Author: super@dmin
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The Human Cost: ‘The best I can do is email you’: When this Native American family’s high-speed data ran out, their kids’ remote schooling came first
Indigenous communities are underserved by broadband internet providers, research shows.
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The Fed: Fed more worried about risks of ‘unacceptably high’ inflation than overdoing rate hikes, meeting minutes show
Calling inflation “unacceptably high,” Federal Reserve leaders saw the strategy of fighting price pressures too aggressively as less risky than doing too little, minutes of the central bank’s last meeting show.
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The Tell: Why Nasdaq is ‘reasonable alternative’ to Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF in this stock-market environment, according to DataTrek
With Cathie Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation ETF potentially facing more pain in the stock-market slump, the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite may provide investors more “insulation” in today’s “challenging macroeconomic environment,” according to DataTrek Research.
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: Nvidia, Intel gaming cards go on sale while AMD teases Nov. 3 announcement
Nvidia Corp. and Intel Corp. threw down Wednesday as the two chip makers released new gaming cards with the GPU leader targeting elite, high-performance gamers, while Intel sought to appeal to budget gamers looking for slightly better performance than Nvidia’s last generation of cards.
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The Margin: California is now giving residents up to $1,050 of ‘inflation relief’ — here’s who is eligible
In California, 23 million taxpayers are getting inflation relief money.
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The Rental Trap: Landlords are charging tenants ‘pet rent’ and $600 fees. Some pet owners, already under pressure from rising rents, are not happy.
Apartment owners point to ‘increased wear-and-tear’ caused by furry friends, including the cleaning, maintenance, and landscaping of any maimed areas.
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In One Chart: How the 55% plunge in mortgage originations is hitting nonbanks: Fitch
Expect more pain at smaller nonbank mortgage lenders that lack capital as originations plummet and home prices fall, warns Fitch Ratings.
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MarketWatch 25 Years: Josh Brown on the next five years in markets: ‘You actually can earn yield.’
As MarketWatch turns 25, we wanted to know what the Reformed Broker thought we would be writing about in five years.
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MarketWatch First Take: Mark Zuckerberg’s massive bet on virtual reality is about to meet actual reality, and it won’t be pretty
Mark Zuckerberg may be targeting corporate users with Meta Platforms’s costly new virtual reality headset, but even if the Meta Quest Pro did appeal to remote workers and others, the timing could not be worse.
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Beth Pinsker: Your portfolio needs diversification. Here’s the best way to go about it in these volatile times
You may have a messy mix of accounts, but step back and look at the big picture.