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United Airlines’ best loyalty perks will soon be reserved for its cardholders. Is the card worth it?

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

Frequent flyers who hold a United Airlines co-branded credit or debit card can soon earn up to twice as many miles as noncardholders, effectively rewarding the airline’s biggest spenders.

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‘Many politicians work well into their 80s’: I’m 71 and earn $300K for a Fortune 200 company. Do I work until I’m 75?

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

“My company is eager to retain me because of the 45 years of knowledge and experience I bring.”

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People still want to see BTS and Harry Styles concerts, lifting Live Nation’s sales

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday reported fourth-quarter sales that topped Wall Street’s expectations, helped by bigger shows, international expansion and more upsells at concerts.

Personal finance links: the rationality spectrum

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Wednesday links: an emotional maelstrom

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

MarketsPeople are finally waking up to international stock outperformance. (awealthofcommonsense.com)Apple ($AAPL) is trading on its own relative to its peers. (bloomberg.com)JP MorganJP Morgan Chase ($JPM) keeps opening up new retail locations. (ft.com)JP Morgan Chase ($JPM) opened a English style pub in its new HQ buildling. (wsj.com)CompaniesWhen it comes to his businesses, Elon Musk is an 'unreliable narrator.' (thezvi.substack.com)Bayer bought itself a mess when it acquired Monsanto. (axios.com)Palantir ($PLTR) CEO Alex Karp spends a lof of time in the air. (ft.com)Pre-IPOPowerlaw Corp. is direct listing a fund with stakes in Anduril, SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic. (wealthmanagement.com)Robinhood ($HOOD) is lauching a closed-end fund with pre-IPO shares. (investing.com)AIWhy big AI IPOs would matter to the market. (om.co)Perplexity is dropping advertising. (searchengineland.com)How AI flattens language. (theregister.com)WorkThe office building market recovery is uneven at best. (ad

Commodities

Thursday links: annoyingly excited

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

StrategyIt's naive to think publicly available data will help you pick stocks successfully. (ritholtz.com)Joe Wiggins, "If you want to understand how an investment team behaves, you really want to know what it measures, how and why." (behaviouralinvestment.com)FinanceThe CME ($CME) is set to launch 24/7 crypto futures trading. (theblock.co)Polymarket and Substack have a new partnership. (thehill.com)Morgan Stanley ($MS) is making it cheaper to trade on EquityZen. (fa-mag.com)Private assetsPrivate equity firms love cars wash companies. (pitchbook.com)Blue Owl ($OWL) has halted redemptions from one of its retail-focused private credit funds. (fa-mag.com)401(k) providers are succumbing to the siren's song of private assets. (finance.yahoo.com)The hedge fund rich keep getting richer. (bloomberg.com)StarlinkHow shutting down Russia's access to Starlink has affecting the Ukraine's front lines. (wsj.com)The U.S. has smuggled Starlink terminals into Iran. (independent.co.uk)GlobalTrump has eff

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At the Money: The Mega Backdoor Roth

Market Expert Feb 20, 2026

At The Money: The Mega Backdoor Roth with Dan Larosa (February 19, 2026) 401(k)s top out at $24,500, but you can boost your tax-deferred investments to as much as $80,000 by switching to an IRS-approved Mega Backdoor Roth account. Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Dan LaRosa is Director of… Read More The post At the Money: The Mega Backdoor Roth appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Not How This Works…

Market Expert Feb 19, 2026

“Let me tell you how this works: A twenty-six-year-old quantitative analyst at a hedge fund in midtown Manhattan—a person who has never managed an employee, never sat across from a customer, never had to explain to someone that their position has been eliminated—opens a spreadsheet, sees that your company’s headcount is 14% higher… Read More The post Not How This Works… appeared first on The Big Picture.

‘The world feels unpredictable’: I’m 56. My husband is 64. Our mortgage costs $17K a month. Do we pay it off?

‘His credit rating is wrecked’: My son and his girlfriend mingled their finances. Big mistake.

Here’s how strong the S&P 500 performs when inflation is falling rather than rising

Why ECB’s Lagarde may leave her post early

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‘This is stressful’: My two siblings are financial horrors. How can I make sure their estate goes to the ‘right’ people?

Market Expert Feb 18, 2026

“My siblings have led lifestyles that have required them to depend heavily on my parents financially.”

Bayer shares make this surprising move after $7.25 billion Roundup settlement accord

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Musician Post Malone’s childhood home in Texas is up for sale for just $549,000

Market Expert Feb 18, 2026

Post Malone’s “famous” childhood home in Texas has hit the market for $549,000—over a decade after he traded the Lone Star State for California amid his stratospheric rise to stardom.

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Stanley Druckenmiller made a big bet on this country, and it’s already paid off

Market Expert Feb 18, 2026

Famed investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who mentored both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh, looks to have already made a handsome profit with a well-time bet on Brazil.