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Dr. Ed Yardeni has been correctly bullish on the market for several years.

Selling a parent's long-held stock to cover nursing home bills can trigger a massive capital gains tax bill, or almost no tax at all, and the difference comes down to one detail most families get wrong before they ever call their accountant.

Markets had widely expected the Fed to raise interest rates on Wednesday, and investors seem to be happy that the central bank followed through on those expectations. Looking at the so-called "dot plot," it looks like the Fed is embarking on short adjustment cycle, with the majority of officials only penciling in one interest rate hike later this year and no movement in 2027. Officials moved up their forecast for economic growth and lowered their projections for unemployment rate.

UnitedHealth is staging a turnaround after raising full-year adjusted EPS guidance. The firm also pays an annualized dividend of $9.28 with a yield above 2.4%.

Beginning Oct. 14, the two sides will try to reach a deal that will allow the massive merger to advance.

Siebel maintains a 9.3 million share position worth $104.1 million, with the non-discretionary sale tied to RSU vesting obligations rather than a change in confidence.

The pharmaceutical giant's track record in past bear markets is fairly impressive.

Fuel costs are quickly separating winners from losers

A temporary truck hit meets a tougher EV outlook

The bond market's reaction to the Fed decision has so far been nothing to write home about. The Fed raised interest rates, a decision that was unanimous. Bond yields, both on the 2- and 10-year, were lower ahead of the decision.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points, marking its f

Microsoft AI Chief Sounds Warning on AI Rights and Consciousness

A major AI memory supplier is discussing a deal that could give Intel's delayed manufacturing complex a very different role.

Sixty-three consecutive years of dividend raises sounds like the definition of a winning investment, yet one number hiding in the ten-year return tells a more complicated story about what patient Coca-Cola shareholders actually gave up.

Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Teladoc (NYSE:TDOC) and the best and worst performers in the online marketplace industry.

The stock market was little changed after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates at its September policy meeting. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7%. The central bank announced it would increase its target to the federal funds rate to 3.75% to 4%.

Intuitive Machines has given shareholders a wild ride, and the recent share price swings now put a sharper spotlight on one basic question for you as an investor. Does the current US$13.87 price tag still line up with what the business is delivering in sales, or has the stock moved ahead of the revenue story that supports it? Over the past 3 years the stock has returned about 239%, which raises the stakes on whether the revenue base can shoulder the kind of expectations now baked into...

Earlier this month, Chevron announced updated agreements with Venezuela covering its joint ventures, including enhanced fiscal, commercial and legal terms, additional Orinoco Belt acreage, and plans to invest over US$7.00 billion in the next five years to support higher production. A key feature is the Petroindependencia joint venture securing rights to develop the adjacent Carabobo 1 and Carabobo-2-South-A areas, expanding Chevron’s extra-heavy oil footprint alongside prior acreage gains...

Salesforce (CRM) stock is back in focus after Dreamforce 2026, where the company emphasized Agentforce, introduced the new Koa reasoning model developed with Nvidia, and expanded AI-focused partnerships. For investors, the headline at Dreamforce is how this AI story now links to Salesforce’s chart. The share price is around $255.65, with a 30.3% 1 month share price return and a 64.9% 3 month share price return indicating strong recent momentum. By contrast, the 1 year total shareholder return...

The data-center buildout just got more expensive. The Fed’s quarter-point rate increase will likely add to the already substantial borrowing costs for the tech firms that are taking on massive amounts of debt to construct the infrastructure needed to power the artificial intelligence revolution. It’s no secret that building data centers is expensive.

Starbucks (NasdaqGS:SBUX) is weighing a sale of a majority stake in Starbucks Japan in a transaction that could value the unit at about US$3b. The Japanese business is Starbucks' largest company-operated market outside the US and represents roughly 9% of its global store count. Any deal is expected to attract interest from global private equity buyers that focus on mature consumer brands and international carve outs. The potential majority sale of Starbucks Japan sits alongside broader...

IPOs get plenty of press, and rightly so. They are the lifeblood of the markets, bringing new opportunities and new capital into the stock ecosystem. But IPOs also bring hard choices and counter-intuitive results, and those deserve a closer look. To start with, long-term analysis shows that most IPOs will actually underperform compared to their first day on the market. That first day benefits from high valuations and even higher levels of investor enthusiasm – but enthusiasm will wear off, and b

Could investors see their investment double in that time?

Starbucks employees who took the Nashville transfer kept their jobs and got help moving, but that relocation check may quietly reshape federal benefits they are counting on decades from now.

SpaceX stock rose about 5% on Tuesday, coming on the heels of no new news, though a couple catalysts may be at work.

Before its latest iPhone model hits shelves next week, Apple Inc. rolled out iOS 27 on Monday, which features a reimagined Siri AI personal assistant. The Siri AI can be accessed via a new Siri app that saves previous queries....

If we assume that full-blown bull-market conditions return between now and the end of 2026, Microsoft Copilot AI predicts that Chainlink (LINK) will hit $35 by January 1, 2027.Currently, LINK is trading around $11–$12, so a move to $35 would be roughly a threefold increase from current levels. I believe ...

Apple may be ready to get back into the server business.

Meta CEO Zuckerberg Sends Fresh Signal for Nvidia Stock and AI Spending

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) shares are climbing midday Wednesday after S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed that the fuel cell maker will join the S&P 500 before the market opens on September 21, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The index event is next week, but the mechanical buying that drives most inclusion trades lands earlier. The […]