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These 5 charts define a wild year for global financial markets in 2025

For investors worldwide, 2025 was anything but boring: It was great for metals, surprisingly bad for crypto and particularly nice

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I want to gift my grandnieces, ages 5 and 10, stocks. How do I make sure they get an equal amount when they turn 18?

“One child’s portfolio will have an additional five years of growth.” Source link

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For investors, the real gift from Wall Street comes a day after Christmas

For the S&P 500, Dec. 26 has historically been the most reliably positive day of the year. Source link

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Dollar is finishing a difficult year with a ‘golden cross’ — suggesting the worst might be over

The U.S. dollar has had a rough go of it in 2025 — but one recent development indicates that the

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Pharma stocks advance as Trump rolls out drug-pricing deals with 9 more companies

The Trump administration on Friday announced deals with nine drugmakers aimed at lowering pharmaceutical prices, bringing its total number of

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Here’s how to hold crypto in your 401(k) right now, without waiting for your employer to come around

Crypto is headed to inclusion in retirement plans — if it can get past company plan sponsors. Source link

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The stock market’s ‘Santa Claus rally’ hasn’t come to town yet — despite what you’re hearing

The stock market’s odds of rallying before Christmas are no better than they are at any other time of year

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This longer-term mortgage won’t make housing affordable — and could even wreck your retirement

A 50-year mortgage is a poor solution to America’s housing crisis. What’s needed are more homes. Source link

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Our kids are grown. It’s time to cancel our Chase Disney Visa. What’s a good credit card for middle age?

“The card served its purpose while our kids were young.” Source link

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Americans’ affordability crisis isn’t tariffs’ fault — it’s something much, much deeper

Costs for the “Unaffordability Five” — housing, food, healthcare, child care and energy — were rising long before Trump’s trade