Clare Flynn Levy, author of Stock Market Maestros, recently appeared on the Afford Anything podcast and delivered what may be the most deflating advice a long-term investor can hear: stop trying to be clever.…
The ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) sits at an awkward crossroad heading into summer 2026. Shares trade near $19.08, down 5% year-to-date even as the public-side AI mega-caps it holds have ripped higher. That…
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FRI) tracks the S&P United States REIT Index and passes through rental cash flow from roughly 140 publicly traded landlords. FRI paid out $0.8155 per share across four…
On a recent All-In Podcast episode featuring guest Gavin Baker, the roundtable looked at the exact same economic data and came away with completely different investment outlooks. David Friedberg is highly focused on building…
The Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VOOV) distributes income four times a year from the dividend-paying half of the S&P 500, and at roughly $223 a share it has quietly compounded…
iShares Select Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:DVY) is one of the older income-focused funds on the market. The question for owners is simple: can the income stream hold up? DVY pays variable quarterly distributions sourced from…
The VIX ripped to 31.05 in late March before settling back near 18, and anyone who watched their growth holdings whip around during that stretch is probably re-reading the case for boring stocks. That…
Single digit share prices usually mean a broken business, a melting ice cube, or a speculative lottery ticket. Every once in a while though, the market hands you something genuinely strange: a household name…
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction | META Price Prediction) delivered a strong earnings beat, yet shares drift lower. Q1 2026 revenue jumped 33.08% to $56.311 billion, EPS came in at $10.44 versus…
I keep clicking buy on NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE | NEE Price Prediction), and my brokerage statements prove it. One housekeeping note before the case: the dividend pays on a quarterly schedule, and I want…
Vanguard’s most popular bond ETF is also the largest U.S.-listed bond ETF by assets under management (AUM). It is the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND). For a 0.03% expense ratio, investors get exposure…
The AI boom was supposed to follow a familiar technology cycle. More demand would spark more production, supply chains would catch up, and prices would gradually fall as hardware aged. That’s how semiconductors have…
The gap between Wall Street and Main Street just hit a new extreme. On CNBC Friday, Rick Santelli walked viewers through the University of Michigan’s final May sentiment reads, and the numbers landed harder…
The stock market has spent the past year rewarding companies tied to artificial intelligence, data centers, and energy infrastructure. Yet all of those themes may soon take a back seat to a single IPO.…
Andrew Slimmon, senior portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, used his recent appearance on Barron’s Streetwise podcast to push back on the loudest narrative in markets right now. “I think about the dot-com…
