If you put $10,000 into the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) on the last trading day of 2025 and forgot about it, you would be sitting on roughly $13,131 as of…
If you bought iShares U.S. Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:IYE) on the last trading day of 2025 at about $47 and you are still holding it this morning at about $61, you are sitting…
Mid-year is when income-focused investors tend to take a hard look at their portfolios. With the second half of 2026 ahead, retirees and near-retirees are leaning into reliable dividend payers that can…
A Decade of Whiplash, Then a Mega-Deal Ten years ago, Chevron (NYSE:CVX | CVX Price Prediction) was clawing out of the 2014 to 2016 oil crash, when Brent collapsed from $111.80 in…
Alex Sirois Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into…
A 63-year-old retiree with $400,000 parked in the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) likely picked it for the 100-stock screen and the reliable income stream. The top 10 positions now make…
Chevron is a stock worth owning for decades because it generates oceans of cash through every commodity cycle and shares that cash with owners on a schedule you can set your retirement…
Alex Sirois Chevron (NYSE:CVX | CVX Price Prediction) has been one of the energy sector’s standout stories in 2026. With WTI crude rallying from $60.04 in January to $102.13 by May, the integrated major…
Vandita Jadeja Replacing $36,000 a year in income is roughly equivalent to generating the cash flow from a maximum Social Security benefit for a single retiree, or about $3,000 a month before taxes. A…
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) is having the kind of year energy investors waited two cycles for. With Brent crude printing around $117 a barrel and the EIA assuming the Strait…
Passive income arrives on its own schedule, no effort required. Dividends keep landing in the brokerage account on a predictable schedule, regardless of headlines or market moves. High-yield, blue-chip dividend stocks offer…
President Trump told Fox Business this week he would hold the line on Iran sanctions. “No we’re not talking about easing of sanctions, or giving them money, no sanctions no money, no…
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) has become one of the most-owned dividend funds in the country, with $71.6 billion in assets and a 0.06% expense ratio. SCHD currently yields roughly 3.3%…
Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a $1 trillion empire. The…
On a recent episode of The Real Eisman Playbook, Bernstein Research senior energy analyst Bob Brackett made a claim that should change how income investors look at the oil majors. “Don’t compare…
