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Can you recommend a financial planner who can look over my investments?  

Here’s an answer to what is probably the most-asked question in the financial planning world.

Alphabet’s stock is set to break this bearish record as investor concerns mount

Alphabet’s stock needs to rally 1.5% Friday to be up on the week and not set a new record weekly losing streak.

Retailers have pulled back on raising prices. More are now lowering them.

Since February 2023, analysts at D.A. Davidson have been tracking prices online for a representative set of products across their retail coverage.

New-home construction plunges to lowest level since May 2020 

Construction on new U.S. homes fell 6.8% in July, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Why investors have suddenly halted the long-running switch to index funds

The long-running trend of investors moving money out of active equity funds and into passive funds is on pause as individual stocks start trading less in sync with other equities.

Oil prices turn negative on week as demand fears outweigh Middle East war jitters

Oil futures were lower Friday morning, giving up a weekly gain as worries about demand proved persistent, overshadowing fears of a retaliatory strike by Iran on Israel.

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19-and-flu combination drug meets 1 of 2 trial objectives

Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that a Phase 3 trial of their COVID-19-and-influenza combination vaccine candidate met one of its two objectives.

I own stocks with my wife. Should we wait until one of us dies to sell them?

Make sure your estate documents reflect your wishes

Bayer’s stock surges after U.S. appeals court strikes down Roundup cancer case

A U.S. appeals court ruled Bayer should be shielded from claims that subsidiary Monsanto failed to adequately warn users about cancer risks linked to the popular weed killer Roundup.

Breaking up Google could be a big win for Alphabet investors. Look at AT&T.

Splitting up AT&T in the 1980s was a gift to the company’s shareholders.

Texas Instruments secures up to $1.6 billion in funding for chip-manufacturing plants in Texas and Utah

The chip maker also expects an estimated $6 billion to $8 billion in an investment tax credit from the U.S. Treasury for the project.

History shows investors should keep a tight leash on risk once the Fed cuts rates, strategist says

Trimming stock positions depends on the reason for the Fed reducing borrowing costs
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