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The median value of U.S. consumers’ stock market investments has climbed to a record $350,000, according to Bloomberg data covering single stocks, mutual funds, and retirement accounts including 401(k)s and IRAs. That figure has more than doubled over the past two years, and since January alone, the median has jumped by $150,000,
Franklin Templeton is preparing to use tokenized assets inside conventional investment funds after receiving SEC staff relief allowing its funds to invest in shares of its blockchain based money market fund.
The SEC Division of Investment Management said in an August 12 no action letter that it would not recommend enforcement action against Franklin funds using Franklin Templeton Investor Services as custodian for investments in the Franklin OnChain U.S.
Crude oil has spent 2026 trading less like a commodity and more like a mood ring for Middle East tensions. Every fresh headline out of Washington or Tehran seems to move the barrel price a dollar or two, and investors holding energy stocks have learned to treat their portfolios like a news feed.
That’s the backdrop for President Trump’s latest Truth Social post,
A widow in her early 70s has barely cleared the condolence cards from the kitchen counter when two notices arrive. One is the property tax bill. The other is from the reverse mortgage servicer, asking about her occupancy and plans for the home. She assumed she could remain in the house and that Social Security would continue supporting the household much as it had before.
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Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Asset Management chief economist & global strategist, told Fox News Digital during an Aug. 19 interview that the American economy is currently doing “worse” than it was when President Joe Biden departed office last year.
The U.S. economy is currently “worse”
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Cathie Wood is pointing investors toward a different way of thinking about where crypto’s biggest opportunities have emerged this cycle.
“Follow the developers, as always, and get as close to the end user as possible!” the ARK Invest CEO wrote on X on Aug. 18, endorsing research from ARK analyst Lorenzo Valente on where crypto businesses actually generated revenue in 2025.
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Throughout 2026, U.S. stocks have continued climbing a proverbial “wall of worry,” with major market benchmarks setting new all-time highs despite tariff-driven trade disputes and the ongoing war involving the U.S., Israel and Iran.
Year to date through Aug. 18, the S&P 500 is up 12.4%, while the mega-cap growth and technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 index has done even better,
Many of the savers who are chasing the highest possible returns have spent the last several months gravitating toward the shortest certificate of deposit (CD) terms they can find,
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