Year: 2025

Historically, I’m not a fan of group trips. Someone always ends up inexplicably crying or taking personal offense to not every single person wanting to do an overpriced brewery tour. But one of the most stressful parts of traveling in a herd, to me, happens before the vacation even starts: when one person drops out […]

Investors worried about concentration risk in the market may want to consider value-oriented investments. Avantis Investors chief investment strategist Phil McInnis suggests taking a more diversified approach than simply looking at index funds such as the S&P 500 . He thinks his firm’s exchange-traded fund strategy can provide better returns in the long run, emphasizing […]

A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Nasdaq Composite inched higher Friday to claim its fifth straight […]

Experts say you should aim to bolster your immune system no matter the season, and diet is a major way you can do just that. Gut health can contribute to the state of your immune system, Kim Shapiraa dietitian and nutrition therapist, tells CNBC Make It. Shapira recommends these “quick ways to repair your gut” […]

When my husband Brian first told me he’s from Laguna Beach, it took everything in me to play it cool. “Oh, is that near Los Angeles?” I asked. Like most elder millennials, I knew exactly where Laguna Beach was. I’d seen every episode of the reality show (I was an LC with a Kristin haircut) […]

A sign hangs outside of a CosMc’s restaurant, a concept recently launched by McDonald’s, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on Dec. 11, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images McDonald’s will shutter three locations of its drinks-focused spinoff brand, CosMc’s. To test the concept, the fast-food giant opened its first CosMc’s location more than a year ago in […]

Shoppers walk into a Nordstrom department store in Austin, Texas, on March 3, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nordstrom on Friday raised its full-year sales outlook, after holiday shopping at its stores and on its website came in stronger than the department store’s cautious expectations. The company stuck by its profit guidance despite the […]

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen during the Palisades fire in the Malibu area of Los Angeles county, California, on Jan. 9, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Airlines have extended travel waivers for Los Angeles airports as wildfires continue to burn in the area. American Airlines […]