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Last Updated: Dec. 19, 2025 at 4:08 p.m. ETFirst Published: Dec. 19, 2025 at 3:17 p.m. ETAfter President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to reclassify cannabis, Wall Street is now focused on the when the change will actually happen, as the marijuana industry waits for tax relief and expanded research opportunities. And looking further out, observers are also wondering about the implications of easier banking access for the cannabis sector, as well as broader state legalization efforts and industry consolidation.

Medicare may come as a relief when you become eligible. Not only does it provide coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions, but costs won’t increase based on your age. You only pay more when you use more medical services (or your annual income goes up significantly). That does not necessarily mean healthcare for enrollees is inexpensive. Medicare leaves many costs on the table – costs that many enrollees do not plan for and may not even know about. It’s up to you, the savvy consumer, to learn where your dollars will be spent on healthcare as a Medicare beneficiary. As a…

(Image credit: Getty Images)Stocks finished the week on a positive note as volume thins ahead of two holiday-shortened weeks. But Friday’s gains weren’t enough for one of the main market indexes to erase its weekly deficit.At the close, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4% at 48,134, the broader S&P 500 was 0.9% higher at 6,834, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.3% to 23,307. While the Dow and S&P 500 managed weekly wins, the Nasdaq ended the week down 0.7%.The tech sector saw the biggest gains on Friday, as measured by the State Street Technology Select Sector…

In This Article This article is presented by Express Capital Financing Before I bought my first property, I thought understanding a “market” meant understanding a city. If Phoenix was booming, I assumed the whole metro was booming. If Cleveland cash flowed, I figured anywhere within 20 minutes of downtown must be a good deal. And if Nashville was full of cranes and construction, then every submarket had to be a winner. It took precisely one disappointing deal for me to realize how far off that thinking was. Real estate does not behave like one big organism, moving in one direction…

Charlie Garcia is the founder of R360, a global community of individuals and families with a net worth of $100 million or more. He is editor-in-chief of the Night Owl, R360’s exclusive publication delivering contrarian insights into global markets. Garcia is the author of the books “A Message From Garcia” and “Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows.” A bitcoin enthusiast, he runs his own node.

In This Article This article is presented by Walker & Dunlop. Smart multifamily investors don’t wait until tax season or year-end to understand how their properties are performing. The most successful owners take time each quarter to closely review both their internal numbers and the trends around their property. A consistent quarterly routine helps you catch issues early, identify opportunities, and make confident decisions backed by clear data. The challenge for many investors is that their information is scattered. Financials sit in one place, property operations in another, and market research is across multiple websites.  That is why tools like WDSuite can be…

Published: Dec. 19, 2025 at 2:16 p.m. ETRocket Lab’s stock is on pace for a new closing high, its first since October, after the rocket-launch provider won its largest contract ever.The U.S. Space Development Agency on Friday awarded Rocket Lab RKLB an agreement worth up to $805 million to provide 18 missile warning, tracking and defense satellites. It adds to the Long Beach, Calif.-based company’s contracted backlog, worth roughly $1.1 billion as of its third quarter.

In This Article This article is presented by Rent To Retirement. Most of us get into real estate because we think it’ll be simple. You just have to buy a property, rent it out, and the cash flows. Easy. Then you actually try to buy a property, and suddenly you’re calculating cap rates on your lunch break, comparing insurance quotes late into the night, and explaining to your family why you’re stress-eating cereal at 11 p.m. Buying a rental isn’t hard because the math is hard. That’s actually relatively easy. Buying a rental is hard because nobody shows you the…

Published: Dec. 19, 2025 at 1:12 p.m. ETIt was a stock-market mystery. On an otherwise quiet Friday at the end of the final full week of trading in the U.S. for 2025, U.S.-traded American depositary receipts of Infosys INFY, a $78 billion Indian information-technology company, spiked as much as 56% on extreme volume that forced multiple trading halts.

To help you understand the trends surrounding AI and other new technologies and what we expect to happen in the future, our highly experienced Kiplinger Letter team will keep you abreast of the latest developments and forecasts. (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger Letter or subscribe.) You’ll get all the latest news first by subscribing, but we will publish many (but not all) of the forecasts a few days afterward online. Here’s the latest…It’s a childhood dream come true. Now you can control Mickey Mouse, Yoda, Cinderella and Iron Man. At least for 30-second increments. In a new deal,…