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No Forward-Looking Guidance Needed: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Just Outlined His Inflation Plan in 9 Words: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/882148/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-fomc-meeting-june-2026.jpg
No Forward-Looking Guidance Needed: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Just Outlined His Inflation Plan in 9 Words

This has been a history-filled year on Wall Street, and there are still nearly five months to go. We've watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and

The Federal Reserve's Initial August Inflation Forecast Has Arrived, and It Contains a Glaring Red Flag That Can Come Back to Bite Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/882138/kevin-warsh-wh-photo-president-donald-trump-swearing-in-ceremony-daniel-torok.jpg
The Federal Reserve's Initial August Inflation Forecast Has Arrived, and It Contains a Glaring Red Flag That Can Come Back to Bite Wall Street

Despite a turbulent March, it's turned into another banner year for Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) both climbed to record highs this

Warren Buffett Just Issued a Blunt Warning About the Stock Market. History Is Clear About What Comes Next.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881919/buffett17-tmf.jpg
Warren Buffett Just Issued a Blunt Warning About the Stock Market. History Is Clear About What Comes Next.

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) have all been reaching new heights over the past few years, as investor

Opinion: The Greatest Fleecing of Retail Investors in Wall Street's Storied History Begins Tomorrow, Aug. 6: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881713/nyse-floor-trader-stock-market-invest-buy-sell-fed-wall-street-getty.jpg
Opinion: The Greatest Fleecing of Retail Investors in Wall Street's Storied History Begins Tomorrow, Aug. 6

Wall Street has witnessed its fair share of history in 2026. The iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-focused Nasdaq Composite

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Is Considering Fewer Annual FOMC Meetings, Which Would Be Disastrous for Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881691/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-wh-photo-trump-daniel-torok.jpg
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Is Considering Fewer Annual FOMC Meetings, Which Would Be Disastrous for Wall Street

This has been a history-packed year for financial markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) all blasted to

RWR vs. GQRE: Which REIT ETF Is the Better Buy for Investors?Photo, wide shot, wide-angle lens, soft focus,  Quarry, Blue hour, twilight, cool, ISO1200, slow shutter speed, photo by Sebastião Salgado: https://oaidalleapiprodscus.blob.core.windows.net/private/org-IbuNdCATsFaPOITjFOv2kJh3/user-AXaxqjBUW45D8BadJEo9mUpW/img-YQuR80w6IvxjemEoWYDXbEZo.png?st=2023-10-15T10%3A03%3A37Z&se=2023-10-15T12%3A03%3A37Z&sp=r&sv=2021-08-06&sr=b&rscd=inline&rsct=image/png&skoid=6aaadede-4fb3-4698-a8f6-684d7786b067&sktid=a48cca56-e6da-484e-a814-9c849652bcb3&skt=2023-10-14T14%3A03%3A01Z&ske=2023-10-15T14%3A03%3A01Z&sks=b&skv=2021-08-06&sig=/3q45HS%2B7KQiNIRh0W63diwmt7u%2BeQQMkMTkhvmYMtE%3D
RWR vs. GQRE: Which REIT ETF Is the Better Buy for Investors?

Investors often turn to real estate investment trusts (REITs) for income and a hedge against inflation. The State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (NYSEMKT:RWR) offers lower costs and a domestic

Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI Hedge Fund Just Blew Up, and It Highlights an Endemic Problem for Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881671/jenga-tower-wood-risk-mortgage-stock-economy-crisis-getty.jpg
Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI Hedge Fund Just Blew Up, and It Highlights an Endemic Problem for Wall Street

For the better part of the last four years, nothing has captured the attention and capital of investors quite like the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. This multitrillion-dollar opportunity

Palantir Soars 27% and Caterpillar Helps Lift the Dow 800 Points: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/882104/chalkboard-rocket-1297851329.jpg
Palantir Soars 27% and Caterpillar Helps Lift the Dow 800 Points

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article said that SpaceX reported earnings already, thus moving the stock. The company will report after Tuesday's closing bell. We regret the error.

