DFREE Movement Brings AI And Financial Empowerment Festival To New Jersey
The DFREE Movement is bringing financial literacy and artificial intelligence education to New Jersey through FinFe$T 2026, a free, two-day festival designed to help underserved communities build wealth and navigate an increasingly AI-driven economy, the company says. The event will take place Nov. 13-14 at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, under the theme “AI […]
Muni Bonds Face a Variety of Post-Election Possibilities
Politicians, particularly when they’re on the winning end of the deal, often say “elections have consequences.” It’s true. And it’s wisdom that advisors and muni bond investors need to remember. Congressional power recently changed hands in significant fashion. Democrats now control a steep majority of governorships across the country. That indicates there could be important […]
Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production
Elon Musk defended the company’s decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months.
Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet
Automattic aims to compete with likes of Lovable with Spacefast
Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends
The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10-to-30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends.
Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
The update to Waymo’s self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.
Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally
Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday.
‘Sapelo’ Spirits Brand Partners With Nonprofit To Preserve Black Geechee Heritage
An Athens, Georgia-based brewing company is using a new citrus-inspired spirit to help preserve the agricultural traditions and cultural legacy of the historic Black Geechee community on Sapelo Island, the Sun Herald reports. Creature Comforts Brewing Co. has introduced Sapelo, an Italian-inspired aperitivo developed in partnership with Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO), a nonprofit dedicated to […]
A Good Time to Consider Hedging Bets With SPYH
Undoubtedly, investors have a lot on their plates at the moment. Those factors include processing the potential effects of the midterm elections, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, the war in Iran, and sharp corrections in previously high-flying technology stocks. Put it all together and the time may be right for evaluating hedged income-generating strategies. The […]
New Bitcoin Book Weighs Both Sides of the Coin
Eric Balchunas remembers exactly where he was when bitcoin finally got his attention. In the summer of 2023, he was pushing his kid on a swing at a kiddie park in Cape May, New Jersey. Scrolling his phone, he saw BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) had filed for a bitcoin ETF. Key Takeaways: BlackRock’s private bitcoin trust […]
Revisiting the Retirement Blueprint: Goldman Sachs’ GPIX & GPIQ
Retirement in today’s economic landscape presents a moving target. Individuals face persistent living costs, global macroeconomic shifts, and fluctuating interest rate environments that complicate traditional fixed-income assumptions. For a long time, retirees relied on a simple formula: Pair equities for growth with a core allocation of high-grade bonds and cash equivalents to fund day-to-day living […]
Constellation Lands $5 Billion DOE Loan as Nuclear Uprates Accelerate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered Constellation Energy (CEG) a conditional loan agreement of up to $5 billion to finance uprates at eight nuclear reactors across multiple states. The conditional loan supports capital projects aimed at adding clean capacity without building new plants. Federal financing paired with long-term commercial power purchase agreements gives […]
