Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise ahead of crucial Fed interest rate decision
US stocks mostly rose on Wednesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether to hike interest rates for the first time in three years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dipped below the flat line, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.2%.
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Read MoreWarren Buffett's investment in BofA has been exceptionally profitable
It’s the dawn of a new era for one of Wall Street’s trillion-dollar businesses. With Warren Buffett retiring as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.47%)(BRKB +0.41%) on Dec. 31, his longtime understudy, Greg Abel, is now overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations and its closely watched $364 billion investment portfolio.
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Read MoreRed October Sell-Off Could Be Coming: 5 Warren Buffett Dividend Stocks Are Safe Havens
A stock market correction of up to 20% may arrive sooner than most investors expect, but five Berkshire Hathaway holdings are already positioned to weather the storm while paying investors to wait.
Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a $1 trillion empire.
Stock Market Today: Dow Up As Alphabet Shines, Tech Fund Offers Entry; Oil Dips On Iran Hopes (Live Coverage)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes rallied Monday as oil prices and Treasury yields dropped. Meanwhile, Alphabet (GOOGL) and Nvidia (NVDA) were winners on the stock market today as chip and semiconductor stocks shined early. A tech fund also cleared a buy point. The Dow industrials rose nearly 200 points,
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Market Commentary: Top AI Stock To Hold Forever
Sometimes the oldest companies are the best when it comes to pioneering the future. Although history is littered with Blockbusters for each Netflix, a more common trajectory for a stodgy old company is the one IBM took, essentially coasting along but not creating disruptive innovation. Microsoft risked the same fate, until Satya Nadella took over.
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Midas Touch Billionaire Makes Wild 12-Month Claim
Vinod Khosla is perhaps not a household name but he’s often won the Midas award as a top venture capitalist with a finely tuned instinct for spotting what comes next.
His predictions for the coming 12 months are the stuff of nightmares for some companies and will be a boon for others. The profound implications for his forecast that the cost of compute will fall by as much as 90% will reverberate around the technology industry,
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