Stock Market Today: Dow up 200 points as stocks head for weekly gain
Oil futures climbed on Friday, with the U.S. crude benchmark up by more than 5% for the week on ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, but natural-gas prices eased back after a five-session run up.
West Texas Intermediate crude for January delivery rose 38 cents,
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Read More'Employers aren’t responsible for my retirement,' say most (75%) employees
Nearly half of U.S. households (48%) disagree with the statement, “My employer is responsible for providing for my retirement,” about the same as in 2011, according to financial benchmarking firm Hearts & Wallets (H&W) research of nearly 6,000 U.S. households, Attitudes & Sentiment 2024: Goals, Beliefs and Needs in an Era of Rising Financial Confidence.
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Read MoreUS retirement plans: Key changes announced for 2025
Starting 2025, Americans can contribute more to retirement accounts. The Internal Revenue Service detailed the increases in its annual cost-of-living adjustments for pension plans and other retirement accounts. Workers who participate in 403(b) and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan will also be able to increase their annual contribution to $23,500 in 2025, up from $23,000 in 2024.
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Read MoreWarren Buffett Claims To Not 'Time The Market,' But His Cash Horde Tells A Different Story
For decades, famed value investor Warren Buffett has insisted that he does not try to “time the market.” But, his recent sales could serve as a warning sign for investors amid a period of protracted valuations.
What Happened: Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRK BRK has gradually wound down its largest positions over the last year.
Warren Buffett Just Bought More of This Top-Secret Winner That's Up 51% in 2024. Should You Buy Too?
It’s a sure bet that most investors, even those who regularly devour financial media, were until recently not familiar with Heico (NYSE: HEI). The specialty industrial components maker is a decades-old enterprise that operates an unglamorous business and rarely generates attention-grabbing news.
Yet it’s been quite the outperformer at times,
Read MoreThe Burst
The Secret Buffett Won’t Tell You
Most traders are consumed by day-to-day share price fluctuations of their stock portfolios but few spend the time to think about the economics of compounding wealth, and how it can be done to achieve enormous gains.
One secret that Buffett unlocked in growing massive wealth was realizing what would happen to the dividend of Coca Cola over time.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Champion Trader Buys NEW Breakout
An old Buffett adage goes something like this “we don’t have to be smarter than others, we have to be more disciplined” and what’s true for the investing world goes for the trading world too.
In that realm, champion traders have to watch stocks like a hawk. Waiting for the precise moment for breakouts to occur and then pouncing on them when they do.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Time To Buy This Magnificent 7 Stock?
Usually investing is about spotting a stock that is underpriced relative to fair value. Trading is about finding a stock that meets some chart criterion. Maybe it’s a breakout, a cup-and-handle, a doji, or some buy signal or other. Whatever the approach, the focus is on a single position.
But sometimes, comparative analysis highlights opportunities that otherwise might fall under the radar.