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Futures-options traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange’s NYSE American (AMEX) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 8, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures fell early Monday as investors monitored a major shakeup in the pipeline for artificial intelligence initial public offerings amid growing safety concerns, along with the latest…

Quick Read Filling the 12% bracket with a Roth conversion pushed a December mutual fund distribution’s capital gains rate from 0% to 15%. Mutual funds can distribute taxable capital gains to shareholders even when they never sold a share, silently consuming low-income tax space. Retirees can protect conversions by checking fund companies’ published year-end distribution…

Key Takeaways Table of Contents Financial markets currently assign an 87% probability to a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate increase at the September 15-16 policy meeting Both Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan reversed their previous forecasts following unexpectedly high August inflation figures Crude oil has surged 37% over the past two months, breaching $100 per barrel and…

Investing has never been easier to enter or harder to filter. An investor can now research a company, compare opportunities, analyze financial statements, follow market sentiment, and ask artificial intelligence to challenge an investment thesis without leaving a laptop. Information that once required teams of analysts can increasingly be accessed in seconds. That should be…

Following hot inflation data last week, there is now a high likelihood that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which dictates monetary policy for the Fed, will raise interest rates by a quarter point when its meeting concludes on Sept. 16. According to CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which uses 30-day federal funds futures prices to…

As of 11:38 AM ET, the S&P 500(SNPINDEX:^GSPC) is down 0.44% to 7,623, the Nasdaq Composite(NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) has fallen 0.44% to 26,217 as cooling artificial intelligence sentiment weighs on growth stocks, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJINDICES:^DJI) is trading 0.36% lower to 52,422. Gold is down 1.88% to $4,325.10, and the 10-Year Treasury yield has slipped…

Over the weekend, a 3,800-word essay from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) CEO Dario Amodei sent a shockwave through the AI industry. And when OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) CEO Sam Altman agreed, it sent market watchers into a frenzy. “Over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence — not just…

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Calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development sparked a global sell-off in technology stocks on Monday, as investors fretted over the sustainability of spending in a sector that has driven financial markets to record highs.  The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index slumped roughly 1% in early trading, with the broader S&P 500 falling 0.6%. The blue-chip…

Key Points Netflix stock has fallen over 40% from its all-time high last year. Meanwhile, earnings per share and free cash flow continue to increase at a steady pace. The valuation is extremely compelling given the growth outlook for the business. The past year or so has been a tough time for a Netflix(NASDAQ: NFLX)…