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Medicare Open Enrollment Is 2 Months Away: Do These Things to Prepare Now

Key PointsMedicare open enrollment runs Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.During this time, current enrollees can make changes to their coverage.Before that period kicks off, review your pres

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Home Depot and Lowe's Have Both Raised Their Dividends for 17 Straight Years. Which Stock Is the Smarter Buy Heading Into Earnings?

Key PointsInvestors may choose Home Depot for a slightly higher dividend yield.Lowe's stock offered higher overall returns over the last five years.Valuation also gives Lowe's an a

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Not Nvidia. Not AMD. This Chip Stock Will Be the Biggest Winner of the Historic AI Semiconductor Boom

Key PointsTSMC fabricates the chips designed by AMD, Nvidia, and many other companies, which explains why its revenue growth has been impressive this year.TSMC's solid pricing powe

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Greg Abel Just Plowed $4.2 Billion Into Warren Buffett's All-Time Favorite Stock

Key PointsWarren Buffett steered Berkshire Hathaway to market-crushing returns from 1965 to 2025. In his final years as CEO, he plowed $77.8 billion into one stock that investors w

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Prediction: Nvidia Stock Will Hit $300 Before 2026 Is Over

Key PointsNvidia is launching new products at the end of this year.The company normally trades at a much higher valuation level to close the year. 10 stocks we like better than Nvi

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Here's Why Middleby Stock Is an Opportunity After This Week's Drop

Key PointsMiddleby stock has more than doubled the return of the S&P 500 over the last 20 years. Middleby just spun off its food processing business and can now focus on commercial

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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Is Reshaping the Central Bank, but the Unintended Consequences of His Actions Can Derail Wall Street

Key PointsKevin Warsh officially succeeded Jerome Powell as Fed chair on May 22 and has wasted little time implementing reforms. The new Fed chair has shelved forward-looking guida

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Insider Sale Alert: Triumph Financial EVP Nelson Sells 3,750 Shares

Key PointsAfter seeing nearly 3,750 shares, the transaction cleared nearly $300,000. The stock price has had a strong run, climbing around 25% so far in 2026. Equity holdings remai

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The AI Platforms Are Real. The People Who Built Them Are Leaving.

Key PointsFour top Alphabet engineers left the company on Aug. 5, and longtime OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap exited that company six days later.The hyperscalers' AI backlogs are g

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New CEO Ternus Launches iPhone 18 Pro on September 9 — Can Apple Reverse Q3 China Miss Before Jackson Hole?

TradingKey - John Ternus has less than a month to become familiar with Apple's inner workings before he will have to provide leadership and direction throughout the company. A few days after he assume

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Block Stock Slumps Despite Earnings Rising by 65%

Key PointsBlock's weak growth guidance for its Cash App business overshadowed its 65% jump in adjusted earnings in Q2.Management expects a leaner cost structure to drive sustained

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Nu Holdings Banks More Than Half the Adults in Brazil

Key PointsNu ended the second quarter with about 118 million customers in Brazil out of 138.9 million globally.Quarterly net income surpassed $1 billion for the first time, rising

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Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Pay Package Needs Tesla to Hit an $8.5 Trillion Market Cap. Here's What That Means for Shareholders.

Key PointsMusk only gets paid the big bucks if Tesla performs.Shareholders benefit only if Tesla creates enormous value.An $8.5 trillion valuation unlocks the full trillion-dollar

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Why Tencent Music Stock Sank This Week

Key PointsTencent Music's Q2 sales and earnings surpassed the average Wall Street analyst targets. Overall business momentum looked solid, but performance in some categories slippe

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President Trump Promised Not to Hurt Social Security, but There's Only 1 Way to Avoid That

Key PointsSocial Security faces a potential 22% benefit cut in 2032.Avoiding benefit cuts will likely involve raising taxes.Ordinary Americans will have to foot some of the bill, b

