Last week, amidst all the noise about market ups and downs, election stuff, and the Olympics finishing up, something really important happened legally. District Judge Amit Meta made a ruling that said Google was a monopolist and acted like one to keep its monopoly going.

Most people alive right now will probably work until their very last days. You know that idea of retirement as the “career professional’s Promised Land”? The one where you study hard, get a good job, work your whole life, live smart, invest, and end up with endless free time when you’re older? Yeah, well, for most people, that’s just staying a dream.

If you’ve spent any time watching YouTube in the last year or so, you definitely know Omaze. For the few folks who haven’t seen their stuff, they run online lotteries for all sorts of cool items and experiences. We’re talking everything from a shot at winning a Lamborghini to getting an exclusive tour of a Star Wars set before it even hit theaters.

Here’s the lowdown on the wild market swings we’ve seen.

You hear a lot of talk about private equity these days. It’s gotten blamed for, well, pretty much every problem in America, from folks losing their jobs in mass layoffs to the price of homes being just impossible.

So, you know how social media can be strange? LinkedIn takes that to a whole new level. Where else do you see people bragging about working unpaid overtime? Or writing posts praising the very company that just laid them off? Seriously, it’s a really weird website. The thought is, can this weirdness actually be hurting your career?

So picture this: you’ve just hit it big. Maybe you were smart (or lucky!) enough to snag GameStop early on, or perhaps you grabbed Bitcoin back when it was just a grand. Maybe you did it the old-fashioned way and landed the big one in the lottery. However it happened, you’ve checked your bank account and… wow. Millions are looking right back at you.

Alright, let’s talk about money, specifically a lot of money, and the folks who have it. You see those lists, like the ones from Forbes? They say America has 735 billionaires worth a combined $4.5 trillion. That’s a mind-boggling number, right? But here’s the thing – how many billionaires are actually out there?