You want to sign up for Social Security at the right time so you get the most money possible, but it’s not always easy to figure out when that is. Many people caution against waiting too long to claim Social Security. If you die before you sign up, you might not get anything back from the program.
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Warren Buffett spent years telling anyone who would listen that airlines were a value trap. He famously said a far-sighted capitalist should have shot down Orville Wright’s plane at Kitty Hawk. And then he sold every airline stock he owned during the pandemic, worth north of $4 billion, at a loss.“It turned out I was wrong,” the Oracle of Omaha later said,
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) tripled its stake in Alphabet (GOOGL) to $16.6 billion during Q1 while holding $397.6 billion in cash and eliminating positions in 16 stocks including UnitedHealth and Visa. Alphabet generated $64.4 billion in free cash flow over the last 12 months and saw Google Cloud revenue rise 63% year-over-year with operating income from cloud tripling to $6.6 billion.
After an especially bruising week of hot back-to-back inflation headlines, increasing uncertainties about the end of the Iran war’s energy shocks, and a flaccid state visit to China, the bond market’s outlook for a Fed interest-rate hike this year flexed.
Long-dated Treasury yields pushed sharply higher,
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For much of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, investors focused on the companies building the brains behind AI. But quietly, another critical layer of the AI ecosystem has started emerging as a major investment theme: optical networking.
And that shift is putting Lumentum Holdings (LITE 3.14%) in the spotlight.
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Social Security benefits rose 2.8% in 2026.
Current estimates are calling for a larger COLA in 2027.
While it’s natural to want a bigger raise, it could come back to bite you.
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The Oracle of Omaha’s wildest market call has a surprisingly boring math problem behind it
In September 2017, the most famous investor in the world stood up at a party for Forbes magazine’s 100th birthday and predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit a million points.
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) exited its entire 5 million-share UnitedHealth (UNH) position after a 45% rebound from $271 to $394 in nine months, locking in a fast profit on a contrarian bet made during the stock’s 50% collapse in early 2025.
NPR’s Elissa Nadworny speaks with Brown University economist Mark Blyth about the challenges facing Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve.
ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST:
The Fed has a new chair, and he faces a persistent problem –
Increased power demand is creating an opportunity for investors.
Energy companies can turn artificial intelligence needs into revenue.
Increased cash inflows allow for reliable dividend payouts and increases.
In any industry,
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