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The S&P 500 pushed above 7,000 for the first time on January 28, a milestone that said as much about investor confidence as it did about who may be starting to benefit from the market’s long run higher. The move did not hold through the close, but it still marked a symbolic new high for…
UnitedHealth Group’s latest warning landed like a shock in one of the market’s most closely watched corners of healthcare. On Jan. 27, the company told investors it expects 2026 revenue to come in at more than $439 billion, down from the $447.6 billion it reported for 2025, a rare reversal for a business that had…
Nearly six in ten U.S. companies say they expect to cut staff in 2026, a striking sign that corporate caution is shaping workforce plans even before the labor market shows a broad-based wave of new layoffs. For workers trying to read the economy, that creates an uneasy split between what employers say may be coming…
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on January 28, pausing after three cuts in late 2025 and signaling little urgency to move again until inflation shows clearer signs of cooling. For borrowers, that means relief on mortgages, credit cards, and business loans is still likely to come slowly. For investors, it means…
Boeing returned to profit in the fourth quarter for the first time in six quarters, a notable milestone for a company that has spent years battling safety failures, production disruptions, labor turmoil, and investor skepticism. The turnaround was helped by a clear recovery in aircraft deliveries, which pushed quarterly revenue sharply higher and gave Boeing…
Gold crossed $5,000 per ounce for the first time and kept climbing, a milestone that turned a strong rally into a market-defining move. What made the surge stand out was not just the number itself, but the speed and conviction behind it. Prices did not briefly touch the level and fade. They powered through it…
Gold’s rally crossed another psychological threshold this week as the metal surged past $4,900 an ounce, extending a blistering run that has turned bullion into one of the market’s clearest expressions of global unease. For investors who spent much of the past decade hearing that gold was old-fashioned, too slow, or too dependent on fear,…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on January 28, 2026, but the language in its official statement and the economic data surrounding the decision suggest policymakers are increasingly focused on when it may be appropriate to begin cutting rates, potentially as soon as the next few meetings. A softening labor market, delayed government data…
United Parcel Service said Tuesday that it plans to cut as many as 30,000 jobs in 2026, adding to roughly 48,000 positions the company eliminated last year as it accelerates a costly restructuring tied to shrinking volumes from its largest customer, Amazon. The announcement, made during UPS’s latest earnings call, signals that the delivery giant’s…
Consumer prices in the United States climbed 0.3% in December 2025 on a seasonally adjusted basis, pushing the annual inflation rate to 2.7% above its level a year earlier. The reading, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 13, 2026, capped a year in which monthly price swings varied widely and federal funding…