Warren Buffett ran Berkshire Hathaway for more than six decades. When his farewell letter came out, the coverage went straight to the succession plan, the handoff to Greg Abel, what the company looks like going forward without him. Most of that coverage missed the part that mattered most to individual investors. It was four words,
If your child is under 18 and has a Social Security number, they were likely enrolled in a Trump Account when the program launched on July 4. The Treasury Department confirmed that more than 60 million American children were added automatically. You did not have to do anything for that to happen. But enrollment is
Americans are pushing back against massive AI data centers, and it might end up shaping far more than their local energy bills or water use. According to a Business Insider report, Amazon (AMZN) AWS CEO Matt Garman is warning of efforts to halt new projects and how that could potentially weaken U.S. economic competitiveness, leaving
A fund built to track the global stock market just closed near its record high after a strong run-up. The Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (VWRP) closed at EUR 170.48 on September 25, 2026, sitting 0.3% below its 52-week peak after seven consecutive sessions of gains. That advance came during a week when global equity
Walmart (WMT) is no longer just a place to shop for groceries. The retailer now also offers prescription drugs, online orders, advertising, and even AI-powered shopping. Last week, John Furner, the president and CEO of Walmart, alongside Steph Wissink, the company’s senior vice president of investor relations, met with Bank of America in Boston. During
Every sneaker shopper knows where unsold shoes go. They land on the clearance rack, marked down until someone buys them. That rack is the hidden risk inside Nike Inc.’s (NKE) first-quarter report on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. The company beat profit estimates. Investors sold the stock anyway. Morgan Stanley thinks investors read it right. The
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has brought on another financial industry veteran to guide one of the federal government’s most ambitious children’s savings programs. Joseph Velli will serve as Senior Advisor to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano, with his role focused on Trump Accounts, CNBC reported. The Treasury had already tapped the Bank of
Stock market indexes are designed to tell a simple story. A number goes up, and investors take it as a sign that things are going well. A number goes down, and concern sets in. The problem is that a single headline figure can hide a great deal of what is actually happening inside the market
Jim Cramer has a word for what is happening across huge swaths of the stock market right now, and it is not bullish or bearish. The “Mad Money” host told viewers that investors should not abandon the market, despite a growing list of industries stuck in neutral. He then laid out exactly why so many
At the start of September, the 119-year-old Clementon Lake Park and Splash World amusement park announced that it would close down after one last summer season. New Jersey assemblyman and Civil War veteran Theodore B. Gibbs and his sons built what would grow into the longstanding amusement and water park in 1907 to drive tourist