US stock futures traded roughly flat on Friday after the S&P 500 (^GSPC) notched a record high amid easing Fed rate-hike fears and cooler-than-expected inflation data.
S&P 500 futures (ES=F) were little changed in premarket trading, while those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) declined 0.1%.
Most of the attention around Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) centers on the $130
billion to $145 billion capex budget. Capex and margins collapsing from 43% to
31% make headlines, but a quieter number in the filings does not make headlines,
and it may be the one that matters most to your per-share value.
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Long-term thinking beats market timing—he holds his best investments “forever” and is famously patient before buying a company’s shares.
Warren Buffett didn’t get rich chasing the next big thing. He built a trillion-dollar empire by doing almost the exact opposite—waiting patiently,
In crypto investing, a popular strategy is to buy the dip. And that’s exactly what Cathie Wood of Ark Invest did in early August. As soon as shares of Coinbase Global (COIN +3.26%) dipped nearly 15% on lower-than-expected Q2 earnings, her funds swooped in and bought $8 million worth of Coinbase stock.
Host Charles Payne and Kraneshares CIO Brendan Ahern discuss the risks of leveraged ETFs. Ahern explains how recent South Korean margin calls impacted US momentum traders and created selling pressure before the market rebounded.
Leveraged ETFs are raising warning flags for global markets after massive margin calls in South Korea forced a major deleveraging event.
The average American credit card debt is $6,715, according to Motley Fool Money research. If you ask me, that’s about $6,715 higher than it should be.
One of the best ways to get out of debt: a balance transfer credit card, which lets you move an existing balance and pay it off at 0% interest for a limited time.
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Beth Hammack reiterated her call Thursday for an immediate interest rate increase, arguing that inflation running above 3% is too high and that current policy is not doing enough to bring it down, according to Reuters.
“I think that we need to act now because I think we need to bring inflation back down to that 2% objective faster than what a longer-term glide path would say with interest rates at this level,”
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Reddit (RDDT) is officially all grown up.
S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Thursday that Reddit will be added to the S&P 500 prior to the start of trading on Aug. 18.
Shares rose more than 12% in pre-market trading.
Reddit enters the benchmark index eyeing one big opportunity ahead in using the AI backdrop to carve out more advertising sales.
Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund delivered 3.9% returns over the last three months and 7.4% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on August 12.
Moneycontrol Desk
August 13, 2026 / 14:55 IST
Kotak Dynamic Bond Fund currently leads the dynamic-bond mutual fund category with a three-month return of 3.9 percent.
Technology mutual funds are ideal for investors seeking long-term growth and impressive returns. Improving industry fundamentals and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and data science, are key catalysts for the sector’s growth.
In addition, most funds investing in securities from the technology sector take a growth-oriented approach that focuses on companies with strong fundamentals and relatively better investment prospects.
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