The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is pointing lower ahead of the open on Thursday, with traders taking profits after Wednesday’s record-setting session where the benchmark rose 1% and the Nasdaq added nearly 2%. Early weakness…
There are some trade-offs with more selective dividend ETFs. Think about strategies that only include stocks above a certain yield, require a long history of dividend increases, or screen for low payout ratios. These…
Shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI | SMCI Price Prediction) are down roughly 10% in Thursday morning trading, a sharp reversal from Wednesday’s close of $29.18. The selloff is unfolding with a market cap…
On April 14, 2025, we argued that Visa (NYSE: V | V Price Prediction) would overtake Walmart (NYSE: WMT) in market cap within five years. Both have now reported full fiscal years, with Visa’s…
IPO investors could be spoiled this year, as three AI juggernauts in SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic look to go public. Undoubtedly, it’s quite unusual to have such mega-cap tech titans land on the public…
At Whale Rock Capital Management, a Boston-based technology-focused hedge fund managing billions in assets, Alex Sacerdote focuses on concentrating capital into a small number of companies at the center of major technology shifts. The…
The operational data on Battalion Oil (NYSE American:BATL) tells a different story than the headlines suggest. The stock traded at $1.12 when Q3 2025 results hit. By Q4 results in March, it had reached…
Jim Cramer used his Mad Money segment on April 21 to argue that investors who dumped CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD | CRWD Price Prediction) after Anthropic touted its Claude Mythos model made a serious error.…
Investors are watching Carvana (NYSE: CVNA | CVNA Price Prediction) ahead of Q1 2026 results due after the close on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. With a 5-for-1 forward stock split teed up behind the…
There is an ongoing study from Hendrik Bessembinder at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University that I’ve followed closely. It’s titled 100 Years in the U.S. Stock Market, and…
Emerging-market equities have delivered a sharp move higher over the past year, and the three largest vehicles investors use to access the asset class have each captured it differently. Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index…
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) spot ETFs are finally putting together a real recovery after a brutal first quarter. The funds pulled in $55.39 million through the week ending April 17—their best week of 2026—and added…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower on this Thursday, but what a difference a month makes: 30 days ago, the worries over inflation and the spiraling situation in Iran were weighing heavily on…
Gold’s performance over the last few years is a good reminder that stocks and bonds alone are not enough for diversification, especially after 2022. Owning equities across all 11 sectors and across different geographic…
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable passive income streams and an excellent opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words,…
