Insight

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

A top economist in the Trump administration offered a fresh warning Friday about the record-setting government shutdown’s damaging effects, as the Senate struggled to make a deal to end the closure and airports began to reduce flights.

Home prices are rising to new heights, yet sales have remained largely depressed.

Bitcoin is on track to end Friday in the bear-market territory for the first time since April 23.

For Wall Street, flight cancellations may not be the worst thing.

Technical indicators point to more weakness. Watch the VIX.

Also: A bond-market indicator for AI, advice on travel during the government shutdown and a potentially lucrative tax tip for homeowners.

Job experts say they're not in panic mode just yet. Here are the numbers to focus on.

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Strong tech earnings weren’t enough to reassure investors worried about high valuations.

Recent guidance from the CFPB calls on courts to overturn laws in 15 states which prohibit including medical debt on consumer credit reports.

Food bank leaders across the U.S. are responding to 'a great increase in need' due to SNAP disruption.

While large retailers like Walmart and Amazon are mostly brushing off Trump's tariffs, small businesses are being crushed under the weight of them.

Tesla’s incentive-laden CEO retention scheme won investors’ go-ahead this week.

Consumer spending has so far held up despite soft consumer sentiment readings.

Comcast is in talks to acquire the studio and streaming arm of British TV network ITV and has reportedly hired bankers to explore taking a run at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Seattle Storm head coach Sonia Raman left her career in corporate law behind in 2008 to become a basketball coach.

Blue Origin is gearing up for the second test of its New Glenn vehicle in the coming days. During its first launch, the vehicle reached orbit, as the company had hoped.

Stay long risk assets for now, advises Hartnett, but short hyperscaler bonds and go long zero-coupon bonds as a hedge against recession.

The stock market is trending lower this morning as the government shutdown and ongoing scrutiny of AI-related names continue to weigh on stocks.