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Warren Buffett lamented selling Berkshire Hathaway’s shares of McDonald’s in his 1998 letter to shareholders, calling it “a very big mistake.” Yet, in spite of starting nearly every day with a ...

Asian equities tumbled for a second straight session as intensifying conflict in the Middle East rattled investor confidence and reignited fears of an energy-driven inflation surge. With oil climbing ...

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The S&P 500 and Dow marked their biggest comebacks in nearly a year after President Trump suggested the Iran war could end soon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 239 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 ...