Author: super@dmin
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: This state has the best personal-finance education in the U.S.
More than 99% of high-school students in Tennessee are required to take a personal-finance course in order to graduate.
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Deep Dive: 18 semiconductor stocks that shine when compared with Nvidia this earnings season
Many chip makers are still growing sales rapidly while improving profit margins.
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In One Chart: This is the chart that is rattling U.S. financial markets Thursday
A chart presented by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Thursday puts the “sufficiently restrictive zone” for the fed-funds rate at between 5% and 7%.
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: U.K. to get rid of an electric vehicle tax break
The U.K., the world’s number-four market for electric vehicles last year, will get rid of a tax break for the cleaner cars, as part of its belt-tightening budget announced Thursday.
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The Ratings Game: Nvidia’s mixed earnings spark optimism: It’s ‘easier to suggest that the bottom for numbers is likely in’
Some analysts see the potential for better times ahead coming out of the company’s latest earnings report
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Economic Report: Housing starts fall again as high mortgage rates scare off U.S. home buyers
Construction on new houses fell 4.2% in October as high mortgage rates deterred buyers and forced builders to scale back, a situation that’s likely to continue through 2023.
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: Racial diversity in management linked to positive financial performance, new analysis shows
A new analysis of data from nearly 300 companies has found more evidence of a positive link between diverse workforces and management and the financial performance of companies.
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Key Words: An auditor in the metaverse. No proper tracking of cash or employees. New FTX CEO describes Sam Bankman-Fried’s haphazard management.
John Ray, the new chief executive of FTX, says he’s never seen such a total failure of controls in more than 40 years.
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Economic Report: Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing gauge sinks further in November
The Philadelphia Fed said Thursday its gauge of manufacturing activity fell to a reading of negative 19.4 in November.
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Economic Report: Jobless claims fall slightly to 220,000, but labor market softening
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in mid-November fell slightly to 222,000 — a low number historically — but layoffs have edged higher in the past month as the economy slows.