Charlie Wells

October 14, 2024 Volatility is coming for US stocks. And for a certain kind of amateur trader, nothing could be more exciting.

With prediction market odds diverging from traditional polls, bettors are trying to capitalize in the final days before the presidential vote.

Customers seeking everything from tummy tucks to lip fillers are borrowing to pay their bills and the debt is being packaged into bonds.

Camille Weston's breast augmentation carried a $7,000 price tag. Her insurance, of course, wouldn't cover it.

There’s more than one vote next week that could rock your financial world.

Prediction websites that allow wagers on political outcomes had Donald Trump as a heavy favorite leading into Tuesday’s vote, even as traditional polls showed a razor-thin margin.

November 6, 2024 As Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election became clear Wednesday, so too did the power of betting websites to predict political outcomes.

In case no one has told you — and somebody will soon — the price of Bitcoin this week exceeded $93,000 for the first time. That’s a jump of some 20% from a week ago, 150% from a year ago and a whopping 22,900% from a decade ago. Should you invest at a time when some forecasters envision it hitting the once-fanciful price of $100,000 in the not-so-distant future?

I have a problem. It’s not even Thanksgiving, but I’ve already blown my Christmas budget.

Somehow, next year is just over a month away. Everyone from your boss to the newly elected president of the US is busy making plans for how things are going to change in 2025. If that makes you anxious, you should be plotting out your new year now, too.