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Newsweek
JD Vance and Marco Rubio are both losing ground in 2028 race
“While no forecast is perfect, if I could only have access to one forecast, it would definitely be the one from prediction markets,” said economics professor Koleman Sturmpf. “There are trades every second. These values will go up by several times before they expire.” Strumpf pointed to the more than $700 million traded on Polymarket’s Republican nomination market and said transactions were taking place every second.
October 21, 2026
AARP
Should you leave your house to your kids?
Parents can leave a home to their children when they die or transfer an ownership interest while they’re alive by adding a child to the deed, the legal document that establishes who owns the property. These options have different tax consequences. One tax advantage for children who inherit a home upon a parent’s death is something called a step-up in basis. “The step-up in basis is something a lot of families don’t fully understand,” said Deon Strickland, a professor of finance at Wake Forest.
October 20, 2026
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