Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, is known for her aggressive investment style. Ark Innovation ETF is heavily invested in growth stocks, including Tesla, Tempus AI, and CRISPR Therapeutics. Roughly half of the fund’s assets are invested in just 10 companies.
This week, no birth-date group is getting the usual Wednesday retirement payment. Instead, the story is about timing. When a scheduled Social Security payment date falls on a weekend, the Social Security Administration (SSA) moves it up rather than making people wait. That’s exactly what’s happening now — Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients are scheduled to get paid on Friday,
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) stock has fallen by 31% from its previous peak as Wall Street focuses on near-term margin pressure and intensifying competition. Yet the business continues to expand rapidly in Latin America’s e-commerce market, potentially setting the stage for market-beating returns in the next five years.
Its lower margins are not a result of competition,
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Month after month, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issues millions of payments to recipients of Social Security benefits, with retired workers accounting for the vast majority of the program’s beneficiaries. Social Security’s list of recipients also includes disabled workers, and the surviving spouse or dependents of a deceased beneficiary.
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On the surface, nearly everything looks good for the stock market these days. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) are near all-time highs. Corporate earnings continue to grow. The artificial intelligence (AI) boom remains a strong tailwind.
The S&P 500 is up approximately 10% in 2026, on track for another year of strong performance, prompting many investors to look for ways to amplify their returns. One increasingly popular option is the Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:SPXL), a leveraged ETF designed to deliver three times the daily performance of the S&P 500.
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Oil prices have fallen more than 5% this morning as the US paused strikes on Iran for the second night in a row,
In June, the Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged for the sixth consecutive meeting. Whether that streak extends to seven meetings when the Fed meets July 28-29 is a real mystery.
Based on the Fed’s dot plot report released last month, nine of the 19 policymakers say that they predict at least one rate hike before the end of 2026.
UTI ULIP delivered 2.6% returns over the last six months and 7.3% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on July 26.
Moneycontrol Desk
July 27, 2026 / 11:49 IST
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