WSJ Your Money Briefing

Just a few years after they trumpeted their DEI efforts [https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/company-dei-strategies-d859e7d7?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD], companies are now backtracking and trying to hide these programs. Wall Street Journal On the Clock columnist Callum Borchers joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about this reversal and what it means for employees and job hunters. Further Reading: How Target Boycotts Affect Black-Owned Businesses [https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/how-target-boycotts-affect-black-owned-businesses-c2683f14?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjLHf6rZ44u261DcXmAzXAKXbw3M70ivrZsaeR0SUIuSAQYW0eNxONxVQVIU7s%3D&gaa_ts=68596f5e&gaa_sig=ysqyw0SQN1kygTsbqZ65cWHmNTo0tPZwfM5IF23oHZLGCplbYsCaCnWPcqTwv-PKao7K-zwgh5mh-DP_KiQnRQ%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD]  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/markets-am?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

House hunters have struggled with mortgage rates above 6.5%, stubbornly high home prices and low inventory — but now, they may finally have the upper hand [https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/housing-market-new-supply-prices-210b14f2]. Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Friedman joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about what the changing number of buyers and sellers means for today’s housing market.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/markets-am?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD] . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How did U.S. Steel shares react to White House deal approval? And why did solar stocks slide after Senate revisions to the big budget bill? Plus, what’s the latest twist in the 23andMe sale drama? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/markets-am?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

At The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival [https://www.wsj.com/video/events/traditional-to-digital-donald-wilson-jr-on-the-future-of-finance/460BE0D3-D28C-490A-ABB4-5D5907626C90?mod=WSJvidctr_wsjfutureofeverything2025_pos7?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD], WSJ Deputy Editor in Chief Charles Forelle spoke with trading firm CEO Donald Wilson Jr. about the future of digital assets, the path to mainstream adoption, and what it means for the average investor.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/markets-am?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

More than 120 high-schoolers put their personal finance knowledge to the test in the Council for Economic Education’s National Personal Finance Challenge. Host Oyin Adedoyin is joined by personal finance reporter Ashlea Ebeling, who helped turn the questions [https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/personal-finance-quiz-challenge-two-f70dd5ef?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiVzEhRAfkGf7JdFLdP4ZyeHGtNiHLN0IjQdPvOGWA3EvZ9ff7madfqZLq_YFY%3D&gaa_ts=6851da77&gaa_sig=xjDiO9WljJMhZpYJBh2--2CV6fkEvrL34LvqLUBGC-UDH-qXIbFDiX05NsuUJgBLyIU5Bl9FHMf-BSvllpTqJA%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD] from the challenge into a quiz [https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/national-personal-finance-challenge-quiz-b82b55ba?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAj76qFfZN7s1wtkkU04kFL9fmEqdNK9aPD0kXhdBAdOQOyG9IjIBB8NE9wO_7s%3D&gaa_ts=6851da77&gaa_sig=U0kfQ76K0F5KyrivEuPsgVhi3rJ_A-opBES3n_r3ZQm3OmOaLbexOrS1EnpobJD_8oqEjSK_aE_kNMLW57u6ZA%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD] for Wall Street Journal readers, some of whom didn’t score as well as the teenagers who competed.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/markets-am?mod=WSJ_YMBPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]