$10,000 dropped into the iShares Asia 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:AIA) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth roughly $15,267 by the close on June 3, 2026. That is the kind of half-year a…
A $10,000 position in the iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (NASDAQ:ICLN) on the last trading day of 2025 is worth about $14,455 as of Tuesday’s close, with shares moving from $16 to $24 in…
If you put $10,000 into Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXQ) on the last trading day of 2025, you are sitting on about $19,400 this morning. The same $10,000 in the S&P 500 (via SPY)…
A $10,000 stake in the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $16,178 five months later, after the fund rose from about $64 to $103 between…
A position in the Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXQ) bought at the close on May 29, 2025 for $38.08 was worth $101.03 on May 29, 2026, a 165% twelve-month gain on a low-cost, plain-vanilla…
A dollar put into the Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF (NASDAQ:PSCT) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $1.51 by the close on June 1, 2026. The same dollar in…
If you put $10,000 into United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) on the last trading day of 2025, when it closed at $69.16, you were sitting on roughly $19,800 by the close on June 2,…
$10,000 parked in the Procure Space ETF (NYSEARCA:UFO) on May 29, 2025 at $24.64 was worth roughly $26,500 twelve months later, and most of that move happened in the last four months. UFO closed…
"We don’t do debt anymore. All of this is going to set you up for that win, my brother." That’s Dave Ramsey, closing out a recent episode of The Ramsey Show after walking a…
If you have been following the headlines about Social Security running out of money, you probably feel a knot in your stomach. The latest 2025 Trustees Report projects the combined retirement and disability trust…
A share of the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) closed at $226.42 on May 29, 2025. One year later, on May 29, 2026, it closed at $613.05, a 171% gain on a fund that…
A share of Amplify Commodity Trust (NYSEARCA:BWET), the fund most people know as the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, cost $10.55 on May 29, 2025. Twelve months later it closed at $158.86, a roughly 1,406%…
A $10,000 position in Invesco Semiconductors ETF (NASDAQ:PSI) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth ~$20,496 by the close on May 26, 2026, and that is the kind of arithmetic that ruins…
The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLRE) is the cheapest way to own the REIT slice of the S&P 500, with an expense ratio of just 8 basis points and a portfolio that…
The YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:AMZY) is built around a simple promise: turn Amazon shares into a monthly paycheck. AMZY runs a synthetic covered call on Amazon, generating headline distribution yields that…
The Decision Sitting on the Kitchen Table You are both 64. One of you earned more over a long career, the other took time off to raise kids or worked in lower-paying roles. You…
A dentist three years out of school carrying $450,000 in student loans is staring at a fork in the road. Pay down the debt aggressively before doing anything else, or take on more debt…
Income investors typically screen for yield, yet abrdn Platinum ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:PPLT) keeps showing up in their watchlists despite paying zero dividend. PPLT is a physically-backed commodity trust that holds platinum bars in JPMorgan…
She is 58. Her husband died at 60 in 2024, before he ever filed for Social Security. In two years, the Social Security Administration will send her a letter explaining that survivor benefits are…
The Quiet Windfall Hiding in Public Sector Pensions A retired teacher in Ohio spent 28 years in a classroom and summers waiting tables. For decades, she was told her Social Security check would be…
