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Love them or loathe them, the ultrawealthy share one undeniable trait: they are remarkably disciplined with their money. The novelist Herman Wouk put it best, in his book Don’t Stop the Carnival, saying of the wealthy Lester Atlas, “He acted on a clear hard rule: never part unnecessarily with a dollar.” Today’s high-net-worth individuals live by that principle, often relying on family offices –specialized private money management firms – to safeguard and grow their wealth. These family offices s

The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all close at fresh record highs.

Jewish American job-seekers needed to send 24.2% more applications to receive the same number of responses, a new Anti-Defamation League (ADL) study found.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out record closing highs on Tuesday, with tech-related shares extending recent gains as investors awaited further jobs data. The Dow finished slightly lower on the day. Among S&P 500 sectors, technology, communication services and consumer discretionary were the only gainers, extending their advance on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A surprise declaration of martial law in Korea that had sent the won plummeting and gave U.S. Treasuries a brief safe-haven boost was lifted on Tuesday, removing one source of geopolitical jitters for world markets to contend with. The move gave a modest boost to U.S. stocks, which were otherwise muted and range-bound for much of the session. "These developments, combined with those in France and the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, all are creating uncertainty as investors think about how to position themselves moving into 2025," said Greg Bassuk, CEO at AXS Investments in New York.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 76 points, or 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.4% to its own record set a day earlier. On the losing end of Wall Street was U.S. Steel, which fell 8%. President-elect Donald Trump reiterated on social media that he would not let Japan’s Nippon Steel take over the iconic Pennsylvania steelmaker.

The focus is on JOLTS jobs data and Fedspeak will cement or dent growing hopes for interest rate cuts.