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Briefing: How a drawn-out Middle East war could drag on US consumer spending

Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East may have significant implications for US consumer behavior and spending patterns.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Older women set to inherit most of $54 trillion in ‘great wealth transfer’ to widowed spouses

Strategic angle: Because females have longer life expectancies, most of the spousal transfer of assets due to death is expected to go to women. Advisors say they should prepare.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: As New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces $7 billion budget hole, free parking may be history

Strategic angle: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing a $7 billion budget hole, and the free parking NYC residents have taken for granted may be a revenue opportunity.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Berkshire Hathaway filing provides glimpse of share buyback resumption

Strategic angle: Berkshire Hathaway filed its definitive proxy statement with the SEC ahead of the company's annual shareholders meeting.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: These parents retired in their 30s and 40s while raising young kids. Here’s how they pulled off the impossible.

Strategic angle: Discover the strategies that enabled these parents to achieve early retirement while managing family life.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: These 4 cybersecurity stocks are Wall Street’s favorite AI-proof plays

Strategic angle: MarketWatch highlights top picks in cybersecurity amidst AI advancements.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: How Much Lower Can Opendoor Technologies Stock Go?

Strategic angle: Analyzing the potential decline of Opendoor Technologies stock.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Oracle Reveals $2.2 Billion Investment In TikTok's US Business After ByteDance Divestment, Holds 15% Stake

Strategic angle: Oracle's significant investment marks a pivotal moment in the evolving landscape of social media and technology.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Berkshire Hathaway will start repurchasing its own shares—what buybacks mean for investors

Strategic angle: Large U.S. firms spent about $1 trillion on their own shares in 2025, according to Morningstar estimates.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Energy Secretary Chris Wright says oil prices may fall — but past wars rattled market for months. How to prepare

Strategic angle: Energy Secretary Chris Wright discusses potential oil price declines and the historical impact of wars on the market.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Here are the ways private-credit pain could hurt your portfolio

Strategic angle: MarketWatch explores the potential impacts of private-credit issues on investment portfolios.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Soaring gas and energy prices could ‘completely eat up’ your bigger tax refund if the Iran conflict continues

Strategic angle: MarketWatch reports on the impact of rising energy costs on tax refunds amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: It was unthinkable a couple of weeks ago, but could the next move by the Fed be a rate hike?

Strategic angle: MarketWatch explores the possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike amidst changing economic conditions.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Why has Trump left Iran’s nuclear stockpile untouched?

Strategic angle: US administration appears to have no plan to retrieve the enriched uranium after two weeks of military action.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: A Paramount-Warner Bros. movie slate could rule the 2027 box office, but is it sustainable?

Strategic angle: Paramount CEO David Ellison aims to produce 30 movies annually, leveraging popular franchises.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Panic is slowly gripping the stock market. Expect the selling to pick up next week.

Strategic angle: MarketWatch reports on the growing panic in the stock market and anticipates increased selling activity.

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Sovereign AI is a bet on the economies of anti-scale

Strategic angle: Deglobalisation is expensive for individual countries, but a windfall for their suppliers

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Are markets being too complacent about the Iran war?

Strategic angle: Sometimes crises do not blow over as investors might hope

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Donald Trump, Globalist

Strategic angle: It should not have taken the Iran war to finish the idea that he is ‘isolationist’

Editorial Staff Mar 14

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Briefing: Why Iran could become the next Iraq

Strategic angle: The first Gulf war left a weakened regime in place without a political settlement — paving the way for future conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 14