One of the biggest questions facing the stock market right now is: Can the bull market continue? The S&P 500 index of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America has been a great investment in recent years. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO -0.06%) has delivered annualized returns of about 15% for the past 16 years.
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Emerging-market stocks are having a rough week. The benchmark emerging-market equity index fell for a second straight day, dragged lower by a fresh selloff in AI-linked technology shares.
The damage is not spread evenly. It is clustered in the markets that host the world’s biggest chipmakers,
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Rising rates are grinding through bond portfolios, but one corner of the Treasury market resets its coupon every single week. Whether that mechanism actually beats owning plain T-bills depends on a timing question most investors never think to ask.
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When Stephanie Zebrowski retired and started collecting Social Security in 2018, she was able to get by on her monthly payment with a little left over before the next one arrived.
That’s no longer the case. Zebrowski, who worked as a financial editor at a brokerage firm, now finds that the $2,200 monthly payment she receives (after her Medicare premiums are deducted) has not kept up with inflation in recent years.
A retired farmer collecting six figures in cash rent thought the Social Security earnings test was someone else’s problem, but the moment his neighbor asked which fields to plant, everything changed.
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The S&P 500 is marching higher for a fourth straight year, on track for a gain of more than 100% over this period. Against this backdrop, some investors may feel exuberant, and a market crash might be far from their minds; others, however, may consider that these gains won’t last forever and,
Shares of electric vehicle (EV) titan Tesla (TSLA -1.22%) are enjoying a surge in October. The company reported third-quarter vehicle delivery numbers ahead of Wall Street’s estimates on Oct. 2, creating anticipation for promising earnings when the company announces Q3 results on Oct. 21. The stock closed at $382.70 on Oct.
TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks closed mixed Tuesday, as a sell-off in heavyweight technology shares and higher crude oil prices dragged the benchmark Nikkei stock index lower, while firm bank stocks lent support to the broader market.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 1,253.40 points, or 1.82 percent, from Friday to end at 67,777.52.
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In the Tokyo stock market on October 13, 2026, following a three-day weekend, the Nikkei Stock Average closed with a sharp consecutive decline, down 1,253.40 yen from the previous day (67,777.52 yen).
Following a decline in the US tech sector and rising oil prices due to escalating tensions in the Middle East,
