Social Security: Payments of up to $5,181 Arriving This Week
Millions of Americans receiving Social Security benefits are set to get their next monthly payments this week, while many retirees are also closely watching signs that next year’s Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) could rise more sharply than expected as inflation accelerates again.The Social Security Administration (SSA) spreads payments throughout the month rather than issuing checks all at once for those collecting retirement, » Read more about: Social Security: Payments of up to $5,181 Arriving This Week »
Read MoreThe S&P 500 is blowing minds and defying the odds: Stat of the day
2026 has been a year to remember for investors, and it isn’t even Memorial Day yet. Stat of the day: There has been only one 5% or more pullback for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) this year, Truist chief investment officer Keith Lerner pointed out in a new note (see chart below). Last year saw three such pullbacks in the S&P 500.
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Read MoreBest Practices For Investing In The ‘Picks And Shovels,’ Not The Gold Rush
Jayden Wei is Founding Partner of OGBC Group, investing in AI, quantum computing, and blockchain infrastructure.?Every major technology cycle tends to follow a familiar arc: Early enthusiasm drives valuations up. A correction follows—sometimes brutal. Then, quietly, the real infrastructure gets built. That third phase is where I want to be invested.I call this the “picks and shovels”
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Read MoreWhy Warren Buffett Just Made a $2.6 Billion Bet on Delta Airlines in Q1 — 6 Years After Exiting the Stock
Despite stepping down from the helm of Berkshire Hathaway in late 2025 to make way for Greg Abel, legendary investor Warren Buffett still visits the office every day and influences important trades at the firm.’I can still contribute a tiny bit,’ Buffett had told CNBC recently, adding that he purchased ‘something new,’ which he declined to reveal.However,
Read MoreThe New Federal Reserve Chair Can Cause This Small-Cap Stock ETF to Surge
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The Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VB | VB Price Prediction) does not hold penny stocks. VB tracks the CRSP US Small Cap Index, where the median holding is a company worth several billion dollars.
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Read MoreThe Burst
1 ETF Set To Beat The Market in 2025?
2024 was another banner year for the US stock market, with the S&P 500 notching a gain of 23%. Dwarfing even this return, though, was that of the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), which has delivered a 29.7% return over the last 12 months.
There is lots of speculation that the new President will be supportive of the financial sector so can XLF beat the market again in 2025,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is This Market Doomed?
This year headlines blared about the S&P 500 entering correction territory and the Nasdaq dipping into a bear market. For newer investors, it may feel like the sky is falling but seasoned traders know better, it’s just another chapter in a very old playbook.
The truth is, if you think this year has been rough,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
457 Million Reasons to Buy This Auto Stock
When you find an investment manager overseeing $1.2 billion, it warrants further investigation when they bet one fifth of their entire portfolio on a single stock. Yet that’s exactly the conviction that Impactive Capital demonstrated by betting 20.4% of their portfolio on an automotive retailer.
Amid the universe of thousands of stocks, what is it that Impactive portfolio managers saw in Asbury Automotive that motivated them to allocate $457 million of their fund to it?
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