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Dow Jones Today: Stock Indexes Surge After US Captures Venezuelan President Maduro; Dow Adds 600 Points; Energy Shares Jump
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Key Points:
- Major U.S. banks like Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo offer extremely low savings account interest rates around 0.01%, resulting in minimal earnings for customers compared to high-yield savings accounts that can earn over $400 more annually on $10,000 deposits.
- Graduate degree holders in substance abuse, behavioral disorder, mental health counseling, law, and career counseling fields are expected to have better job prospects amid a slow labor market and growing AI workforce presence.
- The 2025 housing market remains largely unaffordable nationwide, with experts predicting only gradual improvements in affordability through flat home prices, rising incomes, and slowly falling mortgage rates rather than dramatic price drops.
- Rising childcare costs, increasing faster than inflation, are causing more
