Oil prices sink as OPEC+ hikes output, U.S. stock futures drop ahead of Fed meeting 
 

Oil prices sank Sunday while U.S. stock futures declined after the S&P 500 notched its longest winning streak in more than 20 years last week.

 
How Bad Is China's Economy? The Data Needed to Answer Is Vanishing 
 

Beijing has stopped publishing hundreds of statistics related to real estate, finance, unemployment and even soy sauce production, making it harder to know what's going on in the country.

 
Corporate America Is Leaving More Jobs Unfilled 
 

Most employers aren't laying off workers, but many have paused hiring while the trade war plays out

 
Wall Street's second-quarter outlook sours, with bigger-than-normal forecast cuts 
 

Earnings Watch: Mattel and Ford will report, as markets rebound but look for trade-war clarity

 
Trump Downplays Economic Concerns as He Looks to Cut Trade Deals 
 

The president and his advisers are feeling somewhat more confident about the economy.

 
Why Trump - and investors - will probably be disappointed by the Fed this week 
 

The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to meet on May 6 and 7, and while the Fed isn't expected to cut interest rates, the meeting will likely be closely watched by both investors and President Donald Trump.

 
Greg Abel's Challenge: Lead Berkshire Into a New Era Without the Buffett Touch 
 

Warren Buffett has done what he can to prepare his successor at Berkshire Hathaway. But there is one thing that can't be simply handed off: the Buffett brand.

 
Stock Funds Showed Some Fight in April 
 

After a rough first quarter, large-cap growth funds were up 1.7% and gold funds soared. Plus: A Financial Flashback to the "flash crash" in 2010.

 
These Dividend Stocks Could Insulate Your Portfolio From Tariffs, Recession 
 

Financial pros say these stocks are somewhat insulated from tariff tumult and fallout from an economic slowdown-and they're relatively cheap now.

 
What Warren Buffett Learned From His Biggest Hits-and Misses 
 

From Coca-Cola to Berkshire Hathaway, here's what worked and what didn't for the head of Berkshire Hathaway.

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