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Financial experts offer their best predictions on what the year 2026 will offer Americans for their fiscal futures, along with what moves will benefit you.

Most people grow up picturing "rich" the way movies taught them to: piles of money, a house big enough to get lost in, maybe a limo in the driveway and a lifestyle that sparkles a little too much to feel real. 

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +0.02%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +0.09% this morning, pointing to a muted open on Wall Street as cautious sentiment prevailed at the start of a busy week.

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia while U.S. futures have advanced after Wall Street's lackluster finish to last week

Markets face a defining week dominated by Nvidia's Wednesday earnings, an event that could determine the trajectory of AI infrastructure investment narratives and broader technology sector leadership heading into year-end.

Stocks finished mixed last week, with only the tech-heavy Nasdaq finishing lower by 0.45%. The SP 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed out gains, finishing up 0.08% and 0.34%, respectively. There's a defensive rotation taking place right now, and a lot of the high-flying momentum names have come down…

The Fed measures inflation "at the time it's felt by the consumer," The Amherst Group's Sean Dobson told Fortune, different from measuring affordability.

A former Federal Reserve governor who retired in August listed several stock trades in her financial disclosure documents for 2024 that violated the central bank’s ethics rules