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U.S. stock futures rallied on Sunday night, and oil prices declined amid a pause in fighting between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend. Traders were also looking ahead to a demanding week of megacap earnings and a potentially surprising Federal Reserve meeting.
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve officials will head into their policy meeting this week confronting a resurgence in price pressures that could make their decision on whether to hold or hike interest rates a close call — and a contentious one.
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Renewed tensions in the Middle East have sent oil prices soaring again,
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Most married couples think about Social Security as two separate decisions. Each spouse files when the time is right, takes what the statement says they will receive, and moves on. What gets left on the table is often pretty substantial, and for couples who understand how spousal benefits interact with their own claiming strategy,
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Americans have been hearing about the looming demise of Social Security for decades. The number of old people receiving benefits has been increasing much more quickly than the number of working-age adults whose taxes pay for those checks. Yet politicians have let the problem fester for so long that the public could be forgiven for thinking that the crisis would never actually arrive.
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A new bipartisan bill, the Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone Act, aka the Promise Act, is designed to force Congress to confront Social Security’s upcoming funding shortfall and to vote on a reform package before automatic benefit cuts hit retirees around 2032.
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Nvidia (NVDA -1.01%) currently trades for about $210 per share. So, it would have to nearly quadruple to hit $800 per share. Considering the chipmaker’s sheer size as a $5.1 trillion company, that would require Nvidia to reach a nearly $20 trillion market cap. That’s a long climb,
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The S&P 500 index has largely shrugged off the most notable headwinds of 2026. Conflict in the Middle East led to rising energy prices. There are still worries about the possible impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the labor market. Consumer confidence is near all-time lows. And investors continue to patiently wait for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
