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Our healthcare system is designed to diagnose the presence or absence of disease, one organ at a time. That means people have no baseline against which to make broader lifestyle decisions.

The co-portfolio manager at Heartland Advisors urges investors to shut out Wall Street’s hype on AI and look for companies that can use its technology as costs come down.

“She developed pleural effusion — fluid between the lungs and ribs — compressing her lungs and making it hard for her to breathe.”

A reader writes: “We’d better get real quick or we’re going to have a financial crisis that makes the Great Recession of 2008 look like a picnic.”

Risk comes in many forms, even with “safe” investments.

Is Musk wealthier than the national economy of Poland or Ireland? Find out here.

Michael Burry, the contrarian ex-hedge-fund manager chronicled in “The Big Short,” is selling his top holding at an 8 1/2-year low.

Stocks are not expensive in an historical context, seasonal factors are supportive and Goldman Sachs hedge fund research forecasts a record high for the S&P 500 before year-end.

“He estimates the mortgage will be $10,000 a month once both homes are sold, or $14,000 if they are not sold in time.”

Andrew Cuomo has splashed out $9.6 million in cash on a sprawling Hamptons estate—nearly a year after the New York City mayoral primary that marked his return to electoral politics.