Huntsville, Alabama, Pairs Low Property Taxes With Big Hospitals. What a Retirement There Costs
Huntsville’s property tax bill looks tiny next to what one Illinois couple left behind. But a different tax quietly takes a bigger bite out of a retiree’s budget, and most people never plan for it.
Berkshire more than doubled its buyback to $9.6 billion in Q3 while still sitting on roughly $357 billion in cash, a signal it finds its own shares cheaper than anything else on offer.
$BRK Berkshire Hathaway Q3 FY26. • $9.6B in buybacks (vs. $4.5B in Q2) • Cash & short-term securities: ~$357B • Net seller of stocks again (~$0.4B) • Operating earnings down 6% https://t.co/z729ijG58Z
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A November 13 date on Starship's 15th flight puts the full-reusability milestone, the economics the entire launch market is priced against, back on the calendar in under a week.
SpaceX has just released a new blog about Starship's upcoming 15th flight planned for Nov 13 with more info about what to expect, the significance of this flight, and their approach to safety: "Starship is preparing to take a major step towards full reusability: bringing the https://t.co/GZJfc6qLa6
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Wall Street May Have Lost $2.5 Trillion, but This 30% Warning Could Be an Even Bigger Problem for AI Stocks
One Number: 30% of 2028 Capacity at Risk About 30% of the data-center capacity the U.S. plans to add in 2028 could be at risk, according to a UBS estimate reported by Reuters. That figure is an analyst estimate of proposed capacity additions. It is separate from capital spending…
A decade in bonds returned 16%, less than half the 39% rise in US inflation, while NVIDIA compounded past 11,000%.
Last 10 Years... NVIDIA $NVDA: +11,159% Bitcoin $BTC: +10,587% $AMD: +6,745% Tesla $TSLA: +2,720% Apple $AAPL: +1,269% Microsoft $MSFT: +918% Google $GOOGL: +636% Amazon $AMZN: +588% Meta $META: +410% S&P $SPY: +313% Gold $GLD: +199% US Inflation: +39% US Bonds $AGG: +16%
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At 70 He’ll Move Into His Daughter’s In-Law Suite and Pay Her $1,500 a Month. She May Owe Tax on It, Unless It’s Really Just Sharing Costs
A father and daughter shook on a monthly number at the kitchen table, and neither thought about the IRS. One word on the paperwork could decide whether she reports thousands in income, and whether a surprise waits when she sells.
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A 6% dip in the S&P 500 hid a full-blown bear market in chip equipment names, with Lam Research down 58% from its high at Thursday's low. Dip buyers are picking from very different discount racks.
% Below All-Time High (@ Nov 5 Correction Low) S&P 500: -6% Nasdaq 100: -15% Nvidia $NVDA: -26% Taiwan Semi $TSM: -28% SK Hynix $SKHY: -39% AMD $AMD: -39% Broadcom $AVGO: -41% Micron $MU: -48% Applied Materials $AMAT: -57% Lam $LRCX: -58% Intel $INTC: -64% Sandisk $SNDK: -66%
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A games app and a sports site turned into the profit engine behind a doubling of operating income, which is why the bundle is the number to track at the Times.
The New York Times' operating income has now doubled since they acquired Wordle and The Athletic in 2022. $NYT https://t.co/CHAmx2P6Tn
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After years of hoarding cash rather than chasing acquisitions, Berkshire's record $9.6 billion of Q3 repurchases says management sees its own shares as the best thing on the menu.
RT @WOLF_Financial: BERKSHIRE JUST MADE ITS BIGGEST BUYBACK EVER Berkshire spent $9.6 billion buying back its own stock in Q3, topping its…
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After nearly 22 months of sitting out, Berkshire is signaling its own shares are the best value it can find, even as operating profit declined.
BREAKING: Berkshire Hathaway more than doubled its stock buybacks in Q3 2026, repurchasing $9.6 billion of its own shares. This brings total buybacks in 2026 to $14.4 billion, marking a sharp reversal after the company paused repurchases for nearly 22 months. Berkshire also
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