Mastercard (NYSE:MA | MA Price Prediction) is back in every payments headline this month, propped up by the same international expansion narrative that has earned it a premium multiple for years. The…
The AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDV) screens the S&P 500 for companies that pair above-average yields with above-average free cash flow, then equal-weights five names from each of ten…
Mid-year 2026 is a stress test for long-term conviction. The S&P’s mega-cap leaders have diverged sharply this year, with Microsoft giving back gains as AI capex skeptics resurface, Visa drifting on litigation…
If you have $2,500 to put into payments networks today, the choice between Visa (NYSE:V | V Price Prediction) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is sharper than usual. Both just posted Q1 FY2026 results…
University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter, who runs the school’s IPO Initiative and is widely regarded as the dean of IPO research, told CNBC on June 11, 2026, that SpaceX’s pending…
On a recent Rich Habits Podcast segment, market commentator Ron Santella put it bluntly: “The playbook from last week hasn’t changed. It’s actually gotten more entrenched. Higher for longer is the base…
At $326 and $493, Visa (NYSE:V | V Price Prediction) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) screen attractively after a year of underperformance that has reset valuations on two durable franchises in financial services. The…
Visa (NYSE:V | V Price Prediction) belongs in a portfolio built for the next 20 years because it owns a piece of nearly every digital transaction on Earth and gets paid whether…
Alex Sirois The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) owns only companies with at least 10 consecutive years of dividend growth, screens out the highest yielders, and lets compounding work. VIG has returned 22% over…
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI | SOFI Price Prediction) has dominated retail trading feeds all year on the strength of a 30% revenue growth guide, a stablecoin launch, and a CEO who keeps…
Income investors have spent the last two years quietly migrating away from traditional dividend stocks toward a newer category of fund that generates cash flow from options premiums rather than corporate payouts.…
Visa (NYSE:V | V Price Prediction) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) just closed the books on calendar Q1 2026, and both networks beat expectations while pulling toward different strategic frontiers. Visa is selling itself…
Wall Street braces for what could be the largest stock market debut in history, but the most cited academic on US IPO performance is warning buyers to sit on their hands. SpaceX…
Jeremy Phillips Americans are still swiping, tapping, and clicking through record consumption. Total personal consumption expenditures hit $21.86 trillion in March 2026, up from $20.68 trillion a year earlier, and financial services spending climbed…
Shares of PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL | PYPL Price Prediction) picked up another cautious analyst signal on Tuesday, as Truist lowered its price target to $44 from $45 while maintaining a Sell rating.…
