Economy

Trump Accounts leave taxpayers paying the price

The Trump administration this week is rolling out “Trump Accounts,” promising $1,000 in taxpayer money for every child born between 2025 and 2028. What looks like a gift for families is really another expensive government handout that adds billions of dollars to the national debt while pretending to teach financial responsibility.

Trump Hits BRICS With New US/India Trade Negotiation, Applies Pressure To Russian Oil Trade

The U.S. lowered its reciprocal tariff on India from 25% to 18%. New Delhi agreed to reduce their tariffs and non tariff barriers on Washington to 0%.

Retail traders aren't giving up on 'SLV' even after silver's plunge

Mom-and-pop investors aggressively bought the dip in the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) on Friday.

We just got reasons to love these 2 portfolio stocks even more

Goldman was tapped to advise a $58 billion merger. Mizuho says buy the Broadcom dip.

We're scaling back our position in a stock that's riding Monday's market rally

Our trim is not due to a slowdown in the company's business.

My hope for Trump's Fed chief pick Kevin Warsh

Warsh was for being tight on interest rates in 2007 and being loose now. Let's just note it as an oddity and not castigate.

Here are the retailers with the most store openings and closures planned for 2026

Stores closures in the U.S. are expected to fall to the lowest level in the past three years, according to an analysis by Coresight Research.

2 reasons industrial stocks are among the leaders of Monday's market rally

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Where are mortgage interest rates headed this February? Experts weigh in

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Trump strikes deal to lower tariffs on India, saying Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil

Updated on: February 2, 2026 / 2:15 PM EST / CBS News

The AI trend can give dividend aristocrats a boost, Raymond James says

After years of underperformance, the tide could be starting to shift for dividend stocks, according to Raymond James.

Boring but beautiful

Investor and trader Jay Woods said there's a good trading set-up in shopping mall owner Simon Property Group this week.