Your retirement account dropped 8% in a single quarter, and every instinct told you to sell everything and sit in cash. If that sounds familiar, you are not alone, but Fidelity Investments has data suggesting the opposite move tends to work far better over time. The firm, which manages retirement savings for more than 24.8
Most companies cutting costs in 2026 have reached for the same lever: headcount. One customer experience technology company just pulled a different one, and it sent a message that goes well beyond its own workforce. TTEC has suspended its 401(k) employer match for all U.S. employees through the end of 2026, citing the need to
Known for his sharp remarks and fiery temper as much as his decades-old career growing what is now Europe’s biggest low-cost airline, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has repeatedly clashed with politicians, public figures and airport authorities. Over the last year, the Dublin-based airline launched a “Great Idiots Sale” inspired by Elon Musk while O’Leary also
Every American household runs on a quiet routine. You fill up on the way to work, again on the way home from soccer practice, again before the long weekend road trip. The receipt slides into the cup holder and gets forgotten. Until it does not. I have been tracking pump receipts in my own family
HubSpot gave investors a first-quarter report that showed several positive headline numbers, but Bank of America came away focused on a different part of the story. The firm downgraded HubSpot to underperform from buy and cut its price objective to $180 from $300, arguing that the company’s changing go-to-market strategy brings a new layer of execution risk. The
The federal government is less than two months away from opening Trump Accounts for private contributions on July 4, 2026, and a debate over what should go in them has begun. White House and Treasury officials have discussed allowing wealthy donors to contribute shares of stock directly into the children’s savings accounts, a shift that
There is a version of McDonald’s that exists in the imagination of most Americans. Cheap, fast, reliable, everywhere. The golden arches are a kind of economic constant: always open, always affordable. The reality heading into 2026 is more complicated. McDonald’s (MCD) delivered a solid first quarter. Global comparable sales up 3.8%, systemwide sales growing 11%
The S&P 500 has surged higher over the past five weeks at a pace that few strategists predicted at the start of 2026, yet one of the largest asset managers on the planet believes the rally is far from finished. Franklin Templeton Institute, the research arm of the approximately $1.68 trillion investment firm, has established
Most tech companies talk about AI transformation as something that is coming. Cloudflare, Inc. (NET) is living it right now, and the numbers CEO Matthew Prince shared on the first-quarter earnings call are some of the most striking data points I have seen from any company this earnings season. Internal AI usage at Cloudflare increased
Warren Buffett built his fortune on a simple idea. Find sturdy businesses that print cash, leave them alone for decades, and let compound interest do the heavy lifting. That patience is why Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) became the kind of holding company that owns a railroad, an insurer, a battery maker, and one of the country’s