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Live Updates Yesterday Oil prices are back above $98 after the U.S. hit Iranian production facilities, including the world’s biggest natural gas field. As noted by CNN, the latest attacks will add to fears of a longer-lasting war. “Energy markets are having to continuously price in a more prolonged disruption to oil and gas flows…

© ShutterstockProfessional / Shutterstock.com What we’re looking at may be the most paradoxical environment in decades. Defensive ETFs like the Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FSTA), Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU), and iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) are crushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks. This is not because these defensive…

The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.62%) is America’s most widely followed stock-market index because of its diversified composition and strict entry criteria. It hosts 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy, and those companies must maintain a minimum market capitalization of $22.7 billion. In addition, they must be profitable. This ensures the S&P 500…

JPMorgan lowered its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 7,200 from 7,500, warning that investors have become complacent in their expectation that oil-price spikes will be short-lived. The US stock market has been resilient amid surging oil prices since the Iran war began nearly three weeks ago. JPMorgan said this relative calm relies on one…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation in the wake of the Iran war, suggesting the Fed could stand pat for an extended period. Fed policymakers maintained their forecast for an…

Tesla (TSLA) has never been shy about thinking big. But what the company is set to unveil this week may be its most ambitious move yet, and most investors haven’t fully processed what it means. On March 14, CEO Elon Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the “Terafab Project launches in 7 days.” That…

Tesla (TSLA) is launching Terafab, its own semiconductor fabrication business, to secure custom chip supply for robotics and AI applications without relying on Taiwan Semiconductor. Tesla is positioning itself beyond electric vehicles into robotics and physical AI, where controlling chip production becomes essential to avoid supply delays as competitors race to commercialize autonomous systems like…

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell in New York on Wednesday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The risky lending business known as “private credit” is causing some very public problems for banks and investors — with…

Imagine making an offer on your first home, only to lose it to a corporation paying cash with no strings attached. For thousands of Georgians, that is not a hypothetical — it is the reality of today’s housing market. Now, a bill moving through the Georgia legislature aims to change that. Senate Bill 463 would…

If you’re an income investor like me, you’ll always be on the lookout for ways to make your money work for you. Every time I make an investment, I hope to see it grow, but I also want to keep making money from it. This is why I love dividends. It pays me for something…