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Before June 1997, all Social Security benefits were paid on the third of the month.However, as the number of beneficiaries grew, the single-day payout method became unwieldy, prompting the Social Security Administration to spread distribution across four days each month.The majority of the schedule is straightforward. The second Wednesday of the month is for beneficiaries whose birthdays fall between the first and the 10th of the month.

 » Read more about: Social Security benefits: There’s an important change in payment schedule this month  »

Quick Read REMX surged 146% since April 2025 as the purest rare earth play; LIT spreads exposure across 40 lithium-to-battery chain names. China controls roughly 60% of global rare earth production and has invested over $120 billion in overseas critical mineral projects since 2023. Don’t wait: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just revealed his top 10 AI stocks.

 » Read more about: 3 Critical Minerals ETFs Capturing the Reshoring Trade as China Tightens Export Controls  »

By Nell MackenzieUpdated Mon, July 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM UTCBy Nell MackenzieLONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – U.S. hedge funds sold tech hardware stocks for a fourth week in a row, according to a client note from Goldman Sachs on Friday, in line with a recent decline in global chip shares and just before many of these companies will report earnings.Tech shares and especially semiconductors have propelled the broader equity market higher this year.

 » Read more about: Hedge funds dumped chip stocks for a fourth week as AI shares sold off  »

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares have added more than 300% since the artificial intelligence (AI) boom began in earnest in January 2023. While investors initially feared AI would disrupt the company’s dominance in internet search, Alphabet has successfully integrated the technology into its advertising and cloud products. On June 29, Alphabet was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI),

 » Read more about: This AI Stock Just Joined the Dow Jones. It’s Up 300% Since 2023 and History Says This Will Happen Next.  »

Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,143.46 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly higher than Friday’s price, when it traded at $4,123.61 per ounce at the same time. Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts,

 » Read more about: The price of gold today, July 6, 2026 — and the best places to buy  »

The S&P 500 just notched its best quarter since 2020 and is up about 9% so far this year, but it’s mostly downhill from here, according to Bank of America. In a note on Tuesday, analysts reaffirmed their year-end price target of 7,100 for the broad market index, representing a 5% drop from the week’s closing level.

 » Read more about: The stock market is about to suffer a ‘snapback’ and will lose much of this year’s gains as ‘speculation is hitting extreme levels,’ BofA warns  »

Crude Futures Hover Near Pre-War Levels

Oil futures were hovering around their pre-conflict level with the market still optimistic about continued flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. and Iran seek a long-term peace agreement.

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OPEC, Allies Hike Output Again as Hormuz Traffic Starts Recovering

The fifth consecutive increase comes as the cartel continues to unwind production cuts introduced in recent years.

 » Read more about: Dow Jones Top Energy Headlines at 11 AM ET: Crude Futures Hover Near Pre-War Levels | OPEC, …  »

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Few Americans are as successful as Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban. Both have reshaped what’s possible in the business world, and both started out from very humble beginnings. When it comes to getting ahead financially, both Cuban and Buffett have interesting, slightly unorthodox perspectives on how to do so.

Here is what Mark Cuban and Warren Buffett believe is the best investment you can make,

 » Read more about: Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban Agree – This Is the Best Investment You'll Ever Make  »

Investors in the AI trade are looking to South Korea for answers this week.

The nation’s stock market — which counts trillion-dollar chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix as primary members — has been red-hot this year amid a global memory-chip shortage. That’s captured the attention of US investors, which are looking ahead to two key developments.

 » Read more about: Why all eyes in the stock market are on South Korea this week  »