Key Takeaways High mortgage rates have been overwhelming homebuyers for the past three years, and some are turning to a mortgage option that helped fuel the 2008 housing crisis. Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) offer fixed introductory rates that later adjust—typically to a higher rate—to reflect current market conditions. These loans are becoming more popular with homebuyers as mortgage rates remain persistently above 6%. While those homeowners risk having a bigger monthly mortgage payment in a few years, ...

Key Takeaways A growing percentage of Americans believe they'll need at least $1 million to retire comfortably, according to a new survey from Betterment, a robo-advisor and fintech company. In 2025, nearly half (48%) of workers reported that they'd need at least $1 million to retire, up from 37% the year prior. Yet for many Americans, achieving that milestone may be challenging. Only about half (54.3%) of households actually had retirement account assets, while just 4.6% of households had assets worth more ...

Key Takeaways Artificial intelligence will give the economy a lift in 2026, but it could also be coming for your job, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Powell laid out both the near-term and long-run implications of AI for the economy during a press conference last week after the Fed announced its third interest rate cut in as many meetings. Today, AI infrastructure spending is boosting business investment, which the Fed is factoring into its economic projections. And the new technology coul ...

埃隆·马斯克的财富前景与核心资产 - 埃隆·马斯克有望最快在明年成为万亿富翁 其私人太空探索公司SpaceX据报计划明年上市 目标估值1.5万亿美元 仅SpaceX的首次公开募股就可能使其净资产翻倍 突破13位数[1] - 马斯克未来的净资产估计可能膨胀到堪比一些国家年度经济产出的水平 这包括其在隧道建设公司The Boring Company、脑机接口公司Neuralink、人工智能公司xAI以及特斯拉的股份[2] - 马斯克个人财富的增长主要源于其未来主义业务在公开和私人市场获得越来越高的估值 这增强了他的影响力[3] SpaceX的估值与马斯克持股 - SpaceX据报以8000亿美元估值进行融资 但马斯克予以否认 该数字可能指的是公司近期用于回购部分投资者股份的估值[3] - 基本计算显示 马斯克持有SpaceX约40%的股份 按当前估值计算其股份价值超过3300亿美元 若公司2026年估值达到1.5万亿美元 其股份价值将升至约6250亿美元[4] - SpaceX据称追求在明年IPO中获得1.5万亿美元估值 这将为马斯克的财富增加数千亿美元[7] 特斯拉的贡献与潜在增长 - 马斯克当前持有的特斯拉股份价值 加上其SpaceX股份的当前价值 使其总财富现在达到约6000亿美元 若SpaceX达到预期公开估值 其财富将增至约9000亿美元[5] - 如果马斯克实现其特斯拉薪酬方案中所有与里程碑挂钩的奖励 并将这家从汽车转型为机器人公司的市值推高至8.5万亿美元 其隐含净资产将进一步上升 超过国际货币基金组织估计的大多数国家目前的年度国内生产总值[5] - 特斯拉股价在周二创下历史新高[5] 其他私人公司的价值 - 马斯克据称拥有人工智能公司xAI（包含社交媒体公司X）三分之一的股份 该公司估值约为2300亿美元[6] - The Boring Company和Neuralink近期估值分别超过50亿美元和90亿美元[6] - 即使这些私人初创公司的估值不变 马斯克的财富也将极为庞大[6]

Key Takeaways Kevin Hassett, the frontrunner to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, wants to bring inflation down to 1%.A 1% inflation rate would be the lowest since the Obama administration, other than the pandemic.Most forecasters do not expect inflation to get down below 2% for years. If you could turn back the clock on inflation, a good date to pick might be July 2016. That was the last time the Consumer Price Index rose by less than 1% over 12 months when there wasn't a pandemic disrupting t ...

Key Takeaways Roomba robot vacuum maker iRobot announced a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Sunday.A deal for Amazon to buy the company fell through last year. Shares of iRobot (IRBT) plummeted over 70% Monday morning after the Roomba robot vacuum maker announced a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Sunday. The company said it plans to have one of its lenders and its primary contract manufacturer, a Chinese robotics firm called Picea, acquire 100% of its equity, with iRobot set to continue operating as a ...

Key Takeaways Tesla's stock climbed to an all-time high Tuesday, setting its first record in a year, as investors buy into the electric vehicle maker's plans for autonomous driving, robotics, and AI.Tesla launched a pilot of its robotaxi program in Austin earlier this year, and analysts say improvements to its self-driving software could allow the program to expand quickly. Tesla's (TSLA) stock is powering up, notching its first record high in a year. The shares added about 3% Tuesday to finish near $4 ...

Key Takeaways Kraft Heinz (KHC) is changing its recipe for leadership ahead of a planned split next year. The food and beverage giant on Tuesday said Steve Cahillane will become its CEO, effective Jan. 1. Cahillane, who was Kellanova's chief executive until its recent acquisition by Mars, also will join its board and serve as CEO of "Global Taste Elevation Co." following Kraft's planned split into two independent, publicly traded companies. Global Taste will take on the company's sauces and spreads business ...

Key Takeaways Ford's (F) electric vehicle strategy is changing gear. The automaker announced a major shift in its EV plans late Monday, with the company expecting to take on about $19.5 billion in one-time charges to account for the costs of a restructuring plan that will see the automaker focus more on hybrid and plug-in vehicles, while pulling away from pure EVs. Ford said it plans to recognize most of the $19.5 billion in charges during the fourth quarter, with about $5.5 billion in cash effects to be pa ...

Key Takeaways A long-delayed hiring report will probably confirm the job market kept cooling this autumn. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release data showing that U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in Novemberand that the unemployment rate rose to 4.5%, its highest level since 2021, according to a survey of forecasters by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. The report will also likely show the economy lost jobs in October due to mass layoffs of federal workers, several ...