The Currency - Money

Ready or not: Pumpkin-spice-everything is back. U.S. retail sales of pumpkin-flavored products bibbidi-bobbidi-boomed to $803 million for the 52-week period through July 2023 – up nearly 15% from the prior year. 

There’s only a few more weeks of summer left, so make sure to squeeze in a quick flight or last-minute road trip while you still can. For those with a zest for the finer things, we’re peeling back the latest luxe headlines for a closer look. 

Find out what personal and business financial liability is, how to identify liabilities from expenses and assets and how to maintain a healthy financial status.

In an era of hyper-digitalization, there's a palpable sense of security in what’s real. Tactile. Owned and earned. At least, that’s what the 28% of Americans who told us they “feel safer” keeping money in cash seem to think.

Sometimes the tangible sets us at ease. Such can be the case with cash: We hold it, count it, and count on it in times of market volatility and economic uncertainty. Get strategies for stashing cash from a financial professional.

Nostalgia is a powerful force – for example, remember when Amazon just sold books? The U.S. grocery market is estimated to be $1.5 trillion and Amazon is reaching for a bigger piece of the pie.

Pencils down: Q2 results are in from approximately half of the S&P 500 – and nearly 80% of companies have reported earnings above analyst forecasts, according to FactSet. Another quarter is in the books, and it’s officially earnings szn.