Investors First: 2026 Market Outlook

As 2026 approaches, investors face rising protectionism, geopolitical fragmentation, and market instability. Morningstar CEO ...

December Fed Meeting: A Rate Cut Looks Likely, but So Do Growing Divisions

While Powell has been unusually clear that a December cut is not a “forgone conclusion,” many analysts see good reason for ...

7 Top-Performing Intermediate Core-Plus Bond Funds

Funds from Victory Capital, Eaton Vance, and Dodge & Cox are among the best performers. For investors seeking higher yields ...

Orla Mining Stock Falls as Investor Sells C$441.1 Million Shares as Part of Portfolio Rebalance

Orla Mining shares fell sharply Friday after investor Fairfax Financial Holdings sold 441.1 million Canadian dollars (US$316 million) worth of its shares. Shares fell 7.3% to C$17.82 but stock is ...

Here's the No. 1 way to protect your investment portfolio from market bubbles and FOMO

No investor is immune to FOMO or FOML, which is why all of the most successful investors - both institutional and retail - operate with rules-based risk-management overlays. And as with all worthwhile ...

Applied Materials on Track for Record High Close — Data Talk

Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) is currently at $271.58, up $2.14 or 0.79% --Would be new all-time closing high (Based on available data back to Oct. 23, 1972) --On pace for largest percent increase ...

Consumer spending points to strong third-quarter GDP. U.S. economy still has momentum.

Consumer spending was before the government shutdown began in October. Consumer spending rose again in September and likely foreshadows a robust pace of economic growth in the third quarter when the ...

Inflation didn't get any worse before government shutdown. Fed seen cutting rates again.

PCE index shows stable inflation of just under 3% People wait in line at a bakery in California. Inflation is still a source of irritation for Americans. The numbers: The rate of U.S. inflation stayed ...

ECB Must Not Exclude Any Policy Action, Says Villeroy

Speaking to economists, Villeroy said that participants in financial markets are under the impression that 2% is the ECB's "terminal" interest rate, and borrowing costs will not be reduced further.

Ginkgo Bioworks Shares Rise After 4-Year, $47 Million Contract

Ginkgo Bioworks shares were 6% higher, at $9.76, after the company said it has been awarded a four-year contract, worth up to $47 million, by the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at Pacific ...

'I don't have money to pay for a death certificate': My sister refuses to probate my father's estate. What can I do?

I currently live in upstate New York and I'm not always up to date on my siblings' activities. I don't have money to pay for a death certificate. I contacted a lawyer who was supposedly in charge of ...

Cooper Readies for Solid 2026 as Premium Offering Uptake and New Contract Wins Offset China Weakness

CooperCompanies is one of the largest eyecare companies in the US. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical.