What Social Security COLA Changes Could Mean for Your $2,000 Benefit Check in 2027
With less than three months to go until the official 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement, you’re probably anxious to figure out what your checks will look like next year. There are already projections floating around, but, like the COLA, they are expressed as percentages.
That doesn’t tell you exactly what the COLA will do to your benefits.
Read MoreTop Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs: 07/19/2026
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Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Last Week
These were last week’s top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly. Always do your homework.
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Read MoreBig Drop in Alphabet Stock Underscores Investor Unease With AI Spending
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Shares of Alphabet slumped on Thursday after the company raised its full-year capex forecast for the second time this year, overshadowing signs that AI investments are helping to boost growth.
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Investors are increasingly concerned that Alphabet and the other hyperscalers are weakening their finances with AI investments that they may never be able to recoup.
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Read MoreTesla’s Worst Day In A Year Cuts Elon Musk’s Net Worth By $18 Billion
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Elon Musk’s fortune was cut by more than $18 billion on Thursday amid the worst intraday selloff in Tesla shares in more than a year, following the automaker’s earnings report that disappointed Wall Street, as analysts called for Musk’s firm to bring “tangible” results for its robotics and robotaxi businesses.
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Read MoreJeff Bezos' Amazon Could See a Sizable Mark-to-Market Gain From Its Anthropic Stake When It Reports Earnings July 30, BofA Says
It’s Amazon‘s (AMZN -0.19%) turn to step up to the earnings podium. The online retailer founded by Jeff Bezos is expected to show strong growth in its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services, and is likely to increase its planned $200 billion capital expenditure budget as memory and storage products become more expensive.
The Burst
Is Bitcoin About To Soar?
The crypto hype seems to be long in the distant past, eclipsed by buzz over artificial intelligence and machine learning.
But perhaps the nail is not yet in the coffin of the most high profile of all the cryptocurrencies, bitcoin. Recently, some well-known traders have been announcing their entry in the digital coin,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Billionaire Bets The Farm On Under-the-Radar Health Stock
Stanley Druckenmiller is among the most astute stock pickers in the world and often ahead of broader market consensus. That may be attributable to his view that it’s best to buy with an eye on where things will be in 18 months versus today.
One of his latest buys, and a big one at that,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
80% Of Physicians Use This Platform, Is It a Buy?
2021 was an epic year for IPOs, primarily driven by very low interest rates, and COVID-19 stimulus funding. In fact, in 2021, there were 976 IPOs, compared to 480 the prior year. One of the most noteworthy IPOs of the year was Doximity, Inc. (DOCS), which opened at $26 per share.
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