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In 2025, target-date funds continued on the track of three trends investors can be relatively pleased about. For one, they’ve gotten bigger. The total amount of investor money in these funds reached $4.8 trillion in 2025, largely thanks to another year of stock and bond market gains, according to a report published earlier this month…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The jump in gas prices stemming from the war in Iran has had another impact that may also affect many Americans’ finances: Higher interest rates. Longer-term interest rates have risen quickly since the war began Feb. 28, pushing up the cost of mortgage loans, auto loans, and business borrowing. And with…

What’s the most critical component to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom? Some might say Nvidia‘s (NVDA 0.33%) GPUs. Others could suggest continually improving large language models from Google parent Alphabet (GOOG 3.28%) (GOOGL 3.85%), Anthropic, and OpenAI. However, I think the best answer to the question is electricity. Without electricity, we would have no AI.…

Shares of Peabody Energy (BTU +8.07%) rallied 7.8% on Tuesday. The coal giant surged today on reports that Asian countries may lean harder into coal generation for their electricity needs, given that the war in Iran has curtailed liquefied natural gas supplies. Peabody Energy Today’s Change (8.07%) $2.85 Current Price $38.24 Key Data Points Market…

Stocks to Watch, 25 March: Stocks like Sanathan Textiles, Ceigall India, JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Waaree Energies, NTPC Green Energy, Nitco, Aequs, Bosch Home Comfort India, Natco Pharma, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Rashi Peripherals will be in focus on March 25. Stocks to Watch Today, 25 March Stocks in Focus, March 25: Sanathan Textiles, Ceigall…

New York  —  If you’ve been paying attention to, like, the news, you may be tempted to see Wall Street’s Monday morning 180 from despair to euphoria as a sign that stock traders are all a bunch of rubes. ICYMI: Over the weekend, President Donald Trump set a Monday night deadline for Iran to fully…

New York : The supply shockwaves from the US and Israel’s war in Iran are spreading across the global economy, raising concerns about an inflation hit to companies and consumers that will require policymakers to raise borrowing costs. The release of the film ‘Toxic’, starring Yash, has been postponed to June for fear of missing…

© izzuanroslan / Shutterstock.com For the past three years, owning the S&P 500 through a fund like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) was the obvious choice as mega-cap technology companies drove the bulk of the index’s returns in 2023, 2024, and through most of 2025, rewarding investors who stayed concentrated in the largest names. …

Mutual funds invest in different instruments such as equities, debt, corporate bonds, etc. so the investments are exposed to market risks. The prices of these instruments can change due to market movements, interest rate changes, and economic factors, which may lead to fluctuations in returns and, in some cases, losses for investors.

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICESOR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES LANGLEY, British Columbia, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Asset Management Inc. (“Capstone”) today announced the first quarter 2026 cash distributions for the ETF Series units of the Capstone Funds. The record date for the distributions will be March 31,…