The supply chain shortage in Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), and more specifically, in High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips is a big reason why the memory chip “Big 3”: SK Hynix, Samsung, and…
While a justifiable amount of A.I. attention has been devoted to faster and more powerful semiconductor processing chips, the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) part of the equation is less sexy, but no 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…
If you have cash sitting in a brokerage account earning nothing, the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:SGOV) and the SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (NYSEARCA:BIL) both look like the obvious fix.…
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) pays a quarterly distribution from roughly 100 quality-screened U.S. dividend stocks. The fund holds $71.6 billion in assets at an expense ratio of just 0.06%, and it tracks…
The YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:MSTY) is the single-stock income product retail investors flocked to when MicroStrategy (now Strategy) was climbing alongside Bitcoin. MSTY promises weekly cash from selling options tied to…
Income investors chasing monthly checks from S&P 500 covered-call ETFs keep landing on the same two tickers: Neos S&P 500 High Income ETF (CBOE:SPYI) and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI). Both promise high,…
The REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:FEPI) is one of the most aggressive volatility-income products on the market, selling calls against a concentrated basket of AI and mega-cap tech names to…
The Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:GPIQ) has become one of the fastest-growing options-income products on the market, pulling in roughly $2.12 billion of net inflows in 2025 on the strength of a…
The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) and the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) look like siblings on any fund screener: both hunt large-cap U.S. companies with a history of raising dividends, both charge…
The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) both get pitched as reasonable core holdings, but they are not interchangeable. VOO owns the entire large-cap U.S. earnings stream. QQQ owns…
The choice between Vanguard Total World Stock (NYSEARCA:VT) and Vanguard Total Stock Market (NYSEARCA:VTI) looks like a choice between two flavors of Vanguard indexing. It is really a bet on whether U.S. exceptionalism has…
If you want plain vanilla S&P 500 exposure, two funds dominate the shortlist: SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPLG) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO). They hold the same 500 companies in the same…
The current state of global economics since the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement operates on certain presumptions regarding gold, oil, interest rates, the perceived strength of the US dollar, and the geopolitical landscape. In…
VYMI's payouts have climbed steadily, but international dividends come loaded with currency swings, European bank cycles, and Chinese policy risk that domestic income funds simply do not carry. Whether that yield holds up depends…
SPYI crossed $10 billion in assets and promises a 12% annualized yield through an options strategy most investors have never scrutinized. Whether that payout survives a volatility drought or a market drawdown depends on…
SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) gives U.S. investors a simple way to own the 50 largest Eurozone blue chips in a single ticker, and the income it generates is a big part of…
Avantis International Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:AVDE) gives U.S. investors a single-ticket entry into developed markets outside the United States, and the income stream that comes with it. The fund draws from the MSCI World ex…
The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLP) is the default ticker investors reach for when they want a slice of the cereal aisle, the laundry detergent shelf, and the checkout counter inside one…
Monthly income backed by the U.S. Treasury sounds bulletproof, but one shift in Fed policy can quietly erode every dollar VGIT sends to your account. Here is what actually threatens this fund's payout.
