Social Security Benefits Get a 2.8% COLA. Here's How Much the Average Check Might Increase
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While Social Security benefits are getting a decent raise in 2026, many seniors won’t see all of it.
Warning: This metric hints at S&P 500 crash in 2026
As the S&P 500 mounts a successive recovery, historical data suggests that the index is likely to face bearish sentiment in 2026.
Notably, the grim outlook comes as the S&P 500 ended the last session at 6,849, up 0.5%.
The index has managed to stage a remarkable performance, securing just enough gains to preserve its monthly winning streak.
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Read MoreThe 10 top AI stock picks for year-end, according to a Wall Street tech bull
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Read More2 Vanguard Index Funds to Buy Now — They Can Beat the S&P 500 Over the Next Decade, According to Wall Street Analysts
Not a 'bubble,' but maybe an 'air pocket': Wall Street says it's time to reset the AI narrative
Two of Wall Street’s biggest firms say the AI boom is far from a speculative mania.
Instead, BlackRock and Bank of America say this cycle is being driven by real corporate investment, earnings, and productivity gains — not the kind of irrational exuberance that defined the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s.
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Why This Buffett Stock Is a Forever Buy
Among Warren Buffett’s favorite investments is Coca-Cola, a Dividend King that has raised its dividend annually for a remarkable 62 consecutive years. This track record puts Coca-Cola in the elite club of dividend-paying stocks that have increased their dividends annually for at least 50 years.
Such consistent dividend hikes not only help investors to combat inflation but also substantially compound their returns.
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51.6% Upside In This Under-the-Radar Energy Play
Few investors realize that APA Corporation, formerly Apache Corporation, has quietly become a key player in one of the most sought-after regions for oil and gas exploration: Suriname.
This emerging hotspot may very well reset APA’s growth trajectory but it appears few investors have cottoned on to its promise.
APA Corporation’s joint venture with TotalEnergies in Suriname’s Block 58 is one of the most under-the-radar exploration stories in the energy sector today yet early drilling results have confirmed multiple discoveries,
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Markets Are Going FULL Leptokurtic, What You Need To Know Now
If you look up the definition of leptokurtic, the dictionary explanation is:
- (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having greater kurtosis than the normal distribution; more concentrated about the mean.
That probably didn’t clarify things a whole lot if you’re not a statistician but in essence leptokurtic refers to a flatter distribution with fatter tails.
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