People are worried about their jobs. Here’s why that matters for stocks and bonds.

• Why investors should be worrying about Trump and impoundment

  The buzzword looks set to become a weapon in the budget wars
  
  Financial Times - 15h
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  Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing

  The abrupt firings have left federal workers and contractors throughout the country in flux, with many distressed over how they will pay the mortgage or rent.
  
  The New York Times - 3d
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  Half of U.S. Workers Worry About How AI Will Affect Their Jobs

  AI-using respondents called it more useful for speeding up work than for improving the quality of their output, but 60 percent of respondents to a Pew survey said they don’t use AI at all.
  
  Inc. - 2d

• U.S. stocks are near record highs. Why are investors so worried?

  Sentiment gauges have soured — but the S&P 500 was at record highs just a few days ago. What’s going on?
  
  MarketWatch - 4d

• The Fed’s job is not to boost the stock market. Here’s what it should be doing.

  Getting inflation down to 2% should be the Fed’s No. 1 concern.
  
  MarketWatch - 6d

• Rivian keeps promise on making a profit, but here’s why the stock is falling

  Rivian Automotive Inc. makes good on its promise to get to its first quarterly gross profit and blows past Wall Street estimates for its sales.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 21

• The stock market is luring investors with promises. Here’s why they should be nervous.

  The S&P 500’s false upside breakouts should give stock buyers pause.
  
  MarketWatch - 23h

• Jobless claims may have just fired the clearest recession warning yet — here’s why investors should be worried

  Layoffs by Elon Musk and his “DOGE,” along with signs of a slowing economy, spark questions about a potential serious stumble for the economy.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

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  What current consumer-sentiment readings really mean for stocks.
  
  MarketWatch - 19m

• Social Security Administration sets ‘massive’ reorganization, ‘significant’ job cuts

  The Social Security Administration announced a “massive” reorganization and “significant” job cuts on Thursday that critics said could increase customer-service wait times and make it more ...
  
  MarketWatch - 1h

• This fund manager sees tailwinds for banks despite unexpectedly slow start to the year

  Cheryl Pate of Angel Oak Capital Advisors remains optimistic but says more favorable conditions for banks may take longer to materialize
  
  MarketWatch - 1h

• Closely watched Atlanta Fed GDP tracker sees U.S. economy contracting in first quarter

  This would be the first negative quarter in three years, and comes as talk of a possible recession picks up.
  
  MarketWatch - 1h

• How you as an investor can avoid mistakes that are made even by Warren Buffett and other market veterans

  Also: Warnings from the stock and real-estate markets; Eli Lilly’s success; a mixed response to Nvidia; and how cuts to Social Security and other government agencies can affect you or loved ones.
  
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  Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Repayment Plans

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• FAA clears SpaceX for another Starship test flight after explosion in January

  SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.
  
  CNBC - 23m

• The first quarter is on track for negative GDP growth, Atlanta Fed indicator says

  The central bank's GDPNow tracker of incoming metrics is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5%.
  
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