Jordan Doyle
Jordan Doyle is a finance professional with a background in investment research and financial analysis. He received his Master of Science degree in Finance from George Mason University and has completed the CFA program. Jordan previously worked as a researcher at the CFA Institute, where he conducted detailed research and published reports on a wide range of financial and investment-related topics.
Latest Articles by Jordan Doyle
Should you tap your home equity right now? Here’s how to decide without regret
A homeowner who bought a modest three-bedroom house in 2019 might open a mortgage statement today and see something startling: six figures of equity that...
ACA health insurance premiums are up 26% this year — and Ozempic is one of the reasons why
A record 23.1 million Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace coverage during the most recent open enrollment period, according to the Centers...
Average tax refund hits $3,462, up 11% — the biggest jump in years
Tens of millions of Americans are finding noticeably fatter deposits in their bank accounts this spring. Through the week ending March 20, 2026, the average...
The ‘affordability economy’ is flipping the housing map: Sun Belt prices collapsing, Rust Belt soaring
For most of the last decade, the housing market had a simple rule: follow the sun. Buyers, builders, and investors poured money into Sun Belt...
Netflix stock drops 9% after Reed Hastings exits and Q2 forecast disappoints
Reed Hastings, the co-founder who built Netflix from a DVD-by-mail experiment into the world’s largest streaming service, is leaving the company’s board of directors. The...
Snap lays off 1,000 — CEO Spiegel explicitly says AI is replacing “repetitive work”
Snap eliminated roughly 1,000 jobs this week, and CEO Evan Spiegel did something most tech executives have carefully avoided: he told his own workforce, in...
Home price growth slows to 1.1% nationally — slowest since 2012; Sun Belt crashes while Rust Belt surges
A homeowner in Cape Coral, Florida who closed on a house in 2022 has likely lost a significant chunk of equity since then. Based on...
22 million overtime-deduction claims flood the IRS — 5-8 million above expectations
When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened the 2026 filing season, roughly 22 million workers claimed the new “no tax on overtime” deduction by the...
Average tax refund hits $3,462 in 2026, up 11% from last year
The average federal tax refund this spring is $3,462, roughly $346 more than this time last year, and the gap has held steady for weeks....
Trump says U.S. is “very close” to an Iran deal — but Tehran hasn’t confirmed key concessions
Twenty-one hours of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran ended in late April 2026 with Vice President JD Vance boarding a plane out...
Weekly jobless claims drop 11,000 to 207,000 — labor market holds steady amid layoff headlines
New unemployment filings fell to 207,000 for the week ending April 11, 2026, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, a drop of 11,000 from the...
Medicare Part B premium crosses $200 for the first time, hitting $202.90 in 2026
Linda Garza, a 72-year-old retired teacher in San Antonio, checked her bank deposit in January 2026 and did a double take. Her Social Security payment...
Homeowners insurance predicted to spike 8% in 2026 and again in 2027 — which states get hit hardest
A homeowner in Pensacola, Florida, renewing a policy this spring might notice something alarming: the annual premium is hundreds of dollars higher than it was...
Trump’s $200B Fannie/Freddie mortgage-bond order — did it actually lower rates?
On January 8, 2026, President Trump posted a blunt promise on social media: he was directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion...
Student loan wage-garnishment pause gives borrowers a reprieve — but only if they act now
A borrower earning $40,000 a year stands to lose roughly $350 a month once the federal government resumes garnishing wages on defaulted student loans. For...
JPMorgan’s traders just had their biggest quarter EVER — $11.6B in three months, but the bank quietly cut its 2026 outlook
JPMorgan Chase reported on April 11, 2026, that its trading desks generated $11.6 billion in markets revenue during the first quarter of 2026, which is...