The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index climbed 0.2% in July to 99.5, marking the fourth time in six months the gauge has ticked upward. More notably, the six-month growth rate turned positive for the first time in over four years, a milestone that suggests the US economy may finally be pulling out of a prolonged soft patch.
IWMI yields ~13% and IYRI ~11% by writing index options over small-cap and REIT exposure, reducing ordinary income taxes on monthly distributions.
NEOS funds use Section 1256 options contracts, automatically applying 60/40 long-term/short-term capital gains treatment instead of ordinary income rates.
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If you’re on Social Security, there’s a big number you’re probably keeping an eye on — the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA.
Earlier this year, Social Security benefits got a 2.8% COLA. And many people are hoping next year’s raise will be much more generous.
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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Aug. 19, 2026.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as Treasury yields reversed course from the decline seen in the prior trading day following the Treasury Department’s debt buyback announcement.
US stock markets opened lower on August 20 as a brief reprieve in the bond market evaporated overnight, dragging equity indices back into the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all declined at the open, reversing gains from the previous session that had been fueled by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement of expanded buyback operations.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket trading on Thursday after US President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass legislation establishing clear rules for the digital asset sector, following a White House meeting with industry executives.
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, rose 3.4% and pushed through resistance levels that had held since early June,
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FreeCast shares tumbled 19% even after announcing strategic RBTI distribution partnership.
New agreement brings 28 Brazilian television channels to FreeCast’s streaming ecosystem.
Warren Buffett’s instructions for money left in trust for his wife are strikingly simple. In Berkshire Hathaway’s 2013 shareholder letter, he directed the trustee to invest 90% of the cash in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund, preferably Vanguard’s, and the remaining 10% in short-term government bonds. For someone building a retirement plan,
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Thursday US “economic terrorism” threatens global economy and the sovereignty of nations worldwide.
The remarks came after US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday “the most crushing economic operation ever taken” against any country providing a lifeline to Iran.
“This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,”