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United Airlines Stock Slumps. Why Travel Is Among the Hardest Hit Today.
Airlines and cruise operators were among the worst hit stocks Monday as the travel sector faced up to escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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Three U.S. F-15 Jets Shot Down by Kuwait. Everything to Know About Them.
The six pilots were able to eject safely.
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AES to Be Taken Private in $33 Billion Deal. Why It’s the S&P 500’s Worst Stock Today.
An investor consortium will pay $15 a share for the utilities company.
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How Lockheed and Other Defense Stocks Stand to Gain—and Lose—From the U.S. Strikes on Iran
The U.S. attack on Iran will have implications for defense and energy stocks.
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Exxon, Chevron, and Other Energy Stocks Close Up. Why They Could Go Higher.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum climbed as oil prices jumped amid Middle East tensions. Chevron hit a new closing high.
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Elevance Health Stock Slips. CMS to Halt Enrollment in Prescription Drug Plans.
The agency plans to suspend enrollment of beneficiaries into certain Medicare Advantage plans, Elevance says.
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Crude Oil Price Spikes on U.S.-Iran Conflict. Is $120 a Barrel Possible?
International oil benchmarks rallied as military attacks in the Middle East threaten global energy supplies.
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Palantir Rises on Mideast Conflict. Why It’s Moving Like a Defense Stock.
The AI software and data analytics company has a deep relationship with U.S. defense and intelligence operations.
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Private Credit Has Stocks on Edge. Beware This Loan Fund.
If the State Street SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF drops much further, the broader market could take a hard tumble, too.
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Iran Rattled Markets. It’s Still a Chance to Buy the Dip.
Four Wall Street experts make their case for why investors should take advantage of the jolt of volatility from this weekend’s attack.
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Precious Metals Prices Get a Boost From Iran Conflict
Gold prices rose early Monday as investors flocked to haven assets amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. But it might be a false move.
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LNG Is Soaring Even More Than Oil. Watch These Stocks.
U.S. exporters of liquefied natural gas—Venture Global, NextDecade, and Cheniere—stand to be big winners from the conflict in Iran.
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Gas Prices Jump After U.S. Attack on Iran. Expect $3 a Gallon Soon.
When oil rises, gasoline usually follows—though not instantly.
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Coherent Stock, Lumentum Soar on Nvidia Deals. Here’s What to Know.
Nvidia will invest $2 billion in each company and secure optical networking capacity as it builds out AI infrastructure, sending Coherent and Lumentum shares higher.
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Norwegian Cruise Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.
The cruise operator faces pressure from surging oil prices and a disappointing outlook.
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Volatility Spikes as US-Iran Conflict Sends Stocks Lower. Why Confidence Could Be Slow to Return.
An unsteady market now faces huge, and undefined, risks tied to a prolonged conflict in the Persian Gulf.
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Bitcoin Falls Amid Conflict in Middle East. Why Crypto Is Not a Haven.
The world's largest cryptocurrency is above where it was before the U.S. attacked Iran.
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Stock Markets Aren’t Panicking Over Trump’s Iran Attack—Yet. This Is Why.
Oil supply under threat as conflict widens, chaos spreads through travel, shipping, jobs report due on Friday, and more news to start your day.
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Tax the Rich. Why That Chant Is Louder Than Ever.
A tax professor argues for replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax and reforming the federal income tax code to include investment gains.
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Oil Futures Jump and Stock Futures Sink as Iran Conflict Continues
Markets reacted to the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East this weekend.
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Anthropic’s Battle With President Trump Over AI Weapons Needs to Be ‘Resolved Quickly’
Anthropic promised to fight its banning by the War Department in an argument over the future of autonomous systems and weapons for military use.
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Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO Suggests These 4 Companies Are Forever Stocks—and 2 That Might Not Be
Greg Abel identified four large Berkshire equity investments—Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, and Moody’s—and suggested they are forever stocks, or close to it.
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Wall Street Has Fended Off Scoundrels Since Its Early Days
An insider-trading scheme that caused the Panic of 1792 gave birth to an agreement setting forth the first rules for trading stocks.
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Why the Iran Attack Proves Bonds Are Still a Safety Net
Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven. It’s time to show some respect again.
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