Dave Ramsey recently told his audience to claim Social Security at 62 and pour the checks into the stock market. Suze Orman told hers the opposite: “If you don’t have to take Social Security…
Picture a 72-year-old admitted to the hospital Friday morning with chest pain, monitored for three nights, and discharged Monday to a skilled nursing facility for rehab. She assumes Medicare covers it. Two weeks later,…
A 61-year-old technical writer has spent decades building a career around creating clear, accurate documentation. Then artificial intelligence arrived. Tasks that once took days can now be completed in hours, employers are rethinking staffing…
New Fed chair Kevin Warsh is about to take to the stage, and the market is going to get its initial feel for a new kind of communication style. Indeed, there’s a lot of…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) is the default way most investors get small-cap exposure. It tracks the Russell 2000 Index, holds roughly 2,000 U.S. small caps, and has anchored most small-cap portfolios since its May 22,…
Shares of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction), or SpaceX, have continued their ascent on Tuesday, gaining close to 5% and closing above the $200 per-share mark. Of course, shares were up…
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) is the default way investors buy long-duration government debt. For its part, TLT holds nothing but U.S. Treasury bonds maturing in more than twenty years, and…
f Gold has done its job over the past year, and holders of the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) have watched the world’s largest gold ETF climb 25.38% over 12 months. GLD is the default…
If you own the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) because you wanted exposure to the energy buildout behind artificial intelligence, the thesis deserves a second look. TAN is the default vehicle for clean-power exposure, holding…
The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:ITA) is the default vehicle for investors seeking exposure to the rearmament trade. It is the largest pure-play aerospace and defense fund, with $13.91 billion in net…
Holders of Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) seeking pure tech exposure are paying for ballast the fund’s mandate requires. QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100, the largest non-financial names listed on the Nasdaq, and that index has…
If you guessed the average retired worker’s Social Security check is somewhere around $1,500, you are in good company. A Cato Institute survey found that only a quarter of Americans correctly identified the average…
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG | PG Price Prediction) is the household name every retirement portfolio reaches for when markets get choppy, and its $350.4 billion market cap makes it the default consumer defensive trade…
At $80.91, Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO | KO Price Prediction) sits in a holding pattern. Shares have rallied roughly 23% off the 52-week low and now trade where high risk-free Treasury yields are squeezing defensive staple…
For income investors weighing biopharma exposure, the dividend question on AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV | ABBV Price Prediction) just got a lot easier to answer. The company posted $15.002 billion in Q1 2026 revenue, beating consensus…
