Investors flocking to gold for safety may be making a big mistake, Goldman says

Gold’s surge over the past 12 months hasn’t kept investors from seeking exposure to it in…

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American stocks underperformed last year. Deutsche Bank says it could happen again.

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Microsoft, Oracle and ServiceNow could be the top stocks to play a software comeback

Published: Jan. 12, 2026 at 5:35 p.m. ET While artificial-intelligence infrastructure stocks have received much of investors’…

Opinion: 6 stocks and ETFs that these unsung market heroes see outperforming in 2026

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Emerging-market stocks — even in Venezuela — are rallying after Maduro’s capture

Published: Jan. 6, 2026 at 4:58 p.m. ET Stocks in emerging markets seem untroubled by geopolitical risk…

This hedge-fund billionaire bet on a Venezuela-linked oil refiner at just the right time

Claudia Assis Claudia Assis is a San Francisco-based reporter for MarketWatch. Follow her on Twitter @ClaudiaAssisMW.

The consequences of AI slop and a hopeful look at what will follow it

Published: Jan. 2, 2026 at 12:43 p.m. ET You may already be familiar with the term “AI…

Trump Media just launched 5 ‘Made in America’ ETFs, testing whether political power can function as an investable theme

Isabel Wang Isabel Wang is a Markets Reporter for MarketWatch.

Social Security had yet another terrible year — earning just 4.3% — and if Trump gets his way, 2026 will be even worse

Trust funds earned significantly less than a standard “balanced” investment portfolio would have.