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The Wall Street Journal: Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi won’t seek re-election in 2020
Sen. Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) said Saturday that he wouldn’t run for re-election in 2020, the latest Senate Republican to announce he would retire rather than seek to keep his seat.
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Key Words: Trump expresses faith in Kim Jong Un, amid report of North Korean short-range weapon test
President Donald Trump offers support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite a fresh report that the Hermit Kingdom launched a short-range projectile into the sea.
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Key Words: ‘It is the one thing that always worries me about my job’ says Warren Buffett
Bad actors doing harm to shareholders are key concerns for one of the world’s richest and well-known investors.
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Brett Arends’s ROI: How Warren Buffett does cult of personality better than anyone else
At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, his likeness is everywhere — on playing cards, shot glasses, chef’s aprons, proving he’s utterly irreplaceable as CEO of the company.
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The Wall Street Journal: Berkshire Hathaway generates $21.66 billion first-quarter profit
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. swung to a first-quarter profit, thanks in part to higher insurance investment income.
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The Wall Street Journal: North Korea fires short-range projectile into sea, South Korea military says
North Korea fired a type of short-range weapon off the country’s east coast on Saturday morning, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry, the latest military provocation from Pyongyang amid stalled nuclear talks with Washington.
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Stock market fear is here, but is it fear of a meltdown or of missing out?
A number of indicators and price patterns strongly suggest that this bull market is far from over.
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Mutual Funds Weekly: Why a simple annuity can be like money in the bank
This week’s top money and investing stories look at generating retirement income, Warren Buffett, and combating ‘seasonally affected investing disorder.’
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The Wall Street Journal: White House weighs nominating former Trump aide to the Fed
President Trump’s next nominee to the Federal Reserve board may be one of his former domestic policy aides who now oversees economic policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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In One Chart: SocGen says this is the best predictor of S&P 500’s volatility over the past half-century
As the lagged impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes feels its way into the economy, a pickup in volatility will likely remain a feature of the future investing landscape, says SocGen.