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Phil Osagie January 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM Warren Buffett speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. With an estimated net worth of about $147.5 billion, legendary investor Warren Buffett has built…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finally finished north of 49,000 Tuesday, and the S&P 500 hit a milestone of its own. The Dow gained 485 points, or 1%. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. Both finished the day with closing highs. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7% to move another step closer to its Oct. 29 high.…

China’s warning to Japan that it could choke off supplies of rare earths, its favorite weapon in trade conflicts, targets a persistent vulnerability among Japanese manufacturers after more than a decade of Tokyo trying to reduce reliance on its rival. Beijing is mulling stricter scrutiny of the licenses to ship the minerals to Japan, the…

© Jack_the_sparow / Shutterstock.com Last year didn’t end up being as pivotal as expected, with the market rallying to even higher highs, and there’s plenty of uncertainty surrounding 2026. If you want to win big while generating income from your portfolio, look into the Fidelity High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:FDVV), Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF…

Billionaire Charlie Munger said diversification is for “know-nothing investors.” How did his three investments hold up? At a 2017 conference, Warren Buffett’s partner at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.03%) (BRK.B +0.14%), the late Charlie Munger, revealed that almost all of his family’s net worth was in just three investments. Munger, who rejected diversification for savvy and experienced…

Mid-year gets busy. Juneteenth National Independence Day falls Friday, June 19—perfect three-day stretch celebrating emancipation. Independence Day? Tricky one. July 4 is Saturday, so most banks observe it Friday, July 3 instead. Nobody wants weekend closures messing paychecks. Labor Day caps summer Monday, September 7, saluting workers with another Monday off. Columbus Day—some call it…

U.S. markets veered mostly lower Wednesday, following record rallies on Wall Street a day earlier as investors’ attention turned to global interest rates and uncertainty caused by developments in Venezuela. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked down less than 0.1% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up 0.1%.…

The S&P 500, which is tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), hit several all-time highs in 2025 and closed up 16.6%. • SPDR S&P 500 stock is showing positive momentum. What’s the outlook for SPY shares? Here’s a look at the top-performing stocks in the index for the year, and how those…

Across the Atlantic provinces, public sector workers are far more likely to participate in registered pension plans than workers in the private economy. Fewer than three in ten private sector employees had coverage under such plans in 2018, compared with more than eight in ten in the public sector.  Among those with a plan, defined…

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) allow investors to put funds into mutual funds at regular intervals. These regular intervals are often opted for as monthly SIPs, and they promote disciplined investing. SIPs help average out market volatility through rupee cost averaging and encourage wealth creation. This is why MFDs recommend SIP to clients. 1. SIPs Promote…