Investment strategy
Stock futures are little changed to start November trading: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed on Sunday night, as a new month of trading begins. S&P 500 futures ticked higher by 0.1% along with Nasdaq-100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 16 points, or less […]
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Why the ‘Mag 7 is too much of the market, get out’ is money-losing, false narrative
Investing is not just a game of giant Jenga. But the pessimistic hedge funds, or the ones who must have shorts on to justify their high fees, as well as their media acolytes who sound so painfully bearish even if they are just trying to sound like informed skeptics, sure make it seem that way […]
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Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 dividend stocks for enhanced total returns
The Valero Energy refinery in Texas City, Texas. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The focus on dividend stocks is growing, as the U.S. Federal Reserve announced another rate cut. Investors can consider stocks that offer dividends and also have the potential to drive capital appreciation, enhancing the total return. In this regard, […]
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Warren Buffett shuns stock buybacks even as Berkshire lags the market. Here’s why
Warren Buffett is keeping his wallet closed. Berkshire Hathaway didn’t repurchase any of its shares in the first nine months of 2025, even as the conglomerate’s cash pile swelled to a record $382 billion . The restraint underscores Buffett’s long-standing discipline: he buys back Berkshire stock only when he deems it undervalued. Buffett laid out […]
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Evolve Bank CEO fired after propositioning FBI agent who pretended to be a teen boy
Evolve Bank CEO Bob Hartheimer booking photo. Source: Shelby County Jail Bob Hartheimer, CEO of Tennessee’s Evolve Bank & Trust, was fired after U.S. law enforcement officials caught him propositioning a law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old boy on gay dating app Grindr. On Oct. 19, an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]
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Interest rate backdrop supports playing offense with bonds, according to Goldman Sachs former ETF head
Bonds may be more than just a safe haven. BondBloxx ETFs’ Tony Kelly, a former Goldman Sachs Asset Management global ETF head, contends it’s where investors can also play offense due to the market backdrop. “It’s definitely getting more nuanced,” the firm’s co-founder told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “Advisors are being a bit more thoughtful […]
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Berkshire’s operating earnings jump 34%, Buffett buys back no stock and raises cash hoard to $381 billion
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported a sharp rebound in operating profit on Saturday, while its cash pile swelled to a new high with no buybacks. Berkshire’s operating profit generated from the […]
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Lock in the gain? S&P 500 enters final two months of the year up 16%
Lock it in or let it ride? It’s a question that investors might ponder at this point in an unexpectedly rewarding year, as the calendar pivots appropriately from the season of feigned fright to one of gratitude for life’s bounty. For most people, this is less about getting fully out of or staying wholly in […]
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Caterpillar is among the most overbought stocks on Wall Street after a post-earnings surge. Here are the others
Strong earnings boosted the artificial intelligence trade and sent stocks higher on Friday, but some stocks could soon head for a selloff, according to one technical yardstick. As of Friday, about 63% of companies in the S & P 500 had reported their latest earnings. Of these, nearly 83% had posted an upside earnings surprise, […]
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These companies reporting earnings next week have momentum on their side
Third-quarter earnings season continues next week, and several companies gearing up to share their latest financials have the wind at their back in terms of rising estimates from analysts, including Robinhood and Palantir Technologies . Corporate profits have been strong over the past few weeks, with 82% of the S & P 500 companies reporting […]
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