Top trends shaping the future of finance—AI, agility, and proactive leadership are in the spotlight
Good morning. How are finance leaders preparing their teams to meet today’s complexities and build for the future? Along with an in-depth analysis of the survey data, the report explains…
Open enrollment: Two weeks that influence a year of care
As fall begins and year-end planning picks up, the opportunity to prepare for open enrollment season is right around the corner. For most organizations, the open enrollment period runs from…
A world without data centers (404: your life not found)
If I were a betting man, I would feel safe putting money on you being woken up by a smartphone alarm this morning. Maybe you looked at your texts, perused…
Inside the Trump team’s secret talks to rescue Argentina—with the help of the ‘Money Doctor’ who wants to stop the ‘pink tide’ sweeping Latin America
The currency “MD” is Steve H. Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. Hanke’s the world’s leading authority on dollarization and other solutions that tie developing economies to…
OpenAI dreams of Apple
OpenAI’s DevDay, held Monday at San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason, was exceptionally Apple-coded. It seems obvious to say—after all, CEO Sam Altman has previously spoken about his admiration of Steve Jobs…
Gold’s price record is driven by the ‘debasement trade,’ China, and fear of an AI bubble, analysts say
Gold broke a new record on Tuesday, cresting at over $4,000 per troy ounce. It was sitting at $4,055.30 Wednesday morning on Comex’s continuous contract index. It’s up more than…
Multimillionaire serial entrepreneur cried the first time she made ‘real money’—but not in a good way: ‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems. It magnifies them’
Many entrepreneurs dream of that moment when they know they’ve really “made it.” That might look like turning a profit for the first time, or seeing how their product or…
Jamie Dimon isn’t taking a recession off the table for 2026: ‘You don’t wish it because certain people will get hurt’
It would be reassuring for markets to hear Jamie Dimon, the leader of America’s biggest bank and a veteran of Wall Street, say he didn’t see a recession coming. Unfortunately,…
Why boomers keep winning in the housing market as ‘investors and second-home buyers’ continue to dominate
“After dominating some markets during the pandemic, large investor activity has retreated, giving way to smaller investors who more often use financing.” She warns that investor presence remains elevated, with…
America is ‘flirting with recession’ if tech investment slows, according to new modeling—but bubble risk is still smaller than dotcom era
There may be some divided opinion among economists about the trajectory of the U.S. economy, but one thing they can agree on is that the tech sector—namely its investment—has been…
