Why mixing politics with your stock portfolio might be costing you money
Data shows that partisan ETFs result in higher fees and lower market returns Source：MarketWatch
This city saw 1 in 3 home sellers slash their asking price in September to attract reluctant buyers
As hesitant buyers drive home prices down, these are the places with the most price cuts and the biggest markdowns. Source：MarketWatch
Switching jobs to get higher pay works best in these industries
Finding a new job is one way to get a pay increase at a time when inflation has been outpacing wage growth. Source：MarketWatch
Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash.
The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.” Source：MarketWatch
The government can take 15% of Social Security benefits to repay student loans. These proposals seek to stop it.
Debt among older Americans is rising, both in terms of the number of older households carrying debt and the amount borrowed. Source：MarketWatch
How much higher can bond yields rise — and what does it mean for stocks?
Also in Weekend Reads: Adjustablerate mortgage loans, Gen Z entrepreneurs and advice from the Moneyist. Source：MarketWatch
Why bond investors quickly lost their enthusiasm for weak jobs figures
A weak U.S. labor report did what bad news hadn’t done in a while: It made U.S. debt look like a safe haven again — albeit briefly. Source：MarketWatch
BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership
The potential agreement could span digital assets, custody, trading, payments and other financialmarket infrastructure. Source：CoinDesk
Europe’s leaders rush to release diesel from stockpiles as fuel-shock hangs over U.S. midterms
Europe leaders agreed Friday to release some of diesel stockpiles, pulling prices of oil down by more than 4%. Source：MarketWatch
Bitcoin briefly hits $87K as weak US jobs data sends bond yields lower
Bitcoin climbed after weakerthanexpected payrolls pushed Treasury yields lower, but orderbook resistance kept BTC from reaching new macro highs.…
Tesla’s EV sales beat Wall Street’s expectations again, and the stock jumps
EV giant Tesla had the best threemonth period for vehicle sales this year, but it was less than a year ago. Source：MarketWatch
Why Western Digital and Seagate are seeing big stock drops today
Investors are worried that Toshiba will boost its production of a key AI storage product, potentially hurting the strong pricing power that Western Digital and…