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According to the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are surging alongside Treasury yields.

The average 30-year fixed rate today, Friday, September 25, 2026, is 7.21%, up 23 basis points since yesterday. The 15-year fixed loan is currently 6.64%,

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The average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers topped $2,000 this year. Beneficiaries will know in a few weeks how much more money they will get in 2027.

The Social Security Administration will announce the 2027 cost of living adjustment on Oct. 14. The announcement follows the Bureau of Labor Statistics release of September’s Consumer Price Index,

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For the first time in over half a century, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -0.76%)(BRKB -0.39%) entered the year without Warren Buffett as its CEO. The Oracle of Omaha retired on Dec. 31, giving his understudy,

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Amid several proposals to raise Social Security benefits for millions of American retirees, a house representative has proposed lowering the retirement age instead.

Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, on Thursday, September 24, tabled a draft title,

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TLDR

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a third straight session as Treasury yields climbed to levels not seen in decades.
• The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 5.223%, a level last reached in June 2007.
• Oil prices jumped, with Brent crude closing above $106 per barrel and WTI crude near $94.61 per barrel.

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US stock futures were steady on Friday morning as investors assessed the macroeconomic and geopolitical crosscurrents that have pushed up oil prices and bond yields in recent days.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) edged higher,

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Warren Buffett just published his farewell letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -0.76%) (BRKB -0.39%) investors as the Oracle of Omaha steps down as Chairman and becomes Chairman Emeritus. Near the end of his letter, the 96-year-old wrote a sobering line: “Father Time always wins.”

 » Read more about: Warren Buffett Says “Father Time Always Wins.” History Says Investors Who Do This 1 Thing Will Win Out Anyway.  »