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S&P 500 Enters Its Strongest Seasonal Stretch Days After Fed Rate Hike
The S&P 500 has risen in 34 of the last 41 fourth quarters since 1985, Motley Fool data shows, as…
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Retirement Confidence Drops as More Americans Say They’ll Never Stop Working
A WalletHub survey and a historian's new book both point to the same shift: retirement as decades of leisure may…
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Fed Review Finds Supervisors Missed Silicon Valley Bank’s Risks a Year Before Its Collapse
An independent review found Federal Reserve staff should have caught Silicon Valley Bank's risks by 2022, Vice Chair Michelle Bowman…
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Tax Breaks: Who Actually Benefited, by the Numbers
Republicans are promoting Trump's tax law ahead of the midterms. Here's who claimed the new deductions, according to Treasury data…
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Census Bureau Reports Record Household Income in 2025, Even as Fed Eyes Rate Increase
U.S. real median household income rose 2.6% to a record $87,460 in 2025, the Census Bureau reports, as the Fed…
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Gold Prices Swung Hard in 2026. Here Is What a Gold IRA Actually Costs You.
Gold hit $5,500/oz earlier in 2026 before sliding to ~$4,400. Here's what running a gold IRA actually costs and how…
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