Are small-cap stocks cheaper than large caps? Yes — if you ignore this one key fact.

Leaving money-losing companies out of P/E calculations makes the Russell 2000 look more attractively priced.
IRS staff cuts mean fewer audits of the wealthy

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Wesley Stanovsek was a dream hire for the IRS in 2024. With $80 billion in new funding from Congress, the IRS […]
My late uncle’s house is in foreclosure. A woman claims to be his daughter and my cousin is a squatter. What can we do?

“She keeps threatening to remove this nephew from the home.”
(CHA) starts trading on the Nasdaq

People shopping at a Chagee store in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 18, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Chinese tea chain Chagee climbed 15% during its public market debut on Thursday, as the company plans a U.S. launch despite trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. The stock, which is trading on the […]
Target CEO Brian Cornell meets with Al Sharpton after DEI rollback

People walk past Target Store in Midtown Manhattan on March 6, 2025 in New York City, United States. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images Target CEO Brian Cornell met with the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York on Thursday as the retailer faces calls for a boycott and a slowdown in foot traffic that […]
This top U.S. economist puts the chance of a ‘stagflationary’ recession at 65%

A leading economist contends a recession is now more likely than not due to the Trump administration’s trade wars, and that the U.S. could suffer the biggest “stagflationary” shock in decades.
Netflix maintained its 2025 guidance. There’s a catch

Greg Peters, Co-CEO of Netflix, speaks at a keynote on the future of entertainment at Mobile World Congress 2023. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Netflix executives messaged Thursday that all is well with the business in the face of economic turbulence. But its full-year outlook tells a slightly more nuanced story. Netflix posted […]
If Trump fires Powell, it would blindside Wall Street and rattle financial markets

Removing the chair of the central bank is “just not done in a major developed country,” strategist warns, and consequences for U.S. financial markets could be severe.
Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2025

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 12: CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos attends Netflix’s FYSEE event for “Squid Game” at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on June 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) Charley Gallay | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Netflix posted a major earnings beat on Thursday, as […]
Market volatility fuels record revenue for Schwab, and stock surges

Broker says higher trading volumes have continued in early April



