If you are picking a U.S. technology ETF, the choice almost always narrows to Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FTEC) and The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLK). Both look like the same…
If you hold cryptocurrencies like XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) or Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), you’re probably wondering how either asset would hold up if the economy tips into a recession. The question is whether it makes…
The headline is my actual story, and it is the reason I do what I do today. At 19, I was managing a pizza store on a whopping $15,000 salary plus 20% of the…
Bernstein analyst Bob Brackett has a reframe for income investors who keep dismissing energy stocks because the headline yield looks thin against the 10-year Treasury. On a recent episode of The Real Eisman Playbook,…
You moved 177,000 Amex points to Marriott for a specific hotel night in Chicago, hit confirm, and watched the availability vanish before you could book. Marriott doesn’t reverse transfers. Amex doesn’t either. The points…
The dilemma in the headline came from a guest on the How to Money podcast, episode #1139, where late starter Bill Yount described paying $700 per month, or $8,700 a year, for a fee-only…
On a recent episode of Earn Your Leisure titled “The #1 Investing Mistake Keeping You Broke,” co-host E delivered a blunt diagnosis for retail investors: stop trading the stocks you should be holding. “The…
On a recent episode of The Ramsey Show, a 55-year-old caller named Patty laid out a financial situation that host Rachel Cruze cut through in two words. Patty's husband, 52, has worked his parents'…
Dylan from New Mexico asked Dave Ramsey a fair question on a recent episode of The Ramsey Show: if active funds rarely beat the index, why bother with Ramsey’s four-fund split across small-cap, mid-cap,…
A caller named Rambo from San Jose phoned into Mad Money on May 13, 2026 with a question that separates serious investors from tape-watchers. He noted that "although a company looks attractive on a…
Although Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) has compiled the single best long-run track record in modern markets, the man who built it spent most of his shareholder letters telling you not to try this at home.…
The math on parking cash has shifted again. With the Federal Reserve holding its target rate steady at 3.75% since December 11, 2025, and short Treasury bills clearing well above what most banks pay…
On the May 13, 2026 episode of The Clark Howard Podcast, a caller named Lucas from Oklahoma faced a temptation millions of homeowners encounter: “I just hate seeing 80% of mortgage payments go straight…
A caller to the Money Guy Show thought she had financed solar panels on a 30-month loan. Brian Preston ran the numbers and told her the truth: at $120 a month against a $30,000…
The setup sounds almost too clean. A 38-year-old Montana teacher with 8 years of service has exactly $50,000 in a rollover IRA, which happens to be the exact amount needed to purchase 5 years…
