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n a contest between intellect and political identity, the latter all too often wins out, a new study finds.

As millions of Americans hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, investors are welcoming the chance to slow down. The holiday follows a chaotic week driven by quarterly earnings from artificial-intelligence giant Nvidia and a flurry of excitement around quantum computing stocks. Is the Stock Market Open or Closed on Memorial Day?

Sandisk has been the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 over the past year and can extend its gains.

The S&P 500 is up roughly 9% this year. The average large-cap mutual fund is up too, in absolute terms. The gap between those two facts is where Goldman Sachs found its story. According to a Goldman Sachs research note published May 20, only 29% of large-cap mutual funds are outperforming their ...

The market continues to misread MercadoLibre, and this oversight could benefit investors over time.

Expense ratios match, but portfolio breadth, yield, and stock concentration set these two healthcare ETFs apart for investors seeking sector exposure.

Jim Cramer’s blunt line to a young first-time homebuyer on the May 22 episode of Mad Money: “Expect corrections and don’t rely on hope as an investing strategy.” The caller, a younger investor, had just used a significant portion of his investment assets as a down payment on his first home and asked how to ... ‘Expect Corrections and Don’t Rely on Hope’: Cramer’s Reality Check for a First-Time Homebuyer

As Illinois Tool Works has considerably underperformed the broader market over the past 52 weeks, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautious outlook about the stock’s prospects.

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (NYSEARCA:FRI) tracks the S&P United States REIT Index and passes through rental cash flow from roughly 140 publicly traded landlords. FRI paid out $0.8155 per share across four quarterly distributions in 2025, and shareholders rely on it for a yield that meaningfully exceeds the S&P 500. With the 10-year ... FRI’s dividend fell 10% last year, but here’s why income investors shouldn’t panic

The Vanguard S&P 500 Value Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VOOV) distributes income four times a year from the dividend-paying half of the S&P 500, and at roughly $218 a share it has quietly compounded into a serviceable income vehicle. VOOV’s trailing four quarterly payments work out to about $3.75 per share, a payout that has ... Why Retirees Love This $5.85 Billion Value ETF (and What Could Wreck It)

GlobalFoundries stock is getting a big boost from excitement surrounding quantum computing.

After the Memorial Day holiday, we will see economic data on consumer prices, GDP, and home sales and prices. Marvell, American Eagle, Gap, and Autozone will also report earnings.

On the heels of a huge rally this week, Arm stock is now up roughly 180% in 2026.

If you're new -- or relatively new -- to ETFs, these strategies may give you the confidence you need.

Hive Digital stock just had a massive week on the market.

The gap between Wall Street and Main Street just hit a new extreme. On CNBC Friday, Rick Santelli walked viewers through the University of Michigan’s final May sentiment reads, and the numbers landed harder than the mid-month previews suggested. “These are University of Michigan sentiment may final reads. They’re adjusting the mid-month reads, and all ... Trump’s Bull Market at Record Highs, Confidence at 1970s Lows: Something Has To Give

Markets do not crash when investors are afraid. They crash when investors are convinced the rules have changed, when even the most cautious money managers find themselves crowded into the same trade because the alternative is missing the year. That is roughly where the US stock market sits in late ...

This cloud-based payments provider delivers SaaS solutions to enterprise billers across utilities, finance, and healthcare sectors.

On a recent Rich Habits Podcast Q&A, co-host Robert Croak gave a 40-year-old listener named Angela a blunt answer about the $175,000 she and her spouse netted from a recent home sale. They were weighing whether to throw it at their $475,000 mortgage at 5% or invest it. Robert’s verdict: “I would definitely not pay ... Why This Couple Shouldn’t Pay Off Their $475K Mortgage (Even With $175K Cash)

First Trust Managed Municipal ETF targets tax-exempt income through a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds for fixed income investors.

It's straightforward to calculate the potential future value of an investment, but assumptions can make the result vary greatly.

A CNBC commentator delivered the line of the week on the network’s market coverage: "Trump has been responsible for the five best and five worst trading days of his second term." Strip those five up days out of the index since inauguration and the broad market is essentially flat. Leave them in and you get ... CNBC Analyst Exposes the April 9 Pivot That Changed Everything for the S&P 500

With earnings season done, the stock market moves into digestion and distraction territory as investors integrate the whole of corporate data with extracurricular corporate news, economic releases, the bond market’s not-so-subtle signals, and whatever distractions, surprises, and unknown unknowns emerge.

The prospect of blockbuster listings from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI has excited stockpickers. The S&P 500’s AI-driven growth has thus far...

Two concurrent price shocks, which trace back to decisions made by President Donald Trump, threaten to upend a seemingly unstoppable stock market.

Intuit served up a beat-and-raise quarter, but its stock still sold off.

Despite recent sell-offs, Poet Technologies stock is still up roughly 130% this year.

Weak consumer sentiment and surging inflation could derail the stock market's rebound.

Economic dynamics and the new Fed chair's strong views on monetary policy have Warsh and Trump on a collision course.

With the benchmark trading in record territory, opportunistic investors might be searching for under-appreciated tickers right now.