The Stock Market Is Flashing a Rare Warning Signal. Here's How History Says Investors Should Prepare.
The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has been on a marvelous run. In the past decade, it has generated a total return of 321% (as of Sept. 18). Had you invested $10,000 in September 2016 in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the benchmark, you’d have $42,100 today. From a historical perspective,
What I Feared More Than Retirement Financial Anxiety Was a Day Without Plans
If asked what they are anxious about regarding retirement, I think many people would answer “money.” I was the same.
I checked my iDeCo and NISA balances repeatedly, re-examined my projected pension amounts, and ran simulations for my retirement funds over and over. I thought that if I could see the numbers,
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Read MoreBerkshire After Buffett: Can It Continue to Endure and Compound?
Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B is witnessing its biggest leadership transition. Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman and assuming the role of chairman emeritus, and his son Howard G. Buffett is becoming the chairman. Greg Abel has already succeeded Warren Buffett as CEO on Jan. 1, 2026.
Over nearly six decades,
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Read MoreWall Street just got bad news from the Federal Reserve
The U.S. stock market is having a decent year despite economic uncertainty created by the Iran conflict. The broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.35%) has advanced 11%, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +2.01%) has added 14%,
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Read MoreSandisk Stock Is Up 695% in 2026 and This Market Indicator Predicted It. Here’s What It Says About 2027.
Last year, semiconductor company Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC). Historically, stocks that have claimed that title have often recorded strong returns in the following year.
Indeed, Sandisk shares have advanced 695% in 2026, as the company has benefited from insatiable demand for memory chips fueled by artificial intelligence boom.
The Burst
NVIDIA’s $600 Billion Wipeout, Is the AI King Losing Its Edge?
The $2.8 trillion chip juggernaut NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced Q4 earnings, and clearly disappointed the Street. There has been a lot of noise around stock based as well as the threat of generative AI technology from China – DeepSeek in particular – which has put the share price under serious pressure.
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What If You’d Invested $2,000 in O’Reilly Automotive in 1993?
Imagine putting $2,000 into a stock and forgetting about it. No fiddling, no panic-selling, no checking your account every day. You look up a few decades later and you discover your modest investment has ballooned into more than $1 million.
That’s not a fantasy. That’s what actually happened if you invested in O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) when it went public 32 years ago.
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1 Royal ETF To Buy Without Hesitation
Five years ago when I last visited Saudi Arabia, the kingdom closely resembled the image many westerners might imagine.
First, it was challenging just to figure out how to get a visa. The answer lay in a dark room in a difficult-to-access New York building. Upon arrival, there was no such thing as socializing with women.