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Mortgage rates slid a bit lower for the week. According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed rate fell two basis points to 6.09%. That’s a slim three basis points above the three-year low of 6.06%. The 15-year fixed-rate fell six basis points to 5.44%. Discounts on new homes have outpaced the resale market “for

Ebube Jones Tue, February 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM EST 5 min read Gold hit fresh record highs in 2025, and that has made it a lot more relevant for income investors. According to Statista, gold prices rallied by more than 50% through October 2025, which is the strongest annual gain since 1979, as the

Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Wed, February 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM EST 6 min read Over the last century, no asset class has come close to matching the annualized return of stocks. But when the lens is narrowed to the past decade, Wall Street’s major stock indexes haven’t been able to hold a candle

Stratus Packaging Group has purchased Freppel Imprimeur, a France-based producer of labels and printed media established in 1968. Financial specifics of the deal were not disclosed. Freppel Imprimeur employs 60 staff and operates from a 5,000m² production site, focusing on label manufacturing and print services. The move aligns with Stratus Packaging Group’s strategy, which is

Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments have both secured stockholder approval for their previously announced merger, aimed at establishing a major entity in the semiconductor equipment industry, valued at approximately $4.4bn. This all-stock transaction is set to complete in the second half of 2026. Initially announced in October 2025, the merger is projected to create a

Allan Tripon Sat, February 7, 2026 at 4:09 AM EST 2 min read Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) is one of the  Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Right Now. Strategy, according to an SEC filing, acquired an additional 855 bitcoin (BTC) for $75.3 million (implying an average acquisition price of $87,974) between January 26 and February 1.

Isaiah Mccall Fri, February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM EST 4 min read Supercycle narrative, once treated like gospel, took a serious hit as BTC USD slid all the way to $60,000 and ETH USD cracked below $2,000. Is this just another brutal shakeout or the moment the supercycle myth finally broke? Either way, BTC

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Mortgage rates haven’t moved much today, which means they’re still relatively low. According to Zillow, the average 30-year fixed rate is holding at under 6%, currently 5.98%. That’s a year-over-year decrease of 61 basis points. The 15-year fixed rate is 5.50%, down 73 basis points since this time last year. Mortgage rates vary by credit

Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool Wed, February 4, 2026 at 5:27 AM EST 4 min read Let’s play a what-if game. Imagine that you plunk, say, $500 in Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). (Note that Buffett recently retired, and the new CEO is a longtime lieutenant, Greg Abel, in whom Buffett