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Why the stock market’s record week might actually be bad news for your wallet

Maria Gonzalez, a home health aide in Phoenix, spent the week of April 14, 2026, picking up an extra weekend shift to cover a $287...

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No, the Nasdaq’s 13-day win streak doesn’t mean it’s time to buy — here’s what history actually shows

The Nasdaq Composite closed higher for 13 consecutive trading sessions ending April 29, 2026, its longest winning streak since January 1992. Within hours of the...

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S&P 500 breaks 7,000 for the first time — Nasdaq on a 12-day win streak, longest since 2009

The S&P 500 closed above 7,000 for the first time on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, finishing the session at 7,022.95 and punching through a level...

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Schwab posts record Q1 — $1.37 EPS, 9.9 million daily trades — but stock drops 10%

Charles Schwab just delivered the strongest quarter in its 54-year history. The market’s response: a roughly 10% haircut to the stock price. The brokerage reported...

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JPMorgan’s traders just had their biggest quarter EVER — $11.6B in three months, but the bank quietly cut its 2026 outlook

JPMorgan Chase reported on April 11, 2026, that its trading desks generated $11.6 billion in markets revenue during the first quarter, the largest single-quarter haul...

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S&P 500 closes at 6,967 — within 1% of an all-time high as Iran peace optimism pulls oil 7% lower

Wall Street came within striking distance of a record on Tuesday, May 13, 2026, after a burst of optimism about U.S.-Iran diplomacy sent oil prices...

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Wells Fargo stock tanks 6.6% as “earnings beat” turned out to be smoke and mirrors

Wells Fargo looked like it had cleared the bar. When the bank released first-quarter 2026 results in mid-April, the headline figure showed adjusted earnings per...

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Bloom Energy pops 23% on expanded Oracle deal to deploy 2.8 gigawatts of fuel cells for AI data centers

Bloom Energy’s stock jumped 23% on April 14, 2026, after the company disclosed a dramatically expanded partnership with Oracle that envisions deploying up to 2.8...

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BofA survey: investor sentiment crashes to 3.7 — most bearish reading in 11 months (contrarian buy signal)

Hundreds of the world’s largest money managers just flashed their most bearish positioning in nearly a year, and if history is any guide, that could...

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Big banks kick off earnings: JPMorgan, Wells, Citi, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, BofA

The biggest week on Wall Street’s calendar is here. JPMorgan Chase filed its first-quarter 2026 results with the SEC on April 14, and the rest...

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Jeremy Grantham warns AI boom is a bubble and a bust is coming

Jeremy Grantham has been calling bubbles for half a century, and he has been right often enough that Wall Street cannot afford to ignore him....

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Intuit shares slide to a 52-week low as “SaaSpocalypse” fears grow

Intuit Inc. dropped to a 52-week low in April 2026, dragged down not by its own results but by a market-wide panic over the future...

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Cybersecurity stocks sink over 7% on AI disruption fears after Anthropic

Traders dumped cybersecurity stocks in early April 2026, sending shares of CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Zscaler down sharply in a single session. The...

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Tesla heads for 8th straight weekly loss, now down 23% since January

Tesla shares are sliding toward an eighth straight weekly loss, a streak that has carved roughly 23% off the stock’s value since the start of...

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Goldman Sachs opens bank earnings season April 13 under heavy scrutiny

When Goldman Sachs reports first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 13, it will do more than kick off bank earnings season. It will deliver the first...

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Passive income investments paying real returns to everyday investors in 2026

Passive income continues to attract investors who want additional forms of income in addition to their paycheck. The idea sounds simple, but not every opportunity...

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Dow jumps 1,351 points for best session since April 2025

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange broke into applause just after 4 p.m. on April 8, 2026, as the closing bell...

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How much interest $1 million earns per year in 2026: savings, bonds, and dividends compared

For many investors, reaching $1 million in their portfolio is a milestone that signals financial security, but the bigger question is how much income that...

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Startup investing can return 10x or lose everything: 12 pros and cons to weigh first

Startup investing has long carried a reputation for extreme outcomes. Early investors in companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Shopify saw returns that multiplied many times...

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How to cash in old savings bonds before they stop earning interest

Millions of Americans still hold old U.S. savings bonds tucked away in safe deposit boxes, filing cabinets, or inherited from relatives. Many of those bonds...