Wall Street’s fear gauge jumped more than 11 points in one day. Buffett’s most famous rule says that maybe it’s time to get greedy. Here is where the market has moved historically over the next 6 months.
Stocks crashed and the VIX exploded in a single session, but Buffett’s rule hides an overlooked word that changes how it applies. Bespoke’s examination of 19 similar panics reveals a surprising distribution between the following month and the…
I built a greenhouse in my backyard instead of an ADU and I make money renting it out
This essay as told is based on a conversation with Leela Rea, 37, who build a greenhouse in his Californian garden. She now rents it out for small events and photo shoots, earning an average of $24,000 a month. The conversation has been edited for length…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys $9.6 billion worth of shares
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $9.6 billion of its own stock in the third quarter, but Geico’s numbers deteriorated as it invested more in advertising and its overall profit fell more than 28% as the value of its investments…
Democrats Just Swept Congress — and 80 Years of Stock Market History Says This Will Happen Next
Eighty years of midterm history shows that stocks generally thrive after a divided Congress, but Wall Street panicked within days. A busy corner of the market could break a streak that has never failed, and three signals will point in which…
These five types of stocks could rebound after the US midterm elections, analysts say
Democrats won the U.S. midterm elections this week, which could be a boon for several groups of stocks, Wall Street analysts say. On Tuesday, Democrats flipped seven Senate seats and more than 40 House seats, giving the left-wing party majority…
America’s new small business owners without employees are off to a strong start in the AI era
Kristin Ginn, who left Microsoft earlier in 2026 to create trnsfrmAItn, an AI adoption consultancy, uses AI to facilitate proposals, pricing, strategy and other work and is exploring an AI agent to perform part of a labor-intensive customer process.…
Diversification and withdrawals – A wealth of common sense
Boy, did that escalate quickly. Thursday was a pretty rough day in the stock market, especially in the technology and AI space. The S&P 500 fell more than 4%. The Nasdaq 100 fell 5.5%. Emerging markets fell 6%. Semiconductor stocks plunged more than…
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OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears IPO
OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new funding round that raised an additional $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the most valuable companies in the world, shortly after raising $122 billion from investors in March at…
Spectrum Cable TV is struggling as it strives to cut $2 billion in costs and turn around the business
Spectrum Cable faces a growing crisis of subscriber erosion and competitive pressure, prompting parent company Charter Communications to pursue a sweeping overhaul aimed at cutting costs by $2 billion over the next 18 months, while attempting a…