Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS | GS Price Prediction) stock is down 4% in early Monday trading, sliding from a prior close of $907.80 to $870 despite reporting impressive Q1 2026 results. The firm posted record…
The NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) opened Monday under pressure, slipping 0.34% in early trading after 21 hours of U.S.-Iran peace talks over the weekend collapsed without a deal. President Trump ordered a naval blockade of…
The S&P 500 Index (^GSPC)opened Monday under pressure, sliding roughly 0.6% in early trading after President Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Weekend peace talks between the U.S. and Iran…
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is reversing sharply this Monday morning, spiking more than 7% after weekend negotiations between the U.S. and Iran collapsed following 21 hours of talks, sending the fear gauge back…
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) rallied above $1.35 after the U.S. and Iran ceasefire was announced on April 7, but the move only lasted five days. The Islamabad peace talks broke down on April 12 after…
Every year, thousands of high earners follow the same advice: make a non-deductible traditional IRA contribution and immediately convert it to a Roth. The backdoor Roth strategy is legal, well-documented, and genuinely useful. It…
High earners who execute the backdoor Roth IRA correctly still generate an unnecessary tax bill through one specific timing error. The strategy itself is sound. The execution is where the money leaks. High Earners…
Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) CEOs have talked a good game since the exercise equipment company fell apart as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic became less of a public worry. The stock traded at a…
A self-employed ophthalmologist in her late 50s earning $500,000 a year from her private practice can legally shelter more than $150,000 of that income from federal taxes in a single year. The vehicle is…
Maximizing your Social Security benefits is one of the smartest moves you can make due to some special features these benefits offer. Specifically, your benefits have automatic inflation adjustments built into them. This means…
Most retirees know Medicare comes with premiums, but fewer know that for higher earners, those premiums can be substantially higher than the standard rate, and that the income used to calculate the surcharge may…
If you’ve been paying attention at the pump, you may be aware that gas prices are soaring these days thanks to the Iran conflict. But higher gas prices aren’t just a problem for…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS | GS Price Prediction) Chief Equity Strategist Peter Oppenheimer made a very interesting call last week, calling the sell-off a rare “buying opportunity” in U.S. tech stocks. The call was incredibly…
It didn’t take all too long for shares of memory chip titan Micron (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) to bounce back from a brief plunge into bear market territory. For a while, it seemed…
A $750,000 portfolio generating $51,000 a year in dividends requires a blended yield of roughly 6.8% across your holdings. Whether that is achievable without taking on uncomfortable risk depends entirely on where you look…
