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Asset allocation is often presented as a one-off decision: choose a mix of equities, bonds and gold, and stick with it. In practice, markets rarely stay still long enough for that approach to work indefinitely. Valuations swing from cheap to expensive; interest-rate cycles turn. A fixed allocation can drift out of step with the conditions that justified it in the first place.

 » Read more about: The Case for Adaptive Investing Across Market Cycles  »

If you’ve watched the S&P 500 climb through 2025 and into 2026, you might have wondered how much higher it can go. One old but respected valuation gauge is flashing a signal that hasn’t shown up in more than a century of market data, and it deserves attention if you’re at or near retirement.

 » Read more about: The Stock Market Is on the Verge of Doing Something for the First Time in 155 Years  »

Most Americans don’t look to their 401(k) plans for excitement or experimentation, instead relying on the promise that steady saving and sober planning will guarantee security in their golden years. But the Trump administration wants to transform the well-worn patterns of retirement investing. 

To do so, it is moving to weaken the main protection workers have over their retirement money.

 » Read more about: Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.  »

It’s 2016, 5am in the morning. I’m about to get in freezing cold water to start my first ever Sprint Triathlon. I had never done one before nor do I want to do one again.

 » Read more about: Why 55 Needs To Be The New Normal Goal For Retirement  »

MacroMavens President Stephanie Pomboy breaks down the Fed’s growing divide, next week’s inflation report and what investors should expect as earnings season begins on ‘Mornings with Maria.’

Federal Reserve minutes from the June meeting reveal officials remain divided on future interest rate decisions. Maria Bartiromo and MacroMavens President Stephanie Pomboy discuss this,

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Quick Read

• Cathie Wood deployed $27 million into SpaceX across four ARK ETFs, lifting it to their fourth-largest combined position at roughly 4.5% of assets.

• SpaceX has dropped 34% from its $225 post-IPO peak, with investors flagging ongoing losses, rising debt, looming lockup expirations,

 » Read more about: Cathie Wood Just Bought $27 Million of SpaceX. Calling the Bottom or Catching a Falling Knife?  »

 » Read more about: The price of gold today, July 9, 2026 — and the best places to buy  »

 » Read more about: He Spent 30 Years Building the Business He’d Sell to Fund Retirement. Now Social Security Is His Floor.  »

 » Read more about: “Britain's Warren Buffett” Pared Down Every Single Stock in His Nearly $13 Billion Portfolio in the First Quarter, With One Exception  »

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