Copper has doubled in price per metric ton over the past decade, and every major electrification trend — from EV manufacturing to grid expansion — runs on it. Yet most investors have no direct…
WTI crude oil is trading near $105 per barrel, a level that was unthinkable just a few months ago when prices bottomed near $57 late last year. The catalyst is geopolitical: disruptions to shipping…
Gold crossed a threshold last year that most investors had not penciled into their models: IAU returned nearly 49% over the trailing twelve months, outpacing virtually every traditional asset class. That run forces a…
Oil prices just delivered their biggest one-day jump in six years. U.S. crude surged nearly 12% on April 2, climbing above $111 per barrel. Brent crude rose almost 8% to more than $109. The…
The Trump Administration pledged not to cut Social Security benefits, and so far, it’s technically followed through on that promise. That doesn’t mean retirees are totally in the clear when it comes to Social…
A 54-year-old woman with $14 million called a national radio show worried about buying her friends a vacation. That is the tension at the center of a recent segment on The Ramsey Show, and…
A Utah couple sitting on roughly $450,000 in equity called into The Clark Howard Podcast on April 1, 2026 with a question many homeowners face when building a new home: should we rent out…
Allison from Utah has a problem most homeowners would envy: roughly $450,000 in home equity sitting in a property worth around $560,000, with only $110,000 left on a 2.9% mortgage. She and her husband…
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLT) pays a 4.8% dividend yield backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. That is about as creditworthy an income source as exists…
Annie from Boston called The Ramsey Show carrying $48,000 in debt on a $78,000 salary, living paycheck to paycheck. Her explanation was disarmingly honest: “It’s down to poor financial planning and no financial education…
Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL | MRVL Price Prediction) stock is back on the radar for growth investors after spending the past six months chopping around in both directions. Undoubtedly, the tech sector has been lacking direction…
Ripple’s national trust bank charter has been conditionally approved since December 2025, but the federal framework defining what the bank could actually do once it opens wasn’t finalized. The OCC’s final rule went live…
Quantum computing has moved from theoretical research into a genuine commercial race. IBM has unveiled quantum processors with over 1,000 qubits, while Google has achieved error-corrected quantum computation with logical qubits. Enterprises are beginning…
VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (NYSEARCA:MORT) declared a ~6% dividend hike on March 31, 2026, pushing its trailing yield to a level that catches the attention of income-oriented investors across the market. The yield…
You’ll often hear that trying to retire on Social Security alone is a bad idea. Given that the average monthly retirement benefit today is only about $2,076, it’s easy to see why. But some…
