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Brown-Forman’s stock is soaring. Has it finally gotten cheap enough to attract a suitor?

Shares of Brown-Forman surged, after Bloomberg reported that Pernod Ricard was looking into a potential acquisition of the Jack Daniel’s whiskey parent.

Here’s the big risk facing markets — besides inflation — as the Iran conflict drags on

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.

Iran’s ‘economic heartbeat’, Kharg Island, may be the next battleground as Trump’s 5-day pause ends this weekend

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.

Americans are now providing more than $1 trillion in unpaid family caregiving a year

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

The hot Fundrise VCX fund falls 45% as IPO mania subsides and investors get a crash course in risk

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.

Gold’s tumble has created opportunities to buy these stocks at bargain prices

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.

Best Buy’s stock is rallying amid takeover speculation. But here’s the real story.

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.

These 10 top-rated stocks are crushing the S&P 500 — yet the media and Wall Street ignore them

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

Long-term care is expensive. Take these 3 steps now to help you afford it later.

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

Mortgage rates climb for the fourth week in a row — and they won’t drop back down until this happens

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

Adobe’s stock may not be an ‘AI loser,’ but this analyst sees a number of reasons to steer clear

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.

$120-a-barrel oil may be a tipping point that shifts Fed’s focus from high inflation to recession threat

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