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Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower open on Thursday following gains ‌in ⁠the previous ⁠session, as caution prevailed about developments in the Middle East while weighing the ⁠prospects for ‌de-escalation in the conflict. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 254.47 points, or 0.55%, to 46,175.02, after opening at 46,344.64. The S&P 500 declined 50.16 points,…

From 1964 through 2025, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) put up a remarkable return of nearly 6,100,000%. Of course, credit goes to Warren Buffett, who allocated capital in a way that makes him a legendary investor. But the conglomerate’s last decade wasn’t as impressive. If you’d invested $10,000 in this financial stock 10 years…

The conflict in the Middle East is reviving the specter of inflation and hobbling the global economy just as it was showing signs of strengthening at the start of the year, the OECD said. In its updated outlook on Thursday, the Paris-based organization sharply increased its inflation forecasts for major economies and now sees the…

Goldman Sachs analysts updated their projections for three buy-rated energy stocks as global oil prices stay elevated and energy-market disruptions continue. Oil prices have edged back from recent highs as investors react to the potential for an off-ramp from the war. The conflict in the Middle East has severely disrupted energy flows, damaging liquefied natural gas…

If you have been looking for Mid Cap Growth funds, a place to start could be T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-Cap Growth (PRDMX). PRDMX possesses a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 1 (Strong Buy), which is based on various forecasting factors like size, cost, and past performance. Zacks categorizes PRDMX as Mid Cap Growth, a…

The global trading system is experiencing the “worst disruptions in the past 80 years”, World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned as the WTO ministerial conference opened today. “The world order and the multilateral system we use to know has irrevocably changed,” she said, adding: “We cannot deny the scale of the problems confronting the…

Dollar banknotes (Courtesy: Reuters photo) For years, the spotlight has been on billionaires. But a much larger and increasingly influential group sits just below that level. Across the United States, the number of households worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars has surged. These are people who may not be globally famous, but…

Alternative investments are on the rise. A study by the Journal of Financial Planning found that adoption of alternative investments grew over 98% from 2024 to 2025. Similarly, The Motley Fool reports that ultra high net worth investors now typically allocate 20% of their assets to this category. As a complementary investment option to be used alongside traditional equity and fixed income allocations, alternative investments…

When one of the world’s greatest investors puts nearly $45 billion into a single stock, people pay attention. Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathawayowns 151.6 million shares of American Express,  a 22.1% stake that makes it the third-largest holding in the entire Berkshire portfolio at 14.7%. Only Apple at 18.5% is a larger bet. Valued at a…

On Dec. 31, Wall Street’s premier buy-and-hold investor, Warren Buffett, hung up his work coat for the final time. Berkshire Hathaway‘s (BRKA 0.46%)(BRKB 0.63%) billionaire boss stepped down as CEO — a title he’d held for more than half a century — and passed the baton to Greg Abel. During the Oracle of Omaha’s tenure,…