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A key measure of U.S. inflation rose sharply again in May and showed prices rising at the fastest annual pace since 2008, signaling consumers can expect to pay more for goods and services over the summer as the economy recovers from the pandemic. See full story.
How Peter Thiel turned $2,000 in a Roth IRA into $5,000,000,000
Roth individual retirement accounts were created to help middle class earners set aside money for retirement that they wouldn’t have to pay taxes on at withdrawal. But PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has used his Roth IRA to amass a $5 billion nest egg. See full story.
Infrastructure and the stock market — here’s what the $1 trillion deal means
A deal on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill helped push stocks to all-time highs Thursday, here’s what investors need to know. See full story.
The 20 best-performing IPOs of the past three years have returned up to 1,477%
These stock-market winners include BioNTech, Zoom, CrowdStrike and Nio. See full story.
Travel stocks under pressure as tweaks to U.K. quarantine rules fall flat
Shares of airlines were declining on Friday as investors surveyed a messy travel landscape for the summer, even as the U.K. tweaked rules. See full story.
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Also, inflation worries and opportunities, bitcoin’s drop and how to get around your own investment biases. See full story.