@bsky.app Grad Plus loans are being eliminated. It's a business opportunity for lenders, but some students could be left behind. One intriguing solution: Get grad schools to share in the loan risk. www.forbes.com/sites/daniel...

Gold and stocks rarely rally at the same time. They're now doing it more than ever before. Everybody's a winner now, but how long can it last?

Financial columnist Jonathan Clements was an advocate for index funds, low fees and saving. A worthy project has been launched in his honor. boglecenter.net/gettinggoing/

New: "Turning Point USA Raised $389 Million Under Charlie Kirk—Including $13.1 Million From A Texas Foundation Overlooked Until Now" me, for @forbes.com

Forbes read Trump's (dismissed) suit against the NYTimes, so you don't have to. www.forbes.com/sites/asiaal...

“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting."

New Treasury guidance could be bad news for OnlyFans creators. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

A practical take on AI. www.forbes.com/sites/brando...

ICYMI yesterday

It's going to be one confusing tax season. Here's the new form for claiming Trump's deceptively named new tax breaks. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

cc other universities (including, ahem, my own) facing lawless shakedowns …

Doing any tax planning for 2026? Here's an advance look at tax brackets, deductions, retirement & HSA limits, etc. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

You can really see the price impact of tariffs on audio equipment like speakers, microphones, & headphones—they're some of the few electronics not exempt from tariffs (most smartphones/computers are still tariff-free) & so prices are up more than 12% year-on-year

I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence. Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.

@bsky.app Hard-to-estimate and fast-changing new biz creation and death numbers could be responsible for much of BLS' big job numbers revision. (Not as much fun as invoking a conspiracy, but interesting.) www.forbes.com/sites/brando...

🚨 New: "Eric Trump Removed From Board Role After Firm Consults Nasdaq" me, for @forbes.com 1/

@bsky.app Have you tipped your plumber or podcaster recently? Treasury takes expansive view of who qualifies for tip tax deduction. via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

It's 58 stories. www.nyc.gov/assets/plann...

New: If you bought Trump’s WLFI crypto token directly from the company, your holdings could be up 5–15x. If you jumped in when it hit the open market, you might be down 25%. Sound familiar? With @siladitya.bsky.social for @forbes.com 1/

This is nuts. Park police initiating chases for expired tags, tinted windows. 10 chases. 6 crashes. (Gift article--and lets acknowledge there are still good reporters at the WP.) wapo.st/3JZYvBq

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

California still rules when it comes to public colleges. www.forbes.com/sites/fionar...

The new outcome-based college rankings from Forbes are out today, along with some advice on how to pick a college in the age of Trump. Small colleges may be winners as Trump devastates research and graduate education. www.forbes.com/sites/emmawh...

@bsky.app If the magnificent stocks at the top of the S&P 500 make you nervous, rearrange your portfolio. www.forbes.com/sites/baldwi...

New resource for investors--sortable directory of all the Forbes Best Buy (i.e. low expense) funds, from stocks to bonds to money markets to gold. www.forbes.com/sites/baldwi...

An intriguing use of AI--using it find violations (say of privacy rights) that could make for class action lawsuits. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...

Most travelers don’t realize that flight attendants worldwide are typically only paid when aircraft cabin doors are closed, not for “boarding time”—helping passengers get settled in their seats, galley checks, safety checks, etc. /1

The multimillion-dollar settlement came as President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about voting machine fraud.

Worried about the reliability of BLS numbers under Trump's new nominee? Here are 11 quirky and serious indicators to sanity-check the new inflation and employment numbers. www.forbes.com/sites/brando...

Yet another step towards the Trump weaponization of all programs and parts of government, no matter what the Congressionally-passed laws say. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...

All that will be left is state enforcement. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...

@bsky.app This was predictable. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...

See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters. #ICYMI, we've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Is Trump destroying America's scientific and university edge to get rid of woke? Seems that way. www.forbes.com/sites/fionar...

As part efforts to improve services for taxpayers, the IRS installed stand-alone booths—called kiosks—in Taxpayer Assistance Centers beginning in 2011. The problem? They rarely work.

For the nation's top universities, Trump is even worse than you thought. www.forbes.com/sites/fionar...

I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before. But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise. He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.

A modest but real example of how a proud and free press can prompt people in power to serve the public

One more reason not be a day trader. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Heavy traders may assume they'll owe no capital gains tax if their losses and gains even out. But then they stumble across the wash sale rule.

@bsky.app The IRS is getting its 7th commissioner/acting commissioner this year, if anyone is counting. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

@bsky.app Congress made retroactive cuts to the tax on tips and overtime, but the IRS says you're on your own when it comes to figuring out the impact. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Further consolidating control over federal research funding under Russell Vought and a cadre of apparatchiks. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

It's not just crypto. Yet another example of Trump's "willingness to grant access and preferential treatment to people and companies that fill the coffers of his political groups." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

@bsky.app Another kooky idea we can all worry about now: revaluing the U.S. Treasury's gold. www.forbes.com/sites/ninaba...

With subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans about to go away, don't take early retirement until you've figured how you'll get health insurance and what it will cost. www.forbes.com/sites/stevev...

"Is car sex legal in Alabama?" used to drive traffic to a law firm's website. Now, Google Overview is answering that question. It's not just media facing a traffic apocalypse www.forbes.com/sites/brando...

@bsky.app Mostly overlooked in the coverage of Columbia's bad deal with the Trump Administration: the university agreed to reduce its reliance on foreign students. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Did anyone seriously think that corporate America would just eat the tariffs forever? That's not how companies work. (Or tariffs, FWIW.) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/b...

A warning for college students and new grads: Before you even get a job interview, AI may be used to scan your social media to make sure you're real--and maybe ideologically compatible. www.forbes.com/sites/mariag...