Tech fund manager says the market is misreading Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings

Key Takeaways Deferment or forbearance can pause or reduce student loan payments during short-term financial hardship, but interest usually keeps accruing. If payments are continually unaffordable, income-driven repayment is better than pauses. Contact your student loan servicer before you miss a payment to have the most options. Consumer prices were 3.5% higher in June 2026…

A decade ago, Seattle was the poster child of American tech prosperity. Amazon and Microsoft had turned a mid-sized Pacific Northwest city into a magnet for engineers, executives, and capital, adding roughly 40,000 jobs per year at the peak of the boom, according to the Puget Sound Regional Council. Today, more than one-third of downtown Seattle’s…

Monetary Policy Summary, June 2026 At its meeting ending on 17 June 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Two members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%. Global energy prices have fallen since the previous meeting in response to…

Most of us enjoy a good comeback story, and that’s exactly what Stellantis (STLA 5.40%) hopes to achieve by the end of this decade. The struggling carmaker is putting its money where its mouth is with a $70 billion turnaround strategy that focuses not just on North America, but Europe as well, through a multipronged…

Oil giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has underperformed the broader energy sector by a significant margin, with a return of just 16% for the year. The company has greater exposure to oil prices than some peers – a $1-per-barrel drop in the price of Brent, for example, costs the company $600 million in cash flow. Continued…