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Key Takeaways ChatGPT offered solid guidance about considering your time horizon when deciding where to put $10,000 in savings. But when we we asked ChatGPT for the highest rates it could find, its top pick trailed Investopedia’s in almost every major savings category. Because our team checks rates from 200+ institutions every business day, Investopedia’s savings and CD rankings stay fresher and go deeper than what ChatGPT can quickly surface. What ChatGPT Got Right About Saving $10K When we asked ChatGPT where to park $10,000 in savings, it didn’t give reckless or inaccurate advice. In fact, it started by asking…

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HomeIndustriesRetail/WholesaleEarnings ResultsEarnings ResultsThe retailer trimmed its full-year outlook ahead of the holidays. ‘At the most important time of the retailer’s year, sales are decelerating,’ one analyst noted.Last Updated: Nov. 19, 2025 at 7:21 p.m. ETFirst Published: Nov. 19, 2025 at 7:25 a.m. ET*{pointer-events:none;}.css-1id10z-MainStack:has(:focus-visible){outline-color:rgba(10,102,216,1);outline-style:solid;outline-width:3px;outline-offset:1px;}]]>*{pointer-events:none;}.css-19tamqx-MainStack:has(:focus-visible){outline-color:rgba(10,102,216,1);outline-style:solid;outline-width:3px;outline-offset:1px;}]]>ShareListen(8 min)span{display:block;}.css-ogy32f img{margin-bottom:16px;}]]>span{display:block;}.css-av0r8w img{margin-bottom:16px;}]]>Shoppers at a Target store in Chicago. The retail giant has worried Wall Street lately as it struggles for direction. Photo: AFP via Getty ImagesAs Target Corp.’s quarterly results and holiday outlook on Wednesday offered up more disappointment for investors, the big-box retailer tried to focus Wall Street’s attention on the future — one with more artificial…

Companies across almost every industry are increasingly hiring chief artificial intelligence officers as AI becomes more integrated with existing technology stacks or replaces them.The wealth management industry is following suit, with the most recent example being Invent’s hiring of Jim Zimmerman as its chief AI officer. Zimmerman most recently had stints at Red Hat, an open hybrid cloud technology provider, where he was principal product manager, and Microsoft, where he served as a business manager and Black Belt Engineer for Microsoft Azure.At both those firms, his work focused on how enterprise developers deploy and manage technology at scale, which will also be…

In This Article This is not a forecast or a prediction. It’s policy. The short-term rental (STR) markets will absolutely boom in 2026 and 2027! Why the momentum shift? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed in July. Tax code changes enable businesses to write off 100% of the purchase price of eligible assets—mainly in the form of heavy machinery or equipment, cars, jets, or yachts—used for business purposes.  At the center for real estate investors is the STR loophole, a provision allowing short-term rental owners to treat depreciation losses as active, not passive. That means those paper losses…

Federal Reserve officials were at odds during their October meeting over cutting interest rates, divided over whether a stalling labor market or stubborn inflation were bigger economic threats, minutes released Wednesday showed.While the Federal Open Market Committee approved a cut at the meeting, the path forward looks less certain. Disagreements stretched into the outlook for December, with officials expressing skepticism about the need for an additional reduction that markets had been widely anticipating, with “many” saying that no more cuts are needed at least in 2025.”Several participants assessed that a further lowering of the target range for the federal funds…

The financial professionals who contribute to Kiplinger’s Adviser Intel are always here to make sure you have the information you need to make critical decisions about your retirement planning, estate planning and tax planning.Daniel Goodwin, chief investment strategist at Provident Wealth Advisors, often writes about real estate investing vehicles such as 1031 exchanges and Delaware statutory trusts (DSTs).Recently, he wrote about how DSTs can shift your wealth into a higher gear. From just $107.88 $24.99 for Kiplinger Personal Finance Be a smarter, better informed investor. CLICK FOR FREE ISSUE Sign up for Kiplinger’s Free Newsletters Profit and prosper with the…

Key Takeaways Chances of a Fed rate cut for December fell after minutes from the most recent Fed meeting revealed more members opposed another rate cut that month than were for it.Fed officials are divided about whether to lower rates to save the job market or keep them higher for longer to fight inflation.FOMC members are working with limited data because the government shutdown delayed or cancelled key economic reports. A Federal Reserve rate cut in December is looking less likely as minutes from the Fed’s most recent policy committee meeting show its members are sharply divided about how to…

Will Results Revive the Bull Market. This Investor Thinks So. 8 minutes ago Nvidia’s results and outlook might be good enough to re-energize the bull market, one investor said Wednesday. The company is “ground zero for the entire Artificial Intelligence build out,” Northlight Asset Management CIO Chris Zaccarelli said in emailed comments. Amid worries of a bubble, he said, “the largest technology companies in the world are extremely profitable and they are reinvesting billions of dollars into data centers, servers, and chips and the spending is real.” Investors may now have reason to revive their bullish outlooks, he wrote.“While a…