The host’s bet on The Markets this week was simple and a little contrarian, given the headlines about a handful of mega-cap tech names dialing back repurchases. “My gut is that this…
Pension funds run on rules, not vibes. Every quarter, especially at half-year close, big institutional allocators check their books and realize the math has drifted. Stocks went up. Bonds did not. That…
Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder and long-term investment strategist at GMO Asset Management, returned to CNBC Squawk Box with one of the bleakest market calls of his career. Grantham, who says GMO manages…
The case for owning the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) has always been simple: cheap, liquid, and the default proxy for U.S. equities. The problem in 2026 is that SPY no…
The pitch is seductive. Park enough in JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) and collect about $100,000 a year in monthly distributions. JEPI throws off a trailing yield around 7.9%, and the…
The State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) remains one of the most popular ETFs ever created, but income investors may be disappointed by what it currently pays. After deducting its…
Tony Dong A $10,000 investment in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) on November 6, 2024, the morning after Donald Trump won the election, would be worth roughly $13,000 today, counting dividends. SPY closed…
Omor Ibne Ehsan The risk-and-return profile of most covered call ETFs isn’t especially appealing. You cap your upside while retaining most of the downside exposure. On top of that, the distributions investors receive are not…
If you’re new to options, there are two strategies that are generally less likely to blow up your account than outright speculation. The first is the covered call, where you own 100…
Are you tired of paying ETF providers a fat management fee to sell covered calls for you? If you think you can do better yourself, especially using a zero-commission brokerage, there is…
Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE:APD | APD Price Prediction) is a stock worth owning for decades because it sells an essential, contractually locked-in product into every corner of the global industrial economy…
A friend of Paula Pant’s bought SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) at $171, sold at $191, and walked away with roughly $400 to $500 in profit. Then he walked away convinced…
Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, went on CNBC this morning with a message for retail investors. The Federal Reserve has flipped from an easing bias to…
Omor Ibne Ehsan At $121.15, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO | CSCO Price Prediction) is a hold. The stock sits just under a 52-week high of $130.37 after a powerful run on accelerating AI infrastructure orders, leaving…
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN | RIVN Price Prediction) at $14.89 is a Hold, with fresh capital best reserved unless a broader sector panic drags the equity toward $11.50. The stock has slid 24.45% year…
