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ARAD, Israel — Iran and the allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah stepped up attacks on Israel on Sunday after the United States and Iran threatened to target critical infrastructure in the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz, crucial to oil and other exports, would be “completely closed”…

Dow leads stocks lower as Powell flags slower rate cuts Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock US stocks tumbled Wednesday as investors wrestled with renewed inflation fears and the prospect that the Federal Reserve could hold off on rate cuts longer than expected. The Dow Jones dropped 768 points, or 1.6%, to 46,225. The S&P…

ARAD, Israel (AP) — Iran and its ally, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, stepped up their attacks on Israel on Sunday, launching strikes across the country after the United States and Iran threatened to widen their targets in the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week. As Israel came under renewed fire,…

Billionaire Warren Buffett famously proclaims to pay a lower effective tax rate than his secretary, as he wrote in a New York Times op-ed. He does so by simply taking advantage of IRS rules that enable many wealthy people to minimize taxes, such as how investment income is often taxed at a lower rate than…

BEIJING — The timing of a highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is in doubt after Trump asked to delay it by “a month or so” so he can focus on the widening war with Iran. It’s the latest complication from the U.S.-Israeli attack on Tehran, which has close…

The energy sector can be volatile. We’ve seen that in the past year. Crude oil prices slumped last year before going hyperbolic in 2026 due to the war with Iran. However, despite energy price volatility, the sector can still be a great place to generate reliable dividend income. Here are three top energy dividend stocks…

Hollandse Hoogte / Shutterstock / Hollandse Hoogte / Shutterstock Tesla and SpaceX have been two of the most successful companies for long-term investors, with both of them sharing the same CEO. However, most investors only had a shot to get into Tesla, with SpaceX planning for a 2026 IPO at an $800 billion valuation. It…

Warren Buffett has always been optimistic by nature. When he takes a negative stance on something, it warrants special attention. Over 24 years ago, Buffett worked with Fortune magazine’s Carol Loomis on an article that was an eye-opener for some. In the article, he discussed a valuation metric that eventually was named after him —…

Looking at things objectively, stocks have soared under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term in the White House (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and technology-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) surged 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. Until a…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative…