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We stopped helping our neighbors with free home repairs and our friendship cooled. Who’s to blame?
“Last summer, they complained about needing to replace their roof. A few months later, they bought a new SUV.”
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More than a third of S&P 500 companies are about to report earnings as market confidence cracks
“With cautious to negative market sentiment, it could be a tricky week,” one strategist says.
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Worried about this stock-market selloff? Relief may be coming after the midterms — no matter who wins.
The nine months between Election Day and June 30 have seen the S&P 500 deliver an average return of 15.5% going back to 1950.
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Why economic health no longer dictates stock-market returns
There is a wide disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street, and AI could drive them even further apart
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Here’s the real signal to watch for the Fed’s next move
Investors should focus not on the rate itself, but on where financial conditions are
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Retail investors are not more sophisticated than 30 years ago, says former hedge fund manager
Retail investors trying to beat the market by buying individual stocks and complex exchange-traded funds may be better off with broad market index funds.
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My niece’s college rent is covered by a 529 plan. What else can I pay for tax-free?
“We worked out a monthly budget of $1,500 for her share of rent, utilities and food, including groceries and meals on campus.”
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My husband wants to sell our $1.5 million home and invest the proceeds. But this is where we raised our kids — and I can’t bear to leave.
“He wants to buy something for $600,000 now that we are empty-nesters.”
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AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit
The runaway success of the artificial-intelligence trade has left investors hungry for the next big market theme. Wall Street fund managers are happily obliging with a flurry of new targeted products, helping investors invest in everything from the rise of robotics to the incipient space economy.
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‘Non-answers’ aren’t working. This is what investors really need from the Fed.
What really matters to investors, economists say, is for Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh to prove he can successfully communicate the central bank’s strategy.
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Do machines have feelings? AI has philosophers and tech leaders rethinking consciousness.
As AI models become more advanced, tech leaders and philosophers are mulling the relationship between humanity and technology.
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Will Anthropic pull off a November IPO? Time is running out to file key paperwork.
If market pressures keep building, Anthropic “could reasonably decide it is better to stay private and wait for a better opportunity,” one portfolio manager says.
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Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.
Traders making bullish bets on chip stocks are getting walloped this month, as renewed fears emerged about investment returns on the buildout of artificial intelligence.
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Some Republicans are opposing Trump on tariffs. Maine’s Susan Collins just got him to back down on Canadian levies.
As she faces a tough midterm race, the five-term GOP senator is touting her successful lobbying effort against certain tariffs on Canada
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The U.S. economy is great by this measure, and the good times aren’t over. So why are Americans so sour?
A once-in-a-generation investment boom has created lots of winners — but many Americans are feeling left out.
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I want to pay off $4,500 in credit-card debt in 2 months. Is this possible?
“I’m 32 years old and feel like I should know how to do this stuff by now.”
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Even the wealthy increasingly want all-inclusive resorts
Nearly 80% of all-inclusive resorts have become ‘luxury or upper upscale,’ Bernstein analysts say, as the industry seeks higher-income travelers able to weather inflation
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The real test for Moderna’s cancer vaccine isn’t about beating Keytruda. It’s keeping cancer from coming back in the long term.
The first Phase 3 data for a cancer vaccine has raised questions about whether the potential new treatment is needed.
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American Express is cutting 5% of its workforce to 'prepare for AI'
Amex, which reported third-quarter results earlier Friday, is taking a $336 million restructuring charge in the quarter, CEO Stephen Squeri said Friday.
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Think annuities are a rip-off? Now might be the perfect time to reconsider.
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