Put your hand up if you have been working too much and dealing with a lot lately. I know! Same here, but I’ve got you. Right now and right here is the moment you leave everything—and I mean, E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G—behind and are fully present because this is your moment of peace. Built by my favorite…
Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that a recent study from The Ensemble Practice finds that while surveyed advisory firms posted profit margins in excess of 38% for fiscal year 2025 (a figure up nearly 15 percentage points over the past decade),…
Market Notice At its September 2025 meeting, the MPC voted to reduce the stock of gilts held in the APF by £70 billion over the period from October 2025 to September 2026, to a total of £488 billion. The Bank set out in the consolidated APF gilt sales Market Notice published on 1 September 2022 that it…
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In case you missed it, going to the cinema is back in 2026. And as much as the calibre of cinematography lately has been a massive drawcard, I’d be lying if I said getting to watch the big screen while fully reclined isn’t also appealing. Recreating that same feeling at home seems like a good…
With summer temperatures skyrocketing nationwide and utility bills climbing right along with them, the fresh air and vibrant seasonal climate of Oregon might look better than ever. Offering a high-quality, outdoorsy lifestyle with an overall lower cost of living than California prices, the Beaver State is known for balancing eclectic urban hubs like Portland with…
The common thread linking this week’s biggest market events is the state of the U.S. economy. The biggest day is Tuesday, when the nation’s largest banks — JPMorgan , Bank of America and Citigroup , along with Club names Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs — mark the start of second-quarter earnings season. As if that…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman criticized each other in new posts on X, highlighting the billionaires’ long-standing tussle over OpenAI’s evolution. Musk and Altman helped to start OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit artificial intelligence research lab alongside a band of engineers and scientists. In 2018, Musk left OpenAI’s board after donating tens of millions…
Among the largest U.S. banks, Citigroup is expected to show the greatest improvement by one important measure. But it still has a long way to go to reach its own performance target.
Air fryers have been one of the hottest small kitchen appliances on the market over the past few years. The more I use my air fryer, the more I understand why there’s been so much hype around them! Not only are they easy to use, but they’re better at making food crispy than almost any…
