Cboe Global Markets has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to stretch the trading day for equity options. The exchange wants to op …
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Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) typically provides retirees with an annual increase in their retirement payment based on a national measure of inflation. In recent years, COLAs have varied significantly: a record 8.7% increase in 2023, followed by more modest adjustments of 3.2% in 2024 and 2.5% in 2025.
The goal of the COLA is to help offset rising prices.
Dow components were the session’s biggest beneficiaries of upbeat earnings reports. General Motors surged over 15% after raising its full-year earnings outlook and reporting a stronger-than-expected Q3. The company also reassured markets by lowering its projected tariff-related impact.
3M climbed 5.6% following its second upward revision to annual profit guidance this year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged into a record high on Tuesday, testing above 47,000 and posting a new all-time intraday high of 47,126. ‘Old economy’ stocks from companies that produce physical goods rather than information or technology services and hardware rallied hard after the latest batch of quarterly earnings swept past market expectations.
To say that 2025 was a year of big changes would be an understatement.
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If you handed Warren Buffett the keys to a palace, he’d probably trade them for a burger, a Coke, and a quieter zip code.
In a 2013 CBS News interview,
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits during the first week of September rose to 263,000,
China’s economy expanded at 4.8 percent in the third quarter—the slowest rate in a year—according to data released on Monday by its National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), as ongoing trade tensions with the United States continue to weigh on growth.
The world’s second-largest economy is contending with a mix of challenges,
Global markets showed mixed performance on Tuesday as investors prepared for upcoming US inflation data and continued to assess third-quarter earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of mid-morning in New York, hovering near record highs after its most substantial two-day advance since June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7%, while the NASDAQ 100 was little changed.
