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That point the Trump economic system tanked

In a 1980 debate with President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan memorialized the query, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” It helped Reagan beat the incumbent in that 12 months’s presidential election. You aren’t more likely to hear Donald Trump asking the identical query about Joe Biden’s presidency. Trump can actually ding Biden for the inflation that …

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Why I finally took my business from Vanguard to Charles Schwab

It’s a slippery slope when a customer-oriented operation like Vanguard Group has been since it was founded almost 50 years ago begins to get greedy by imposing a whole bunch of changes and chintzy fees on its customers. What’s more, getting greedy can not only damage the firm’s reputation but can also cost it money. That’s what will happen in …

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The ‘unequivocally bullish’ productivity shift ahead: Morning Brief

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: So far, the AI trade has appeared to follow the same pattern in tech to which we’ve grown accustomed: A select few winners take it all. After computers, phones, and search providers, chip companies and AI engines are …

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US futures slip away from records with Fed decision in focus

US stock futures drifted lower on Tuesday, setting the stage for a retreat from record highs as investors waited for the start of a Federal Reserve meeting that should signpost the path of interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 () and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 () both fell roughly 0.3% on the heels of notching all-time closing highs. Dow …

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