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With bond yields surging to 4.7%, T-notes are looking like a better deal than the pricey S&P, says the Research Affiliates’ formula
With bond yields surging to 4.7%, T-notes are looking like a better deal than the pricey S&P, says the Research Affiliates’ formula

Record stock prices, surging bond yields — Research Affiliates has surprising advice on where to invest for the next 10 years.

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A ‘proudly autistic’ workplace expert says putting neurodivergent employees in a typical office is like dropping a polar bear in Austin, Texas
By Tristan BoveMay 20, 2026
Hiba Mona Anver, wearing a black and white striped dress, gestures with her hands as she speaks onstage.
80% of companies have an immigrant in a top leadership role—Trump’s visa crackdown is forcing them to make a ‘plan C,’ warns immigration expert
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Single Gen Z women are destroying their male counterparts when it comes to buying their first house
By Alex Veiga and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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Sheryl Sandberg tells Gen Z the 10-year career plan is dead as AI wipes out entry-level jobs: ‘Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain’
SuccessSheryl Sandberg tells Gen Z the 10-year career plan is dead as AI wipes out entry-level jobs: ‘Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 21, 2026
Microsoft lost its way in the AI race. Can Copilot get it back on course?
MagazineMicrosoft lost its way in the AI race. Can Copilot get it back on course?
By Jeremy KahnMay 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance rebuffs question about President Trump’s stock investments, says Trump is so wealthy he doesn’t trade stocks himself
PoliticsVice President JD Vance rebuffs question about President Trump’s stock investments, says Trump is so wealthy he doesn’t trade stocks himself
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 21, 2026
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Big TechElon Musk’s proposed pay package in SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals what the company actually is: a $1 trillion monster built to colonize Mars
By Eva RoytburgMay 20, 2026
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SuccessSpaceX IPO targets $28.5 trillion total addressable market, mission to ‘make life multiplanetary’ and understand ‘true nature of the universe’
By Nick LichtenbergMay 20, 2026
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office August 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.
EconomyTrump’s threat to fire another Fed member has Wall Street weighing the price of ‘wrecking institutions’ with ‘scapegoat economics’
By Eleanor PringleAugust 26, 2025
  • Guy walks by a sign that says "now hiring."
    EconomyU.S. unemployment claims surge to nearly 2 million, the most in almost 4 years
    By Matt Ott and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2025
Jerome Powell, Lisa Cook
EconomyTrump says he’s firing Fed governor Lisa Cook, she vows she ‘will not resign’
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 26, 2025
Man in red shirt charges his BYD car while wearing earbuds.
EnergyIn China, EVs are now cheaper than gas cars. In the U.S., the Big Three still haven’t closed a premium that’s $14,000 per vehicle
By Eva RoytburgAugust 26, 2025
Trump declares war on the Fed, setting up a titanic struggle for world’s most important central bank
PoliticsTrump declares war on the Fed, setting up a titanic struggle for world’s most important central bank
By Jason MaAugust 25, 2025
President Donald Trump
EconomyTrump is bringing in enough revenue from tariffs to cut deficits by $4 trillion over the next decade, CBO says
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 25, 2025
A third of the U.S. economy is already in a recession or at high risk, and another third is stagnating, Zandi warns
EconomyA third of the U.S. economy is already in a recession or at high risk, and another third is stagnating, Zandi warns
By Jason MaAugust 25, 2025
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    C-SuiteCEOs at America’s 100 largest low-wage employers are paid 632 times as much as the average worker, study finds
    By Nick LichtenbergAugust 21, 2025
The Federal Reserve could start resembling the Supreme Court
EconomyThe Federal Reserve could start resembling the Supreme Court
By Jason MaAugust 24, 2025
Lagarde
EconomyLagarde says Europe’s economy would be even worse without the immigrants who moved in after the pandemic
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
EnergyChevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
By Jordan BlumAugust 24, 2025
The rendering of Meta's planned data center complex in Richland Parish shows a massive arrive of facilities to power the AI boom.
