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  • 'I Am Positioned Aggressively for a Stock Market Correction,' Says Doug Kass
    Business
    The Street5 hours ago

    'I Am Positioned Aggressively for a Stock Market Correction,' Says Doug Kass

    And for that reason Jim Cramer has nicknamed them FANG stocks. --Jim Cramer, "Does Your Portfolio Have FANGS?," February 2013 Back in February 2013 my pal Jim "El Capitan" Cramer brilliantly (and well-ahead of anyone else) coined the term "FANG" stocks --Facebook (FB) , Amazon (AMZN) , Netflix (NFLX) and Google, now Alphabet (GOOGL) . Thursday morning, I present some serious questions about the "A" and "N" in Jim's "FANG." With Amazon and Netflix both hitting all-time highs and Amazon having finally traded at more than $1,000 a share, the media is awash in stories about how these four "super stocks" and others that have captured most of the market's gains in this bull cycle. Indeed, it has been

  • World
    Yahoo Finance2 hours ago

    Stocks tread water as investors watch oil slide amid Middle East rift with Qatar

    Wall Street (^GSPC) is backing away from last week’s record highs. Stock futures are leaning lower as investors wait for some key data on the manufacturing sector. Oil prices are falling after fiver Arab nations, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, cut

  • Married couples have 81 ways to claim Social Security. Here's how to maximize your benefits
    Business
    CNBCyesterday

    Married couples have 81 ways to claim Social Security. Here's how to maximize your benefits

    Marriage can make life easier, but not when it comes to Social Security. A single person only has to consider nine different scenarios when claiming retirement benefits. For married couples, the available options for filing strategies grow to 81.