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One Word Repeated 10 Times by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Has Effectively Reshaped the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Approach: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881352/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-fomc-june-17-meeting.jpg
One Word Repeated 10 Times by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Has Effectively Reshaped the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Approach

This has been a transformational year for America's foremost financial institution, the Federal Reserve, as well as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and

The Dow Adds 560 Points as Oil Prices Fall Off a Cliff: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881818/clouds-shaped-like-dollar-signs-income-streams-money.jpg
The Dow Adds 560 Points as Oil Prices Fall Off a Cliff

The stock market spent July panicking about oil prices, chip valuations, and AI spending. It showed up Monday morning in a completely different mood.

All three major indexes are up more than 1% as

Pantera Capital Just Launched a New Index to Track the Crypto Market. Here's What Crypto Investors Need to Know.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881142/crypto-index-investor.jpg
Pantera Capital Just Launched a New Index to Track the Crypto Market. Here's What Crypto Investors Need to Know.

A new crypto index launched on July 20, and it excludes the market's largest cryptocurrency. Pantera Capital, the S&P Dow Jones Indices, and Artemis collaborated on the S&P Pantera Digital Asset

The Federal Reserve Just Did Something That No One's Witnessed in 56 Years -- and It Has Significant Implications for the Stock Market: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881350/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-fomc-meeting-june-2026.jpg
The Federal Reserve Just Did Something That No One's Witnessed in 56 Years -- and It Has Significant Implications for the Stock Market

Last week was a tone-setter for Wall Street. It marked the busiest week of the third quarter for earnings releases and featured a Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

But on July 29, the day Fed

The Bond Market Just Called Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Bluff on Interest Rates: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881215/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-july-fomc-meeting-interest-rates.jpg
The Bond Market Just Called Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Bluff on Interest Rates

Last week was arguably the most important of the quarter for Wall Street. It marked the busiest week of earnings season and the latest Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates.

While earnings

The Stock Market Is Doing Something Observed Only 6 Times Since 1871 -- and the Previous 5 Occurrences Ended in Disaster for Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/880838/nyse-floor-trader-stock-market-invest-buy-sell-fed-wall-street-getty.jpg
The Stock Market Is Doing Something Observed Only 6 Times Since 1871 -- and the Previous 5 Occurrences Ended in Disaster for Wall Street

Statistically, the stock market is the greatest wealth creator on the planet. When compared to the annualized returns of bonds, commodities, and real estate, the average annual returns of the

President Donald Trump Expects the Stock Market to "Go Through the Roof," but His Own Policies Can Prevent That From Happening: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/880655/president-donald-trump-white-house-photo-state-union-congress.jpg
President Donald Trump Expects the Stock Market to "Go Through the Roof," but His Own Policies Can Prevent That From Happening

Some of the stock market's largest single-session declines throughout history have occurred under President Donald Trump. Despite this volatility, we've also observed outsize annual returns with

President Donald Trump Just Threw the Federal Reserve Under the Bus Yet Again Over Interest Rates: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881060/49750148681_73e99680b4_k.jpg
President Donald Trump Just Threw the Federal Reserve Under the Bus Yet Again Over Interest Rates

With five months left, 2026 has shaped up as another banner year for the stock market. The iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and

Trumpflation Is Evolving Into a 3-Headed Monster, and Wall Street Will End Up Paying the Price: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/880616/president-donald-trump-wh-photo-trump-account-remarks-molly-riley.jpg
Trumpflation Is Evolving Into a 3-Headed Monster, and Wall Street Will End Up Paying the Price

For more than a century, the stock market has been the greatest wealth-creator on the planet. The average annual returns of the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P

Amazon's 14.9% Jump Lifts the Dow While Apple Drags It Back: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881625/bull-and-bear-on-stock-market-prices-1155610132.jpg
Amazon's 14.9% Jump Lifts the Dow While Apple Drags It Back

U.S. stocks are drifting slightly higher at midday Friday as two of the market's largest companies move in opposite directions.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is up 0.3% as of

The Federal Reserve's Latest Interest Rate Decision Featured Something We Haven't Seen in 10 Years, and It Should Rightly Worry Wall Street: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881206/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-wh-photo-trump-daniel-torok.jpg
The Federal Reserve's Latest Interest Rate Decision Featured Something We Haven't Seen in 10 Years, and It Should Rightly Worry Wall Street

Amid the heart of earnings season, the Federal Reserve just delivered one of the most anticipated interest rate decisions in years. With Fed Chair Kevin Warsh shelving forward-looking guidance from

Nasdaq Posts Best Day Since June on Microsoft Azure Revenue Surge: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881267/bull-market-rising-stock-charts-financial-newspaper-quotes-invest-getty.jpg
Nasdaq Posts Best Day Since June on Microsoft Azure Revenue Surge

U.S. stocks rebounded sharply on Thursday after Wednesday's steep sell-off, with technology stocks leading the recovery. In some cases, massive AI spending is actually making money.

