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A lot of investors tend to think about the S&P 500 index as one giant monolith, but I think it becomes much more interesting once you break it down into its component sectors: technology, healthcare, financials, consumer discretionary, communication services, industrials, consumer staples, energy, utilities, materials, and real estate. Out of these 11 sectors, three ... When 2022 Tore Through the S&P 500, This Healthcare ETF Barely Flinched. Why Isn’t It in More Retirement Accounts?

Andrew Sather of The Investing for Beginners Podcast recently made a point that should reshape how investors think about recession headlines. "When people say there’s a recession, they’re saying it 6 months after it happens. Like, that’s the literal definition of it. You have to wait 6 months," he said on the episode Back to ... Worried About a Recession? Here’s Why Selling When Economists Call It is Already Too Late

The Trump administration said on Friday it would invest $2 billion in quantum computing stocks, with about half earmarked for IBM.

The dilemma comes from a caller on Ramsey Everyday Millionaires, but it captures something nearly every investor with a lump sum has felt: the cash is in hand, the headlines are loud, and every day spent deciding feels like another day of being wrong. The caller had just sold her primary residence and walked away ... Ramsey Everyday Millionaires: Why Waiting for Markets to “Settle” Usually Means Waiting Forever

A stark jump in IBM share price drove the Dow Jones Index to record highs.

The pitch for the YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:CONY) is a distribution yield quoted anywhere from 60% to 120% annualized, paid weekly, all derived from selling options on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) shares. Investors hunting income see CONY and assume they’ve found a money-spinning miracle attached to crypto’s most prominent equity. The reality since its August 2023 ... CONY’s Dreamy Yield Hides a Track Record That Should Concern Long Term Holders

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.17%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.20%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.18%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

<p>ETFs are the preferred investment vehicle for many investors these days, but they’re not all created equal. Don’t miss this deep dive into how an ETF’s legal structure can shape risk, taxes, and returns. </p>

Explore the shifting landscape of global markets and international relations in this special double-length episode from the 2026 MoneyShow Masters Symposium Dallas.

For much of the past two years, Wall Street treated long-run inflation expectations as the boring part of the macro story. Short-run prints whipped around. The five-year horizon stayed anchored. That assumption broke this month. The Cleveland Fed just published its highest five-year inflation expectation in 19 years, a reading that sits above the levels ... Fed’s Long-Term Inflation Forecast Hits 19-Year High

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.15%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.14%. Equity markets are pushing higher this afternoon, tracking a sharp midday reversal in energy markets...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.44%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.47%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.49%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.40%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Andrew Sather of The Investing for Beginners Podcast recently made a point that should reshape how investors think about recession headlines. “When people say there’s a recession, they’re saying it 6 months after it happens. Like, that’s the literal definition of it. You have to wait 6 months,” he said on the episode Back to ... Worried About a Recession? Here’s Why Selling When Economists Call It is Already Too Late

Most dividend ETF conversations start and end with the S&P 500. That is fine if you already own Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF or Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF and want one more large-cap variant. It is limiting if you are trying to build an income stream from companies the large-cap dividend crowd never touches. Three ... Three Dividend ETFs Outside the S&P 500 That Are Beating It and Paying Up to 3.4 Percent

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.4% and the actively tr

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MGK) has 63 holdings, which sounds diversified until you check the weights. Five names carry almost 46% of the fund. The MGK pitch is straightforward exposure to U.S. mega-cap growth, and the math has worked. MGK returned 28% over the past year against 25% for the S&P 500. The ... MGK Holds 46 Percent in Just Five Stocks, And That Concentration Is Driving Most of Its Recent Gains

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) keeps rising more and more, no matter how “bad” the news gets. Since Election Day 2024, the index is up 30%, a run that has absorbed a shooting war with Iran, a tariff regime that rewrites itself by tweet, and an inflation print that refuses to behave. The ... The “Don’t Fight Trump” Trade Is Working: S&P 500 Ignores Everything and Keeps Surging

While American investors have spent the last decade celebrating the Magnificent Seven and paying premium multiples for U.S. growth, a quiet category of overseas stocks has been compounding in the shadows. The Fidelity International Value Factor ETF (NYSEARCA:FIVA) is the kind of fund that never trends on social media, never gets a sell-side cult following, ... This Boring International ETF Might Be One Of The Smartest Value Bets Right Now

Warren Buffett sold more stock than he bought for 13 quarters before Greg Abel came in. The result sits on Berkshire’s balance sheet as a number that functions like a flare. Roughly $397 billion in cash (but mostly Treasury bills!), at an all-time high, accumulated while the S&P 500 trades at record highs. Buffett’s career ... Warren Buffett Just Dropped His Loudest Warning Yet: Berkshire’s Cash Position Hits All-Time High

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Thursday ahead of jobless claims data. Nvidia stock waffled on earnings.

The iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (EUFN) targets leading European banks and insurers, providing focused sector access through a diversified portfolio.

Data from Stocktwits shows that retail sentiment remained ‘extremely bullish’ on SPY and QQQ.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.66%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.96%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) distributes weekly amounts in the $0.37 to $0.52 range through 2026, an annualized run rate the fund’s marketing has pinned at 77%, 104%, even 117%. Those distributions land in your account on schedule. Whether they have made ULTY holders richer is a separate question, and the answer across ... ULTY’s Weekly Distributions Look Generous Until You See What Happened to the Share Price

Most retirees who own an S&P 500 index fund hold a portfolio dominated by mega-cap technology, with mid-sized businesses getting almost no weight despite making up a meaningful share of corporate America. That gap is the reason the Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VO) exists, and with roughly $94 billion in assets and a 0.04% expense ratio, ... Vanguard’s $94 Billion Mid Cap ETF Is Quietly Beating the S&P 500 With a Fifty Year Old Strategy

The YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:MSTY) trades near $24, and the trap in that number is what it has done while bitcoin spent most of the last year doing something else. MSTY launched in February 2024 as a way to monetize the option premium on MicroStrategy shares and hand investors a triple-digit distribution ... MSTY Holders Face a Risk That Has Nothing to Do With Bitcoin Falling

John Rowland, CMT, takes a look at what Bollinger Bands, gap levels, and Fibonacci retracements are saying about the S&P 500 Index right now.

The pitch for the SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF (NYSEARCA:CWB) is simple: collect a coupon, keep equity upside, sit between stocks and bonds. CWB has rewarded holders nicely on the way up. The risk most owners do not price in is that when equity markets crack, CWB stops trading like a bond fund and starts ... CWB’s Convertible Bond Strategy Looks Like Bonds Until the Equity Markets Fall, And Then It Trades Like Stocks

Small-cap stocks are bouncing off a make-or-break level.

Invesco BulletShares 2027 Corporate Bond ETF offers a target-maturity approach to investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds maturing in 2027.