An attendee wearing a Super Mario costume uses a Nintendo Switch 2 game console while playing a video game during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, April 11, 2025.  Isabel Infantes | Reuters Nintendo on Friday announced that retail preorder for its Nintendo Switch […]

Close-up of ‘Shop Canadian’ poster displayed in a local storefront in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on April 4, 2025. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Just across the U.S.-Canada border, some small businesses are taking tariffs personally. President Donald Trump has said his wide-sweeping tariffs, even on some of the country’s closest trade partners, will

What Is the De Minimis Exemption? A trade loophole known as the de minimis exemption is set to expire on May 2, 2025, possibly driving up the cost of packages for U.S. shoppers who purchase goods online from China. The de minimis exemption is a rule that allows foreign companies to avoid paying tariffs and

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It wasn’t long ago that an investor needed to do no more than bet it all on a tech-heavy S&P 500 Index and sit back and watch their portfolio grow, with names from Apple to Nvidia and Tesla on the march up and to the right. Those days are gone, and some managers have already

Key Takeaways AMD shares fell again Thursday, a day after the chipmaker joined a sector-wide sell-off following news that the U.S. had imposed new licensing requirements on some AI chip exports to China. The stock has recently formed a piercing pattern, a two-day candlestick price pattern that marks a potential reversal from a downward trend

People walk past Target Store in Midtown Manhattan on March 6, 2025 in New York City, United States.  Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images Target CEO Brian Cornell met with the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York on Thursday as the retailer faces calls for a boycott and a slowdown in foot traffic that

The online stock brokerage announced a 4-for-1 stock split after reporting robust Q1 results. After a massive multiyear run that saw its shares more than double, Interactive Brokers (IBKR 1.05%) is making its stock more accessible to investors. Management just announced a 4-for-1 stock split, effective in June. The move that will increase the number

Key Takeaways The most you can earn with a nationwide 4-year CD dropped today from 4.40% to 4.28%. Lafayette Federal Credit Union is the new leader. With a slight downtick yesterday, the top overall CD rate is 4.60%, available from T Bank for 6 months or Abound Credit Union for 10 months. Abound’s offer would

Mortgage rates picked a lousy time to go up. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 11 basis points, to 6.97%, in the week ending April 17, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point. This marked the highest interest rate for the