‘Story’ stocks are smoking hot in 2025. This is how it could end badly for investors.

In the stock market of 2025, a company’s ability to reliably generate profits is taking a back seat to its ability to tell a good story.
U.S. stock futures slip after Trump’s latest tariff threats; bitcoin hits new high

U.S. stock futures fell Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new 30% tariffs against imports from Mexico and the European Union.
Where’s the inflation from tariffs? What stocks and earnings tell us about rising prices with June CPI on deck.

Tuesday’s consumer-price index report for June comes into sharp focus for the stock market this week.
How America’s economic policies are copying Trump’s aggressive business tactics

Trump’s budget is gambling with your savings and investments.
I’m 85 with 2 kids and $4 million. My daughter wants a larger share of my estate than my son to compensate for unequal treatment by her father.

“My daughter has severe health issues — lymphoma, which is now in remission.”
‘We are blessed’: My husband is inheriting a $1 million home. Should he put it in my name too?

“We do not live in a community-property state. We have one son who is now a young adult.”
Free trade is over in the U.S. — and Trump’s tariffs might even be working. Investors, take note.

Tariffs will become a vital source of revenue for a government that refuses to cut spending.
Trump’s letters to E.U. and Mexico threaten 30% tariffs starting Aug. 1

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced 30% tariffs on the European Union and Mexico, cementing a new high level of levies with key trading partners ahead of an Aug. 1 implementation.
Stocks and U.S. government bonds sell off in tandem Friday as trade jitters cool rally

U.S. stocks and government bonds were swept up in a selloff on Friday, as President Trump’s threats of new tariffs against a host of U.S. trade partners unnerved investors.
How Iconiq, wealth firm backed by Zuckerberg, brings rich donors together

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Square CEO Jack Dorsey. Manuel Orbegozo | Handout | Reuters 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. Even as tax changes may reduce giving by […]