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The three-part Chartered Financial Analyst exam, particularly the Level III with its essays, is viewed as one of finance’s hardest. The fact that leading AI models sailed through reflects how quickly the field is advancing.

Silver is up some 44% this year, near its most recent high during the pandemic. Gold is up about 39%. Why one financial metric suggests that silver may have more upside.

Last year’s average returns of private and community foundations lagged slightly behind 2023, yet still showed double-digit gains. But they still found themselves under pressure from strapped nonprofits.

Supply is outstripping demand, and traders are betting on a fall. What’s keeping prices up? China’s massive stockpiling of oil. But even China can’t sop up the extra supply forever.

Apollo Global chief economist Torsten Sløk offers investors some winning long-term stocks plays from Tractor Supply, Domino’s Pizza, and Old Dominion Freight that beat some of the Mag Seven.

The Wall Street firm says current spending plans for AI should create some $920 billion in new value. That’s good news for investors.

The big fast-food chains are rolling out often-elaborate drink offerings, hoping to increase margins and capture more sales through the day. No strategy is foolproof, however.

The median security expenditure for executives climbed to $106,500 in 2024 from $48,500 in 2020. The biggest risks are seen in the tech, communication services, healthcare, and energy sectors.

The software firm’s stock soared 250% on its first day of trading.

An earnings miss and Elon Musk warning send the shares of the electric-car maker down. But the company still has all of the components of success in artificial intelligence.

A lot could happen on the trade front in the next few weeks, from pressuring Russia on Ukraine to arguing the legality of the administration’s tariff policy, to a China-U.S. summit. Here are a few developments to watch.

Two art-market analysts find a bear market for auctions sales of art: For three seasons now, 50% of artworks resold at auction had negative returns, the worst market this century.

“Love Island” on Peacock offers a new way to think about streaming. An app tied to the summer hit is currently the most downloaded in the Apple App Store.

Starting with a 2017 tax-law change, followed by the pandemic and inflation, philanthropy had struggled. But a hot stock market helped drive contributions, particularly from individuals.

The VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF tries to mirror Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings. But, via options trading, it provides one thing Buffett never did: a monthly dividend.

With FAANG a little dated, the Magnificent Seven struggling, and markets deeply uncertain, these high-multiple retail powerhouses get their own acronym.

Shares of companies like Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Mastercard, and Marsh & McLennan are outperforming in a year of uncertainty and turmoil.

For a decade or so, gold prices have been at a big premium to platinum. But with platinum demand strong and supply down, investors in the silver metal are having a bullish moment.

Oil prices are falling as the commodity gets squeezed by supply and demand woes: rising output from OPEC and soft demand from tariffs. Investors hope the big producers retrench.

Coke is primarily a beverage company with a big international footprint. Pepsi is a soda and snack giant, mostly in the U.S. In a year of tariff fears and weight-loss drugs, that’s a problem.

The Church has upped its performance, some of which goes to support operations. It avoids investments that run counter to Church social values, from abortion to weapons, and leans into ESG.

The intersection of two different S&P 500 moving averages may suggest the market is losing momentum, but it’s not necessarily a disaster, particularly for investors with longer horizons.

A report on 2024 art sales reports that while lower-priced art saw an uptick, the pricier works fell for the second straight year. Two reasons: rising interest rates and inflation. Now comes tariffs.

During its annual reconstitution, the Schwab ETF more than doubled its exposure to energy stocks. The fund boasts a relatively high yield, but the move does increase the possibility of volatility for risk-averse investors.