After a vertical run that has minted one of the most extraordinary rallies of this cycle, the real question for SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) is whether the price has finally outrun the…
Toward the end of his tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve, there was no love lost between Jerome Powell and President Trump. Trump made his opinions of Powell and his stance on interest…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) offers a rare combination of irreplaceable enterprise software and contracted cloud and AI demand, because its dual engine of irreplaceable enterprise software and a contracted cloud and AI…
A 73-year-old single retiree has a $1.6 million portfolio invested 80% in bonds and 20% in stocks, spends $64,000 annually, and receives $34,000 per year from Social Security. At first glance, the allocation appears…
Business development companies (BDCs) pay distributions that are taxed mostly as ordinary income, not qualified dividends. For an investor in the 24% federal bracket (income over $105,700 single, $211,400 married filing jointly), that means…
A father turning 67 files for Social Security with a primary insurance amount of $3,280 a month. His 38-year-old son, diagnosed with autism at age four, has lived at home for decades and has…
The hosts of The AI Daily Brief dropped a line this week that should reframe how every investor thinks about the AI capex cycle. “Part of the reason that they were opposing Anthropic’s plan…
With the price of oil settling in the $90s despite the ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz, questions linger as to whether there’s another spike in the cards or if we’ll be gradually…
You can argue about almost every line in a NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) earnings release. The size, the margins, the customer concentration, the China hole. What you cannot argue about is what…
Shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) are down 14% in Thursday morning trading, sinking to around $410 after closing Wednesday at $479.23. The reversal follows the company’s fiscal Q2 2026 earnings release…
A decade ago, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM | TSM Price Prediction) was respected but boring. It made chips for Apple, Qualcomm, and a long list of fabless designers, and the market valued it…
Ten years ago, AMD (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) was a punchline. The stock traded around $4.16 in June 2016, the company was bleeding share to Intel, and bankruptcy chatter was still fresh. Then…
Live Updates The Last Time the S&P 500 Ran Up this Fast was Before the 1987 Crash9:16am ETIt pays to be cautious in the market. “The S&P 500 was up more than 16% over…
The stock market has developed a peculiar habit during the artificial intelligence boom: good news is no longer enough. Investors now demand great results, raised guidance, and proof that AI growth is accelerating even…
At the 37% top federal bracket, a portfolio throwing off $60,000 in non-qualified dividend income hands the IRS $22,200 every April, before state taxes and before the 3.8% net investment income tax (NIIT) surtax…