China Becomes Biggest Enemy Of US AI
OpenAI and Anthropic may want to get their companies public as soon as possible. Microsoft and Meta may want to close financial deals for data centers sometime this year. Several sources say a new…
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$1 Million Annuity Locks In $6,100 a Month for Life, but What Happens to Surviving Spouse?
A $1 million annuity that pays about $6,100 a month for life sounds like a good deal for retirement income. But a surviving spouse can get an unwelcome surprise if you haven’t thought this…
Are DRAM Stocks Too Hot To Handle Yet or Is This Just the Start of a Bigger Move?
DRAM makers have arguably been the in the hottest corner of the semi trade so far this year, and while a wave of increased volatility has made the names tough to buy on weakness,…
The Commercial Space Economy Just Crossed $500 Billion in Backlog and These 3 ETFs Own the Pure Play Names
The commercial space sector hit an inflection point this month. SpaceX began trading on NASDAQ on June 29, 2026, the launch backlog across orbital providers is approaching the half-trillion-dollar mark, and satellite broadband buildouts…
FTEC vs. VGT: Same Tech Bet, So Which Fund Costs You Less?
If you’re deciding between Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FTEC) and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT), the choice looks like a coin flip. Both track the same MSCI USA IMI Information…
Broadcom Rallies 6% on a Broadened Apple Partnership as AMD Gains 10%, Intel Rises 5%
Shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) are up 6% to $381 in early Monday trading after the company said it agreed to expand its custom-chip partnership with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) through 2031. The…
Record Heat Dome Drove the Grid to All-Time Peak Demand Friday: Here’s 4 Stocks To Buy As Things Heat Up
A once-in-a-decade heat dome baked the eastern United States this Fourth of July weekend. PJM Interconnection, which serves 67 million people across 13 states, believes that Friday’s demand passed a previous record set all…
Ford Is Calling Its ‘Gray Beard’ Engineers Back to Work. At 68, He Feared the Paycheck Would Cut His Social Security. Past Full Retirement Age, It Doesn’t.
He is 68, a mechanical engineer who retired a couple of years ago, started his Social Security check, and thought his commuting days were over. Then his old employer called. The company wants him…
IRMAA Has Five Income Brackets. Crossing Just the First Costs You About $900 a Year.
A 66-year-old retiree in a personal finance forum recently posted that her 2024 Roth conversion, meant to shrink future required minimum distributions, pushed her single-filer income to $112,000. Two years later, her 2026 Medicare…
Michael Saylor’s New MSTR Playbook Is Already Costing Investors: 17% of Bitcoin Sale Capacity Gone
The Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) market has spent years rewarding companies that accumulated as much cryptocurrency as possible. That strategy worked brilliantly while Bitcoin prices climbed and capital remained easy to access. But higher financing costs,…
How the Average $60,000 Salary Becomes $1 Million, and Why Most Stop at $251,400
A $60,000 salary is a useful benchmark because it sits just below the national average. Current average hourly earnings were $37.64 in June 2026, which annualizes to more than $60,000, and median usual weekly…
Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Propels Broader Markets Higher on Memory Stock Strength
Live Updates Auto AI 12:12pm ETMicron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) and Ford (NYSE:F) announced a long-term Strategic Customer Agreement to secure memory and storage supply for Ford’s next-generation vehicle production. The partnership…
3 Utility ETFs to Buy Now as AI Data Centers Trigger a 1970s-Scale Power Buildout
US electricity demand grew roughly flat for a decade. That ended once hyperscalers began signing twenty-year power purchase agreements to feed AI training clusters. Utilities are now planning generation and transmission build-outs on a…
Chipotle and Microsoft Were Crushing the Market—What Happened?
Microsoft and Chipotle both crushed the market over the past decade, but their recent stumbles reveal two very different problems and two very different bets on what comes next.
SanDisk Rebounds 5%, Western Digital Gains 5%, Micron Climbs 3% as UBS, Citi, BofA Turn Bullish on Memory
Memory names are ripping higher in early Monday trading. SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) stock is up 5% to $1,836, Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares are up 5% to $565.33, and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)…