S&P Global’s composite PMI climbed to 53.6 in July, its highest reading in eight months, signaling roughly 2% annualized GDP growth in Q3.
Rising input costs, supply chain disruptions, and the fastest selling-price increases in years give the Fed little reason to cut rates before 2027.
Over 75 million Americans rely on Social Security during retirement. Most of them understand the key facts about receiving benefits, especially that benefits are lower when you claim early and higher when you wait at least until your full retirement age.However, Social Security is much more complicated than it appears. Many retirees miss out on benefits simply because they don’t know they exist.
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Key PointsSpace Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) had its initial public offering (IPO) on June 12 and was fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. But SpaceX won’t be added to the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) or to index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the S&P 500 until at least a year after its IPO.
Waiting to claim Social Security can mean a bigger monthly check, but nearly half of working Americans say they plan to claim benefits before reaching their full retirement age (FRA).According to the Schroders 2025 U.S. Retirement Survey, 44% of non-retirees expect to file for Social Security benefits before reaching age 67, the FRA for workers born in or after 1960.
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If you’re receiving Social Security benefits (or expect to someday), you’ve probably heard some people discuss the program’s cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, with the same excitement as the first moon landing.But that’s also understandable.Social Security plays a big role in many people’s retirement finances. So a larger COLA versus a smaller one could spell the difference between being able to cover retirement expenses and struggling.
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Despite signing a $3.7 billion aircraft purchase agreement and agreeing to buy higher-priced American wheat as part of its commitments under the US Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, Bangladesh has so far gained little except fresh tariffs imposed unilaterally by Washington, raising questions about the deal’s effectiveness.
Bangladesh now faces an additional 10% tariff over alleged forced labour,
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By Robert Ross
The hottest tech trades of 2026 just got slammed – smart investors are buying anyway
Chip stocks have taken a beating – but there’s reason to stay bullish.
A bull market supported by several sectors is much sturdier than one balanced on a tower of parabolic semiconductor stocks.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR -0.30%) is scheduled to release its second quarter earnings on Aug. 3. Throughout 2026, Palantir stock has endured a difficult stretch — falling about 30% as investors rotate out of enterprise SaaS names amid new model features from Anthropic and OpenAI.While the decline in Palantir stock has already reset some of the optimism that supported shares in prior years,
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