Only once in the past 100 years have America’s long-term savers done worse than they did last year. Only in 1974 — the year of Watergate, OPEC embargoes, gas lines and recession — did the standard, benchmark, middle-of-the-road investment portfolio lose more value than it did in 2022. That didn’t …
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Tesla Inc. stock turned lower Thursday after news that nearly 400,000 of its vehicles are being recalled as the EV maker’s self-driving software “may cause” crashes. In a recall notice, federal regulators said Tesla’s TSLA, -1.52% Full Self Driving beta software may increase the risk of crashes by allowing vehicles …
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