The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF holds 3,000 more stocks than an S&P 500 index fund.
The S&P 500 makes up roughly 80% of the total market cap of the U.S. stock market.
More diversification doesn’t automatically mean more stability.
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Data is the fuel that keeps Wall Street’s engine turning. The only problem for investors is that the amount of data being released, from quarterly earnings to near-daily economic reports, can make it challenging to digest. In other words, it’s easy for something of importance to fall through the cracks.
For example,
For millions of retirees, Social Security is the one deposit that keeps the lights on and the pantry stocked. But how far does that check actually go?
The answer depends heavily on your zip code, your bills, and how fast prices are moving. Two retirees with the same check can live very different lives,
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The concern isn’t an unmerited one. The gains that most artificial intelligence (AI)-related stocks have made since 2023 have obviously stretched at least some valuations far too thin. Nvidia (NVDA 4.14%) shares, for instance, are priced at more than 35 times their trailing profits.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood bought $16.3-million worth of Circle shares on the way down
Most investors watched and waited when shares of the stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group fell this week. Not ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood.
As Benzinga reports, the multi-millionaire founder bought $16.3-million worth of Circle (NYSE:CRCL) shares on the way down — after selling Circle stock a few days earlier.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Warren Buffett’s last as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, the company trimmed or sold stakes in positions that were long associated with being Buffett cornerstones.
According to Berkshire’s Sept. 30, 2025, 10Q filing, the company had a record $381.7 billion cash hoard at the start of the quarter and the Q4 sales only added to it.
Tesla is executing one of the most aggressive capital reallocations in modern market history. The company is trimming its decelerating automotive segment to fund a massive pivot toward a high-growth, “physical AI” performance brand.
So far,
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Quarterly BTC options for $13.4B expired on March 27, with near-peak open interest.
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US stock futures nudged up on Friday after President Trump further delayed promised US strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, but doubts about the chances of a peace deal muted gains and spurred oil’s rally.
Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose roughly 0.2%.
