Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) halving, which cuts mining rewards per block, has been one of its most consistent long-term price drivers since 2012. The Bitcoin price has historically rallied in the months after each halving,…
The National Association of Realtors’ April 2026 existing-home sales report delivered the same fundamental message it has broadcast nearly every month for three straight years. The national median existing-home sales price ticked up to…
Kiplinger just laid out the eligibility rules for the federal Saver’s Match, the SECURE 2.0 provision that begins in 2027 and deposits up to $1,000 a year into the retirement account of qualifying lower-…
I think more retirees should get comfortable with selling shares to fund portfolio withdrawals. Mathematically, there is not much difference between receiving income through dividends versus generating it yourself by selling shares. When a…
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) pays weekly cash distributions that annualize to roughly 24% at recent rates. ULTY manages $2.48 billion by selling options against a concentrated basket of high-volatility names. The…
The sandwich generation squeeze is real. AARP has documented that family caregivers absorb tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs annually. Reddit threads in r/personalfinance and r/retirement document people who can technically afford…
Housing inventory finally moved in the direction buyers wanted in April. The National Association of REALTORS reported that unsold inventory climbed 5.8% from March to 1.47 million units, the largest month-over-month build of the…
The AI boom was supposed to slow down by now. At least that was the theory. Data centers are straining electric grids, utilities are warning about power shortages, copper supplies are tightening, and semiconductor…
Income investors holding the VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NYSEARCA:CDL) own a fund built around one premise: large American companies with stable share prices tend to pay reliable dividends. CDL…
Thousands of long-term care insurance policy holders are getting very unwelcome surprises. A letter arrives, with the carrier explaining that actuarial losses on the original policy require an in-force rate increase. Rate hikes of…
On a recent episode of The Investing for Beginners Podcast titled Back to the Basics: Circle of Competence, co-host Stephen Morris pitched a simple test for whether you actually understand a stock before buying…
The scenario plays out in retirement forums every week: a single retiree born in 1953, sitting on roughly $1.5 million in a traditional 401(k), turning 73 this year and required to start drawing the…
Picture a 67-year-old who sold a vacation home in 2024 for a $300,000 capital gain. The check cleared, and most proceeds went toward a kitchen remodel, a gift to grandkids, and a brokerage account.…
Mark Zuckerberg said what every mega-cap CEO is probably thinking but few will say on tape. In leaked audio from an April 30, 2026 Meta all-hands, the CEO told employees: “The AI models learn…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average punched through to a fresh record this week, its first since February, while the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index sat at 49.8 in April, a reading the survey…
