When I retired I didn’t feel carefree, I felt lost. Turns out, I needed a schedule.
After decades of work meetings and other daily obligations the author (not pictured) felt lost when she first retired. I left the air conditioning on in my Mazda when I visited an emergency room to meet with a physician. As a hospital business development director, I called on medical personnel, requiring a dozen or more…
Stock of the day: This AI stock is No. 1 in the S&P this year after a 45% weekly surge
The move: Super Micro Computer stock jumped 16% on Tuesday, extending its one-week return to 45% and its year-to-date gain to 83%, making it the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this year. The chart: Why: The gains in Super Micro Computer are an extension of the company’s earnings report released last week.…
The wait is finally over. Mira Murati announces new startup, Thinking Machines Lab.
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer. Thinking Machines Lab, a new company created by Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI, emerged from stealth on Tuesday. In a blog post, the startup positions itself as an artificial intelligence research and product lab focused on making these systems more accessible. “To bridge the…
Why a backyard chicken isn’t the answer to saving money on eggs
Kelly Rutkowski of the Adopt a Bird Network helps place chickens in need of homes. With egg prices reaching an all-time high in the US, the idea of backyard chickens — roaming around, grazing on grass, and producing fresh, delicious eggs — is becoming increasingly appealing. But they may not be the budget-savvy trick some…
My parents told me to have a career that could support me. I’m telling my kids to follow their passions.
The author (not pictured) didn’t follow her passion based on her parents’ advice. Recently, my creative 13-year-old told me he wanted to be a TV screenwriter and director. When he was younger, he entertained the idea of becoming a doctor like his father or majoring in finance and working with stocks. “Those ideas sounded great…
Here are the top federal officials who have left their roles after clashing with DOGE
Elon Musk’s access to sensitive Treasury Department systems raised concerns from a onetime top civil servant at the department. The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was envisioned by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a way to streamline government operations and reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy. As the hard-charging task force…
Trump’s NIH director nominee made nearly $12,000 from posting on X last year
Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health. One of President Donald Trump’s top health-related nominees has had a unique income source over the past two years: posting on social media. Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health, made $11,995 last year as part…
Nvidia stock has cleared a big hurdle ahead of its hotly anticipated earnings next week
Nvidia stock cleared a key hurdle on Tuesday as it recovered the losses sparked by the $589 billion DeepSeek sell-off in late January. At its intraday high of $143.44, Nvidia was trading above its January 24 close of $142.62, the trading session before the GPU maker experienced the biggest one-day market value decline in history.…
Big firms and everyday people are at odds about the direction of the stock market
Retail investors and fund managers are watching the same stock market, but they’re seeing two different things. The latest Bank of America survey suggests risk appetite among big investors has reached a 15-year high, with cash levels plunging to the lowest level since 2010. Thirty-five percent of managers said they were “overweight” stocks relative to…
