Author: Daniel snow

Sometimes the hardest thing for a long-term investor to do is to sit on their hands. With stocks down Friday as investors digest the news of Israeli strikes on Iran , it’s tempting to buy the dip — or bail before things get any worse. Neither option makes sense in this moment. First, a quick recap of all the movers: The major averages are down, but perhaps not as much as one might expect given the fears the airstrikes could start a broader conflict in the Middle East. The Dow shed 1%, while the Nasdaq fell 0.6% and the S…

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This photo illustration created Jan. 7, 2025, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo.Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty ImagesAI generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the conversations users are unknowingly sharing publicly through Meta’s newly launched AI app.  The company rolled out the Meta AI app in April, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. But the tool has recently garnered some negative publicity and sparked privacy concerns over some of the wacky — and personal — prompts being…

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