The new Baltimore Ravens NFL season started the same way it ended last year—with a gut-wrenching one-score loss to the annoyingly-popular Kansas City Chiefs. Worse yet, it was a literal matter of inches that kept the Ravens from tying or winning both games—with a goal-line fumble last season in the…

Mortgage rates moved up a bit this week but are still at the lowest point they have been in more than a year. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage edged up to 6.49% this week from 6.47%…

Exchange-traded fund inflows have already topped monthly records in 2024, and managers think inflows could see an impact from the money market fund boom before year-end.”With that $6 trillion plus parked in money market funds, I do think that is really the biggest wild card for the remainder of the…

Big banks are jumping headfirst into the AI race. Over the past year, Wall Street’s largest names — including Goldman Sachs , Bank of America , Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo to JPMorgan Chase — ramped up their generative artificial intelligence efforts with the aim of boosting profits. Some are…

Apple excited fans with its vision for its “Apple Intelligence” artificial intelligence system earlier this year. Now, it’s time for the company to prove it really works. The company is set to introduce the first lineup of iPhones purpose-built for generative artificial intelligence (which lets users create text and images)…

Introduction I don’t think JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) needs to be introduced to any investor. As a US-based financial conglomerate, the financial institution is a household name. While I also like the company from an earnings perspective, its dividend yield is currently pretty low at 2.1%. That’s why I focused on the…

Watch the FT Weekend festival session here.Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has dented Vladimir Putin’s war narrative and triggered “questions” among the Russian elite about the point of the war, two of the world’s leading spy chiefs have said.CIA director Bill Burns said Kursk was “a significant tactical achievement” that had boosted…

‘It’s vile’: Victor Blackwell on ad promoting Harris ‘roast’ hosted by a university The University of South Carolina is under fire for hosting a “comedy roast” of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The event will feature right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and founder of the Proud Boys Gavin McInnes. CNN’s Victor…

This is a true story. We participated in this case, consulting at AgingParents.com. Vulnerability can come on suddenly for a solo ager. Aging veteran (AV) was living alone, and was trying to work out his life as he experienced physical changes. He was okay, he thought. Until he got Covid.…

Mortgage rates are still uncomfortably high for many would-be homebuyers and sellers, but recent declines have contributed to a significant boost in demand for refinancing. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported Wednesday that refinancing applications soared 35% last week, when rates for the average 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages hit…