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On the June 11, 2026 episode of Suze Orman’s Women & Money, titled “Caution, Caution, Caution!”, a 54-year-old caller laid out a problem many pre-retirees face. She has $600,000 to invest: $400,000 in a Roth IRA and $200,000 in a traditional IRA. She is weighing two firms, Fisher and TMG Marketing, both charging a 1.5% ... Suze Orman to 54-Year-Old With $600,000: Skip the 1.5% Fee and Manage It Yourself

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has “never been closer.”

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday rose +0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose +0.70%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose +0.64%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.65%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26 ) rose...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk made history earlier today by reportedly becoming the world’s first trillionaire, fueled largely by SpaceX‘s (NASDAQ:SPCX) blockbuster NASDAQ debut. Yet, Tesla stock is barely budging on the news, trading near $403 and up 1% in midday action on Friday. The disconnect is hard to ignore. Musk’s combined SpaceX and Tesla stakes ... Elon Musk May Be a Trillionaire, but Tesla Is Still Down 11% in 2026. Is TSLA Stock Dead Weight Now?

Subtle differences in structure and yield set these two S&P 500 giants apart for investors seeking long-term growth or trading flexibility.

Here’s a 30,000-foot view on practical ways to protect your investing capital and gain a real edge over the house in a stock market designed to keep you glued to the slots instead of growing your wealth.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.58%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.91%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.64%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.70%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26...

If you put $10,000 into the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) on the last trading day of 2025 and forgot about it, you would be sitting on roughly $13,131 as of the June 8 close. The same $10,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth about $10,840. Energy, the sector everyone wrote off as ... Energy Refuses to Quit: XLE Up 29% YTD as Oil Stocks Wake Up

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is the default core holding for tens of millions of investors. It tracks the S&P 500, charges 0.0945% in expenses, pays a 1.25% dividend yield, and has returned about 314% over the past decade on a price basis. The pitch is simple: own the 500 largest U.S. companies for almost ... What Stripping the Weakest Stocks From the S&P 500 Actually Does for Your Portfolio

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.29%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.37%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.41%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.28%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down -0.31%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.53%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.15%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26...

Here’s the very first thing any newer investor should not just know, but truly understand, consider, and personalize, if they want to be successful.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.2% and the actively trad

Retail ETFs face inflation and fuel-price headwinds, but resilient spending, strong jobs data and attractive valuations offer reasons for optimism.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Friday on U.S.-Iran peace deal hopes. The SpaceX stock IPO will start trading shortly.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is savvy when it comes to maintaining control of his companies. He owns 46% of SpaceX.

The pitch behind the Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF (NASDAQ:IVES) was simple when it launched. Wall Street’s loudest AI bull would put his name on a basket of the companies he had been pounding the table about for three years, and you could buy the basket. The honest read on the first few months ... Dan Ives’ Own ETF Is Up 27% YTD. The AI Revolution Trade Is Real.

The headline number you may have seen is generous. Through the close on June 10, 2026, the Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:BATT) is up about 10% year to date, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) has returned about 6%. That is a real gap, though smaller than the 25 versus 11 ... Batteries Beat the S&P 500: BATT Is Up 25% While SPY Hugs 11%

Emily Roland, Co-Chief Investment Strategist at Manulife John Hancock Investment Management, reframed this week’s selloff as an opportunity on Thursday, June 11, on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We have been on a momentum freight train since the market lows back in late March. Certainly, seeing some overbought conditions, and we weren’t overly surprised here to see a little bit ... Wall Street Strategist: Stock Market Just Became a “Buyer’s Dream” After Recent Pull-Back

President Donald Trump called off the strikes on Iran on Thursday and said the U.S. is going to sign a deal with Tehran soon.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.75%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.86%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +3.29%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +1.73%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.42%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.37%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.03%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) advertises distributions so generous they make the 4% retirement withdrawal rule look like a punchline. That is precisely the trap. Dividend hunters piling into ULTY are buying a fund whose holdings list reads like the watchlist of a particularly aggressive day trader, and whose total return since ... Forget the 4% Rule: Why Dividend Hunters Are Taking a Massive Gamble on ULTY

The Pentagon’s FY2027 budget request totals $1.5 trillion, with $54 billion earmarked for autonomous and remotely operated systems and another $39 billion routed through what the Department of War now calls “Drone Dominance. That structural tailwind is the entire pitch behind Global X Defense Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:SHLD), a thematic vehicle that has gathered roughly $7.5 ... Forget AI Software: Why the Smart Money is Betting Billions on Autonomous Weapons

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.43%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.53%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.29%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

If you put $10,000 into the Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCX ETF (NASDAQ:SMCX) on the morning of May 8, 2026, you were sitting on about $14,100 a month later. That is a 41% one-month run, not the triple-digit headline number floating around screenshots on social media, and the gap between those two figures is ... This 2x Super Micro ETF Just Soared 175% in One Month. The YTD Number Is Wilder.

If you bought iShares U.S. Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:IYE) on the last trading day of 2025 at about $47 and you are still holding it this morning at about $61, you are sitting on an about 29% gain in a little over five months. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is up about 8% over ... Energy Stocks Are Back From the Dead: IYE Up 27% YTD

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index slashed its gains after Trump's new threats on Iran. Oracle stock plunged on earnings.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.3% and the actively trad

Just as Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire, Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF also is the first to hit $1 trillion-in-assets.