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Trump Accounts opened in July, granting American children an investment account in their own names. Some start with seed money, including a $1,000 Treasury deposit for eligible children born from 2025 through 2028.

Setting money aside in a child’s name and preparing that child to manage it are separate concerns. For families, the stakes include both the money a child brings into adulthood and whether that child is ready to make decisions about it.

Dr. John Micha is a Newport Beach gynecologic oncologist who says he managed his medical group’s pension himself for two decades. He opened an account for his six-year-old granddaughter, and he makes his case for what these accounts could mean financially and what children might learn from having one.

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A higher nightly rate looks like a win for the hotel charging it. Behind the front desk, insurance and labor costs can climb just as fast as the rate. So what does a room’s price reveal about the health of the business charging it?

Travelers expect their stay to be worth the price. Keeping costs down while maintaining that experience creates difficult choices for hotel owners, even when people are still traveling.

Dr. Donald W. Wise, co-founder and chairman of Turnbull Capital Group, works on hotel transactions and financing. In this conversation, he examines what financing costs mean for existing hotels and those still waiting to be built.

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Diesel prices reached record highs across most major economies this fall, prompting emergency stock releases and efforts to restore Russian diesel exports. At home, a major refinery planned for Brownsville, Texas, is not yet producing fuel. How much relief can emergency measures provide, and where does replacement fuel come from when refining falls short?

Securing more crude oil alone does not put more fuel on the market. That depends on how quickly domestic refineries or imports can add supply.

Skip York, chief energy strategist at Turner, Mason & Company, examines what the current measures can cover and what he watches to judge whether supply is recovering. Engineer Ronald Stein, founder of PTS Advance, uses California’s recent refinery closures to discuss where replacement supplies could come from and whether closed plants could return.

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Years of sanctions and Ukrainian strikes on refineries inside Russia have put pressure on its economy. Yet Russia remains able to keep fighting. What actually sets the limit on how long it can sustain this war?

Paying for a war and producing for it are separate requirements, and assessing one does not settle the other. The war’s duration also matters for Europe’s funding commitments to Ukraine, and refinery damage puts pressure on fuel supplies and prices inside Russia.

Andrei Illarionov, former chief economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior analyst for Russian and European affairs at the Center for Security Policy, examines the money available to fund the war.

Pavel Luzin, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation who studies Russia’s defense industry, looks at its production capacity and what refinery strikes could affect outside the fuel market.

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China’s exports are growing strongly this year, but demand at home remains weak. Fixed-asset investment fell 7.2 percent in the first eight months of 2026, and retail sales rose just 0.4 percent in August. Why aren’t strong exports translating into stronger spending and investment?

This weakness is also reaching parts of the economy that usually cushion a slowdown. For businesses around the world that sell into China, that split matters as much as the export figures themselves.

Charlene Chu, senior analyst at Autonomous Research, has spent years tracking China’s economy and financial system. She examines what the export numbers leave out about conditions inside China.

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Higher borrowing costs are putting pressure on new home construction and apartment buildings financed at lower rates. What does that mean for how much housing actually gets built?

Builders and apartment owners face different constraints. Builders are deciding how many new homes to construct, while apartment owners carry financing costs on buildings already completed. Advertised prices and rents tell only part of that story.

Jim Righeimer, CEO and co-founder of Arbor Capital Partners, develops land and sells finished lots to some of the country’s largest publicly traded home builders.

His work in land development and commercial property refinancing gives him a direct view of both sides. He explains what builder commitments and apartment refinancing reveal about current housing conditions, and what that could mean for future construction.

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Trucks hauling steel and other heavy materials for large industrial projects are in demand, while the everyday goods people buy are moving in smaller volumes. For many households, the economy already feels a little off. What is this pattern saying that the usual numbers might miss?

Spending figures and shipment volumes measure different things. What consumers spend does not, on its own, show how much they are buying.

Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, has spent his entire life around the trucking industry. His company tracks how goods move and what it costs to move them. He joins us to explain what falling grocery volumes are signaling about American consumers.

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National home prices rose in July even as mortgage rates climbed over the spring and summer. Mortgage rates have moved higher since, and the Fed raised its benchmark rate in September. How much more pressure can home prices absorb?

Higher rates squeeze buyers, but borrowing costs alone don’t explain why prices have held. What has kept prices up is being tested again. Buyers still face expensive borrowing with no certainty that waiting will bring lower prices.

Barry Habib, founder and CEO of Highway and a member of Fannie Mae’s board, examines why home prices have held up so far. He also considers what further rate increases could mean for prices.

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Bringing manufacturing back to the United States means confronting the costs that helped send it overseas. After tariff changes in April 2025, pallet maker RM2 could no longer sustain its operation in Juárez, Mexico. Yet moving home to America meant absorbing those costs—and redesigning the factory so American wages and inputs could work.

Wayne Cochran spent decades helping companies including Motorola and Intel move manufacturing offshore. As CEO of RM2, he led the move the other way. On Market Insider, he walks us through the math behind that decision and why a supply chain rebuilt at home still left the company exposed to a shock from overseas.

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Inflation has picked up again this year, with higher energy prices tied to the war with Iran pushing headline readings higher. On Sept. 16, the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time since 2023. What happens when a policy aimed at prices meets an economy that may be less able to absorb higher borrowing costs?

Not all inflation reaches the economy in the same way. When pressure begins with energy rather than with stronger demand, the policy response can carry risks that a single inflation reading does not reveal.

Edward Dowd, founding partner at Phinance Technologies, explains what he sees beneath the inflation data and why he believes the risks extend beyond prices. Recorded ahead of the Fed's decision, the conversation looks at where tighter policy could add pressure over the coming months.

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