The Kiplinger Letter’s argument is uncomfortable for anyone overweight artificial intelligence: almost none of the GDP growth Washington has been celebrating actually came from AI. The mechanics are counterintuitive. When hyperscalers buy…
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Technology Momentum ETF (NASDAQ:PTF) is up roughly 58% year to date in 2026, which is what happens when a rules-based momentum fund collides with the largest data center…
Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors warned on the Thoughtful Money podcast that the S&P 500 has stretched so far above its key moving averages that a mean-reversion move could be a higher-probability…
Dave Nadig, the longtime ETF analyst, went on Barry Ritholtz’s Masters in Business: At The Money podcast and described the upcoming SpaceX IPO as “one of those get-the-popcorn moments in markets.” The…
Picture a first-time investor who sinks $200 into Intel shares and watches the position climb to $850, a 280% gain. The instinct is to feel like a genius and let it ride.…
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPQ) pull from very different stock universes. JEPI leans on S&P 500 names with a covered call overlay. JEPQ…
Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) and Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (NASDAQ:QQQM) track the same Nasdaq-100 index, yet they serve different investor wallets. With QQQ closing at $694.94 and QQQM at $286.12 on May…
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) punched to a fresh record Wednesday, with the broader market index now perched above 7,300. With a 7.6% YTD gain in the S&P 500 (^GSPC), bulls are back…
After a long stretch of growth-stock dominance led by mega-cap technology, the 2026 tape tells a different story. Large-cap value, active small-cap value, and passive small-cap value benchmarks are all pulling ahead…
The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is drifting back toward the 17 line as optimism returns to the S&P 500 and capital rotates into stocks. The VIX closed near 18 on Monday after…
You wouldn’t expect a fund stuffed with European utilities, tobacco companies, and Canadian fertilizer to keep pace with the Nasdaq-100 in 2026, but here we are. Fidelity International High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:FIDI)…
The BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE:BSTZ) is an unusual tech vehicle: a closed-end fund with a 2031 liquidation date, an expense ratio near 1.4%, and over 30% of its portfolio…
Concentrated bets on a handful of mega-cap technology names drove most of the S&P 500’s returns over the past three years, and Roundhill built MAGS to deliver that exposure in one ticker…
Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) reported Q1 2026 revenue of $348.1 million, up 36.1% year-over-year, beating estimates while MRD volumes surged roughly 500% year-over-year to approximately 6,500 tests. The stock that burst into investor…
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE:VIX) is up 2.2% today to hover just above 17, snapping back from Friday’s close as renewed Middle East tensions and crude price spikes reintroduce risk premium into…
