Oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz accounts for roughly 20% of the global oil supply, and that traffic has fallen to a near standstill. Goldman Sachs economists project Brent crude averaging $105 a…
Semiconductor stocks and AI stocks are slowing down, even though their financials aren’t. One stock I’m especially hopeful about is Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM | ARM Price Prediction), and it’s one I believe is worth…
$500 per month may seem small, but it’s not a trivial amount and can snowball your portfolio quickly. Monthly dividend stocks like Realty Income (NYSE:O), Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC), and Northland Power (OTCMKTS:NPIFF) can make…
Oil closed out 2025 at $57.26 a barrel. Today, it is trading above $90. That kind of move in crude flows directly into the earnings of every upstream producer, refiner, and pipeline operator in…
The dollar has been quietly losing ground in 2026, and for investors holding only domestic assets, that is a risk they may not have priced in. A weaker dollar erodes purchasing power and compresses…
Most energy investors want exposure to oil and gas demand without riding the full volatility of crude prices. A barrel of WTI swung from around $76 to $56 over the course of 2025 before…
Before the Federal Reserve began its aggressive rate-hiking cycle in 2022, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VCLT) traded above $105 per share. Today it sits near $73. That gap represents a…
Software stocks are in a quiet crisis that most investors haven’t fully reckoned with. The S&P 500 Software Index is down 22% year-to-date, a collapse that would normally drag any tech-heavy fund down with…
When investors go looking for an anti-recession ETF, they usually discover a hard truth: most funds marketed as “recession resistant” still lose value when markets seize up. Consumer staples ETFs drop. Low-volatility equity funds…
WTI crude is still near $90, up from $57 at the start of the year. That move did not happen in a vacuum. On February 28, 2026, the 2026 Iran war began, with immediate…
The SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (NYSEARCA:BOAT) has delivered both meaningful income and equity-like capital appreciation over the past year. Understanding how starts with understanding what is happening to global shipping right now. The World…
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) CEO Jensen Huang made a $1 trillion forecast this March during the company’s GTC 2026 conference. During his keynote, Huang projected that cumulative demand for Nvidia’s Blackwell and…
Wall Street has gotten far more selective on AI stocks, but these AI stocks are still receiving the lion’s share of invested capital. Dividend Aristocrat stocks like PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction), Hormel…
AI stocks haven’t entered into a tailspin as the bears would have liked, but they are slowing down. Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) is one of the biggest names out there. This company…
SpaceX has spent over two decades as a private company and is hurtling towards what is expected to be the largest IPO in history. Space stocks like EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS), Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB | RKLB…
Oil prices have soared by over 50% in the past month, with WTI crude trading sideways in the $90 to $100 band. Stocks like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY),…
Value stocks are making a comeback, and this comeback could last for a long time as investors rotate away from growth stocks. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction), Pinterest (NYSE:PINS), and The Trade…
Covered call ETFs took less than two years to start dominating headlines due to the prolonged tech rally. ETFs like the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI), JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ),…
Most investors who want broad U.S. equity exposure reach for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY). It is the default. But a lesser-known fund built entirely from stocks already inside the S&P 500 has…
Most financial advisors will tell you about a dozen or so dividend EFTs that they tell everyone about. Your financial advisor likely does not know about VictoryShares US Large Cap High Dividend Volatility Weighted…
