Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher as it heads for a winning week
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in midday trading on Wall Street Friday, keeping the market on track for its fifth gain in a row.
The S&P 500 was up 0.1% and is solidly on track for a weekly gain that will erase most of last week’s loss.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 226 points,
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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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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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Since reaching a bear market bottom a little over two years ago, the bulls have been running the show on Wall Street. This year, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-dependent Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have reached multiple all-time highs.
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Is This Space Stock Set For Blast Off?
It’s not every day of the week we cover stocks trading under $5 per share, which are technically considered penny stocks. It’s rarer still to discuss those trading under $2 per share, but one space stock now is just too interesting to gloss past.
Before proceeding further, we must first note that this stock has been nothing short of a train wreck for shareholders since first going public via a SPAC sponsored by dMY Technology Group.
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If Trump Were Assassinated, What Would Happen?
The near assassination of former President Donald Trump plunged the country into a perilous situation. It’s unclear what the reaction would have been had Trump been struck lethally but as you can see, the proximity to death was a hair’s breath away.
Some estimate the final turn of his head, a 0.05 second movement was what saved his life.
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Spotlight: Buffett Buys Real Estate Colossus
Few names are as prominent in real estate as D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) but when you couple a top homebuilder with the investing legend Warren Buffett taking a position in it, you’ve got an investment opportunity that demands further scrutiny.
With rising mortgage rates and waning home sales, buying a homebuilder seems an unusual play,
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