Here's Why Your Social Security Spousal Benefit May Be Smaller Than Expected
It’s important to have a good sense of how much money you’ll get.
Generally speaking, people earn Social Security benefits in retirement by working long enough and paying taxes on their wages. But there’s way to get Social Security even if you never worked.
Social Security pays spousal benefits to older Americans,
Dow Jones & Nasdaq 100: US Futures Mixed as Fed, Earnings Loom
“The Value of the Dollar is great.”
The Kobeissi Letter commented on President Trump’s reaction to the weaker US Dollar, stating:
“It’s a clear signal that President Trump is willing to tolerate a weaker Dollar to push rates lower and boost US exports.”
Earnings and Fed Chair Powell Take Center Stage
US futures saw a mixed Asian session on January 28.
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Read More15 Best S&P 500 Dividend Stocks to Buy in 2026
Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal!
AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous.
Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy.
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Read MoreAmericans losing confidence in US economy amid Trump's many claims and threats, shows latest index
Americans are losing confidence in their country’s economy at a time when Donald Trump claims to be boosting it with “trillions of dollars” in tariffs.
The US consumer confidence index has fallen below even the lowest readings during the Covid pandemic of 2020-21,
Read MoreTrump nominates Kevin Warsh as new chairman of Federal Reserve
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed.
News of Warsh’s appointment comes months before current chair, Jerome Powell, is set to end his final term in May.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Will Historic Lows in Market Breadth Trigger a Stocks Crash?
Market concentration refers to periods when a few stocks or a single sector dramatically outperform the rest of the market, driving a disproportionate share of index gains. In such times, market breadth is “narrow” meaning the rally relies on a small cluster of leaders while the majority of stocks lag.
Over the past 50 years,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
1 EV Stock Is Racing Against the Clock
If you’re kicking the tires on ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT), you might come away thinking the company is finally turning a corner. After all, its fiscal 2025 results came with plenty of upbeat language around improving margins and leaner operations.
But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll see a company still bleeding cash,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Market Precariously Perched at Key Level
As the end of the quarter approaches, how do the markets fare? Zooming out, we can see that the S&P 500 is precariously perched on an uptrending resistance line.
While doomsayers have been lining up to predict the market’s demise for months, it has defied all skeptics and continued its march higher. But now it sits once again at a key threshold level.
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