Social Security Makes Big Change That Could Disrupt Service for Millions
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There are millions of Americans today who rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet. And it’s not just seniors who get benefits from the program. As such, you’d think the Social Security Administration (SSA) would be adding to its staff.
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Read MoreS&P 500 briefly surpasses 7,000, then closes little changed as Fed keeps rates steady: Live updates
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.
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The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday,
The AI Infrastructure Stock That's Stealing Market Share in 2026
A niche in high-performance computing gives Oracle a cost advantage.
One of the more surprising moves in the cloud industry has come from Oracle (ORCL 1.20%). The company built its reputation as the leader in relational databases, but it breathed new life into its business when it discovered that its IT infrastructure positioned it to succeed in the cloud business.
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Read MoreStock market today: S&P 500 slips from record as Fed stands pat, Nasdaq rises before Big Tech earnings flurry
US stocks were little changed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged in its first policy decision of the year. Wall Street also braced for earnings from megacap tech companies in a day that saw the S&P 500 (^GSPC) vault briefly over the 7,000 mark for the first time.
Read MoreFederal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered
Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Morgan Stanley, said that Powell kept the door open for further rate cuts this year, “when they get enough evidence inflation is decelerating.” Powell suggested in his remarks that the impact of tariffs,
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1 Signal That Dutch Bros Could Be a Monster Stock
If you gave up on Dutch Bros after its post-IPO slump, you might be kicking yourself right now. After going public in 2021 and fizzling out soon after, Dutch Bros has staged a remarkable comeback, rising nearly 90% over the past 2 years.
And this rebound isn’t just a flash in the pan.
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IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Could Be a Turning Point
IBM has been tinkering with quantum computing longer than most of today’s retail investors have even been in the market. For decades, the company’s message has been quantum is coming, and when it arrives, it will change everything from chemistry to finance. The problem? The finish line has always felt just out of reach, perpetually ten years away.
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This ETF Owns 3,500 Stocks, Is It Better Than the S&P 500?
Vanguard’s Extended Market ETF (VXF) is a broad fund made up of thousands of stocks across essentially every part of the American business landscape. Like many ETFs, VXF attempts to give investors access to a broad selection of stocks without the difficulty and risk involved in picking individual companies.
Today, let’s take a deeper look at VXF to see if the fund is a good investment at the moment.
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