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Stock Market Today, Sept. 21: Meta Surges on Excitement Over Muse Personal AI Agent

Today's Change(11.43%) $76.02Current Price$741.25Key Data PointsMarket Cap$1.7TMarket cap calculated using publicly traded shares outstanding only. Does not include unlisted, private, or dual-class non-traded...

Current price of oil as of Sept. 21, 2026

As of 9:35 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $101.61 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily)....

What Higher Interest Rates Mean for Caterpillar, GE Vernova, and Vertiv

The recent hike in interest rates, plus hawkish language from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, led to an immediate sell-off in industrial stocks...

Dollar General CEO says consumers making $100,000 a year don’t feel high income anymore

A six-figure annual salary used to be a milestone for career success and financial security, but it isn’t what it used to be. The...

If the AI Bubble Bursts as the Dot-Com Did, History Says the QQQ Might Not Recover Until 2042

There's a lot of debate these days about whether AI is a bubble. I'm not going to argue either way. What I wanted...

Despite a $34 billion net worth, Melinda French Gates refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup

Melinda French Gates may be one of the wealthiest women in the world, with an estimated $34.5 billion net worth, but you won’t...