Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway cut its Bank of America stake and other bets last quarter. The investor’s company exited two S&P 500 funds and only added one new stock, Constellation Brands. Buffett’s conglomerate sold a net $127 billion of stocks in the first nine months of last year. Warren Buffett and his deputies pared bets,…
Retail traders tell BI they’re capitalizing on market volatility driven by Trump. Increased retail trading activity has led to record inflows and high sentiment scores. Investors are divided, with some cautious due to uncertainty and others seeking opportunities. John Richardson, a 68-year-old retiree from Michigan, feels like there’s a lot of money to be made…
Madi Scott and Gabby Marcellus are an influencer-event planner duo that had a united mission to get off of the dating apps and create genuine connections.Over dinner one night, they had the idea to create what is now called Single Scene, or as Gabby calls it, ‘the Greenville Love Island or the Greenville Bachelor.’Every other…
AppleTV+ is now available for Android users to download. It’s a rare step by Apple to make its own apps available to non-iOS systems. Apple has been pushing to increase recurring revenue at its services businesses, including AppleTV+. Apple’s streaming platform is officially available on Android devices. The Google Play store now has the AppleTV+…
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks slumped Friday as worries flared again on Wall Street about tariffs and inflation. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.9% and erased what had been a modest gain for the week. It’s one of the worse drops for the index so far this year, but it remains near its record set two…
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Bill Gates says that Elon Musk shouldn’t be weighing on foreign politics. In recent weeks, Musk commented on politics in Europe, including the German elections. Gates said Musk should not be telling people who to vote for. Bill Gates doesn’t like how Elon Musk has involved himself in the politics of foreign countries like the…
Trump changed the market narrative on trade policy this week, easing fears that have weighed on investors. The president has shifted investors’ focus to his pro-growth agenda. A flurry of executive actions and announcements helped lift the S&P 500 to fresh records. President Donald Trump flipped the script on one of the market’s biggest worries…
2025 could yield a great opportunity for bears to jump back into the market. Wall Street is pointing to the potential for more pullbacks from records as buying opportunities. Forecasters are expecting another positive year for the market, despite hefty gains in 2024. Investors who have watched from the sidelines as stocks soared to new…
A five-year bull market is predicted, with 2025 marking its third year. Historically, bull markets average 67 months, but returns soften in the third year. Fed rate cuts and rising corporate margins support continued equity growth. History tells us we might be heading into the third year of a five-year bull market. The average span…