FeaturesMeta is sinking $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build the home of its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the nation’s grid buildout
By Delaney NolanAugust 24, 2025
Europe’s $64.6 billion postal pipeline of ‘de minimis’ goods comes to screeching halt
EconomyEurope’s $64.6 billion postal pipeline of ‘de minimis’ goods comes to screeching halt
By Demetris Nellas, Mae Anderson and The Associated PressAugust 23, 2025
  • Wall Street is scared that we’re looking at the end of the Fed’s independence
    EconomyWall Street is scared that we’re looking at the end of the Fed’s independence
    By Jim EdwardsAugust 21, 2025
Russia is ‘teetering on the brink of a recession’ and headed for a disastrous harvest, while Putin’s other top source of cash plunges
EconomyRussia is ‘teetering on the brink of a recession’ and headed for a disastrous harvest, while Putin’s other top source of cash plunges
By Jason MaAugust 23, 2025
The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now
EconomyThe Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now
By Jason MaAugust 23, 2025
Powell ‘holds the key’ to the next Fed rate move as divided policymakers will likely fail to reach a consensus again, JPMorgan says
EconomyPowell ‘holds the key’ to the next Fed rate move as divided policymakers will likely fail to reach a consensus again, JPMorgan says
By Jason MaAugust 23, 2025
Mark Carney
Economy‘Canada currently has the best trade deal with the United States’: Mark Carney backs down on many retaliatory tariffs
By Rob Gillies and The Associated PressAugust 23, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyPowell’s next independence challenge: How to do what Trump has been asking for while preserving credibility
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 23, 2025
Machines
EconomyBofA sees the replacement of people with process solving the ‘productivity paradox,’ because ‘a process is almost free and it’s replicable for eternity’
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 23, 2025
Reagan and Volcker
EconomyWhy does an independent Fed matter? Just look at Ronald Reagan’s economy with Paul Volcker hiking rates to nearly 20%
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 22, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell walks next to a few other people as he enters the Jackson Hole conference.
EconomyPowell’s ‘unusual’ Jackson Hole remarks reveal he’s boxed in by Trump’s tariffs and deportations, risking a 1970s-style mistake, economist Slok says
By Eva RoytburgAugust 22, 2025
Donald Trump
BankingMoments after Jerome Powell’s latest speech, Trump threatens to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 22, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyPowell says ‘shifting balance of risks’ may warrant a sooner rate cut
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 22, 2025
China’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
EconomyChina’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
By Nicholas GordonAugust 22, 2025
Friedrich Merz
EconomyThe German economy actually shrank more than thought in the second quarter
By The Associated PressAugust 22, 2025
Paying bills on desk
Future of WorkThe white-collar job market is frozen—now bartenders and baristas are seeing bigger wage growth than desk workers
By Jessica CoacciAugust 21, 2025
From left, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., conduct a news conference to oppose President Donald Trump's executive order to abolish the Department Of Education
EconomyBernie Sanders and Donald Trump form an unlikely alliance over billions in chipmaker subsidies
By Eva RoytburgAugust 21, 2025
The next recession will likely be ‘triggered by a political act,’ says former Deutsche Bank chair and Allianz CFO
EconomyThe next recession will likely be ‘triggered by a political act,’ says former Deutsche Bank chair and Allianz CFO
By Jesse Klein and CFO BrewAugust 21, 2025
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.
InvestingWalmart weighs down S&P 500 after earnings fall short of analysts’ expectations
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2025
Donald Trump
Economy‘The nation’s finances have deteriorated’ since Trump took office, CRFB says, gaming out the scenarios up to a $28.5 trillion deficit
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 21, 2025
How Walmart’s CEO navigated tariffs to post a solid quarter: ‘We’re keeping our prices as low as we can for as long as we can’
EconomyHow Walmart’s CEO navigated tariffs to post a solid quarter: ‘We’re keeping our prices as low as we can for as long as we can’
By Phil WahbaAugust 21, 2025
How crypto’s top lobbyist persuaded lawmakers—and President Trump—to embrace the blockchain industry
EconomyHow crypto’s top lobbyist persuaded lawmakers—and President Trump—to embrace the blockchain industry
By Leo SchwartzAugust 21, 2025
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