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Xi Warns Trump of Possible “Clash” Over Taiwan Just Hours Before Banquet Toast
Hours before lifting a glass with President Trump at a state banquet in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a pointed warning about Taiwan. If the issue…
Warsh Takes the Fed (and Inherits Trump’s Economy)
Kevin Warsh is officially the next leader of the Federal Reserve. The Senate confirmed him on Wednesday by a vote of 54 to 45, making him the 17th chair in the central bank’s history.…
The New Geopolitics of Power: Whoever Controls Electrons Wins the Decade
For most of the last century, the world’s economic pecking order was decided by who controlled barrels of oil. That’s still true today, as the ongoing Iran war is showing in painful ways at…
Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: The Three-Way War for the Future of Space-Based AI
On March 21, 2026, at the old Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Elon Musk unveiled Terafab, a project to build 1 terawatt of AI compute capacity annually. Six weeks later, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC | INTC…
3.9% Inflation: Why Recent Data is Pushing 2027 COLA Projections Higher
The modest 2.8 percent raise that Social Security recipients saw in their checks this January is already starting to feel like a memory. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,…
Grocery and Restaurant Prices Post Biggest Jump Since 2022
Grocery prices jumped 0.5% in April and restaurant menu prices climbed 0.7%, the biggest monthly moves in either category since late 2025. Before that, you would have to go back to 2022 to find…
Trump Wants Rate Cuts. The Data Just Made That Nearly Impossible.
The President wants rate cuts. His pick has taken the chair at the Federal Reserve. Futures markets spent weeks pricing in easing. Then the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April Consumer Price Index…
The Fed’s Worst-Case Scenario Is Quietly Unfolding
The April inflation report landed with a number the Federal Reserve hoped it would never have to explain again. Consumer prices rose 3.8% year over year, the highest reading since May 2023 and a…
How Last Year’s Shutdown Made April’s Rent Numbers Look Even Uglier
When the government reported Tuesday that housing costs jumped 0.6% in April, double the pace of March and a big chunk of the hottest inflation reading in nearly three years, the number caught Wall…
Elon Musk’s $119 Billion Gambit: The Real Reason He’s Building the World’s Largest Chip Plant
On March 21, 2026, at the Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Elon Musk unveiled "the most epic chip-building exercise in history": Terafab, a joint venture between Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction), SpaceX, and…
I Have $30K in Credit Card Debt Across 3 Cards and Don’t Budget: Am I Beyond Help?
Caleb Hammer’s Financial Audit show has built a following on one premise: confront people drowning in debt with the math they have been avoiding. His episode with a guest named Veronica delivered one of…
I have a $100K variable annuity in my IRA: should I withdraw from it first in retirement?
David from Marana, Arizona called into Talking Real Money with a question many retirees carry quietly. “I have a $100,000 variable annuity as part of my traditional individual retirement account held at Edward Jones.”…
Renting vs. Buying: Why Financial Advisors Say the ‘Right’ Choice Depends on Your Life Stage, Not Your Wallet
Nicole Lapin recently took a sledgehammer to one of personal finance’s most repeated platitudes. On her show Money Rehab, talking with real estate agent Glennda Baker, she flipped the script on the “renting is…
“I’ve Been Bankrupt Twice and Just Bought a $52,000 Truck on a $65,000 Salary: How Do I Stop the Pattern?”
Adrianne’s call to The Ramsey Show is one of the clearest cautionary tales I’ve seen. Adrianne, a restaurant general manager earning $65,000 annually, called the show with a problem she could not outrun. “I’ve…
The Magnificent Seven Fell 40% While the S&P Dropped 18%: Here’s How Much Tech Concentration You Can Actually Afford
I’ve been studying portfolio concentration for years, and one stat from Schwab’s On Investing podcast keeps echoing in my head. In 2022, the Magnificent Seven fell roughly 40% while the S&P 500 dropped 18%.…
We’re Debt-Free With $1,800 Saved and Want to Spend $400 on a Kitchen Appliance: Should We Wait?
A caller named Teresa phoned into The Ramsey Show with her husband listening in. She had a simple question: “My husband and I are in Baby Step 3, and I want to spend $400…
Stop Saving $1,000 for Emergencies: Here’s the 1-3-6 Method Financial Advisors Say Actually Works
The $1,000 starter emergency fund has been gospel in personal finance circles for two decades. Andrew, host of The Personal Finance Podcast, thinks it sets people up to fail. On a recent episode titled…
Bonds at 7 percent could beat the stock market. Here’s when to make the switch.
Every investor eventually faces the same question: when does the certainty of a bond beat the upside of a stock? Evan from the Investing for Beginners Podcast laid out a clean answer, and the…
George Kamel Says Becoming a Millionaire by 25 Is a Terrible Goal: Here’s What Young Adults Should Do Instead
George Kamel, co-host of The Ramsey Show and Ramsey Solutions personality known for critiquing influencer money culture, sat down with Graham Stephan and B on The Iced Coffee Hour and delivered a verdict that…