If passive fund mechanics are your jam, and mega-cap concentration risk is the bread you eat it on, what Steve Sosnik laid out recently on The Compound and Friends is one of…
Crude oil prices have surged more than 50% since the U.S.-Iran war began on February 28, with WTI crude sitting at $102 per barrel as of April 13, 2026. The S&P 500…
Don Lair The NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) opened Monday under pressure, slipping 0.34% in early trading after 21 hours of U.S.-Iran peace talks over the weekend collapsed without a deal. President Trump ordered a naval…
The S&P 500 Index (^GSPC)opened Monday under pressure, sliding roughly 0.6% in early trading after President Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Weekend peace talks between the U.S.…
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is reversing sharply this Monday morning, spiking more than 7% after weekend negotiations between the U.S. and Iran collapsed following 21 hours of talks, sending the fear…
Live Updates Nike Was Downgraded Again8:30am ETWall Street has apparently lost its patience with Nike. After pushing recovery hopes out a bit further with its last batch of earnings, analysts at HSBC…
A recent Animal Spirits episode centered on a listener who had reached $1 million in investable assets and hated it. He called it “the single worst level of realistic wealth a normal…
Jeremy Phillips At 45, you have roughly 20 years until traditional retirement. That's not a lot of time to waste, but it's not a crisis either. A $50,000 inheritance at this stage is genuinely…
Tech giant Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) both delivered powerful earnings beats in early 2026, yet are running fundamentally different races. The question for investors is which architecture,…
March 2026 just delivered the hottest inflation print in nearly two years, and prediction markets are already pricing a 63% chance that inflation exceeds 4% before the year is out. For investors…
The March CPI report dropped at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, and S&P 500 (CGSPC) futures are barely moving as the markets digest how much the Iran conflict has pushed up consumer prices.…
The CBOE Volatility Index is trading near 19.5 this morning, but a single number released at 8:30 a.m. ET today could push it sharply in either direction. The March CPI report drops…
The Nasdaq (^IXIC) edged into positive territory in pre-market trading Friday, up a fraction of a percent ahead of the open, while the S&P 500 tracker gained about half that amount. The…
A 41-year-old with a paid-off house, zero debt, and only $800 in monthly expenses recently called into The Ramsey Show, presenting one of the more unusual financial profiles host Dave Ramsey has…
Carl Sullivan Live Updates Markets are Shrugging Off $100 Oil11:36am ETMarkets just went green, shrugging off Iran war fears and gushing oil prices. The S&P 500 is now up 0.27%, or by 18 points.…
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