Apple briefly tops Nvidia as world’s most valuable company in AI shift

Markets

Apple briefly passed Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company on Friday as the tech titans jostled for the top spot as investors reconsider the outlook for investments in AI. Apple’s market cap topped Nvidia’s early Friday as the latter saw shares slide along with other chipmaker stocks as…

Managing Money in a Blended Family Without Fighting

Debt Management

Create a Blended Family Budget That Feels Fair  Once you have talked through your values, put numbers to them. A detailed household budget should account for all income sources, including employment income, child support, and any government benefits such as the Canada child benefit. It also needs to reflect every…

Fee Boom Masks Rising Consumer Credit Pain

Banking

All of America’s eight globally systemically important banks reported significantly higher revenues and net income than the same period in 2025, and in comparison to the first quarter in 2026. Nothing in banks’ earnings should tell anyone they need to be deregulated, quite the contrary, especially since elevated levels of…

Our Dine Brands Activist Bet Is Up 70%. Now Comes The Hard Part.

Investing

When our firm disclosed an activist stake of roughly 1% in Dine Brands last August, the stock closed at $21.50. It has since risen by approximately 70%. That is clearly encouraging, but it is not why we invested.Share prices can recover quickly when expectations change. Restaurant traffic, franchisee economics, debt,…