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like economic inflation Calm down, the odds are growing that Social Security benefits won't rise as dramatically next year as they did in 2023.Retirees will likely look at a cost-of-living adjustment somewhere in the 3% range — less than half

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, US, February 6, 2020.Lucas Jackson/ReutersUS stocks closed mixed on Friday, with the Dow Jones completing its worst week since March.The S&P

(Bloomberg) -- Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. After forecasting stronger bills for the year than Wall Street expected, easing concerns that slowing demand could affect results.Most Read from BloombergThe company expects billings for the fiscal year to range

shares accident (mRNA) And Pfizer (PFE) shares year-over-year on Friday -- after gaining late Thursday on the back of a rebound linked to the updated Covid snapshot. X Late Thursday, both companies said their latest Covid booster shots showed promise in lab

Ask an Adviser: Why Do My Financial Advisers Charge 1%?Why does a financial advisor charge a fee of 1% or more? This seems really high. If my return is only 4% (say, in a dividend), I'm giving away

Inventories of electric vehicles doubled Tesla's (TSLAWake Up Electric cars are looking to enter the mainstream - but not all are the same. Some auto stocks are more prepared than others for an electric future. Here are the

If you have money in savings, this could be a great time to convert some of that money into a Certificate of Deposit (CD). That's because the Federal Reserve has pushed interest rates to their highest levels in 16

(Bloomberg) -- Around the world, bond traders are finally beginning to realize that the rock bottom yields of recent history may be gone forever.Most Read from BloombergA surprisingly resilient US economy, ballooning debt and deficits, and mounting fears that the

Dow futures will open Sunday evening, along with futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures. nvidia (NVDAEarnings and a big speech from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. X Palo Alto Networks (Banu) reported Friday night. The stock market slipped into a correction last

Reuters/Lucas JacksonFundstrat said the August stock sell-off is an ideal opportunity to buy on a pullback.Markets will remain nervous about higher interest rates until the end of the month.The Fed's Jackson Hole seminar could put stocks back on an upward

Home insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, at alarming rates. Earlier this year, State Farm, California's largest property insurance company, announce It will stop accepting new applications for all property and casualty insurance in the state,

This week, hundreds of homeowners in a neighborhood community over the age of 55, aka Century Villagein Pembroke Pines, Florida, gathered together to protest an increase in the monthly housing fee due to rising insurance costs, as many insurance companies

US Treasury building.Jalal Gunes / Anadolu AgencyChina reduced its holdings of US Treasury bonds to a 14-year low in June.Bond prices fell in 2023 as investors worried about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates.Tensions between Washington and Beijing also remain

It must have sounded like a good idea at the time, however Anheuser-Busch's (New York Stock Exchange: BUD) The decision to run a Bud Light beer promotion with the help of transgender "influencer" Dylan Mulvaney backfired spectacularly. Conservative America

Christian Bale played Michael Barry in The Big Short.BasicMichael Perry placed $1.6 billion in hypothetical bets against the S&P and Nasdaq last quarter.The Big Short investor is a "one-trick pony" and his bet is off, said analyst Mark Chaykin.Chaiken argued

For decades, the US dollar has held esteem as the world's primary reserve currency. But according to Lynette Zang, senior market analyst at ITM Trading, this long-standing dominance is on shaky ground."The days of the dollar as the global

New SpaceX financial documents published by The Wall Street Journal provide a rare look at Elon Musk's private rocket company. Cryptocurrency prices have swung wildly after a report late Thursday revealed that SpaceX had sold off its bitcoin holdings. X SpaceX

Palo Alto Networks (Banu) posted quarterly profits that beat expectations, the cybersecurity firm said in a press release issued late Friday, raising eyebrows about its timing. Palo Alto stock popped up in after-hours trading. X The unusual decision to release fiscal

US stocks recovered from sharp early losses in Friday's session but ended the week sharply lower as the August swoon continued on Wall Street.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) finished just above the flat line, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC)