Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes

IBM’s stock plunges after a preliminary release of profit and revenue that were well below expectations.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defence said that two UAE national tankers, the Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The source added that one Indian crew member was killed and eight…

Dividend stocks are compounding machines. The combination of income and growth that these investments provide can really add up over the years. Energy infrastructure giant Enbridge (ENB +1.42%) is a prime example. It has turned a $50,000 investment made three decades ago into more than $1.1 million today. The low-risk dividend stock has plenty of…

Nvidia (NVDA +0.25%) has held the position as the world’s biggest company since about a year ago, when it became the first to reach $4 trillion in market value. It soared past former leaders Apple (AAPL 2.11%) and Microsoft. But in recent days, Apple, which hasn’t climbed as much as its peers during the artificial…

Comparing Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT 0.22%) and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT 0.26%) highlights a choice between the high credit safety of sovereign debt and the yield premium offered by investment-grade corporate bonds. Both funds serve as long-duration anchors, focusing on fixed-income maturities between 10 and 25 years. While VGLT holds sovereign debt…

Many tech stocks have been soaring in recent years due to enhanced growth opportunities relating to artificial intelligence (AI). But while investors have been fairly bullish on tech as a whole, they’ve remained cautious when it comes to geopolitical uncertainty, which is at least part of the reason why Chinese-based Alibaba Group Holdings (BABA 0.24%)…