10 Small Towns Where Poverty Rates Are Quietly Surging
The picturesque image of small-town America—charming main streets, close-knit communities, and affordable living—is being challenged by a quiet but alarming ...
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Trump says Bitcoin and tech boom show US economy is back, urges Fed to cut rates
Key Takeaways Trump highlights surging US tech stocks and Bitcoin as signs of economic strength. He urges the Federal Reserve ...
Weekly Mortgage Rates Rise for First Time Since May
Mortgage rates turned upward this week after falling the previous five weeks in a row.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.78% ...
A Big Piece of the BBB Puzzle: Lower Interest Rates
With published today, most Fed members eye this year, but are split on what are the next steps. One must ...
2025 Sales Tax Rates | Sales Taxes by State
State Sales Tax Rates Five states forego statewide sales taxes: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon. Of these, only Alaska allows localities ...
IRS Interest Rates Hold Steady for Q3 2025
The IRS has announced its interest rates for the third quarter of 2025, with no changes from the previous quarter. ...
Top 10 Posts from 2024: Private Markets, Stocks for the Long Run, Cap Rates, and Howard Marks
Asset owners have dramatically increased their allocations to private markets over the past two decades, driven largely by a mistaken ...
Small Caps, Large Caps, and Interest Rates
It’s often claimed that small-cap stocks are more interest-rate sensitive than their large-cap counterparts because of their reliance on outside ...
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