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‘She’s desperate’: My friend’s mother died. Can she stop Medicaid from taking the family home?

“She has contacted the mortgage company, but they will not discuss the mortgage.”...

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‘My husband and I are at odds’: Should we tap our home equity or sell stocks to build a $100,000 emergency fund?

“We have about $1.7 million invested but only around $20,000 in cash.”...

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The latest rally has energized the stock market but left the credit market concerned

Options traders are chipper about equities but wary of debt...

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Actress Tamara Mello of ‘She’s All That’ puts L.A. home on the market for $1.5 million

“She’s All That” star Tamara Mello and her husband, Emmy Award-winning TV editor Paolo Cascardo, are selling their thoughtfully restored L.A. home as they prepare to relocate to Florida....

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Lenovo profits soar past expectations on AI computers, servers and services

Lenovo Group on Thursday became the latest company in the build-out of artificial intelligence to report soaring profits that caught investors by surprise....

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Nebius adds to the excitement around neocloud stocks with upbeat earnings of its own

Investors are reacting positively to earnings results and demand signals from neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius....

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Cisco sees record results from an AI ‘supercycle,’ but its stock pulls back

An 18% revenue surge and blowout 2027 forecast weren’t enough to sustain Cisco’s stock momentum....

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Goldman’s latest deal underscores how ‘boomer candy’ ETFs are now big business on Wall Street

Goldman Sachs announced Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Neos Investments, adding yet another ETF shop to its fast-growing asset-management business....

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Rich Americans are propping up the travel economy as airfares soar 25% higher than last year

The cost of plane tickets has soared over the past year, but consumer demand has yet to slow down during this summer travel season....

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Investors are chasing the latest rally in gold as the yellow metal hits strongest level in 2 months

Gold settled at a two-month high on Wednesday, and investors who spent the summer waiting for an opening are now chasing a rally that many hope still has room to run....

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Now China wants to become the shop floor for the Muslim world

Chinese exporters are moving into halal food, cosmetics and fashion, but success in this vast market depends on something harder to manufacture than cheap goods: trust....

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Will Trump accounts and grandparent 529s bring down the price of college in the future?

Caps on student borrowing could also play into how America pays for college....

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Alphabet’s stock slips as Nvidia’s $500 billion financing deal threatens custom chips

Investors are concerned that Alphabet faces a fresh threat from Nvidia’s plans to help fund the AI buildout alongside major Wall Street players....

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SpaceX’s stock is getting a Grok-fueled boost

The company is best known for rocket launches but has big revenue goals for its AI business....

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CoreWeave’s stock is rocketing after earnings lead to praise from bulls and bears alike

CoreWeave is broadening its customer base and benefiting from upbeat pricing dynamics, analysts say....

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This week’s solar eclipse could make stocks go down. No, really. Here’s why.

The eclipse on Wednesday is unlikely to lead to the end of the bull market. But could have some impact on investors....

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Citadel Securities called the stock-market reset. Now it says leverage may build up again.

Strategist Scott Rubner says a growing list of stock-market buyers are pushing it in a positive direction, notably big hedge funds and institutional managers....

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Super Micro stock is rallying after results. Here’s what Wall Street is saying.

Here’s what analysts are saying about Super Micro....

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AI capex could hit $1.6 trillion next year, says fund manager who sees more echoes of 1998 than the dot-com bust

A T. Rowe Price fund manager thinks the hyperscalers can comfortably fund their investment spending, and moreover, derive high returns on that invested capital with a short payback schedule....

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Another AI lab is burning through cash as Tencent earnings rise

It’s not just American artificial-intelligence companies burning through cash as they roll out ever-more advanced models....

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Can I claim 50% of my husband’s Social Security now — and switch to my higher benefit at 70?

“I would like to offer a piece of advice for women who are or have been married.”...

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Musician John Oates sells his idyllic Colorado ranch for $6.9 million

Rock ‘n’ roll legend John Oates, best known as half of the duo Hall & Oates, has sold the Aspen ranch he has owned for 35 years....

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A stock just surged on news Situational Awareness had bought it. But its current fate is unclear.

Financial market disclosures made by Situational Awareness, the once-soaring hedge fund that had to liquidate its portfolio of stocks, moved a stock on Wednesday....

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Lumentum sees sales more than double as AI demand swells

Though Lumentum posted blowout earnings and an upbeat forecast, its stock was largely flat after hours....

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Super Micro’s earnings report brings more good news, and the stock is climbing

The company impressed Wall Street several weeks ago by teasing an improved profitability trajectory. Super Micro’s latest forecast has exceeded expectations as well....

