A Redditor posted a screenshot to r/wallstreetbets last week with the title “Boring $4,000,000 gain with triple-leveraged SPXL. I told WSB 6mo ago I would sell at $3.1m, am glad I TACO’ed.”…
At $121.77, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC | INTC Price Prediction) is a Hold. After a year that turned a left-for-dead semiconductor name into one of the market’s loudest comeback stories, the question is whether…
The JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) has become the default income vehicle for investors seeking S&P 500 exposure without full equity risk. JEPI pays monthly, with trailing twelve-month distributions of roughly…
The Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHX) is a low-cost, passively-managed option if you want broader exposure to the market. Having this broader exposure has made the ETF perform quite interestingly over the…
Most investors skip the simplest piece of self-accountability available to them. They form a thesis, place a trade, and then let time blur the original reasoning into something vaguer and more flattering.…
Don Lair The math behind active management is brutal, and most investors refuse to look at it. Bo Hanson and Brian Preston of the Money Guy Show keep returning to one statistic because it…
Don Lair Patience pays. That is the unglamorous truth at the heart of a recent discussion on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, where a guest broke down how the calendar can quietly become the…
Don Lair Rashaad Bilal of Earn Your Leisure described a moment most workers never quite have out loud. “My wife, I saw her 401(k) killing mine. I’m looking like, what am I doing? My…
Don Lair Two signals are running in opposite directions on Wall Street right now, and both are flashing at maximum intensity. Hedge funds and professional traders are piling into short positions at levels not…
Although Wall Street tends to treat record-setting streaks as a reason to brace for a pullback, the historical record points the other way this week. The benchmark S&P 500 just stitched together…
David Moadel Live Updates Sandisk Stock Upgraded to Overweight Rating9:08am ETAnalysts at Barclays just upgraded SNDK to an overweight rating. The firm noted, “SNDK has been the most aggressive and structurally innovative in its…
Ian Cooper A 67-year-old retiree opens her brokerage statement after three turbulent weeks and sees the balance has fallen from $1.2 million to roughly $1.013 million. The portfolio is 100% S&P 500 index funds.…
Carl Sullivan Semiconductors have been the trade of 2026, and the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:SOXL) has been the vehicle retail traders keep reaching for. SOXL is up about 291% year to…
The Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (NYSEARCA:SPHD) sells the most appealing pitch in income investing: take the highest yielders in the S&P 500, filter for the calmest fifty, collect…
Although the S&P 500 has gained 17% over the past 8 weeks, the instinctive reaction across Wall Street has been familiar: brace for a pullback. Yet, the historical record, as compiled by…
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