Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX | SBUX Price Prediction) and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) both delivered upbeat quarters this spring, but the stories underneath could not be more different. Starbucks is mid-turnaround under CEO Brian Niccol, while…
In 2021, Elon Musk paid over $11 billion to the IRS (his 2026 federal tax may be significantly larger, due to the SpaceX IPO). The top bracket is 37%, with an additional 3.8%…
Few stocks have rewritten their own story in 2026 the way Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) has. Shares closed at $1,087.99 on June 15, up 281% year to date and 843% over…
It’s been a month since Pershing Square USA (NYSE:PSUS) and Pershing Square (NYSE:PS), the new plays led by star hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, went live on the public markets. The reception has been…
A 72-year-old widow in Ohio opened her 2026 Medicare letter and found that her Part B premium had jumped from $202.90 a month to $405.80. Her husband had died more than two years earlier,…
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC | WDC Price Prediction) stock is up 7% in Tuesday morning trading, changing hands near $701 and setting a fresh all-time high. The catalyst is a Morgan Stanley note that reiterated…
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) is back through the $5 trillion mark. CEO Jensen Huang called “the buildout of AI factories, the largest infrastructure expansion in human history” on the most recent earnings…
I’m going to put the verdict at the top. Our Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) work points to a stock trading right at fair value heading into the back half of 2026. The…
SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) spent more than two decades transforming itself from an ambitious rocket startup into one of the world’s most important technology companies. Today, it dominates commercial space launches, operates…
A woman in her late 60s has spent most of her life training dogs. Not professionally anymore, but enough that daily walks, obedience work, trail time, and canine companionship are woven into her routine.…
The Treasury faces a refinancing wall so large that one prominent financial commentator called it a bonkers record high, and the math behind it suggests the pressure on interest rates will not ease anytime…
SpaceX’s after-hours high last night at $229.85 briefly pushed its market value above $3 trillion, leapfrogging two of the largest companies in the world. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN | AMZN Price Prediction) carries a market cap…
Earned income is fragile. A layoff notice, a medical issue, or a sudden change in management can sever it overnight. Passive income from dividend stocks does not care about any of that. The check…
Both Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSEARCA:QTUM) and Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) get pitched as ways to own the future of computing, but they are not interchangeable. QTUM is marketed around quantum, yet its mandate is…
As of mid June, the Russell 2000 is running laps around all of the other major U.S. indices, and the outperformance is not even close. Starting the week of June 15th, the Russell 2000…