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CoreWeave’s stock soars as earnings show major AI momentum

The AI cloud provider topped revenue and earnings expectations, with its CEO cheering “an important inflection point.”...

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Cava reports sales growth even as some customers steer clear of lettuce

Cava Group says some diners have switched up their orders to avoid lettuce, but the fast-casual chain has still been able to sport sales growth despite a summer of food-safety scares impacting the res...

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Oracle’s stock has taken a hit as AI spending concerns resurface

A lack of clarity around Oracle’s future AI spending plans is keeping investors on the sidelines, one analyst believes....

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Social Security expands list of conditions to 314 illnesses for faster disability claims

The “compassionate allowances” list speeds consideration for benefits....

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Nvidia just soothed a major market fear about AI, analysts say

Nvidia’s new partnerships with financial players help mitigate concerns that the company is too tightly linked to its customers, according to BofA and Morgan Stanley....

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Health insurers are dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Here’s how many seniors could be affected.

Older adults could be scrambling for new health coverage next year, especially in rural markets that have fewer insurance choices....

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‘I’m dreaming of cocktails at Château Marmont’: I found $100 in my Airbnb’s communal washer. What should I do?

“The landlord has not been here in months, so I assume it was a previous tenant.”...

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Unitree’s IPO may be just the beginning of an investor frenzy over humanoid-robot stocks

The Chinese company will be the first to market in a wave of new humanoid-robotics IPOs....

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If you can answer this one question, you’ll never worry about money again

YNAB founder Jesse Mecham’s new book has a simple system to end the paycheck-to-paycheck struggle....

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Is inflation really slowing? Fed rate hike hinges on July price report.

A surprising decline in U.S. jobs last month isn’t enough to discourage the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates soon, but a tame inflation report for the second straight month could do the tri...

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I just moved. These 7 tips saved me around $1,000.

Moving always seems to be more expensive than you expect, but these proactive money moves can help cut costs significantly....

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We live on a farm and have $2.2 million saved for retirement. We’re ready to retire abroad. Can we afford it?

”We don’t live lavishly, and sometimes we both think maybe we could upgrade a few things.”...

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Airbnb has added thousands of new hotel listings. Will that ruin its charm?

The home-rental company is leaning into hotels and third-party amenities to transform into a “one-stop shop” for travel....

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Warsh’s changes to forward guidance were tried by one central bank — and here’s what happened

Canada’s post-2008 playbook shows the volatility risks of Warsh’s no-guidance Fed....

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As Lumentum gears up for earnings, here’s a sign the optical trade is clawing back

A photonics-themed ETF saw better demand in its first trading day than a popular memory ETF did at the same point in its life cycle....

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Roads, water and telecom towers can beat the AI hype. This fund manager flags the infrastructure stocks to buy now.

Lazard portfolio manager Bertrand Cliquet says infrastructure companies are worth more than the AI hype sometimes linked to them....

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Wall Street bank urges hedging into July’s CPI — as sell trigger hits highest level in eight years

Well’s Fargo’s sentiment indicator reached 1.4 in August, its most since January 2018....

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These 11 midcaps are popular right now among investment newsletters but not because of their market valuations

Bigger than small caps. Smaller than large caps. Are they, as in the fairytale, “just right”?...

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Why copper — ‘the commodity for all seasons’ — is more precious than gold nowadays

Panumre Liberum argue that copper offers gold’s inflation protection, plus an industrial-backed demand growth story, as well as a relative immunity to movements in interest rates....

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Here’s how much Roger Federer is losing as On Holding says it is being disciplined on price

Apparel maker On Holding saw its shares slump in premarket trade as the Zurich-headquartered, U.S.-listed company guided to weaker-than-expected sales for the year....

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Aubrey Plaza finally finds a buyer for $4.9 million L.A. home and is expecting her first child in the fall

Actress Aubrey Plaza will hopefully have one less thing to worry about before the arrival of her first child—having finally secured a buyer for her Los Angeles home....

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea relists Malibu sanctuary for $7.9 million

Musician and prolific property investor Flea has brought his “extraordinary” Malibu sanctuary back to the market for $7.99 million inside one of California’s most exclusive beachfront enclaves....

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Intel now says it is selling $20 billion of stock

Intel on Tuesday said it would increase the size of its offering of new shares by an additional $5 billion to $20 billion....

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Bears are in pain as the S&P 500 hits record highs. That may mean more upside for stocks.

Positioning shows the shorts are yet to capitulate, suggests Citi...

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The Bessent bond-market scorecard doesn’t look as strong as it once did

Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration U.S Treasury securities have underperformed all major government bond indices with the exception of Japan....

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