Trump told companies to move manufacturing back to the states, but mass reshoring is still a distant reality
The Trump administration’s tariff policies have exerted pressure on companies to invest in building manufacturing facilities domestically, or face the potential ire of the government. Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, an executive order imposing a 10% baseline tariff...
Trump’s policies dampened tourism. The slowdown now hurts American businesses.
The country is losing its post-pandemic momentum in travel and tourism, and it’s further strained by broader economic conditions and immigration policies under President Donald Trump. Rising costs and tighter job markets meant people are conserving cash and travel is slipping down their priority list. Stricter visa regulations, immigration uncertainties, and Trump’s aggressive language toward other nations like Canada are also dampening the country’s tourism appeal.
America’s wealth is growing. The number of financial advisors is not.
Kris Carroll spent more than a decade mentoring young people who were interested in becoming financial advisors. As a managing director of the Carolinas for Wealth Enhancement Group and former adjunct professor at Winthrop University, he’s seen first-hand the...
Albemarle Corporation Finally Adapted to the Lithium Bust. Now A Boom is Around the Corner.
Over the past five years, amid tanking profits and rising debt, the lithium production company Albemarle Corporation has shuttered or stalled multiple mining and refinery projects in Australia, Chile, and the US before ever getting them off the ground. Now, with fewer...
Stock Market Disagrees with Trump on Renewables
Despite attacks on the green energy sector, many renewable energy companies have seen modest or even large gains over the past year.
Builder Mortgage Deals Put Southern Buyers At Risk
Across social media sites like Facebook, real estate professionals and homebuilders have been advertising first-year mortgage rates as low as 0.99% for new homes in cities in Texas and Florida. Large residential construction companies like Lennar and D.R. Horton are...
Streaming Won Audiences, Now Theatres Have to Catch Up
Three years after the pandemic, theaters have reopened but streaming has not let them recover. Even as Americans returned to concerts, restaurants and vacations, they have not returned to movies in the same numbers. In December 2015, domestic box office revenue...
Trump Tariffs Loom Over the Holiday Season
President Donald Trump’s broad 20% tariffs on China have affected the toy industry which relies heavily on supply chains with the manufacturing hub of the world.
Electronic Arts’ Sale Raises Fears For BioWare’s Future
When Jackdaw first discovered BioWare video games sixteen years ago, it was not just the battles or lore that hooked him. “It was the level of freedom and ultimately, the moral ambiguity in their characters, in the choices,” said Jackdaw, a YouTube content creator,...
We don’t yet know if AI is a bubble. But ordinary Americans can protect themselves just in case.
Rory Blank was in college when the housing bubble collapsed, bringing down the global financial system with it. By the time he graduated in 2013, he entered a precarious job market and a radically different economy. The S&P 500 dipped precipitously in 2008 and...