With thousands of actively managed mutual funds to choose from, it’s as difficult to be distinguished from the crowd as it is to beat the broad stock-market indexes. But the Federated Kaufmann Small Cap Fund has done both. In an interview, John Ettinger, one of the fund’s managers, described theRead More →
Algorithmic power corrupts algorithmically. Who should get a job interview? Who should get approved for a loan? Who should get matched up on a dating app? We cede these decisions to imperfect, sometimes biased chunks of code — often with no way to check an algorithm’s work, let alone itsRead More →
The year 2018 marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first gene in any animal that, when mutated, lengthened its life. In that case, the animal was a tiny worm; today, worms are the workhorses of aging research, but back then it was a novelty. The gene wasRead More →
Almost the last thing the world needs is pundits feeding Elon Musk’s sense of grandiosity, but I’ll say it: Tesla’s Model Y, set to be revealed Thursday, may be the car that saves the world. Alas, Mr. Musk, it’s not because the first small SUV from Tesla TSLA, -2.60% andRead More →
The sky-high cost of having a first child can also include leaving your STEM job. About four in 10 women (43%) leave their full-time employment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics following the birth or adoption of their first child, according to research recently published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings ofRead More →
A short week on Wall Street brings a fairly light earnings slate, with one huge Dow component arriving at an anxious time for the retail sector. The key name to watch is Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.49% which will give a glimpse into the all-important holiday season and also provide informationRead More →
Until Jan. 3, no human being had ever set eyes upon the “dark side” of the moon: the side that always faces away from the Earth. It always remained a mystery. But no longer. China’s National Space Administration successfully landed a lunar lander, Chang’e-4, at South Pole-Aitken, the moon’s largestRead More →
There’s a major smackdown going on between Al Roker, weatherman and presenter on NBC’s CMCSA, +0.67% ”The Today Show” and “The Biggest Loser” fitness trainer Jillian Michaels. The subject: The fashionable ultra-low-carb “Keto” diet. Roker follows it, along with a host of other celebrities. Michaels says it’s bad news. “SoRead More →
Whether you like electric cars or simply own Tesla stock, here’s some good news: Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has approved the Model Y prototype for production, and an unveiling is imminent. Here’s what we know so far: It will be the fifth vehicle in the Tesla lineup. The ModelRead More →
