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One bank crunched 200 years of data to show why it pays to stick with stocks over the long term

With all the risks facing investors these days — from high valuations in the stock market to worries about an AI bubble and beyond — some might be tempted to stick their cash under the mattress.

Will you ever feel rich? This chart tells you whether you’re on track.

America’s 10-percenters have more wealth than the vast majority of people their age. Yet, as improbable as it may seem, having a couple of million of dollars in assets “doesn’t often bring with it that feeling of being ‘rich.’”

Are taxpayers wasting $86 billion on SilverSneakers and Medicare Advantage goodies they don’t use?

Medicare Advantage plans promote extra benefits like dental and vision coverage and gym memberships, but usage of those services is low.

The gold rush is over. October’s ‘flash crash’ is just what buyers needed.

Gold is newly attractive now that speculative fever has broken — but stocks are still overheated.

Bank of America lifts its profit outlook. Here’s why it’s not boosting the stock.

The megabank has lowered interest payments through refinancings and has increased productivity by investing heavily in AI technology.

The bullish case for Amazon’s stock builds even further thanks to these two factors

Amazon’s cloud-computing business could pick up more steam given new developments at major customers Anthropic and Pinterest.

Why a $1 trillion pay package for Tesla’s Elon Musk is about to sail through its upcoming vote

Many investors think of Musk and Tesla as one and the same — and would fail to name other executives at the company.

McDonald’s customers are spending more per visit as sales top expectations again

McDonald’s comparable sales beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second straight quarter,

What the AI phenomenon means for the dollar: It’s complicated.

The evidence so far from 2025 gives no clear indication of what AI might mean for the dollar, but longer-term impacts are likely to be supportive.

Treasury says it plans to hold note, bond sales steady for ‘several quarters,’ but has begun considering future increases

There may still be uncertainty over Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s long-term debt-management strategy.

Those millions of dead people supposedly claiming Social Security? It’s obvious now that they were bogus.

They don’t exist. They never did. The numbers that Musk and Trump implied were evidence of massive fraud were merely database errors.

ADP says businesses create 42,000 jobs in October — but the labor market is still not great

Privately run businesses created 42,000 new jobs in October — the biggest increase in three months — in a possible sign of stabilization in a weakening U.S. labor market.
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