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Oil futures traded at their highest levels since the summer of 2024 on Friday as the war against Iran entered a seventh day with no sign of it ending anytime soon.
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Sri Lanka takes control of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship AP NewsWhy Torpedoed Iranian Warship Is a Problem for India The New York TimesSri Lanka moving 208 rescued Iranian ship crew to naval camp, sources say ReutersUS Submarine Strike in the Indian Ocean Raises Risks for Asia Bloomberg.com
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Private equity fundraising slowed for the second consecutive year in 2025 as a lack of exits weighed on both distributions and the ability for LPs to reinvest in the asset class.
The post PE fundraising suffers weakest year since 2020 amid exit, distributions challenges: PitchBook appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 50,000 in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
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Dow futures fall as index heads for worst week since October: Live updates CNBCStock Market News, March 5, 2026: Dow Drops 1.6%, Oil Pushes Above $80 WSJDow tumbles nearly 800 points and oil surges as Iran conflict spills beyond the Middle East CNNStocks drop after oil spikes to its highest price since the summer of 2024 AP NewsStock Markets Have Been Fueled by Iran Fears. Why
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Marks said any risk stems from the pace of expansion in direct lending, which has ballooned to a market now exceeding $1 trillion since inception around 2011.
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Trump says Iran is looking for a deal to end the war
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Cava CFO Tricia Tolivar said the company has been able to create a "bridge" in the increasingly K-shaped economy.
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I don't ignore my retirement accounts, but I consider myself mostly a set-it-and-forget-it investor. I prefer to pick an investment strategy, arrange automatic contributions and then sit back without tinkering much with my portfolio. For that reason, I used a target-date fund in my 401(k) when I had one (I'm self-employed now). My husband invests in a fund with a 2050 target date through his employer plan.
A target-date fund aims to create an appropriate investment mix for the investor's age and approximate retirement date. A fund designed for someone with many years until retirement includes a high proportion of stocks for growth. Over time, the fund regularly rebalances, allocating a greater percentage of assets to less-risky, income-producing investments, such as bonds, as retirement nears.
We're far from alone in our preference for target-date funds. Among 401(k) participants in their twenties, 54% of their assets were in target-date funds at the end of 2019, and investors in their thirties had 45% of assets in target-date funds, according to a study from the Investment Company Institute and Employee Benefit Research Institute. Many large employer plans automatically enroll employees and use target-date funds as the default investment choice.
SEE MORE PODCAST: The Pros and Cons of Target Date Funds with Tony Drake
Evaluating Your Plan.
Target-date funds are attractive for their simplicity. But if you're dissatisfied with your plan's target-date offerings or have the appetite to construct a customized portfolio, you can typically select among a menu of several other investment options. If you have decades to go until retirement, you may want to dedicate 80% to 90% of your portfolio to stocks. I
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