What do households want from the UK Budget?

Earnings season hits full stride next week, with several of the market’s biggest companies set to report. Investors will be watching not only the headline numbers, but also management commentary on AI spending, consumer demand, tariffs, and the outlook for the second half of the year. Monday Before the Open AstraZeneca (AZN) Baker Hughes (BKR)…

Apple‘s (AAPL +0.26%) market cap is approaching $5 trillion; shares of the company have reached a (split-adjusted) all-time high of $335 as of this writing. It would be a natural reaction to think it’s too late for investors on the sidelines to get in on Apple, but the stock remains a buy, even at this…

The semiconductor sector is undergoing a reset and has a tendency to underperform in the third quarter.

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Andy Burnham’s first 100 days as prime minister of the United Kingdom will need to be devoted to building the institutional architecture for his vision of devolved governance to succeed. The question is not where to concentrate decision-making authority, but how to ensure that different authorities are working together. LONDON—On his first morning as prime…