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The chances of accelerating U.S. inflation are growing with each passing day as the war in the Middle East continues, with the average price of gasoline nationwide spiking to almost $4 a gallon as of Thursday. But there’s another thing American consumers and investors should feel nervous about: the prospect of deflation.

President Donald Trump’s five-day pause on a planned U.S. attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure ends this weekend — putting Iran’s critical oil-export hub, Kharg Island, in the spotlight as the next potential target.

A total of 59 million Americans are caregivers to adults in the U.S.

A buzzy fund offering access to pre-IPO AI companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI is trading well above the value of its underlying assets, even with its sharp recent decline.

The recent sharp selloff in gold miner stocks has created opportunities for investors to buy at bargain prices if the appetite for gold flips back to bullish, as history suggests.

Some attributed the jump in Best Buy’s stock to the prospect of a takeover by GameStop, but the analyst who wrote the note that started that speculation says otherwise.

Stocks with little coverage tend to outperform well-known and widely followed peers.

Costs for in-home care and assisted living are up almost 50% since 2019.

Rates had fallen under 6% for the first time since 2022 just days before the start of Operation Epic Fury.

AI won’t necessarily devastate Adobe’s business, but it does invite various investor questions that a William Blair analyst doubts will get resolved in the near future.

U.S.-traded crude was at around $93 a barrel on Thursday.

Markets are not fully reflecting the shock to oil prices resulting from the Iran conflict, Unlimited Funds’ Bob Elliott warns.