The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is trading near 18.84, below the psychologically sensitive 19 threshold and down 2.4% on the session, pushing the fear gauge below the 20 line even as the S&P 500…
If your portfolio only holds U.S. stocks, you are excluding around 40% of the global equity market by market capitalization. That means giving up exposure not only to developed international markets like Japan, the…
Live Updates Google Bets 1:16pm ETGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is deepening its bet on AI, committing another $10 billion to Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation. Bloomberg reports an additional $30 billion could follow if…
The PHLX Gold/Silver Sector (^XAU) is nursing a roughly 3% pullback this week as the safe-haven bid that powered bullion to record territory fades. Spot futures were changing hands near $4,716.80 Friday morning, with…
Institutions have been dipping into XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), but they’re not committing huge capital yet. A Coinbase survey last month showed that 18% of big funds already hold XRP and 25% plan to add…
Leveraged exchange-traded funds deliver a daily multiple of an underlying index’s return, using swaps and futures to reset exposure every session. The daily reset means multi-day performance depends on the path the index travels…
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is trading in the green at Friday’s open, with the index leading the major averages as legacy chipmaker Intel’s blowout earnings report reignites the AI-infrastructure trade. The Nasdaq is drawing…
I have a soft spot for both the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) and the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEMKT: VYM). A big part of that comes down to fees. After some…
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is pointing higher into Friday’s open, with futures fractionally higher as traders digest a bevy of data. Intel reported a blockbuster print, sending its stock to dot-com-era levels, while Mideast…
Shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) closed Thursday at $199.64, leaving the AI chip leader up just 7% year to date. NVIDIA shares trade only slightly above $200 on Friday morning. That’s…
Cybercriminals have been draining crypto for as long as it has been worth stealing. Mt. Gox lost 750,000 BTC back in 2014, hackers pulled $3.4 billion out of the industry in 2025, and North…
On March 25, 2026, we sent thousands of investors an email titled “Is Intel The Must-Own Stock for 2026?” The argument was simple: agentic AI was about to shift the bottleneck from GPUs to…
Shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC | INTC Price Prediction) are ripping higher in Friday premarket trading, last quoted near $83.50 after the chipmaker delivered a blowout Q1 2026 earnings report. That move pushes INTC stock…
Bill Nygren’s Oakmark Select Fund disclosed an increased position in Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP | KDP Price Prediction) in its fourth-quarter 2025 commentary, buying the beverage giant while the stock drifted through the…
Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a…
