OpenAI is hiring a $445,000 researcher. Requirements? Be ‘tasteful and strategic.’ – Business Insider

Costco, Amazon, and Uber are all reliable long-term investments. As the S&P 500 hovers near its all-time high and trades at a historically high 30 times earnings, investors should be more selective with the stocks they buy. It might be tempting to chase the market’s high-growth stocks, but those darlings could easily fizzle out in…

Required minimum distributions or RMDs are usually framed as a financial disaster. A ticking time bomb that should be avoided. In contrast, Roth conversions tend to be presented as an unambiguously savvy move. Pay taxes today, convert to a Roth IRA and watch your money grow tax-free. This is a tidy but incomplete narrative. Roth…

Brothers91/Getty Images A budget of $50 won’t get you all that much from many big-name tool brands, but at Harbor Freight, it’s enough to buy a wide range of tools, sometimes with money to spare. Some of Harbor Freight’s tools are even available for less than $25. Despite their low prices, the top-rated products don’t…

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell to its lowest level of 2025 this week, a boost for prospective home buyers. The average long-term mortgage rate dipped to 6.15% from 6.18% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. That’s the lowest average long-term rate since October 3, 2024, when it dipped to…

World shares were mixed Monday as the price of Brent Crude oil jumped $2.50 a barrel early in the day as talks on ending the war between the U.S. and Iran remained snagged. Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have pushed oil prices sharply higher since the war began. On Monday, Brent futures…

Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — When it comes to the dollar, the surprising resilience of the US economy is overpowering the geopolitical turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump. Traders ratcheted up their bets against the US currency heading into the new year, wagering it would be dragged down again as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, giving…