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7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 08/26/2025 08:00pm • Investing is a marathon, not a sprint. So while the stock market has rebounded handsomely in recent months, the best strategies focus on years and decades rather than weeks or months. The best long-term ETFs to buy and hold follow that approach, providing low cost structures and diversified portfoli Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she'll sue Trump to keep her job 08/26/2025 04:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook will sue President Donald Trump's administration to try to prevent him from firing her, her lawyer said Tuesday. “President Trump has no authority to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook,” said Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington lawyer who Deal to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt crumbles as some bondholders walk away 08/26/2025 03:24pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A plan to restructure more than $9 billion in debt held by Puerto Rico’s ailing power company hit a big snag this week after a group of bondholders terminated their deal with a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory’s finances. The deal would have allo Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House 08/25/2025 09:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over the independent institution. Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform Monday that he is f Will the Stock Market Crash in 2025? 5 Risk Factors 08/25/2025 08:00pm • The U.S. stock market is showing signs of vitality over volatility as summer fades, with the benchmark S&P 500 index up 9.5% year to date as of Aug. 25. Yet the experts over at S&P Global aren't sure what to make of a late-summer market that's waiting for some good news on the global economy Dr Pepper will unwind its merger with Keurig 7 years ago after buying Peet's for $18 billion 08/25/2025 03:13pm • Less than a decade after their merger, Keurig and Dr Pepper plan to become separate companies again. Keurig Dr Pepper said Monday it is buying the owner of Peet's Coffee for $18 billion (15.7 billion euro). Then it will break itself in two, with one company selling coffee and the other selling cold What to know about the delisting of property developer China Evergrande's shares in Hong Kong 08/25/2025 09:57am • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, marking another step in the retreat of the giant real estate developer whose downfall contributed to a prolonged crisis in China's property market. Evergrande's creditors are still working to wind u 7 Best Funds for Retirement 08/24/2025 08:00pm • A well-planned retirement should draw income from multiple sources. These can include Social Security, annuities and rental income. But more commonly in today's self-directed landscape that has replaced traditional pensions, the focus is on assets held in accounts like a Roth IRA or 401(k). For thes Looking to Get Out of a Timeshare? Here's How to Do It Legally 08/24/2025 08:00pm • Timeshares initially sound very appealing. You get to visit a dream location every year, enjoy resort amenities and pay only annual maintenance fees (once the initial cost is paid off). But the appeal can quickly fade if your financial situation changes or you grow tired of visiting the same place. South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts 08/23/2025 10:13pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as President Donald Trump announced the United States was slashing foreign aid. Some South Africans living Aubameyang scores 2 as Marseille moves on from players' locker room fight with big win over Paris FC 08/23/2025 05:48pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Marseille ended a week of turmoil with a 5-2 win over promoted Paris FC in the French league on Saturday. Marseille could even afford a missed penalty from Mason Greenwood late on. But the victory wasn’t a given amid the unusual Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it's his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the lead 08/23/2025 10:11am • ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer was an early tea party leader who supported Donald Trump for president in 2016. She ran for Congress from Georgia in 2017 and got less than 1% of the Republican primary vote. In 2021, she organized the rally near the White House that took place hours before hundreds of Tr Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts 08/23/2025 09:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House's demands. For months, Powell has largely ignored President Donald Trump's const Getting calls about a loan application you never applied for? Here's what to do, according to an expert 08/23/2025 05:36am • It’s a tale as old as the first tricky scheme — whatever that was long before any of us had cellphones. But there are ways to make sure you don’t fall victim to one present-day trick. “According to the Federal Trade Commission, people all across the country are getting calls and calls and Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain 08/22/2025 02:57pm • JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of ta