Stock futures are trending lower after five days of gains as investors watch gold and silver continue to climb and monitor Nvidia after it makes a major investment. Here's what investors need to know today.

Peter Krauth says we shouldn’t rule out a correction in the near term but thinks all the ingredients are in place to keep the rally going ‘for quite some time’

Participants in the Star Tribune Investors Roundtable predict the stock market will grow between 6% and 14% in 2026, but it won’t be a smooth ride.

The housing market has spent the last several years in a deep freeze, with high borrowing costs and soaring prices stalling sales and new listings. But US homebuyers may get some relief in 2026.

The investment firm added DoorDash and Shake Shack to its list of top stock picks for 2026, a recent note to clients shows.

This year was so rough for job hunters.

Quantum computing stocks were volatile in 2025.

Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash.

This chip stock could become a multibagger investment in the next five years.

It's a historic return for an edition that hasn't been published since 1989.

Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.

We round up the best kitchen products (most of which have won our equipment reviews) on sale right now after the holidays. They include items from Anova, Instant Pot, and more.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report this month detailing how air service at nonhub airports, including Dubuque’s, has struggled since the COVID-19 pandemic and not recovered as well

Stocks closed slightly lower on Friday in a quiet day of trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. Institutional investors are largely...

Oil prices fell by more than $1 a barrel on Friday as investors weighed a looming global supply glut and a ‍reduced war risk premium.

Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from...

Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes

Can't find a job, but keep hearing that the economy is strong? That might be the economic story of 2026.

How to regift without getting caught and other options for dealing with unwanted presents.

With higher prices for beef, customers are looking for alternatives.

Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.

With a particular focus on viral Nordic candies, new sweet shops are cropping up all over the country.

Waymo again paused it robotaxi service, citing a flash flood warning on Christmas Day.

Silver hit record prices in China on Christmas Day as physical supply tightened, while Bitcoin traded flat, raising safe-haven questions.

I remember covering Nvidia (NVDA) during the Covid pandemic years, when it was still a gaming graphics-card story. For perspective, it closed out in November...