Month: April 2026

The $19 billion portfolio manager sees ‘lost years’ for the S&P 500. Here’s where he thinks investors should be saving money instead.

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The $19 billion portfolio manager sees 'lost years' for the S&P 500. Here's where he thinks investors should be saving money instead.

The days of putting your money in the S&P 500 and forgetting about it may be in the rearview mirror. Loading audio description… That’s according to Richard Bernstein, longtime analyst and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors. Speaking to Business Insider this week, the portfolio manager said he’s worried about a “lost decade” that … Read more

Anthropic is to be short on private markets; SpaceX can spoil the party | TechCrunch

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Glen Anderson has been selling private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focusing on the recent private equity market can be counted on two hands. He says today there are thousands. As president of investment bank Rainmaker Securities, which focuses exclusively on private equity markets and manages transactions in about … Read more

Arkansas’ SNAP job, training program is now mandatory for some recipients | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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Arkansas' SNAP job, training program is now mandatory for some recipients | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Let’s read it. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio component. Some beneficiaries of the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Arkansas are now required to participate in a previously voluntary work and training program, the state Department of Human Services announced Friday. SNAP Employment & Training, administered by the department, will be … Read more

Connecticut 2026 Labor Law Update: Spring Cleanup Time

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Quick Hits Effective January 1, 2026, Connecticut employers with eleven or more employees must provide paid sick leave to all non-seasonal employees, with a full extension to employers of any size expected on January 1, 2027. Connecticut’s maximum weekly Paid Family and Medical Leave increases to $1,016.40 in 2026 while the employee contribution rate remains … Read more

Missing jobs are a conversion problem, not just a demand problem Brookings

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Missing jobs are a conversion problem, not just a demand problem Brookings

In many low- and middle-income countries, economic growth has been stronger than job creation. Output is increasing, firms are investing, and labor participation remains high, but fixed income employment is growing slowly. The informal system is still prevalent, and the working hours are often short. Recent evidence from different countries shows that GDP-employment elasticity in … Read more

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Just Delivered Good News for Stock Market Investors

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The ongoing political conflict in the Middle East has caused oil prices to rise, raising fears of inflation that could damage the US economy. The last time inflation rose suddenly was in 2022, and it forced the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates so quickly S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) The index fell by more than … Read more

Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds

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Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds

Uncertainty and awareness are evident in new technology job data, a CompTIA survey finds Employers laid off tech workers in March as they added jobs for new hires DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The imbalance that has been evident in the technology job market for several months continued in March, according to … Read more

How AI and ‘experience creep’ are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs | Good luck

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How AI and 'experience creep' are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs | Good luck

Laura Ullrich sympathizes with college students looking for work. The director of economic research for the workplace is certainly aware of the problem. His son, a data scientist, is getting his master’s degree this year. He says: “Because of the work I do, the parents of many of his friends and his friends ask me … Read more

Manufacturing employment rebounded in March, adding 15K jobs

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Manufacturing employment rebounded in March, adding 15K jobs

Listen to the title 3 minutes This sound is self-generated. Please let us know if you have any comments. The manufacturing industry has has recovered from staff losses earlier this year, added 15,000 jobs in March, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. That’s a 400% year-over-year increase, which saw the loss of … Read more

Employers added 178,000 jobs in March, topping previous estimates as the labor market picked up.

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Bar chart showing the monthly change in the US unemployment rate from 2022 to 2025.

Hiring across the US increased in March after falling sharply the previous month, as employers added 178,000 jobs, according to new data from the Labor Department. In numbers The March jobs report beat consensus estimates of last month’s gains by 60,000, according to FactSet. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in March, from 4.4% the … Read more