How Is the Economy Impacting You and Your Family?
From energy and grocery prices to health care bills, the high cost of living continues to be one of the most important financial issues facing American families, according to a recent Gallup poll. We want to hear from TODAY viewers. How is the affordability crisis affecting you and your family? Take our Affordability Survey below. The results will be used in future TODAY stories about the economic issues having the greatest impact on our viewers. » Read more about: How Is the Economy Impacting You and Your Family? »
Read MoreThis 1 Move Could Make or Break Your Investing Strategy, According to Warren Buffett
Key PointsWarren Buffett has for decades advocated for a long-term, buy-and-hold approach to investing.A disciplined strategy that includes buying stocks throughout market declines can improve long-term returns.This could be the single move that does the most to improve your portfolio’s performance.Most investors today have become accustomed to the idea that stock prices just keep going up.
Read MoreCathie Wood calls AI extinction warnings ridiculous at a Sydney briefing
Cathie Wood praised the AI industry for talking openly about its own risks and dismissed the specific risk it has been talking about, in the same set of remarks to reporters in Sydney.
The ARK Invest founder said she was “happy that the leaders of the industry are advertising the risks associated with this new technology”.
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Read MoreThe price of gold today, Sept. 15, 2026 — and the best places to buy
Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,289.13 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly higher than Monday’s price, when it traded at $4,270.52 per ounce at the same time. Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts,
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Read MoreGold prices today, Monday, September 21, 2026: Gold prices slip on Middle East tensions
Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,413 per troy ounce on Monday, September 21, 2026, down 0.3% from Friday’s closing price. The price of gold is moving lower this morning at $4,394.80 per troy ounce as of 9:14 a.m. ET.
Gold prices opened at their highest level in over a week but are slipping this morning back into the range we saw last week amid ongoing tension in the Middle East.
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Market Commentary: 1 Extraordinary Firm Soaring Right Now
It’s bad out there the news media will tell you. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. First Republic Bank collapsed. First Horizon shares crashed. Bank PacWest cratered. US Bancorp tumbled.
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1 Under-the-Radar Stock with April Tailwind
You may not know EQT Corp well but it’s a prominent player in the natural gas industry and historically has a strong seasonal trend during the spring and early summer months as a result of a complex interplay of demand dynamics, investment trends, regulatory changes, historical performance, and global events.
Over the next 10 weeks,
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