Is Duke Energy Stock a Good Fit For Your Portfolio Risk?
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You might hold Duke Energy (DUK), an electric and gas utility paying a 3.5% dividend yield, alongside funds that already follow the S&P 500.
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Read MoreElon Musk and SpaceX Just Delivered Incredible News to Nvidia That Could Help the Stock Double in the Next Year
When Elon Musk and Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +1.89%) announced the company’s third-quarter earnings results on Oct. 20, there was incredible news for Nvidia (NVDA -0.59%) and its shareholders. On the Q3 earnings call, Musk said the space and artificial intelligence (AI) company plans to aggressively ramp up its AI infrastructure spending to deliver annual recurring revenue (ARR) between $500 billion and $1 trillion by the end of 2027.
Read MoreCathie Wood Just Poured Millions Into 2 Nuclear Stocks — and Neither Was NuScale Power
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NuScale Power is one of the more recognizable nuclear stocks thanks to its NRC-approved designs.
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Several Ark Invest ETFs bought two nuclear stocks on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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For those interested in mitigating risk, buying nuclear ETFs is a smart strategy.
Precious Metals Buffeted By Higher Interest Rates, Deficits and Geopolitics
After staging a spectacular rally in 2025 and early 2026, precious metal prices have fallen sharply from their end-of-January peak. Between late January and mid-October, gold prices fell by more than 20% while silver, platinum and palladium tumbled by more than 40% (Figure 1). Perhaps the largest contributing factor to the decline in precious metals prices was the shift in expectations from rate cuts to rate increases.
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Read MoreEditorial: Tired yet of prices going up? The Fed needs to raise interest rates.
Americans don’t need to be reminded that the cost of living keeps climbing. They see it every time they fill their gas tanks, shop for groceries or pay their bills.
President Donald Trump’s Iran war has sent energy prices soaring, and his tariff attacks on America’s trading partners have jacked up costs for a slew of goods.
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Read MoreThe Burst
1 Signal That Dutch Bros Could Be a Monster Stock
If you gave up on Dutch Bros after its post-IPO slump, you might be kicking yourself right now. After going public in 2021 and fizzling out soon after, Dutch Bros has staged a remarkable comeback, rising nearly 90% over the past 2 years.
And this rebound isn’t just a flash in the pan.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Could Be a Turning Point
IBM has been tinkering with quantum computing longer than most of today’s retail investors have even been in the market. For decades, the company’s message has been quantum is coming, and when it arrives, it will change everything from chemistry to finance. The problem? The finish line has always felt just out of reach, perpetually ten years away.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
This ETF Owns 3,500 Stocks, Is It Better Than the S&P 500?
Vanguard’s Extended Market ETF (VXF) is a broad fund made up of thousands of stocks across essentially every part of the American business landscape. Like many ETFs, VXF attempts to give investors access to a broad selection of stocks without the difficulty and risk involved in picking individual companies.
Today, let’s take a deeper look at VXF to see if the fund is a good investment at the moment.
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