Trump Accounts have the potential to build long-term financial security for millions of U.S. children; however, some experts say they may not do much to reduce the wealth gap over time. The tax-deferred investing accounts, which will launch on July 4, include a one-time $1,000 deposit from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for kids born between 2025…
Americans have more money invested for retirement in passive S&P 500 Index funds than any other investment. The Vanguard and BlackRock S&P 500 ETFs alone manage nearly $2 trillion in assets, with the Vanguard ETF (VOO) recently passing the $1 trillion mark. But they won’t be managing SpaceX shares any time soon for retail investors…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors shouldn’t get comfortable calling a market bottom just yet, because the real driver of this market isn’t geopolitics – its interest rates. On Monday, Cramer noted that the S&P 500 may have bottomed last Monday, March 30, but emphasized that the turning point wasn’t “anything related to stocks themselves,” during…
Managed future strategies are gaining renewed attention as investors look for new sources of returns from the market at a time when both stocks and bonds are under pressure as a result of the U.S.-Iran war and the risk of 1970s-style stagflation. These strategies, which are typically run by commodity trading advisors, use systematic models…
Pokémon cards aren’t just childhood collectibles anymore. Some owners are increasingly treating the popular 1990s and 2000s trading cards like alternative assets, with some of the rarest cards outperforming traditional benchmarks like the S&P 500 in recent years. During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire shares suffer longest losing streak in more than 7 years Shares of Berkshire Hathaway have lost ground for eight consecutive days. It…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 18, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump. At around 6:50 a.m. in New…
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets dipped on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average touch a new closing low for the year. The Federal Reserve held…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire Hathaway filed its definitive proxy statement with the SEC late this afternoon ahead of the company’s annual shareholders meeting on May 2 in Omaha….
Greg Abel, the new CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announced on March 5 on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the company would start repurchasing shares of its own stock. For Berkshire, this is a relative rarity — the company hasn’t bought back shares since the second quarter of 2024. But for companies like Berkshire, a financially mature…
