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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) remains range bound between $1.30 and $1.45 since the U.S.-Iran war started. Trump threatened to obliterate Iran's power plants on March 22 and the XRP price dropped to $1.36. A day later he paused strikes and mentioned productive talks with Tehran, and XRP jumped to $1.46—only to fade right back as Iran ... XRP Price Prediction: We Asked ChatGPT What XRP Will Be Worth After the Iran War Ends...

WTI crude oil has surged to $112.06 per barrel, up 56% from a month ago and sitting at the 99.6th percentile of its 12-month range. Natural gas hit $7.72 per MMBtu in January 2026 before pulling back. Four ETFs and exchange-traded notes offer yields above 5% with direct or structural exposure to energy prices. Alerian ... These Energy ETFs Yield Over 5%, And Are Perfect For Spiking Energy Prices...

The Social Security Administration recently provided an important warning to retirees. Seniors need to take heed of the alert because if they don't, their finances could be adversely impacted.  Here's what the Administration told retirees to watch out for, along with some details on why paying attention to its words of caution is so important ... Social Security Issues Major Warning to Retirees...

AI spending has moved well past the hype phase. Consensus estimates now put 2026 hyperscaler capital expenditures at $611 billion, and the global AI market is projected to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033 from $189 billion in 2023. For investors who want exposure to that trajectory without betting on a single company, three ETFs cover ... The Top AI ETFs That Let You Invest In The Whole Trend At Once...

With SpaceX's confidential IPO filing and reports of a targeted valuation above $1.75 trillion — investors have boosted nearly every space stock in sight. Shares rose across the sector on the news.  Yet a scattershot approach risks owning companies with unproven models or limited revenue. There is only one publicly traded company delivering real progress ... SpaceX IPO Fever Hits — Here's the One Space Stock You Should Buy Now...

I was quite surprised to see shares of Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) rocketing higher after the release of its AGI CPU. Indeed, perhaps the enthusiasm and euphoria were more to do with the “AGI” part of the naming than anything else. With shares starting to fluctuate wildly in both directions after the big spike, questions linger ... Arm Holdings: The Chip Designer Drawing NVIDIA Comparisons—Is It Justified?...

Emily called The Ramsey Show with a situation that will feel familiar to millions of adult children: she and her husband live a debt-free life, are trying to start a family, and her mother, almost 73, has nothing saved for retirement. Emily has already done the responsible legal work, setting up a Medicaid qualifying trust ... Jade Warshaw Tells Debt-Free Caller: Put Your Boundary With Mom in Writing...

Nobody walking into 2026 would have predicted that rate hikes would be on the table before the second quarter even began. The consensus was that the Federal Reserve was done tightening, inflation was cooling, and the next move was a cut. Then the Iran war started in late February, crude oil crossed $100 a barrel, ... Buy SGOV if You Think the Federal Reserve Is Set to Hike Rates...

The very spending that has some investors clutching their portfolios turns out to be the smartest infrastructure bet since the original cloud build-out. In today's AI-driven economy, hyperscalers are racing to wire the future. Yet many retail shareholders watch the headlines — $200 billion here, compressed cash flow there — and wonder whether the returns ... Amazon's $200 Billion AI Spending Spree Is Lighting the Fuse for Explosive Growth...

A woman called into The Ramsey Show last week with a story that started with a dropped credit score notification and ended with a revelation that should alarm any married person: her husband had been hiding $30,000 in credit card debt, and she was listed as an authorized user on the accounts. When she confronted ... Dave Ramsey Tells Wife With $30,000 in Hidden Debt: 'The Debt Is the Symptom, Not the Problem'...

The Bitcoin price has spent five weeks bouncing between $60,000 and $73,000. BTC rallies when Trump hints at ending the Iran war and crashes when he escalates. Traders keep reacting to his comments, but the real threat to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is what happens when the emergency oil reserves keeping global markets together run out.  ... Bitcoin Price: The Oil Reserves Keeping Markets Alive Are About to Run Out — Why BTC Could Be in Trouble...

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock's multi-year comeback might still have legs, especially as the firm looks to change things up under its new leader and CEO, Lip-Bu Tan. Though it's just been one year into the man's tenure as top boss of the former high-flying chip darling, the results really do speak for themselves, with the shares ... Intel's Panther Lake Chip is Seriously Impressive. It's Time to Buy the Stock...

Copper has doubled in price per metric ton over the past decade, and every major electrification trend — from EV manufacturing to grid expansion — runs on it. Yet most investors have no direct copper exposure. United States Copper Index Fund (NYSEARCA:CPER) offers a straightforward way to add it, but the mechanics matter before you ... CPER Returned 138% Over 10 Years, But Copper Miners Left It in the Dust...

Gold crossed a threshold last year that most investors had not penciled into their models: IAU returned nearly 49% over the trailing twelve months, outpacing virtually every traditional asset class. That run forces a real question: not just about whether to own gold, but about what role it actually plays once you do. What IAU ... The Gold ETF With $83.8 Billion in Assets and a 0.25% Fee Investors Keep Choosing Over GLD...

WTI crude oil is trading near $105 per barrel, a level that was unthinkable just a few months ago when prices bottomed near $57 late last year. The catalyst is geopolitical: disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz sent prices surging in early March, and the rally has held above the triple-digit threshold ever ... The Best ETFs For $100 Oil To Buy Right Now...

Oil prices just delivered their biggest one-day jump in six years. U.S. crude surged nearly 12% on April 2, climbing above $111 per barrel. Brent crude rose almost 8% to more than $109. The trigger? President Trump's address outlining escalated strikes on Iran and no quick path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which handles ... Oil Spiked 12% in One Day — Here Is the Surprise Stock You Should Buy Today...

A 54-year-old woman with $14 million called a national radio show worried about buying her friends a vacation. That is the tension at the center of a recent segment on The Ramsey Show, and it reveals something that spreadsheets cannot fix: accumulating wealth and feeling free to use it are two completely separate skills. Lindsay, ... Rachel Cruze Tells $14 Million Caller Worried About Awkwardness to Book the Trip...

The Trump Administration pledged not to cut Social Security benefits, and so far, it's technically followed through on that promise. That doesn't mean retirees are totally in the clear when it comes to Social Security changes, though. In fact, since coming to office, President Trump has made five major changes that are hurting retirees reliant ... These 5 Trump Administration Changes are Hurting Social Security Retirees...

A Utah couple sitting on roughly $450,000 in equity called into The Clark Howard Podcast on April 1, 2026 with a question many homeowners face when building a new home: should we rent out the old place or sell it? Clark Howard's answer was clear, and the math behind it is worth understanding in detail. ... Clark Howard Warns Utah Couple That Renting Out Their Home Could Cost Them Tens of Thousands in Taxes...

A Reddit user is in a very different financial position from his girlfriend because of their unequal levels of family wealth, and it's causing both financial strain and tension in the relationship.  The Redditor's girlfriend received $100,000 from her father for a down payment on a house, which she used to purchase a home that ... She'll Inherit Large Sums and I'm Still Paying Half the Bills – Is This Arrangement Fair?...