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These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs teach you new portfolio steps

Lessons from 2024 and opportunities for next year.

Why 2025 looks like a great year to retire

The baby-boom generation has landed on its feet — again.

‘Santa Claus rally’ begins — but will the stock market avoid a ‘Grinch pinch’?

Remember: ‘If Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come to Broad and Wall.’

Palantir’s most-bullish analyst sees stock falling nearly 10%

Based on stock price targets, the most bullish analyst on Palantir’s stock could be considered by some to actually be bearish.

Here are the big trades that flat-footed ETF investors missed in 2024. What’s next.

Here’s a look at the big trades ETF investors missed out on in the past year and what that might mean for 2025.

Mortgage rates jump, finish the year at a five-month high

The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging at 6.85%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

Putin follows Trump’s bitcoin embrace. Can crypto help Russia evade sanctions?

The Russian government has been a historic opponent of bitcoin, banning its use for domestic payments, but has recently come to see the potential benefits of virtual currencies for evading U.S. and Western sanctions.

Will holding TIPS in my brokerage account ruin my year with ‘phantom tax’?

You not only have to worry about tax on the interest, but also on income earned along the way.

Jobless claims show no rise in layoffs in 2024. Don’t expect the trend to end soon.

Businesses laid off workers at one of the lowest rates in decades in 2024 despite lingering inflation and the highest interest rates in years.

Holiday spending rose 3.8%, with apparel and restaurants strong: Mastercard

Holiday spending rose 3.8% from a year ago, topping last year’s growth, as consumers were “willing and able” to spend, if there was a good deal, Mastercard SpendingPulse said.

Oil prices climb on Chinese stimulus hopes

Crude oil prices climbed on Thursday as hopes for more Chinese government stimulus helped boost demand for the commodity.

Most bullish Apple analyst gets a little more bullish on AI-enhanced iPhones

Wedbush’s Daniel Ives further boosts price target for Apple on expected holiday iPhone surge
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