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Investors spend a lot of time picking out stocks and ETFs to own now. The market and the media focus on the latest economic numbers, earnings reports, or signals.

In reality, your overall asset allocation explains more of your portfolio’s returns and risk profile. You can complicate things by owning a half-dozen different funds with different target markets or themes.

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Institute for Economic and Political Structure Analysis (IESPA)
Chief Analyst Riyo Sawada
Thursday, October 15, 2026

Three Key Points for Today’s Financial Literacy

• The Consumer Price Index for September rose 3.7% year-on-year, an increase from the 3.4% growth seen in August. This result indicates that inflationary pressure remains strong.

 » Read more about: Honing the Fundamentals of Financial Literacy | October 15, 2026 (Thu) What is CPI? The Impact of Rising Prices in the U.S. on Interest Rates, Stock Prices, and Corporate Bonds  »

AI forced a 62-year-old out of work years ahead of schedule, and Social Security treats that layoff exactly the same as a voluntary early retirement, permanent cuts and all. Before you file out of desperation, there are a few moves…

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 » Read more about: 48% of Workers Fear AI Will Push Them Into Early Retirement. At 62, Social Security Won’t Waive the 30% Early-Claim Cut Because AI Ended the Career  »

Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: US stocks muted as tech jitters linger; Tesla gains

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 130.6 points, or 0.25%, at the open to 52,308.28. The S&P 500 rose 1.3 points,

 » Read more about: Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: US stocks muted as tech jitters linger; Tesla gains  »

T.J. Marlin is the Founder & CEO of Guardrail Technologies, former Global Forensic Technology Leader and expert voice in AI security.

​The major banks know their AI strategy. So do the health systems and the energy companies.

 » Read more about: S&P 500 Companies Talk About AI. Few Disclose How It's Controlled  »

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Even though Warren Buffett owns a portfolio of individual stocks, he’s not a stock trader. As most people know, he buys high-quality businesses at attractive valuations and holds them until the narrative plays out.

For retail investors, however, that’s not what Warren Buffett recommends. Sure, some folks have the time and the skill set to do deep research on companies and identify similar opportunities.

 » Read more about: Warren Buffett Has Championed This 1 Investment for Decades, and It Could Turn $200 per Month Into $1.2 Million  »

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Wall Street are off to a mixed start Friday morning as another pullback in big technology companies weighs on the market.

The S&P 500 was down less than 0.1% and on track for a weekly loss. The benchmark index remains near the all-time high it set last week.

 » Read more about: Stocks rebound after tech sell-off and Indonesia shares sink on market downgrade warning  »

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 » Read more about: Stock Market Today (Oct. 16, 2026): S&P 500 edges higher as tech stocks struggle  »

When tech stocks crack, most investors discover too late that their portfolios were far more concentrated than they realized. Jim Cramer and others are pointing to a handful of quiet winners that keep paying dividends no matter what chip stocks…

 » Read more about: The Stocks That Will Get Investors Home Safe When Tech Cracks  »