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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -1.01%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.49%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -1.02%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -1.51%.  Stock indexes settled sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 posting a…

Quick Read UGL sank 23% YTD while GLL gained just 5%, each missing their expected 16% move by double digits as daily reset decay devoured returns. For gold exposure beyond a few days, GLD and IAU track spot gold without daily resets, K-1 tax forms, or compounding drag. Over a decade, GLL lost roughly 90%…

Nasdaq screens ©Luca Marfè at Italia all’ONU U.S. stock index futures traded lower on Friday as investors remained cautious about the outlook for artificial intelligence spending while monitoring renewed military escalation between the United States and Iran. By 02:57 ET (06:57 GMT), Dow Jones futures had fallen 336 points, or 0.6%, S&P 500 futures were…

Key Points Interested in Tesla, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. Tesla reported record quarterly deliveries of 480,126 vehicles, beating consensus estimates by 18%, ahead of its July 22 earnings report. Analysts say gross margin trends, rather than delivery numbers alone, may determine whether the earnings report satisfies investors and shifts sentiment. Wall…

Say what you will about Elon Musk, but he has never blinked on his Tesla vision. Through years of skeptics declaring Tesla (TSLA 0.87%) was doomed, he kept promising a future of electric cars, self-driving fleets, and humanoid robots, and he kept plowing money back into those bets. With the stock slipping below $400 and…

The Magnificent Seven have fueled much of the stock market’s gains over the past several years, rewarding investors who have maintained exposure to mega-cap growth companies. However, that success has left many portfolios more concentrated than investors may realize. Fortunately, investors don’t have to abandon technology to reduce concentration risk. ETFs make it easy to…

© MargJohnsonVA / Shutterstock.com For many people, Social Security eventually becomes a crucial part of their retirement income. And after working and paying into the system for decades, you deserve the largest checks you can get. But certain slip-ups on your part could leave you with less Social Security than you might otherwise receive. Here…

Warren Buffett served as chief executive officer of the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) holding company for 60 years between 1965 and 2025. His investment decisions turned it into a conglomerate with numerous wholly owned subsidiaries, a $357 billion stock portfolio, and a $1 trillion valuation. Berkshire stock delivered a compound annual return of 19.7%…

© Zamrznuti tonovi / Shutterstock.com Picture a couple in their early sixties. He spent 35 years in a higher-paying career. She stepped in and out of work to raise kids and care for aging parents, so her earnings record is thinner. They are both healthy, the mortgage is nearly gone, and they have enough in…

New bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate this week aims to stop massive Social Security benefit cuts before they happen. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced this week the Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE, Act. The act itself doesn’t offer specific solutions to address the looming Social Security shortfall.…