The AI boom has transformed one of the semiconductor industry’s most cyclical businesses into one of its tightest markets. Memory chips, once plagued by oversupply and collapsing prices, have become one of the biggest…
If you own VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) for AI exposure, you are betting on the same handful of chip designers everyone else holds. SMH is the default vehicle for the trade: a concentrated basket…
Few stocks earn their place in a retiree’s portfolio the way Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED | ED Price Prediction) has. The New York utility delivers electricity, gas, and steam to roughly 3.7 million electric customers…
The biggest IPO in history is about to reach another milestone, but smart investors shouldn’t confuse forced buying with lasting value. On July 7, SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) will officially join the…
At 64 with $1.1 million in a Traditional IRA, I want reliable income that compounds tax-deferred until required minimum distributions begin. The 10-year Treasury sits at 4.46%, after swinging between 3.97% and 4.67% over…
The artificial intelligence boom has shifted from a race for chips to a race for electricity. Every new AI data center requires enormous amounts of reliable power, yet the U.S. electric grid is struggling…
CNBC’s David Faber used a recent Squawk on the Street segment to push back against a New York Times report suggesting OpenAI’s IPO plans had changed. According to Faber, the bigger issue is that many investors assumed a…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) stock is rebounding sharply Friday afternoon, with shares up 5% to $371 as the broader memory and semiconductor tape stabilizes. The bounce offers a rare bright spot in…
Retirees hunting for income have pushed covered call ETFs into the mainstream over the past few years, and it’s not hard to understand why. Double-digit distribution yields, monthly payouts, and familiar index exposure make…
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) just became the first exchange-traded fund in history to cross one trillion dollars in assets, a milestone State Street had penciled in as one of its headline 2026…
Space stocks are catching a bid in Friday midday trading. Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) stock is up 13% to $2.83, AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) stock is up 9% to $71.72, and Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB | RKLB…
Monthly checks averaging around 20 cents per share against a $33 share price is how the iShares U.S. Large Cap Premium Income Active ETF (CBOE:BALI) builds its roughly 7.7% distribution yield. The “too good…
The pitch for the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) has always sounded sensible. Own companies that raise their dividends every year, let compounding do the work. Then, collect a respectable yield while the equity…
Sarah Kunst of Cleo Capital went on CNBC Friday morning and said what a lot of portfolio managers have been muttering to themselves all week. “People are wondering if putting all of their eggs…
GPIQ has paid a monthly distribution every month since late 2023, with the June 2026 check landing at $0.52 per share. That headline yield, sitting somewhere near 10%, is why the Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100…
