A 68-year-old retiree with $400,000 in equities heading into 2026 has a real problem: SPY ran up 27% in the past year, but the VIX still spiked to almost 31 in late…
On the May 19, 2026 episode of The Clark Howard Podcast, Clay from Kentucky asked advisor Wes Moss whether to leave roughly $60,000 in a vested state law enforcement pension earning a…
Danielle Liverance Convertible bonds sit in an odd corner of capital markets: corporate debt with an embedded equity option, paying coupon income while carrying upside tied to the issuer’s stock. The SPDR Bloomberg Convertible…
CNBC’s Dominic Chu opened Friday’s market coverage by noting that “the stocks are looking like they may open higher today, rounding out what could be the eighth straight winning week for the…
Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, used a CNBC Squawk Box appearance on May 22, 2026 to give Kevin Warsh an unusually full-throated endorsement before Warsh has even…
Omor Ibne Ehsan The instinct to do something when markets convulse is almost universal, and almost always expensive. That tension was on full display in April 2026, when tariff announcements rattled global markets and brokerage…
Danielle Liverance Utility stocks have commanded unusual attention from investors lately, and the driving force is the AI build-out reshaping electricity demand across the country. Data centers require enormous, continuous power, and as hyperscalers…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) at $304.99 is a hold, with the stock perched at a fresh all-time high after a 51.52% one-year run that has pushed the price past where…
On the recent Vanguard episode of the Acquired podcast, hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal returned to one of investing’s most enduring paradoxes. The greatest active stock picker of the modern era…
Joe, 25, called The Ramsey Show 12 days before his wedding with a question most engaged couples whisper about: “I think I know the answer to this, but should I write a…
Don Lair Austin Hankwitz, co-host of the Rich Habits Podcast, has a blunt message for anyone still parking serious money in a checking account: “It’s never been more important” to be in the market…
Don Lair A lot of investors tend to think about the S&P 500 index as one giant monolith, but I think it becomes much more interesting once you break it down into its component…
Andrew Sather of The Investing for Beginners Podcast recently made a point that should reshape how investors think about recession headlines. "When people say there’s a recession, they’re saying it 6 months…
Jeremy Phillips The dilemma comes from a caller on Ramsey Everyday Millionaires, but it captures something nearly every investor with a lump sum has felt: the cash is in hand, the headlines are loud,…
Don Lair The pitch for the YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:CONY) is a distribution yield quoted anywhere from 60% to 120% annualized, paid weekly, all derived from selling options on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN |…
