Strathroy | Istock | Getty Images For nearly a century, John Dioguardi’s family has been making custom headstones and other memorial markers at Rome Monument in western Pennsylvania. Recently, he’s wondered how much time his business has left. Dioguardi has been trying to adapt for more than a decade as the rise in cremations has…
Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller (This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) ‘He never stopped learning’ In an “exclusive”…
A few high-flying software and energy names could stumble in the near term, according to one popular technical metric. The major U.S. averages closed out a winning weak. November was a lackluster month, however, as major tech stocks were pressured by worries about high valuations and the eventual profitability of massive artificial intelligence investments. The…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images Recent legislation and policy changes under the Trump administration have upended federal student loans. For some borrowers, the shifts may affect their tax situation — how much they owe the IRS, or whether they actually get an expected tax refund. More than 40 million Americans hold student loans, and the outstanding…
Bank of America named a slew of stocks that remain best positioned heading into year end. The Wall Street investment bank says companies like Nvidia are compelling, with more room to run. Other buy-rated names screened by CNBC Pro include: Palantir, Robinhood, Supernus Pharmaceuticals and Crane. Robinhood The stock trading company is “firing on all…
Yellow Dog Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images If you plan to donate money on Giving Tuesday, you could score a tax break. But recent changes enacted via President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could affect your savings, financial experts say. Some 36.1 million U.S. adults participated in Giving Tuesday for 2024, with…
Wall Street thinks you don’t own enough stock. Not “you,” specifically, but investors as a collective are viewed as too lightly exposed to equities given the S & P 500 is three years into a bull market and is back to within 1% of its all-time peak from a month ago. Deutsche Bank’s comprehensive investor…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media following a call with military service members, on Thanksgiving, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., Nov. 27, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters The White House on Friday evening named the Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent as “media offender of the week,” blasting their…
Ina Garten is an expert on making major career changes: she built a multimillion-dollar culinary empire after she quit her government job to open a food store. Garten’s husband Jeffrey gave her sage advice when she decided to leave her previous career, she told Amy Poehler in a Nov. 25 episode of her podcast “Good…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on aboard Air Force One during travel to Palm Beach, Florida, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 25, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. Trump, in a Truth…
