Many divorced boomers may still qualify for Social Security benefits on an ex-spouse’s record, yet plenty never claim them. That missed option can be especially costly for women who spent years out of the workforce, worked part-time while raising children, or assume divorce closed that door.
For retirees trying to avoid money mistakes,
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US stock market Dow Jones crash today wiped out nearly 380 points, pulling the index down to 45,846.59, while the S&P 500 fell 0.60% to 6,585.05 and the Nasdaq dropped 0.68% to 22,002.54. In early trade, losses were even deeper, with the Nasdaq sliding as much as 1.4%, showing how intense the selling pressure was.
Oil prices are back above $98 after the U.S. hit Iranian production facilities, including the world’s biggest natural gas field.
As noted by CNN, the latest attacks will add to fears of a longer-lasting war. “Energy markets are having to continuously price in a more prolonged disruption to oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz,
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What we’re looking at may be the most paradoxical environment in decades. Defensive ETFs like the Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FSTA), Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU),
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The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.62%) is America’s most widely followed stock-market index because of its diversified composition and strict entry criteria. It hosts 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy, and those companies must maintain a minimum market capitalization of $22.7 billion. In addition,
JPMorgan lowered its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 7,200 from 7,500, warning that investors have become complacent in their expectation that oil-price spikes will be short-lived.
The US stock market has been resilient amid surging oil prices since the Iran war began nearly three weeks ago. JPMorgan said this relative calm relies on one “high-risk assumption”
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation in the wake of the Iran war, suggesting the Fed could stand pat for an extended period.
Tesla (TSLA) has never been shy about thinking big. But what the company is set to unveil this week may be its most ambitious move yet, and most investors haven’t fully processed what it means.
On March 14, CEO Elon Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the “Terafab Project launches in 7 days.”
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Tesla (TSLA) is launching Terafab, its own semiconductor fabrication business, to secure custom chip supply for robotics and AI applications without relying on Taiwan Semiconductor.
Tesla is positioning itself beyond electric vehicles into robotics and physical AI, where controlling chip production becomes essential to avoid supply delays as competitors race to commercialize autonomous systems like the Cybercab and Optimus.
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The risky lending business known as “private credit”