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A major risks now is that diesel prices stay high — and continue to put upward pressure on inflation.

Watchdog groups say midterm voters feel that “something’s wrong.”

After more than five years of failing to do so, Federal Reserve leaders think they can shrink the rate of inflation to 2% by 2029 with just slightly higher U.S. interest rates. Are they serious?

The implication is a belief among insiders that the stocks are going higher from here, not lower.

Investors are well aware of the risks, but they have simply decided none are significant enough to force them out of the market.

You may be able to profit from investors’ irrational belief that crashes are especially likely to occur in October.

The AI data-center buildout is still early, and UBS says investors can cash in through investments across the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

An options volatility tracker has produced a “spike peak” buy signal for stocks for the first time in months, at a time that internal market indicators are negative.

Shocking to say, but Berkshire Hathaway’s stock has actually not outperformed the S&P 500 in about 30 years.

Neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius are signaling strong demand and rising prices for AI chips.

Also in Weekend Reads: The housing market, retirement planning with an age gap, and a combination of warnings and opportunities in the stock market.

Even when rates are higher, stocks should still beat bonds

“We see breakout hits as a must for the stock to work again,” Wells Fargo analysts said as they cut their rating on shares of the streaming platform.

So-called autocallable ETFs pay coupons like bonds but are linked to equity risk.

Parents are providing help with things like housing and groceries, and sometimes directly investing for their children, to give them a head start in a challenging economy.

Investment scams cost Americans billions of dollars every year — how to protect yourself.

A flattening Treasury yield curve is part of the problem for mortgage-backed securities, says Harley Bassman.

A reset for technology makes the sector more attractive relative to the market, says Truist.

Warren Buffett, the investing legend that turned Berkshire Hathaway into an massive conglomerate, has officially stepped aside as chairman after leaving as CEO at the beginning of the year.

Bank of America calculates this week’s Federal Open Market Committee statement explaining the decision to lift interest rates by a quarter-point as its most terse, at just 130 words, since 2007.

Members of the Federal Open Market Committee showed their lowest level of worry about gross domestic product growth since it first started releasing its outlook.

“The higher that yields go — for at least new money — it becomes more enticing to think about putting money into bonds,” one strategist notes.

For six months, investors had a playbook: when Trump threatens Iran, buy the dip, because he always backs down. But in September, the playbook stopped working.

Slower-than-expected robotaxi progress is still a chief concern, according to experts.