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Every little bit helps. The interest rates banks are offering on certificates of deposit have been rising. Dreamstime People with some savings naturally hope to earn the most interest possible on those dollars, but click-bait lists may have created some unrealistic expectations. It’s true that interest rates have been rising for savings accounts and certificates of deposit,

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Gen Z equity trading volume included 25% ETF allocations on Binance in early August, climbing from 21.9% the previous month
Younger investors executed just 13 monthly TradFi perpetual trades compared to Millennials’ 17 and Gen X’s 16.5
Among Gen Z direct-equity investors, 22% have never executed a sell transaction
Popular holdings for Gen Z buy-and-hold accounts include Broadcom,

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When Saying “I Do” Reshapes a Fixed Income
Two people in their seventies, both receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), decide to marry and move in together. The logic feels practical. Splitting rent, utilities, and household expenses should stretch two small checks further. Then Social Security recalculates their benefits.

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Every market cycle produces its own version of easy money. Meme stocks, meme coins, options trading, leverage, and now the AI boom have all tempted everyday investors chasing fast riches, often using capital they cannot afford to lose.Warren Buffett built one of the greatest track records in market history by refusing to chase any of it.

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Many tech stocks have put up impressive gains over the past few years, as companies have transitioned their products and services to tap into the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence market.Some of the biggest winners — such as Nvidia (NVDA -0.06%), Micron Technology (MU +2.30%), Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM -0.96%), Broadcom (AVGO -5.94%), and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +6.50%) —

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Millions of Americans worry that Social Security won’t be there when they retire. The Social Security trust funds are projected to run short of reserves in the coming years. If Congress doesn’t act before then, incoming revenue could cover only about 78% of scheduled benefits, effectively resulting in benefits about 22% below scheduled levels.

That sounds alarming.

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Dear Liz: I will be 62 in January. My husband turns 70 in July. If I take my Social Security benefits at a reduced rate at 62, can I switch to half of his benefits once he turns 70 and applies? Let’s say my reduced benefit at 62 is $1,000 per month and my husband’s maximized benefit at 70 is $4,000 per month.

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Key PointsWarren Buffett steered Berkshire Hathaway to market-crushing returns from 1965 to 2025. In his final years as CEO, he plowed $77.8 billion into one stock that investors won’t find in Berkshire’s portfolio. Berkshire’s new CEO, Greg Abel, has immediately picked up where Buffett left off. Warren Buffett served as chief executive officer of the Berkshire Hathaway(NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) holding company from 1965 to 2025.

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On Aug. 26, the otherwise extremely fast-paced Wall Street will slow down and pay close attention as Nvidia (NVDA -0.06%) reports its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2027, which ended on July 26 (Nvidia’s fiscal years do not match calendar years). Since the company is at the very center of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out,

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Michael Burry has built a reputation for asking the question Wall Street doesn’t want to hear: What if everyone is wrong?
The investor became famous for betting against the housing market before the 2008 financial crisis. Now he’s warning that today’s artificial intelligence boom bears uncomfortable similarities to previous market bubbles.
Burry isn’t merely warning that some AI stocks are overpriced.

 » Read more about: Michael Burry Warns of a Market Bubble. This Indicator Close to Breaking a 150-Year Record Says He May Be Right  »