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It’s OK to have fun with those first paychecks, but it’s important to have a plan for all the ones that come after. I had to accept that my student loans had to be repaid, and I needed to save more strategically. Cosplaying as a richer person than I actually was certainly had its highs, but it put me years behind on my financial journey. Here’s how you can avoid making the same mistake: trib.al/bwA37vD

Scammers are targeting student-loan borrowers trying to make payments. Do this to protect yourself. trib.al/KGSpM9t

Social Security credit for being a mom? It’s a new idea before Congress. trib.al/gcq2GRn

Royal Caribbean says people booking cruises aren’t so worried about Iran anymore trib.al/NSSIFkt

Caterpillar handily beat Wall Street estimates — not for the first time trib.al/WTn6Vxm

Rivian’s latest earnings may have been the ‘low point.’ Here’s what comes next. trib.al/Ta04Rb8

U.S. economy rebounded in first quarter, driven by sizzling-hot business investment trib.al/n3RgP7P

Palantir’s stock could rise from this ‘underpenetrated’ sector core to its DNA trib.al/CVCY2kh

U.S. jobless claims sink to a 57-year low. Jobs aren’t easy to find — or lose. trib.al/LDEh18v

The S&P 500’s newest member is this under-the-radar software stock trib.al/vrmu1gf

Lilly’s stock rallies as sales of GLP-1 drugs nearly double trib.al/PlonsaK

Is Hertz a meme stock again? Shares soar 20% on Uber partnership. trib.al/eHY1eHp

I use a wheelchair and my apartment elevator has been broken for 16 days. I haven’t been reimbursed for my hotel. Do I have a legal case? trib.al/WpCYkMM

‘The numbers don’t lie’: If I had invested my Social Security in the S&P 500 I’d have $4 million. Is the system broken? trib.al/R70hOCh

Nvidia used to benefit from AI spending increases. So why did the stock just slide? trib.al/RAhF0rH

America’s protein obsession rages on. Chipotle, Hershey and others are capitalizing. trib.al/lx08Wbp

How a screw-up by Social Security cost widows and widowers over $50 million trib.al/jTpSNGZ

Could Powell’s decision to stay worsen relations between the Fed and the White House? trib.al/z5BBZ2A

SpaceX may face an easier path to S&P 500 entry if these newly proposed rules take hold trib.al/dtw4TTt

Sandisk’s eye-popping earnings beat fails to extend the stock’s big rally trib.al/3EOmSWL

Can one bad week ruin your retirement savings? How about three bad years? trib.al/ZMxLdCG