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Charles Schwab eyes crypto trading launch

May 6, 2025

Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Charles Schwab (SCHW) wants its piece of the crypto trading pie. "There's lots of ways for clients to get invested in crypto at Schwab. And we provide lots of insights and education around crypto," Charles […]

Stocks close sharply higher, lifted by Microsoft, Meta

May 5, 2025

STORY: U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the Dow gaining two-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 adding more than six tenths and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbing one-and-a-half percent. The Dow and S&P posted their eighth straight session of gains after strong results from megacaps Meta and Microsoft eased concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Microsoft […]

Trump Tariffs Prompt Suspension Of Chinese Factory Operations And Shift To New Markets

May 5, 2025

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Chinese manufacturers are suspending operations and pursuing alternative markets as U.S. tariff increases take effect, creating ripple effects across global supply chains and threatening millions of jobs. What Happened: Chinese factories are pausing production due to the impact […]

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Sees Strong Fund Flows and Performance

May 5, 2025

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( $VOO ) has risen by 2.82% in the past week. It has experienced a 5-day net inflow of $3.92 billion. This is due, in part, to market sentiment on some of the ETF’s largest holdings. For example: Apple Inc is actively enhancing its AI capabilities by collaborating with Amazon-backed Anthropic […]

Trump reveals plans to ease tariff impact on US carmakers

May 5, 2025

Donald Trump unveiled plans to water down his sweeping tariffs for US carmakers on Tuesday by curbing some duties on foreign cars and parts, granting a reprieve to an industry that warned his strategy would increase costs for American manufacturers by tens of billions of dollars. Carmakers subject to a 25% tariff on imports will […]

Meet the man who made six figures selling anti-Elon Musk Tesla stickers

May 5, 2025

Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Sign Up In recent months, an increasing number of Tesla owners have put stickers on their cars to signal […]

Here Are My Top 4 Stocks to Buy in May

May 4, 2025

May is here, and the notion of "sell in May and go away" seems wrong this year. The market is full of fantastic values, and depending on how tariffs shake out over the next few months, there could be a stock market resurgence, depending on what deals are announced. There are four stocks that top […]

DU Professor Explores the Bookish Brilliance Behind Taylor Swift’s Eras

May 4, 2025

Taylor Swift is known for making literary and theatre references in her songs—from the classic Romeo and Juliet tale in “Love Story” to her nod to Aristotle in “That’s So High School.” DU professor of English Rachel Feder is an expert on all things literary arts. She teaches courses on 18th- and 19th-century British literature […]

“The Accountant 2” with Ben Affleck isn’t quite a write-off

May 4, 2025

Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around the paper-pushing rite of Tax Day. Yet on the heels of tax season, here is "The Accountant 2," Gavin O'Connor's sequel to the 2016 film that did not, exactly, […]

Blake Lively Wows in All White in N.Y.C.

May 4, 2025

Blake Lively is scoring some major style points while out in New York City! The actress, 37, who is currently promoting her latest film, Another Simple Favor, was spotted in two stunning outfits while in the Big Apple for a Late Night with Seth Meyers taping. For her first outfit, Lively wore an all white […]