Carvana (CVNA) has spent 2026 frustrating the investors who cheered its record-breaking comeback. The stock trades near $74 and is down about 7% for the year, even after the company posted its strongest quarter ever this summer. That mismatch between a healthy business and a sluggish share price is what one major Wall Street firm
The White House has been working on a plan to create the first national AI regulator. Before any of it went public, the president called one of the world’s most powerful tech executives to talk about it. The executive told him he was against it. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told President Donald Trump during the
Population is the most seductive number in business. It looks like a customer list before anyone has spent a dollar. For most of the past 15 years, that logic decided where American technology companies planted flags. Find the countries with the most people and the youngest median age, arrive early, and wait for incomes to
Aon’s largest-ever acquisition adds $17 billion in borrowed funds, and the deal’s earnings payoff is not immediate. Shareholders who had counted on steady buybacks and predictable earnings growth are now facing a very different capital allocation picture. Aon confirmed on August 31, 2026, that it will acquire USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR
The dividend ETF world has its usual suspects. If you ask investors to name a dividend ETF, chances are you will hear the same handful of tickers. VIG, VYM, DGRO, and SCHD have earned their place as household names. But familiar does not always mean best. The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD), the one
In order to fly and sell tickets for flights to the public, any commercial airline needs to have a valid air operator’s certificate (AOC). The official approval is granted by the government agency regulating aviation in a given country and requires the airline to prove that it has all the necessary planes, safety systems, staff
Oil just spiked past $90 a barrel, and the Federal Reserve looks more likely to raise rates than cut them next month. Jim Cramer thinks that combination changes the playbook, and he is putting real money behind that view. On the Tuesday, Sept. 1, episode of “Mad Money,” the CNBC host told viewers that surging
Suze Orman, a financial personality worth roughly $75 million, just told The Wall Street Journal that she never eats at restaurants. Not because she cannot afford to. Because she thinks you should not either. The author and television host who has spent decades telling Americans how to handle their money, gave a recent interview to
Warren Buffett built arguably the greatest investing record of all time by staying within his circle of competence, and for decades, technology sat outside it. Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A, BRK.B) acquisition criteria effectively cover that caution: “Simple businesses (if there’s lots of technology, we won’t understand it).” That made his move into Google’s parent, Alphabet (GOOG),
It is not an easy time to be in the travel booking industry; between the ease with which travelers can book their own trips online and a market in which many are watching their spending more carefully, the majority of travel agencies that have been able to find their market are in the luxury space