If you own the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLU) as your AI power play, the logic is straightforward: data centers need electricity, regulated utilities sell electricity, so XLU should capture the…
As a general rule, I expect covered call ETFs to lag the broader market over time. The math is not particularly favorable. You cap your upside, retain most of the downside, pay…
Tony Dong The risk-and-return profile of most covered call ETFs isn’t especially appealing. You cap your upside while retaining most of the downside exposure. On top of that, the distributions investors receive are not…
Most people on Medicare pay the standard Part B premium each month and never give it a second thought. In 2026, this amount is $202.90, a figure that rose $17.90 from the…
David Beren The speculative excesses that defined much of the past few years is meeting a harsh reality check. Rising interest rates, tighter liquidity, and slowing economic growth have forced investors to rethink how…
Rich Duprey Shares of Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) stock are down 6% in Thursday morning trading, changing hands near $106.50 after a prior close of $113.50. The move drops PLTR stock to…
David Moadel NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) both posted blockbuster AI infrastructure quarters, but the market reacted in opposite directions. NVIDIA sells the compute. Micron sells the memory that…
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) isn’t exactly an income powerhouse. After deducting its 0.19% expense ratio, the ETF currently sports a 0.95% 30-day SEC yield as of May 31, 2026. Small-cap…
Tony Dong The phrase “average retirement savings” hides a basic fact about American household finances: a huge share of adults have nothing saved at all. According to the latest Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer…
David Beren SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) sit on opposite sides of the same Elon Musk story. SpaceX debuted on June 12 and carries a $2.13 trillion market cap. Tesla…
Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) has been one of 2026’s most punished AI winners, sliding from a December peak near $183.25 to roughly $113.50. After running the numbers, I think that…
Vandita Jadeja NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) setup heading into the back half of 2026 mirrors what drove the stock higher in 2025: revenue accelerating, margins holding, and hyperscaler demand outrunning supply. The…
Vandita Jadeja QQQM barely pays a dividend, so most investors assume the Roth math is trivial. They are missing the place where the real tax bill hides.
A 66-year-old with $1.3 million can’t afford a dividend cut. The hunt for yield often pushes retirees into mega-caps, but I think the real income value sits in mid-caps whose GAAP earnings…
The artificial intelligence boom is creating winners and losers in places many investors never expected. While most attention remains fixed on GPUs from Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), memory chips have…
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