The Nasdaq

2 Words From Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Sent the Stock Market Tumbling, and This May Be Just the Beginning: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/881203/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-july-fomc-meeting-interest-rates.jpg
2 Words From Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Sent the Stock Market Tumbling, and This May Be Just the Beginning

This is arguably the most important week of the third quarter for the stock market. In addition to it being the busiest week of earnings season, the Federal Reserve weighed in on interest rates

RWR vs. XLRE: Which Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy?Photo, wide shot, wide-angle lens, soft focus,  Quarry, Blue hour, twilight, cool, ISO1200, slow shutter speed, photo by Sebastião Salgado: https://oaidalleapiprodscus.blob.core.windows.net/private/org-IbuNdCATsFaPOITjFOv2kJh3/user-AXaxqjBUW45D8BadJEo9mUpW/img-YQuR80w6IvxjemEoWYDXbEZo.png?st=2023-10-15T10%3A03%3A37Z&se=2023-10-15T12%3A03%3A37Z&sp=r&sv=2021-08-06&sr=b&rscd=inline&rsct=image/png&skoid=6aaadede-4fb3-4698-a8f6-684d7786b067&sktid=a48cca56-e6da-484e-a814-9c849652bcb3&skt=2023-10-14T14%3A03%3A01Z&ske=2023-10-15T14%3A03%3A01Z&sks=b&skv=2021-08-06&sig=/3q45HS%2B7KQiNIRh0W63diwmt7u%2BeQQMkMTkhvmYMtE%3D
RWR vs. XLRE: Which Real Estate ETF Is the Better Buy?

Both of these funds provide investors with exposure to the property market without the hassle of buying physical real estate. But while the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:X

The Federal Reserve Should Raise Interest Rates Today, but It Won't for One Fundamental Reason: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/880561/fed-chair-kevin-warsh-fomc-june-17-meeting.jpg
The Federal Reserve Should Raise Interest Rates Today, but It Won't for One Fundamental Reason

Today is a pivotal day for Wall Street's major stock indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), as well as

The S&P 500 and Dow Are on Track to Beat the Nasdaq for the First Time Since 2022. Here's What That Means for Investors.: https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/880818/an-abstract-image-featuring-bar-charts-overlapping-financial-and-stock-market-data.jpg
The S&P 500 and Dow Are on Track to Beat the Nasdaq for the First Time Since 2022. Here's What That Means for Investors.

In 2023, 2024, and 2025, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) outperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and both indexes outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI). And

VNQI vs RWR: Which of These Real Estate ETFs Is the Better Buy in 2026?Photo, wide shot, wide-angle lens, soft focus,  Quarry, Blue hour, twilight, cool, ISO1200, slow shutter speed, photo by Sebastião Salgado: https://oaidalleapiprodscus.blob.core.windows.net/private/org-IbuNdCATsFaPOITjFOv2kJh3/user-AXaxqjBUW45D8BadJEo9mUpW/img-YQuR80w6IvxjemEoWYDXbEZo.png?st=2023-10-15T10%3A03%3A37Z&se=2023-10-15T12%3A03%3A37Z&sp=r&sv=2021-08-06&sr=b&rscd=inline&rsct=image/png&skoid=6aaadede-4fb3-4698-a8f6-684d7786b067&sktid=a48cca56-e6da-484e-a814-9c849652bcb3&skt=2023-10-14T14%3A03%3A01Z&ske=2023-10-15T14%3A03%3A01Z&sks=b&skv=2021-08-06&sig=/3q45HS%2B7KQiNIRh0W63diwmt7u%2BeQQMkMTkhvmYMtE%3D
VNQI vs RWR: Which of These Real Estate ETFs Is the Better Buy in 2026?

The State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (NYSEMKT:RWR) provides concentrated exposure to the domestic real estate market, whereas the Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) serves as