The Federal Reserve's not-quite-as-independent independence
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I remember once a long time ago somebody telling me that the Federal Reserve was incredibly powerful. That the central bank’s officials could and did tilt the scales for or against politicians. If they didn’t like a president, they could raise rates. If they wanted an incumbent to stay incumbent,
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Two in five Americans believe the stock market isn’t for them and only benefits the top 1%, according to a new Harris Poll poll exclusive to the Guardian that surveyed investing habits and knowledge about the economy.
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Royce Investment Partners is a boutique asset manager based in New York. The firm focuses on actively managing small-cap mutual funds. As of March 31, 2026, the company had $11.3 billion in assets under management (AUM).
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Few investors know that sports apparel giant, Lululemon Athletica, was originally founded as a design studio by day and yoga studio by night. Fast forward to today, and the company is nothing short of a global phenomenon that last week made it into the S&P 500 club.
But what’s on the horizon now for this extraordinary apparel firm?
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) began humbly as a struggling textile mill but it has grown into a multinational conglomerate under the stewardship of Warren Buffett.
Now well on its way to a market capitalization of a trillion dollars, following in the footsteps of Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia, Berkshire Hathaway is the ultimate Warren Buffett stock.
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