Bill would cut wait times for Social Security disability, Medicare payments
A new proposal would speed up the process for people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits.
Sen. Andy Kim, D-NJ, introduced the “Stop the Wait Act” this week. The act would phase out the five-month waiting period for SSDI benefits over five years as well do away with the 24-month waiting period for Medicare disability benefits,
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LATEST MARKET UPDATES Stock Market Today: Dow Falls As Oil Erases Losses; Buffett Departs Berkshire (Live Coverage)Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major stock indexes traded mostly lower Friday as oil prices erased their early morning losses. Meanwhile, Apple and Advanced Micro Deviceswere key… Read More Dow Jones Futures: After S&P 500,
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Read More3 Top-Ranked Vanguard Mutual Funds With Solid Upside Potential
Vanguard, one of the world’s largest asset management corporations, was founded by John C. Bogle on May 1, 1975. Headquartered in Valley Forge, PN, the company had $12 trillion in assets under management globally as of Dec. 31, 2025. Vanguard had more than 20,000 employees worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2024, and offered 228 funds in the United States and 237 in foreign markets to millions of investors.
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Read More5 Much-Loved Dividend ETFs Yield More Than 4%
Despite heightened geopolitical tensions, rising rate worries and AI valuation woes, Wall Street has delivered strong performance so far this year. State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY has added about 11.6% in the year-to-date frame. A closer look shows that U.S. stocks capped a strong first half of 2026 and a robust second quarter driven by the strength in semiconductor stocks.
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Read MoreIs the AI Bubble a 'Return of the IT Bubble'?—Decoding 2026 Through Policy Interest Rates
I often see the observation that ‘the AI market is similar to the 2000 IT bubble.’ Rather than relying on intuition, I will organize the similarities and differences by using policy interest rates as a common yardstick to examine what actually happened in both periods.
Policy Interest Rates as a ‘Common Language’
Comparing stock indices directly is difficult because their components and valuation levels differ by era.
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1 Stunning Stock Set To Join Magnificent 7
While Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon garner the headlines, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has quietly become one of the fastest-growing cloud infrastructure companies. Its cloud business grew by 47% year-over-year in the latest quarter and that rate of growth puts it firmly on the radar of investors looking for the next stock to join the Magnificent 7 grouping.
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Billionaire Bets on Fast Growth Unit In Boring Stock
If you only look at consumer trends within the United States, it might seem odd that Philip Morris’s stock has done so well. Aren’t people giving up cigarettes?
For the most part, they are, but the company has planned for the effects of smoking cessation programs. The share price speaks to Philip Morris’s success.
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Former Richest Man In World Bets $9.4 Billion On 1 Stock
Bill Gates is a household name in the software and technology industry. He co-founded Microsoft (MSFT) with Paul Allen in 1975, and the company now boasts a market cap of almost $2 trillion. While Microsoft offers hardware and services, it is best known for its software products, including the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows operating system (OS).
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