Investors pin hopes on the ‘January barometer,’ with stocks set to skip ‘Santa Claus rally’ for a third straight year

For the third straight year, the S&P 500 looks poised to fall during the “Santa Claus” period. That has never happened before.
This winning fund manager spills 4 secrets about smart ways to buy non-U.S. stocks

David Herro is an experienced guide to the global market.
How Trump’s Venezuela raid could worsen America’s affordability crisis

A spike in diesel oil prices could make goods and materials more expensive to deliver — risking higher inflation.
‘I have absolutely no idea what to do’: I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and inherited $400K. How do I invest it?

“I’m retired and 72.”
China is using silver as an economic weapon. What that means for investors and prices.

China controls around 70% of the silver that Big Tech, AI and solar power desperately need. Beijing is locking the gates.
This could be a better — and safer — way into the AI trade in 2026

Investors might be well served to look beyond semiconductor makers to take part in the AI boom — and more toward the companies that make manufacturing and testing equipment for the chip industry.
January’s first trading days predict the stock market’s year — or so they say

Why the stock market’s odds of rising in 2026 are the same regardless of seasonal indicators.
Here are the most popular Moneyist columns of 2025

Bad executors, greedy friends, inheritances, elder abuse and qualifying for Medicaid featured as the most-read Moneyist columns of the year.
Retirement investors should beware our volatile ‘Marie Antoinette’ market

Volatility is not the typical retirement investor’s friend.
The consequences of AI slop and a hopeful look at what will follow it

Also, new artificial-intelligence reviews for Medicare approvals and an opportunity in the stock market for early 2026



