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Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has climbed from $294.02 to $794.25 over the past year. With the stock trading near its 52-week high and valuation multiples stretched, our model points to modest upside. The 24/7 Wall St. price target for CAT is $807, implying roughly 1.6% upside from the current price of $794.25. The model output is hold, ... CAT's Record 2025 Run Has Priced In the Good News, Our Target Is $807...

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) stock is up 9% in Wednesday trading, rising from $6.97 to $7.63 as short squeeze chatter intensifies ahead of a closely watched earnings report. The move is drawing attention from traders who see a setup brewing in one of the more volatile AI names on the market. SOUN stock is still down ... SoundHound AI Rallies 9% as Short Squeeze Chatter Heats Up Ahead of Earnings...

A cardiologist who retires at 60 with $2 million in a traditional 401(k) and delays Social Security until 67 has something most investors do not: a multi-year window of artificially low taxable income. When the market drops 20%, the instinct is to hold on and wait for recovery. The strategic move is to convert. The ... Why Cardiologists Are Pulling Money Out of Their 401(k)s During Market Downturns While Most Investors Hold On...

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) stock is down 5% in midday trading, while SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock has fallen 6%, sliding from $944.46 to $883. Both names are pulling back together as profit-taking sweeps through the memory sector after one of the most extraordinary runs in recent market history. The selling doesn't appear tied to any specific negative ... Micron Falls 5%, SanDisk Drops 7%: Are Memory Stocks Finally Taking a Breather After a Historic Run?...

WTI crude oil surged above $114 per barrel in early April after the U.S. imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the collapse of peace talks in Islamabad. Oil climbed from $56 in early January to over $100 by April 1, as the Iran war shut down tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. A ... $100 Oil Should Be XOP's Best Year Ever. Why Isn't It?...

Earned income has a ceiling. Passive income arrives whether you work or not, whether markets are calm or chaotic, whether the economy is expanding or contracting. For income-focused investors, the goal is building a stream of cash flow that runs parallel to your life. Utility stocks serve that role better than almost any other equity ... 3 Utility Stocks To Grow Your Passive Income...

Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) reports first-quarter 2026 results on April 27, before the market opens. With the stock down nearly 11% year-to-date, this is a chance to quiet the skeptics and reset the narrative. Easy Comps, High Stakes Last quarter delivered a mixed but broadly constructive picture. Revenue came in at $1.535 billion, beating estimates by ... April 27 Will Let Dividend Growth Powerhouse Dominos's Prove Wall Street's Doubters Wrong...

Ben Carlson, co-host of the Animal Spirits Podcast, put it directly: “If you are using this as a fixed income substitute, you're going to have some really mad clients if and when there is an actual bear market.” Hamilton Rayner, portfolio manager of JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) at JPMorgan, agreed “without a doubt.” ... Why JPMorgan's JEPI Strategist Says Your Bond-Replacement Strategy Is Setting You up for Failure...

The U.S. dollar has been weakening against a broad basket of currencies. And despite a ceasefire, the U.S.-Iran military conflict has injected a geopolitical risk premium into global energy markets that will still make oil trade at a premium. For investors in emerging market equities, these three forces are converging into one of the more ... Emerging Markets Are Emerging Again, and the FFEM ETF Lets You Not Miss Out...

After Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) crashed from $126,000 to $60,000 due to the Middle East war, Strategy was billions in the red. The question on everyone's mind was whether Saylor's all-in Bitcoin bet had finally backfired. But instead of capitulating, he bought $1 billion more. Strategy disclosed the purchase on April 13, and by April 14, ... Bitcoin News: Strategy's $1 Billion Bitcoin Buy Pushes Saylor Back Into Profit as BTC Hits $75,000...

Collecting Social Security doesn't necessarily mean that you're ready to give up working forever. Many people retire and claim benefits with the plan to still work at least part of the time. This desire to collect benefits and get a paycheck may be inspired by a need to stay busy or may be necessary for ... How Much Could Working Part-Time Reduce Your Social Security Checks?...

Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) reported quarterly earnings in January, placing two of consumer staples' most decorated dividend payers in sharp contrast. Procter & Gamble carries 69 consecutive years of dividend increases, while Colgate has notched 63 straight years. Both navigate tariffs, sluggish volume, and cautious consumer spending. Brands Doing the Work, but ... Procter & Gamble vs. Colgate: Which Dividend Stock Rules Them All...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock is up 8% in midday trading on Wednesday, rising from $364.20 to $392 as two catalysts hit the tape in quick succession. The move is drawing attention from both sides of a deeply divided investor base, and it's the kind of day that reminds the bears exactly what this stock is capable ... Tesla Rockets 8% as AI5 Milestone and Rare Analyst Upgrade Remind Bears What This Stock Can Do...

The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20% of the world's traded oil through a narrow chokepoint. When U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered Iranian escalation in late February 2026, including a declaration closing the strait to non-Iranian vessels. Oil markets convulsed. Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) is up 132% over the past year, trading ... The Strangest Oil Investment in America Just Had One of Its Best Years Ever...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) presents a compelling case for investors at $675. The stock has pulled back around 9% from its year-to-date (YTD) high despite delivering a clear beat on both top and bottom lines in its latest earnings report. But since its YTD low on March 27, the stock is up more than 28%. Meta ... Should You Buy, Sell or Hold Meta Stock at $675?...

Hertz Global Holdings (NASDAQ:HTZ) stock is down 7% in midday trading, slipping from $6.99 to less than $6.50. Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) stock is also retreating 7%, moving from $411.56 to $382 and change. Both car rental names are pulling back together after an extraordinary multi-week run fueled by short squeeze dynamics. The selloff arrives ... Hertz and Avis Drop 7% as Car Rental Short Squeeze Shows Signs of Stalling...

Steve Ballmer was CEO of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) from 2000 to 2014, which was after his friend Bill Gates stepped down. Ballmer was the 30th employee when he joined in 1980. The most important financial decision he made in his life was to hold onto his Microsoft shares. He owns 4% of Microsoft, which makes ... Owning Microsoft Stock Has Cost Steve Ballmer Billions...

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) reported fourth quarter earnings within 24 hours of each other. Both face the same housing headwinds yet execute different playbooks. The Pro customer is the battlefield, and each company just showed its hand. HD Beat on Earnings. LOW Beat on Comparable Sales. Home Depot delivered a clean quarter beat ... Home Depot vs. Lowe's: One Has Crushed the Market for 5 Years Running...

Every transaction on the XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) Ledger has always been fully transparent. The details of the transaction amounts, senders, and receivers are all visible to anyone. For regular users that's fine, but for banks settling billions in cross-border payments, it's sort of a dealbreaker.  No institution wants competitors watching its treasury flows in real ... XRP News: XRP Ledger Adds Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Let Banks Transact Privately for the First Time...

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) stock garnered two price target increases on April 15, following a blowout first quarter that had Wall Street reassessing this asset management platform's power. Barclays raised its price target to $1,310 from $1,290 and kept an Overweight rating, while Goldman Sachs analyst Alexander Blostein raised his target to $1,313 from $1,181 and maintained ... BlackRock Gets Dual Price Target Hikes From Goldman Sachs and Barclays: Is This Asset Management Giant Unstoppable?...