David Brancaccio

All right, well, we're always doing on my program the importance of savings because you just don't know what life will throw your way.

What type of work do you do?

Oh, where?

Still?

How long ago did you retire?

So then, what does 2026 look like?

Altadena, California, retired neonatal nurse, homeowner, landlord, and saver, Pauline Gray.

I have a new video up now with Teachable Moments from my burned street.

It's on, for instance, Instagram.

Marketplace APM is the handle.

Stocks of big military contractors are surging this morning in both the U.S.

and Europe after President Trump yesterday called for a $1.5 trillion U.S.

military budget versus $900 billion now.

Northrop Grumman up 8.7 percent pre-market trading.

Lockheed Martin up 8 percent now.

European defense company stocks are also up with Trump talk about acquiring or taking Greenland from Denmark.

The supermarket chain Wegmans is using biometric tech to track shoppers movements in stores by identifying their faces.

Marketplace's Kristen Schwab reports not just Wegmans.

A year after the California fires, I speak to a neighbor who had to sell and another neighbor who's partly rebuilt.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.