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Photo by Pexels on Pixabay At roughly $655 a share, the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is already down over 6% from its recent 52-week highs. Between the escalating conflict in Iran and mounting global geopolitical uncertainty, the daily headlines are frightening, and the broader market is officially spooked. But where most investors…

Warren Buffett once wrote about interest rates: “These act on financial valuations the way gravity acts on matter.” In other words, how much a stock is worth is directly affected by the risk-free rate investors can receive in the bond market. If they can get a higher risk-free return from U.S. Treasuries, investors aren’t going…

A lot of people struggle to save money, even if they have a decent salary. Warren Buffet has pointed out how important it is to make saving a part of your life as a good habit for long-term success. The remark basically suggests that you should always set aside money from your earnings for savings.Don’t…

LEFT: Donald Trump (Screenshot) RIGHT: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (AP Photo/APTN) Fox News contributor and former Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker made a stunning comparison between President Donald Trump and an infamous propagandist for the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Monday. Baker, a familiar face on both Fox News and Fox Business as well as…

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© ESB Professional / Shutterstock.com For decades, plain-vanilla index investing was the easiest way to build wealth without losing sleep. The S&P 500 had delivered roughly 10% average annual returns over the long haul, so simply buying a low-cost fund that tracked the index let investors capture those gains without the headache of picking individual…

US stocks rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday after President Trump announced a five-day pause on plans to strike Iranian power plants – though analysts warned that prices are unlikely to completely normalize following severe damage to key Middle East energy facilities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 631 points, or 1.4%, while the S&P 500 and…

A cautious relief swept through financial markets after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war. Oil prices eased Monday, and stock prices jumped on Wall Street following severe losses taken elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% for its…

Key Points Vitesse Energy uses hedging to protect itself against oil price movements, but it’s not perfect, and the stock still has exposure to oil prices. Until there’s a definitive cessation of hostilities, oil stocks are attractive to buy because they provide protection against a high oil price. Shares in Vitesse Energy (NYSE: VTS) were…

Li Qiang, China’s premier, speaks at the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 22, 2026. The forum runs through March 23. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged on Sunday to further open the country’s economy to foreign firms and pursue more…