than might be expected.