Many parents and grandparents wanting to save for children’s education have heard of 529 college-savings plans. But did you know about the Coverdell education savings account (ESA)? And which is better? A recent caller…
“I have never met someone that became a millionaire when they owned cars with payments,” financial host Dave Ramsey recently told Bridger, a 21-year-old from Salt Lake City. Bridger and his 20-year-old wife earn…
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) stock moved up to $131 in early Monday trading. It’s a 3% gain, which is notable as the major stock-market indexes are all down. The bulls are…
Live Updates Tech Turns Higher 12:47pm ETThe markets are clawing back earlier losses, including tech stocks, sending the Nasdaq Composite higher by 0.53%. Today’s biggest tech gainers include Microsoft (Nasdaq; MSFT), Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO)…
A traditional 401(k) balance of $800,000 looks like a retirement success story, and at age 75, with Social Security coming in and the portfolio still intact, the numbers look manageable. In practice, the IRS…
The casino game of roulette has a slight advantage in favor of the house. However, an interesting strategy of hedging against loss involves playing several different scenarios. Dubbed the “James Bond Strategy”, it is…
The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) offers investors a 9.55% dividend yield through a portfolio that is 100% concentrated in mortgage REITs. That yield is real, but understanding whether it holds requires looking…
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE:PFLT) has paid its shareholders a $0.1025 monthly dividend without interruption for over three years, producing an annualized yield near 14% at current prices. But the income backing it is…
Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN | BEN Price Prediction) delivered its latest quarterly dividend payment on April 10, 2026, putting $0.33 per share into the hands of shareholders who were on record as of March…
A $100,000 annual income is the target millions of Americans aim for in retirement: enough to cover housing, healthcare, travel, and comfort without touching principal. The question is how much capital it takes to…
Both Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) closed 2025 with solid quarterly earnings. Both beat estimates and leaned into AI growth. The difference lies in how they’re monetizing it, and which…
AI semiconductor stocks have been holding up, and some have been soaring. Their earnings have risen so much that some are still trading below 20x earnings, like Micron (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction), Skywater Technology (NASDAQ:SKYT),…
Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIN) lends money to growth-stage companies that traditional banks won’t touch, then pays most of that income directly to shareholders. The current monthly dividend of $0.17 per share annualizes to roughly…
It can be an interesting proposition to replace your salary with dividend stocks. However, it isn’t as easy as it sounds. Replacing a salary of $85,000 in retirement through dividend stocks needs research and…
Investors saw the S&P 500 deliver an impressive 81.3% total return during Donald Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2021, according to a U.S. Bank analysis. That ranked it fourth among all four-year presidential…
