On Monday, Ripple Prime, Ripple’s institutional brokerage arm, announced a $200 million credit line. The money comes from Neuberger Berman, a $570 billion asset manager. Ripple’s brokerage arm will use the money to extend…
Northwestern Mutual’s 2025 Planning & Progress Study turned up a number that should worry everyone who watches household balance sheets. 69% of millennials say an inheritance is critical or highly critical to their long-term…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy made headlines again with its smallest Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchase of 2026 so far, adding 535 BTC worth about $43 million. On the surface, the figure looks modest compared to its…
The headline number from Northwestern Mutual’s 2025 Planning & Progress Study is one of those statistics that sorts the country into two groups before you finish reading it. One big takeaway is that 74%…
Although Wall Street has spent the spring of 2026 in melt-up mode, with the S&P 500 up 26% over the past year and tacking on another 8.6% in just the last month, this morning’s…
The headline number from Northwestern Mutual’s 2025 Planning & Progress Study, Wave 5 on Leaving a Legacy, is the kind of figure that quietly reframes how American families are thinking about money. Three in…
For much of 2026, the chip trade has been the only show on Wall Street. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is still up 77% year to date through May 11, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD…
A new contradiction sits at the center of how Americans say they invest versus how they actually invest. The Charles Schwab Modern Wealth Survey 2025 found that over 63% of Americans believe investing today…
A 45-year-old hospital physician earning $300,000 in W-2 wages already maxes the workplace 401(k) every January and assumes the tax-shelter conversation is over for the year. Then the medical-legal expert-witness work starts paying. By…
The optics complex has been one of 2026’s most rewarding corners of the AI infrastructure trade, and the spread among the three leaders is surprisingly wide. Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) shares are up roughly 441%…
Live Updates Nextpower Q4 Earnings Coverage Wrap-Up4:38pm ETThat wraps up our initial coverage of Nextpower’s Q4 results. Thank you for stopping by! Check out management’s earnings call at 5 PM EST for more updates.…
Live Updates Oklo Q1 Earnings Coverage Wrap-Up4:37pm ETThat wraps up our initial coverage of Oklo’s Q1 results. Thank you for stopping by! Check out management’s earnings call at 5 PM EST for more updates.…
The threshold sounds like a finish line: if you hit $1 million in investable assets, the math says you have made it. The reality is that the people who have actually crossed that line…
On a recent episode of The Compound and Friends, hosts Josh Brown and Michael Batnick sat down with former Janus analyst Matt Ancrum to discuss his study of 100-bagger stocks. He found that 100-bagger…
Let me cut to the chase. McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD | MCD Price Prediction) just posted a clean Q1 2026 beat, but the stock is trading near its 52-week low and roughly 1% below its 52-week…