Everyone Missed Morningstar’s ETF Quietly Beating the S&P 500 by 30%
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Most investors treat broad market funds like a set-it-and-forget-it decision. But what if your core equity position could be engineered to favor companies with stronger balance sheets, higher profitability, and better momentum without abandoning diversification? That’s the tension FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSEARCA:TILT) was designed to resolve.
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3 Stock Updates You'll Want to Watch This Week
Earnings season comes calling for three popular stocks.
Don’t let this holiday-shortened trading week lull you into a sense of financial slumber. Earnings season continues, and more than a few stocks will be on the move after their respective companies’ latest quarterly numbers come out.
A few of the stocks I hope will step up nicely this week include Palo Alto Networks (PANW +2.54%),
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Read MoreThis AI Stock Just Became Wall Street's Most Controversial Pick for 2026
Tesla is winning over some analysts, but I’m not convinced just yet.
There are plenty of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks for investors to choose from right now, but one pick that some analysts have started to get bullish on recently is Tesla (TSLA +0.06%).
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How To Trade The Crashing Markets
Lots of finger-pointing has taken place. Was it Buffett selling Apple? The jobs report? The unwind of the Japanese carry trade, which is essentially nothing more than borrowing at low rates in Japan and investing at higher yields in the US. Or was it the re-pricing from inflation concerns to recession worries?
Regardless,
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The Formula Behind Billionaire’s 30-Year Win Streak
Stanley Druckenmiller may be best known for his role with George Soros in shorting the British pound in 1992, which famously became known as breaking the Bank of England. That position resulted in a cumulative profit of over a billion dollars, and all while Druckenmiller was only in his late 30s.
At a time when many professional investors consider themselves in their early innings of their careers,
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The Best Stock Buffett Just Bought Is…
According to Berkshire Hathaway’s fourth-quarter 13F and 13G filings, Buffett and his investment team added shares to several existing positions, including Lousiana-Pacific Corp. (LPX), Paramount Global (PARA),