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On a recent episode of the Talking Real Money podcast titled “You’re Right, Of Course.”, co-host Don McDonald addressed a listener correction about SECURE 2.0. James from Fort Lauderdale had pointed out that since…
A California couple in their late 50s with $4 million in retirement accounts and a closely held LLC interest worth $1.8 million faced a decision that would shape their financial lives. A buyer offered…
Small-cap value has done something in 2026 that few investors positioned for: it pulled meaningfully ahead of the growth complex that defined the prior decade. The thesis here is that small value beat large…
With the S&P 500 grinding sideways and Treasury yields keeping income hunters on edge, dividend-paying stocks trading under $40 are getting a fresh look from retail investors who want defensive cash flow without paying…
Most XRP price predictions give you one target, with barely any explanation of what has to go right for that to happen, or what happens if it doesn’t. So, we ran something different. We…
Few things move markets more than interest rates. Lower rates can boost stock prices, support home sales, and make borrowing cheaper. Higher rates do the opposite. That’s why investors spend so much time trying…
Where is the good news about your Social Security? There may not be any now, and in the future, there may not be any at all. It is almost universally known that the Social…
Software M&A is heating up again as private equity dry powder collides with depressed SaaS (software as a service) multiples and AI-driven stack consolidation among hyperscalers. Public market valuations have compressed enough that strategic…
A share of the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) closed at $226.42 on May 29, 2025. One year later, on May 29, 2026, it closed at $613.05, a 171% gain on a fund that…
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) stunned the tech world when it launched its RTX Spark chip for PCs. The company called it “the most efficient PC chip ever built.” In its announcement,…
Shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) are up 6% in Tuesday’s premarket session, trading near $486 after closing Monday at $459.97. Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) stock is up 17% to around $257, marking…
Retirees can choose from a number of different Social Security filing ages. And there are a few significant ones to know about: Age 62 is the earliest age to file for Social Security. Age…
For income investors hunting yield in a choppy rate environment, business development companies (BDCs) trading under $30 deserve a fresh look. These middle-market lenders pass through interest income as eye-watering distributions, and several names…
If you bought Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) 15 years ago and never touched it, you would be sitting on one of the cleaner compounding stories in mega-cap tech. The company you bought…
A $720,000 annual income is the kind of figure most people associate with a senior consultant’s billing target rather than a passive portfolio output. Yet for a 62-year-old weighing part-time work against living off…
