Brett Angel

Don’t wait another year to level up your tax game These five strategies can help you come next April. For the Minnesota Star Tribune April 25, 2026 at 12:01PM These tax strategies can help you come next April. (iStock) Comment Gift Share Listen Print With another tax filing season complete, most American families are looking forward to ignoring their tax priorities for another 10 months.

How the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will test the stock market, economy The conflict in the Middle East could affect everything from oil to consumer prices. For the Minnesota Star Tribune March 14, 2026 at 12:01PM Smoke rises from airstrikes in Tehran on March 3. Oil and gas prices surged and stock markets fell after U.S. and Israeli strikes. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) Comment Gift Share Listen Print Geopolitical risk is one of many uncertainties we accept as investors.

Geopolitical risk is one of many uncertainties we accept as investors. More often than not, it exists in the background: something to be mindful of but rarely a primary driver of market movements. That dynamic changed at the end of February when the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes in Iran, triggering a regional war the world and financial markets are still trying to understand. Historically, wars are not as detrimental to stocks as you might expect.