An old stock-market adage applies this month — how you should play it in 2026

Stocks jumped out of the gate Monday after President Donald Trump on Sunday canceled planned attacks against Iran. Tumbling oil prices and Treasury yields also boosted sentiment at the start of the month, with one of the main benchmarks closing at a new record high. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that the United…

ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday reported second-quarter profits that surged on rising oil prices due to the Iran war. Chevron’s net income soared to $12 billion, a nearly 400% increase compared to $2.5 billion in the same period last year. Adjusted earnings came in at $6.06 per share, 50 cents higher than Wall Street’s estimates….

Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned an average of $16.2m in 2024, a record and about 248 times the average worker’s pay, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.   Shopify’s Tobias Lütke topped the list at $205.5m, the largest single-year package the centre has recorded.   “The top CEOs make $7,812 an hour, so it only takes…

Americans get plenty of advice on how to achieve financial freedom, but not nearly enough on how cybersecurity factors into it. An investor could do a great job of building assets through investing strategies and portfolios structured to produce income, but then risk it all by failing to put the correct digital safeguards in place….

Like many acquisitive registered investment advisors in the rapidly consolidating wealth management space, Berger Financial Group welcomed a private equity partner in agreeing late last month to sell a big chunk of its fast-growing business to Investcorp, a global alternative investment manager based in Bahrain.   But unlike the many RIAs chasing…

IHG One Rewards is a great loyalty program covering nearly two dozen international brands. You’ll find budget-friendly Holiday Inn Express hotels and luxurious Regent Hotels in the portfolio, and you can earn and redeem points whenever you have an eligible stay. Recently, I have started paying more attention to IHG’s loyalty program, especially since I…