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Social Security's 3.6% COLA Bump Could Push the Program Toward a Funding Crisis

Key PointsThe cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security payments early next year should still be a healthy one.The program can’t sustain itself for many more years without a sig

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Prediction: These 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Will Rise More than 30% Before 2026 Is Over

Key PointsNvidia's stock is trading well below its normal historical range.Sandisk and Micron are prepared to make a fortune from the memory chip supply crunch. 10 stocks we like b

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Why the Probability of Success Remains Low for the Western Digital-Kioxia Merger

TradingKey - On July 21 ET, boosted by rumors that "Western Digital restarted merger talks with Kioxia," Western Digital (WDC) saw its stock price surge 12.51% that day. The two sides had previously i

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Cerebras Cloud Revenue Nearly Quadrupled — But Why Did the Stock Crash 17% on "Confusing" GAAP Results?

TradingKey - Cerebras Systems (CBRS) had an outstanding second quarter for their cloud and services growth, which is the fastest growing sector of AI infrastructure, but their stock still dropped 17%

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Alphabet vs. Oracle: Which Is the Better AI Stock to Own for the Next 5 Years?

Key PointsAlphabet's cloud business is growing rapidly, driven by robust consumer engagement and new product launches.Oracle expects its revenues to increase at a compound annual r

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Breakfast News: Mastercard's CEO Speaks

Aug. 15, 2026Mastercard goes beyond the credit cardMastercard (NYSE: MA) stock is up 27% per year since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2006. That's an increase of over 130x

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Hasbro Exec Rolled a "1" on Video Games -- and Lost His Job

Key PointsHasbro reported terrific earnings last month -- then seemingly ushered Wizards of the Coast President John Hight to the exits after canceling "several" of his video games

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IYF vs. FNCL: Which Financials ETF Is the Better Buy?

Key PointsiShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) has delivered stronger total returns over both the past one and five years than the Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL).IYF charge

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Will SpaceX Be the First Company to Hit $1 Trillion in Revenue? Here's What the Math Says.

Key PointsElon Musk projects SpaceX revenue to $1 trillion by 2030. The company is likely going to be beaten to $1 trillion by Amazon. SpaceX is likely still overvalued even if it

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Sundar Pichai's Alphabet Reported Negative Free Cash Flow for the First Time Ever. Here's Why That Milestone Matters for Shareholders.

Key PointsAlphabet's capital expenditures could be as high as $205 billion in 2026. The business is not only operating with negative free cash flow now, but it has also raised sign

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Social Security Is in Dire Straits, Thanks in Part to President Donald Trump, but Taxing the Rich Won't Fix the Problem

Key PointsSocial Security's Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund (OASI) -- the fund that pays retired workers and survivor beneficiaries -- is an estimated six years away fro

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Target Is Up 58% This Year. Here's Why the Dividend King Has a Lot to Prove on Aug. 19.

Key PointsTarget CEO Michael Fiddelke appears to have the big-box retailer back on track after a long dry spell for growth.The fiscal Q1 results it released in May were encouraging

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Reddit Stock Soared on the News of Its Inclusion in the S&P 500. Here Are 3 Things Investors Need to Know About the Social Media Stock in 2026.

Key PointsIt's continuing to post impressive, double-digit growth numbers.The company could use some revenue diversification, though.10 stocks we like better than Reddit ›(function

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This Software Stock Is Up 74% in 1 Month, and It Can Keep Climbing Higher From Here

Key PointsSoftware stocks have been beaten down by AI fears, but the tides are starting to turn.A transition period could weigh on revenue growth but ultimately provide better earn

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Tom Lee's Bitmine Continues to Buy Ethereum, Now Holds 4.8% of Its Total Supply. Should Investors Follow His Lead and Buy ETH?

Key PointsBitmine now holds nearly 5% of Ether’s circulating supply.Ether could soar a lot higher, but it will be a bumpy ride.10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin ›(function(){va

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