The Best—And Worst—Of 2024 So Far: Stocks, Crypto, AI

Halfway through 2024, Nvidia and other major AI darlings are having a great year, along with quirky meme cryptocurrencies like “dogwifhat”—but it’s a bumpier road for Boeing investors, remote workers and Elon Musk.

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With 2024 half-over, the big economic news shows a continued booming marketplace, Nvidia’s colossal ascent and a long-awaited inflation slowdown. But there are more surprises under the hood: Artificial intelligence turned old-school power companies into some of Wall Street’s hottest stocks (even as Intel fails to strike AI gold), meme tokens beat Bitcoin and Elon Musk took a surprising hit to his sky-high net worth. It’s also a rough year for remote workers—unless you live in Louisiana—and the fastest-growing home values aren’t in San Francisco, but Upstate New York.

MARKETS

_{BEST-PERFORMING STOCK}

Nvidia And These Surprise AI Darlings Are This Year’s Best Stocks—So Far

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_{WORST-PERFORMING STOCK}

Not An Everything Rally: Worst Stocks From Boeing To Intel

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_{FASTEST-GROWING CRYPTO}

These Meme Coins Outperformed Bitcoin

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_{WORST-PERFORMING BILLIONAIRE}

Elon Musk Is The Biggest Billionaire Loser So Far—Pending His Big Bonus

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ECONOMY

_{FASTEST-GROWING HOME VALUES}

Upstate New York Has The Nation’s Hottest Housing Markets—Here’s Where Else Values Are Surging

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_{FASTEST-SHRINKING HOME VALUES}

These Fast-Growing Florida And Texas Cities Have The Slowest Home Values

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_{MOST EXPENSIVE HOME SALE}

This $66 Million Aspen Ski Outpost Is 2024’s Priciest Home Sale On Record

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_{BIGGEST FOOD PRICE INCREASE}

Eggflation Is Back: These Foods Have Faced 2024’s Worst Inflation

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_{BEST—AND WORST—REMOTE WORK STATE}

Remote Jobs Disappeared Nationwide—Here’s Where They’re Falling Fastest

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