Investors are borrowing heavily against their portfolios to boost their returns. Over the past year, margin debt has increased by 49%. That’s a bad omen. According to Fundstrat Global Advisors, whenever margin debt has grown more than 45% year-over-year since 1960, the market has declined five out of six times (83%). That’s a signal worth watching.
Shares of egg and butter company Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) fell 3.2% in the afternoon session after TD Cowen analyst Robert Moskow lowered the price target on the company to $8,
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If you’re worried about an imminent stock market crash — or one happening this year or next, you might also be wondering which kinds of stocks are best to hold. That’s a good question, because some kinds of stocks do better or worse during a market pullback. If it’s tied to a recession, for example,
Tesla (NasdaqGS:TSLA) has launched a Megacharger network for heavy-duty electric trucks, opening its first site with Pilot in the U.S.
The new Megacharger location with Pilot is aimed at freight carriers moving along major U.S. trucking corridors.
Tesla stock is among the first U.S.
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I stopped my savings plan because of a market crash. I got tired of saving too much money.
Now that the new NISA has become widespread, I often hear voices like this.
Many people must have started index investing with All Country or S&P 500 funds.
However, there are not a few people who end up quitting because they cannot keep it up.
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Central banks snapped up 863 tonnes of gold in 2025, according to the World Gold Council. That momentum hasn’t slowed in 2026. Prices briefly topped $5,500 an ounce in January before a sharp pullback, but the metal still trades well above levels that would’ve seemed absurd half a decade ago. People who’ve never gone near a commodity in their lives now bring it up at dinner parties and in group chats.
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The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday a 3.6% cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits in 2027 — a higher increase than usual, but still not enough to keep up with inflation on Long Island.
Starting in January, nearly 72 million Social Security recipients will see an average retirement benefits increase of $75 per month,
Nike (NYSE:NKE) faces renewed scrutiny over its position in the Dow Jones Industrial Average following confirmation that it will be removed from the S&P 100 later this month.
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Nike will leave the S&P 100 before trading begins on 21 September 2026 as part of its quarterly rebalancing,
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UnitedHealth Group easily cleared Wall Street’s Q3 earnings forecast and raised its outlook as medical benefit costs undershot expectations. Comments on the earnings call about tentative signs of moderation in costs for government health care programs powered the Dow Jones stock, which is on track to open above its 50-day moving average.
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The stock market keeps on stacking good days only.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) has gone an astonishing 52 trading days without a 1% down day, matching the streak that ended in July 2024, according to research from Global Markets Investor. If the index avoids such a decline in today’s session,
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