Navigating health insurance for the first time often requires managing your own finances and decoding terms like deductibles, copays, and network restrictions. If you’ve aged out of your parents’ plan or started a new job, you might wonder where to begin. Working with a licensed health insurance agent simplifies the process and helps you find…
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplanes at Hobby Airport during an afternoon rainstorm in Houston, Texas, May 27, 2026. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines reported a more than 9% increase in second-quarter profit from last year as higher fares are increasingly helping the airline cover its fuel tab, but its…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the new actions — which come after previously announced Medicaid funding deferrals in those states — are part of the administration’s strategy to “stop the fraud before it happens” rather than claw back problematic spending after bad actors are prosecuted, as previous administrations had done. “We have a…
This post is in partnership with Wayfair There’s wisdom in the old saying, “A place for everything and everything in its place.” But before you can organize your home, it helps to decide what truly deserves a place in it. The goal isn’t to find room for more stuff…it’s to create dedicated homes for the…
Jared Jageler and Willow Latham-Proença, both formerly of CBO, contributed to an earlier version of this work. For helpful comments on this paper and related work, we are grateful to Pierre Azoulay, Enrico Berkes, Aaron Betz, Devrim Demirel, Douglas Elmendorf, Andrew Fieldhouse, Nathan Goldschlag, Daniel Gross, Benjamin Jones, Joseph Kile, Jeffrey Kling, Junghoon Lee, Donald…
Being frugal is generally a great thing. It’s a way of being more intentional about how you spend so that you can build wealth faster by avoiding wasteful spending habits. But there are some seemingly frugal habits that are never worth it and some that only make sense when you’re in the wealth-building phase of…
In the face of today’s unsettling world events, increased corporate restructuring and AI disruption, many employees are feeling shaky about their job security, according to a newly released report. Among 2,799 global employees surveyed by talent services firm Morgan McKinley, fewer than half (43%) said they characterized themselves as “secure” or “very secure” in their…
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. housing market before turning bullish on gold, said he believes the precious metal is only in the early stages of a long-term rally. “I do think we’re in the beginnings or the early stages of a long-term bull market for gold,” Paulson…
That is where the numbers get large. For Dynasty Power, an energy trading business, the court noted shareholders’ equity of about $17 million at the end of 2017 had grown to about $376 million by the end of 2024, with an additional $158 million paid out to shareholders over that span. Because the firm funds its trading…
Topline Alphabet on Wednesday reported its 12th-straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth, boosted by another surge in Google Cloud sales as nearly 1 billion people now use the firm’s AI models. The Google parent reported its 12th-straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth. Gado via Getty Images Key Facts Alphabet reported second-quarter revenue of $119.8 billion,…
