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On John Hope Bryant's Money And Wealth podcast, in an episode titled “AI Is the Tsunami: Reid Hoffman on Jobs, Wealth & the Future of Work,” Reid Hoffman described the night PayPal almost died. “We could tell you the hour that the $200+ million of capital that we invested would all go to zero.” The ... How PayPal Survived When They Knew the Exact Hour Their $200 Million Would Hit Zero...

I keep hitting the buy button on Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) because I have rarely seen a backlog like the one this company is sitting on, and I want to own as many shares as I reasonably can before the market fully prices it in. The thing that pulls me back, again and again, is a single ... Oracle's $553 Billion Backlog Is Larger Than the GDP of Most Countries. It Also Grew 325% in a Year...

From Blocked Merger to Independent Operator US Foods (NYSE: USFD) hit public markets in May 2016 after the FTC blocked its proposed sale to Sysco the prior year. What started as a fallback plan turned into a decade of building. The Rosemont, Illinois-based distributor now serves roughly 250,000 customer locations through more than 70 broadline ... US Foods Rebound From Pandemic Years Continues to Reward Investors...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is dominating headlines and TV again after a 56.79% EPS beat and another round of personal-superintelligence rhetoric from Mark Zuckerberg. But here's what you should actually be watching. The headline EPS is an optical illusion. $8.03 billion of Q1 profit came from a U.S. Treasury notice on capitalized R&D costs, adding $3.13 ... Meta Is Spending Up to $145 Billion on AI Infrastructure. This Supplier Trades at a Tenth of Meta's Multiple...

Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are up 8% in early trading on May 6 after the company posted fiscal Q2 2026 results that topped revenue and earnings estimates. Disney stock recently changed hands near $107.85 and is the standout performer in large-cap media today. Even with the pop, Disney stock is still down 5% year ... Disney Stock Is Up 8% Today: Is It Outperforming Other Streaming Stocks Like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery?...

Investors are concerned about where the stock market is headed this year. The ongoing geopolitical tensions, inflation concerns, and economic uncertainties are weighing on the market. If you are worried about a market downturn in the near future, there are stocks that can continue to stand strong. The S&P 500 has gained 5% this year, ... If You Want to Beat the Market, Start With These 3 Stocks...

Consider this: a 65-year-old single retiree with an $80,000 base income from a pension and partial 401(k) withdrawals sells a rental property in her Medicare enrollment year. The long-term capital gain from the deal runs $170,000, since the property was never her primary home. Her modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) in the year of the ... The IRMAA Tier That Catches Retirees Off Guard Two Years After Selling an Asset...

A Smart Tax Move That Backfired A 64-year-old single retiree pulls in about $60,000 a year from a pension and modest 401(k) withdrawals. Her advisor mentions the 22% federal bracket has room, and a Roth conversion looks smart before required minimum distributions (RMDs) arrive at age 73. She converts $60,000 from her traditional IRA. The ... How a Roth Conversion at 64 Added $1,116 to a Retiree's Medicare Premiums Two Years Later...

Dividend income arrives whether markets rally or sell off. For investors seeking recurring cash flow, high-yield equities remain the cleanest source outside a paycheck. They settle in cash, clear immediately, and can be redeployed or spent without selling property or waiting on private placements. Pharma is one of the few sectors where mature franchises, regulatory ... 6 Pharma Dividend Stocks Yielding Up to 6.44% — and They've Survived Every Market Crash...

The commercial space economy has shifted from a story about government contracts to one about private revenue. Satellite broadband and earth observation companies are signing recurring contracts with insurers, defense buyers, and agricultural firms, while launch cadence keeps climbing and launch services revenue is moving away from cost-plus government work. Three exchange-traded funds give investors ... UFO, ROKT, and ARKX: Which Space ETF Fits Your Commercial Satellite Bet...

The PHLX Gold/Silver Sector (^XAU) is climbing roughly 8% this morning as a wave of buying hits both bullion and the equities that mine it. Spot gold is trading near $4,695 an ounce, up about 3%, while silver is jumping a sharper 5.5% to roughly $77 an ounce. The catalyst is a combination of geopolitical ... Gold and Silver Catch Fire as Iran Deal Hopes Rewrite the Inflation Playbook...

The Federal Reserve has held the fed funds target at 3.75% for roughly five months, and the 10-year Treasury yield sits near 4.5%, near the top of its 12-month range. That backdrop is doing quiet work for U.S. banks, where loan repricing and deposit betas have widened net interest margins. Three ETFs offer different angles ... The Quiet Rate Shift Powering One of This Year's Strongest Trades...

A seven-figure traditional IRA can look like the promised land at 62, but the tax bill is already quietly winding up to strike in the background. Once Required Minimum Distributions begin at 73, the account that built retirement security can backfire, forcing taxable income out year after year, whether the retiree needs the cash or ... A 62-Year-Old Weighs a $500,000 Roth Conversion and the Tax Gamble That Could Backfire...

The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is drifting back toward the 17 line as optimism returns to the S&P 500 and capital rotates into stocks. The VIX closed near 18 on Monday after dipping to almost 17 late last week, well below the peak above 31 recorded in late March. In a display of a shifting ... CBOE VIX Slides Toward 17 as Oil Retreat and Tech Stock Surge Restore Risk Appetite...

For months, investors have been trapped in a market roiled by the Iran war that could swing wildly in a single afternoon based on one Truth Social post by President Trump or one missile strike in the Middle East. Oil traders were pricing in supply disruptions. Airlines were bracing for higher jet fuel costs. Consumers ... Iran War Ceasefire Just Crushed the Odds of a Recession By 10%...

Humanoid robots have moved beyond assembly lines. AI-powered machines are being trialed for legal research, financial analysis, and front-line customer service, pushing automation into work historically considered safe from displacement. AI-powered robotics is moving from factory floors into legal research, financial analysis, and customer service. Three exchange-traded funds offer different angles on that shift: the ... ARTY Soared 33% in 2026 While BOTT and ROBO Lag: Which Humanoid Robot ETF to Buy...

Income investors chasing a double-digit yield from Stellus Capital Investment (NYSE:SCM) just absorbed the company's first dividend cut in 13 years. The monthly payout dropped from $0.1333 to $0.1133 effective January 2026, a 15% reduction. With shares near $10, the trailing yield still screens near 16.6%, which is exactly the kind of headline number that ... Stellus Capital cuts dividend 15% after 13-year streak; 16.6% yield masks coverage trouble...

The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) gives income investors exposure to roughly two dozen mortgage REITs in a single ticker, smoothing out the cuts and surprises that routinely hit individual mREITs. With net assets of about $594 million and a 0.48% net expense ratio, REM has rallied 8% in the past month and 19% ... REM's Mortgage REIT Portfolio Rallies 19% as Fed Easing Lifts Income Safety...

The case for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) gets easier to articulate every quarter. The pitch is simple. While Big Tech is in a capex arms race that will run past $725 billion in AI spending this year across Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Meta (NASDAQ:META) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple is sitting on enormous free cash flow, raising prices, raising dividends, and quietly ... While Big Tech Spends $725 Billion Building AI, Apple Is Letting Them. And That May Be the Smartest Move in Tech...

Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (NYSEARCA:SRET) holds roughly 30 of the highest-yielding REITs worldwide, equally weighted, with monthly distributions. SRET investors own this fund primarily for the income stream, which raises a fair question: Can SRET keep paying as global real estate shifts under higher-for-longer rates, weakening consumer sentiment, and operator stress in healthcare and ... SRET's Monthly Payouts Survive Global Real Estate Stress, Data Shows...