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Energy Stocks Flip the Script in Early 2026
The U.S. stock market finished strongly in the green in 2025, with the broad market benchmark, S&P 500, returning 16.4%, marking its third straight year of double-digit gains. Interestingly, all 11 market sectors finished in the green, underscoring the broad market momentum. Not surprisingly, the tech sector topped the performance tables once again with a…
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Nvidia Is Surging Today — Is the Stock a Buy in 2026?
One of the world’s most important tech companies just served up great news for Nvidia. Nvidia (NVDA +2.06%) stock is posting big gains in Thursday’s trading. The artificial intelligence (AI) hardware leader’s share price was up 3.2% as of 2:25 p.m. ET and had been up as much as 3.6% earlier in the session. Nvidia’s…
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3 Things Every Senior Needs to Know About Social Security in 2026
You may not be familiar with all of these, even if you’ve been on benefits for a while. Whether Social Security only forms a small chunk of your monthly retirement budget or the whole thing, it’s a pretty safe bet that you want that money to go as far as possible. That means doing your…
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Retirement savings hit record $48.1 trillion as Americans keep investing
New data reveals surging IRA and 401(k) balances powering historic growth in US retirement wealth. US retirement assets climbed to a historic peak of $48.1 trillion in the third quarter, marking another milestone in Americans’ long-term savings progress and reinforcing the central role retirement planning plays in household wealth. New figures from the Investment Company…
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I Asked ChatGPT the Best Way To Break Into Real Estate Investing With Only $1,000
Jordan Rosenfeld January 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM Zephyr18 / Getty Images/iStockphoto Finance experts can’t stop talking about how real estate investing is one of the best ways to build wealth. However, the average person doesn’t have the funds to buy properties left and right — you might only have a small sum, say $1,000.…
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SGX-listed ETFs log $2.4 billion in net inflows in 2025; funds invested at all-time high
SINGAPORE – Singapore-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) galloped to a bumper year in 2025, with net inflows hitting $2.4 billion, driven by the sparkle of gold and surging interest in Reits and equities. One telling statistic from the Singapore Exchange’s latest ETF Market Highlights report is that total allocations to ETFs under the Central Provident Fund…
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I’ve made investing my resolution for years. Here’s my plan to finally do it
[SINGAPORE] Last year, I made the commendable decision to add investing to my 2026 resolutions. Commendable, if not for the fact that I did the same in 2025. Admittedly, it has become an annual tradition to add investing to the top of my yearly resolutions. Unfortunately, I always manage to find an excuse to back…
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Cathie Wood sees Bitcoin as effective portfolio diversifier in the years ahead
Key Takeaways Cathie Wood of ARK Invest sees Bitcoin as a strong portfolio diversification tool due to its low correlation with other major asset classes. Analysis of weekly returns from 2020 to 2026 shows Bitcoin’s low correlation with gold (0.14) compared to the S&P 500’s correlation with bonds (0.27). Share this article Bitcoin’s low correlation…
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US farm economy shows widening cracks as costs rise, jobs vanish
By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become depressing times. Farmers are facing another season of low prices, high costs and difficult decisions about how — or whether — to keep operating. Banks are cutting off some growers just as they urgently…
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Why Nvidia Stock Jumped Today
Fears of a slowdown in AI infrastructure expansion seem to be unfounded. Nvidia supplier Taiwan Semi plans capital expenditures to rise well above expectations this year. That provided a signal for AI investors. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock surged today as investor concerns about a peak in artificial…
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