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The accounts have to be invested in index funds of mostly U.S. stocks until age 18, when children generally can first take distributions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Instead of single stocks, the retail crowd has recently been favoring so-called inverse ETFs — that is, funds that allow an investor to benefit when the price of an underlying stock or index falls.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The March consumer price index on Friday will be the first inflation report to reflect the fallout from the war in Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The prices index in the Institute for Supply Management’s survey of purchasing executives in the services industry rose to 70.7, from 63 a month earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Favonius spun the bronze hoop on his index finger.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan