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The stock market isn’t doing all that well in 2026 as the S&P 500 is down 4% year to date. Investors are turning to safer investment options amid all the uncertainty in the world today. You might be tempted to do the same. Historically, however, investing in the broad index has been a good move…

The war with Iran has reached a pivotal moment. President Trump issued an ultimatum late last week that Iran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, or the U.S. would start destroying the country’s power plants. The President extended that deadline by five days on Monday morning following constructive dialogue with Iran over…

Por STAN CHOE NUEVA YORK (AP) — La duda vuelve a apoderarse de Wall Street el jueves tras la esperanza de un posible fin de la guerra con Irán, y las acciones vuelven a caer mientras suben los precios del petróleo. El S&P 500 bajó 0,4% y borró con creces la ganancia del día anterior.…

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…