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This longer-term mortgage won’t make housing affordable — and could even wreck your retirement

JOHN Y. CAMPBELL,TARUN RAMADORAI

A 50-year mortgage is a poor solution to America’s housing crisis. What’s needed are more homes.

The market likes what it heard from the Fed — plus, Lilly's new $6B manufacturing investment

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Americans are facing a growing healthcare crisis — and your medicines are at risk

JON TOOMEY

To guarantee Americans the medication they need, the U.S. must stop relying on China and India.

Fed cuts or not, the stock market is likely to move higher in 2026

MARK HULBERT

U.S. equities historically have made investors money in two out of every three years — regardless of politics and central-bank policy.

Gemini deals ChatGPT a fresh blow as Google’s AI momentum builds

CHRISTINE JI

While ChatGPT still holds the lead in total users, Gemini is growing six times faster, according to a recent report.

Trump says Fed could have 'at least doubled' latest interest rate cut

Trump spoke during a meeting at the White House with business leaders including Dell CEO Michael Dell and the heads of Qualcomm and HP.

NFL quarterback Philip Rivers couldn’t stay retired. Here’s why millions of other Americans can’t either.

WESTON BLASI

Philip Rivers’s unretirement, at age 44, probably feels familiar to the growing number of retirees — including FIRE members — who return to work. And it’s often not about money.

My insurance company hit me with a $2,000 bill to remove a mole. Can I fight it?

ADITI SHRIKANT

“Why doesn’t the doctor have to inform me of how much something will cost beforehand?”

Bigger tax refunds — up to $2,000 on average — could give stocks a boost next year

JOY WILTERMUTH

Tax-rebate checks are expected to arrive in the second quarter for consumers, but the bulk of relief from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is geared toward businesses

Coca-Cola taps COO Henrique Braun to replace James Quincey as CEO in 2026

Quincey has led Coca-Cola since 2017, seeing the company through the Covid pandemic and a focus on healthier beverages.

Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday's Fed rate decision

The Fed approved a much-anticipated quarter percentage point interest rate cut at a meeting that was packed with intrigue and surprises.

Cisco's stock closes at record for first time since dot-com peak in 2000

Cisco was at the center of the internet boom, but has a much different role in today's artificial intelligence craze.

The Fed cut rates. Biotech didn’t notice.

Biotechs are instead spending their time advancing the kind of smart science that will catch the eye of cash-rich pharmaceutical companies.

Oracle’s mixed earnings fail to dispel AI fears, and the stock falls

CHRISTINE JI

While the company beat EPS estimates and increased its AI deal pipeline, concerns over its financing strategy remain.

Dow gains almost 500 points, S&P 500 ends shy of record high after Fed’s final rate cut of 2025 bolsters case for early start to ‘Santa Claus rally’

VIVIEN LOU CHEN,ISABEL WANG

The S&P 500 index narrowly missed a fresh record close Wednesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with strong gains after the Federal Reserve’s decision to deliver a final quarter-point rate cut for 2025, which gave investors optimism that equities can keep climbing through year-end.