Daniel Harper
Daniel is a finance writer covering personal finance topics including budgeting, credit, and beginner investing. He began his career contributing to his Substack, where he covered consumer finance trends and practical money topics for everyday readers. Since then, he has written for a range of personal finance blogs and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, straightforward content that helps readers make more informed financial decisions.
Latest Articles by Daniel Harper
Meta and Microsoft cut jobs as they ramp up spending on AI
In April and May 2026, two of the world’s most valuable technology companies made the same bet: fewer people, more machines. Meta Platforms confirmed it...
Anthropic hits $1T in secondary trading after a 3-month surge
Anthropic, the AI safety startup behind the Claude family of large language models, has crossed a striking threshold: secondary-market trades now price the company at...
Intel jumps 24% to a record after earnings beat; AI is next test
Intel closed at an all-time high on Friday, April 25, 2026, after a blowout quarterly report sent shares surging roughly 24% in a single session....
China moves to require approval before tech firms take U.S. cash
For two decades, American venture capital poured into China’s technology sector with relatively little interference from Beijing. That era is over. Chinese regulators now require...
Big Tech’s 2026 layoff wave—who’s cutting jobs and why?
Big Tech’s 2026 layoff wave–who’s cutting jobs and why? Meta is eliminating roughly 8,000 jobs. Amazon has closed retail locations and cut staff across multiple...
Meta is cutting 8,000 employees to save money — while planning to spend up to $135 billion on AI this year
Roughly 8,000 Meta employees are losing their jobs. At the same time, the company is preparing to pour tens of billions of dollars into artificial...
Trump’s lack of focus on the economy is “spooking” Republicans as 38 House GOP members retire — the most in a midterm cycle in decades
Thirty-eight House Republicans have now said they will not run again in November, a number that eclipses the 34 GOP retirements before the 2018 blue...
Texas Instruments surged 19% — its biggest single-day gain since 2000 — after data center revenue jumped 90% year over year
Texas Instruments hadn’t moved like this in a generation. On April 23, shares of the Dallas-based chipmaker rocketed roughly 19%, their largest single-day gain since...
Health insurance premiums are rising twice as fast as inflation — employer-sponsored plans up 6–7%, adding $617 to the average family’s annual share
Open your next pay stub and look at the health insurance line. If your employer sponsors a family plan, there is a good chance that...
Trump says Americans should expect higher gas prices “for a little while” — gas is already at $4 a gallon and oil just hit $105
President Trump acknowledged this week that Americans will pay more at the pump “for a little while,” framing the pain as a necessary cost of...
House Republicans want to cut IRS funding by $1 billion next year — right after the IRS processed a record $202 billion in refunds
The IRS just finished delivering more than $202 billion in tax refunds through March 20, capping what the agency called one of its smoothest filing...
Tariffs are still costing the average household $600–$1,500 per year — and the burden falls 3x harder on the lowest-income families
A pair of kids’ sneakers. A microwave. A pack of underwear. None of these purchases feels like a trade-policy decision, but each one now carries...
Mortgage rates fell for the third straight week — the 30-year fixed dropped to 6.23%, its lowest since mid-March
For the third week in a row, mortgage rates moved in borrowers’ favor. The average 30-year fixed rate slipped to 6.23% for the week ending...
Is the stock market ignoring the Iran war? The S&P 500 is near record highs while oil is at $105 — here’s why that gap can’t last
By late April 2026, Wall Street and the oil market are telling two completely different stories. The S&P 500 is trading near record highs, hovering...
What the IEA chief’s “biggest energy security threat in history” warning actually means for your gas, grocery, and travel costs this summer
The national average price of regular gasoline has jumped more than 40 cents a gallon since early March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s...
Software stocks plunged after IBM and ServiceNow earnings reignited AI spending fears — Salesforce -9%, Adobe -7%, ServiceNow -18%
Enterprise software stocks suffered their worst single-session rout in months this week after ServiceNow and IBM both reported earnings that forced Wall Street to confront...