Natural gas has proven itself one of the most volatile commodities in recent memory. Henry Hub spot prices spiked to $7.72 per million BTU in January 2026, then collapsed to $3.62 in February, a…
On their honeymoon, Holly turned to her new husband Josh and said, “Can we please get jobs at Chick-fil-A?” It was a plan. Eighteen months later, the couple had paid off $175,000, including their…
Three AI-focused ETFs are sitting in very different positions heading into spring 2026. Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF (NYSEARCA:IGPT) is up 3% year-to-date. Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:CHAT) has gained…
FINX is down nearly 17% this year while CIBR has lost about 9%. Both funds target the digital economy, but they behave very differently when rates rise and markets get choppy. Global X FinTech…
Small-cap stocks have gained roughly 21% over the past year despite a choppy start to 2026. The Russell 2000 is up about 21% over the past twelve months, yet the index has swung sharply…
Kyle from Kentucky called The Ramsey Show with a question his financial planner had already answered: should he invest in the market rather than pay off his mortgage, since his expected market returns exceed…
A caller on The Ramsey Show this month laid out a situation more common than most people admit: parents in their early 60s, one earning six figures, with no retirement savings since 2008. Their…
A caller to The Ramsey Show laid out a situation that will feel familiar to anyone planning marriage: his girlfriend's parents take three to four vacations a year and have still asked the couple…
BRKC paid out nearly $1.00 per share in a single week September 2025. By early 2026, that same weekly check had shrunk to a range of $0.10 to $0.21. The pitch is simple: own…
Most large-cap growth investors default to QQQ or VUG and never look back. That instinct is reasonable, but it has cost them returns over the past year. Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:FFLG)…
U.S. stocks have spent years dominating global returns, which is exactly why most retirement portfolios are now dangerously lopsided toward a single country. Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VXUS) is designed…
Gold has had a remarkable run in 2026, but silver has quietly done something more interesting over the past year. The divergence between the two metals is setting up a conversation worth having, especially…
The S&P 500 is down 3% year-to-date in 2026. Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VT) is down less than 1% over the same period. That gap is not a coincidence. It…
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) out of habit. It was the first U.S. ETF, it dominates options trading, and its name recognition is unmatched. But for investors simply buying and holding the S&P…
Most large cap growth ETFs hand you a market-cap-weighted slice of the same mega-cap names and call it a day. Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:FELG) takes a different approach: it runs a…
Monthly income checks from a tech-heavy portfolio sound appealing, but the mechanics behind how QYLD generates that income determine whether it belongs in your portfolio. The answer depends almost entirely on what you need…
A retiree sitting on $4.6 million in assets and collecting a $9,500 monthly pension should have no trouble gifting $125,000 to his kids. He does not, and the reason applies to millions of Americans…
The S&P 500 is down 1.6% so far in 2026. Meanwhile, emerging markets are up sharply, developed international markets are outperforming, and a decade-long valuation gap between US and non-US equities is finally closing.…
JPMorgan Dividend Leaders ETF (NYSEARCA:JDIV) launched in September 2024 with an appealing premise: a curated portfolio of global dividend leaders. The name implies income. The reality is a 1.59% yield at a time when…
Steve from Pennsylvania earns around $200,000 a year and has a son heading toward college. He has been redirecting retirement contributions from Roth to traditional accounts for one specific reason: schools like Harvard, MIT,…
