The most effective 2026 New Year’s financial resolutions focus on a few high‑impact habits: build or top up an emergency fund, clean up high‑interest debt, tighten your budget, and automate saving and investing. Choosing 3–5 specific, realistic goals and tying them to monthly actions makes them far more likely to stick all year.
Stock market today: Dow jumps 650 points to post record, S&P 500 climbs above 6,900 for first time
The Dow and S&P 500 notched new records on Thursday as US stocks mostly rose
