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S&P 500 is in a clear downtrend, but defensive consumer staples sector looks solid

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The S&P 500 index capped off a busy week for markets on Friday by breaking below its 200-day moving average for the first time in more than six months and erased the last of its gains from a summer advance that peaked in late July.

Brady wants to buy 10% of the Las Vegas Raiders for $175 million, a significant discount from what NFL teams have recently been valued at.

Oil futures end Friday with a loss, but score a second straight weekly climb, as investors monitor the Israel-Hamas war for signs of spillover.

The iconic portfolio is doing a lot better this year than last

Fuel prices, with the cost of gasoline and diesel at the pump both down from a month ago, don’t appear to be fazed by the escalating risks to oil in the Middle East from the Israel-Hamas war, but they are.

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‘For religious reasons, I cannot invest to earn interest.’

Oil futures see gains Friday, on track for a second straight weekly rise, as investors monitor the Israel-Hamas war for signs of spillover.

Crunching the numbers could make a difference in where your kid applies to college.

“Am I crazy for thinking that I should get a significantly higher percentage of this house when we sell?”

Netflix’s stock was rallying after better-than-expected earnings, boosting demand for its bonds.

As Stanley Druckenmiller once said, pay attention to central banks. And Jerome Powell could lay out the market path for two months later.

There’s a one-in-five chance that over the next 30 years the U.S. market will suffer a 20%-plus single-day plunge.

Jobs are plentiful, wage growth is strong and consumers have more money saved.

“I am planning to set aside up to $1,000 per month for investment purposes, so that I can build some retirement funds.”

We took the new Crosstrek Wilderness into territory as scenic as it was challenging. And we did more intense off-roading in it than most people would.

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