Imagine a retiree who reads that Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) is a top dividend fund, parks $300,000 in it, and waits for the checks to arrive. They get ~$4,500 a year.…
It’s pretty hard to know what to believe when it comes to this ongoing AI revolution. The AI bubble calls have been growing louder for well over a year now. And while…
The host of Retire SMART Podcast opened Episode 416 with a number that should stop every income-focused retiree in their tracks. The S&P 500’s dividend yield has fallen to roughly 1.1%, an…
If you bought JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) for the monthly checks, you probably think you own a Nasdaq-100 portfolio with a covered-call overlay. That is mostly true. The part…
On a recent All-In Podcast episode dissecting SpaceX’s S-1 filing, guest investor Gavin Baker and the hosts framed Elon Musk’s privately held rocket and connectivity empire as something more ambitious than a…
When a sitting administration’s top science advisor invokes Eisenhower’s 1953 Atoms for Peace speech to frame a present-day policy move, investors should pay attention. That is exactly what happened at the Operation…
The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) paid out $0.6589 per share on May 22, 2026, the latest in a steady run of monthly checks that produce a headline distribution rate near…
Here is the data point that should make every passive index investor pause. On Retire SMART Podcast Ep 416, the host laid out the math: “If we removed the Nvidias, the AMDs,…
The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MGK) is built for capital appreciation, with dividends an afterthought. With a 0.05% expense ratio and a portfolio engineered for capital appreciation, MGK pays a yield…
Jim Cramer’s blunt line to a young first-time homebuyer on the May 22 episode of Mad Money: “Expect corrections and don’t rely on hope as an investing strategy.” The caller, a younger…
Rashaad Bilal of Earn Your Leisure distilled the Musk-versus-Altman saga down to one sharp line: “He knows the flaws because he knows the man.” That framing reorients how investors should read every…
The ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) sits at an awkward crossroad heading into summer 2026. Shares trade near $19.08, down 5% year-to-date even as the public-side AI mega-caps it holds have ripped…
On a recent All-In Podcast episode featuring guest Gavin Baker, the roundtable looked at the exact same economic data and came away with completely different investment outlooks. David Friedberg is highly focused…
A retired couple with $700,000 in a taxable brokerage account could potentially generate close to $19,000 a year in combined dividend income and tax savings by using a direct-indexing strategy. Part of…
Income investors holding the VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NYSEARCA:CDL) own a fund built around one premise: large American companies with stable share prices tend to pay reliable…
