Forget gasoline: Why the price surge in this under-the-radar fuel is the real threat to the U.S. economy

Helping clients become more financially successful is a multi-faceted process, but much of it ultimately comes down to implementation. The challenge is that for clients (and advisors themselves!), “implementation” is more than ‘just’ point-and-go, where a direction is determined, then everyone executes perfectly. Instead, motivating clients towards action requires multiple steps of goal-setting, then dissecting…

When U.S. allies like Canada and France grumble about overuse of the U.S. dollar, and as Washington’s rivals like Iran start trading in cryptocurrencies and the Chinese yuan, it can be easy to argue that the world is edging away from the greenback. The U.S. dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves has fallen from…

Four out of five CPAs attending a recent AICPA ENGAGE session said they’ve had clients victimized by a financial scam — and one attendee admitted she also was defrauded. “I am a CPA. I’ve been in business for over 50 years,” she said. “And I was fooled by it because I love my grandchildren.” The…

Anyone who has watched an episode of “9-1-1: Nashville” could be forgiven for thinking the city is constantly beset by tornadoes that turn outdoor concerts into scenes of carnage and blow scooter-riding tourists onto the tops of water towers. That may be a TV exaggeration, but tornadoes and other dangerous storms do hit the city…

The transaction is a minority, non-controlling stake in a newly established entity holding Bayer’s long-acting reversible contraceptives business. The investment will support Bayer’s capital structure and provide additional flexibility for manging increased liquidity requirements. Apollo has agreed to make a €3 billion minority investment in German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer.

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks pulled back on Friday , capping off another volatile week. Weakness in the hyperscalers — Amazon , Alphabet , Meta Platforms , and Microsoft —…