The story of how I started investing with NISA, briefly regretted it after learning about iDeCo (and then solved it)
The other day, a friend who had just started investing asked me this.
“I heard there’s something called iDeCo, but which one should I start with, NISA or iDeCo?”
To be honest, I couldn’t answer immediately.
The thing is, when I first started NISA,
Read MoreSpot Bitcoin ETFs see $443M in net outflows as Ether funds bleed too
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $442.62 million in net outflows, while spot Ethereum ETFs gave up $224.96 million over the same stretch.
The outflows landed during the week of October 19 to 23, 2026, a period of increased market volatility.
One bad Thursday did most of the damage
The worst of it came on October 22.
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Read MoreStock Market Today (October 26): Sensex Slumps Over 500 Points; Expert Flags Inflation, Liquidity Risks
Both the Nifty and the Sensex began the trading day and week on a weak note. The Nifty declined over 130 points and opened at 22,524.40 and the Sensex declined over 500 points and opened at 72,990.04. All sectoral indices traded lower in early trade, with small cap and midcaps continuing to face pressure.
Read MoreHow Boomers Could Reshape the US Economy in Coming Years
Baby boomers are poised to reshape large parts of the U.S. economy in the coming years as their enormous wealth and changing needs redirect spending toward health care, housing, financial services and premium experiences, according to a new study from Moody’s Ratings.
Boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964,
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Read MoreBarclays Makes Bold Tesla Stock Call After SpaceX Twist
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock jumped roughly 6% Monday after Barclays upgraded the electric vehicle giant, arguing that its upside potential extends well beyond a possible merger with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (SPCX). The investment bank sees improving vehicle sales,
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Read MoreThe Burst
Forget Nvidia, This Under-the-Radar Chip Stock Might Have More Upside
Chances are, you’ve never walked into a store and bought something with the ASML logo on it but almost every smartphone, tablet, or electric vehicle in your life probably wouldn’t exist without ASML’s technology humming away in the background.
This Dutch powerhouse doesn’t make chips, it makes the machines that make the chips.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Could a Consumer Bull Market Supercharge Shopify?
The SPDR S&P Retail ETF is up about 25% since April 1, putting it within reach of its all-time high from late 2021. That kind of pop isn’t happening in isolation.
Consumer sentiment, which had been stuck near recessionary levels for most of 2022–2023, has recovered to a three-year high in 2025, according to the University of Michigan’s surveys.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Palantir’s Path to $10 Billion: Can This AI Giant Keep Growing?
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has emerged from a growth slowdown into a phase of reaccelerating revenue and improving profitability in 2024-2025. After a modest ~17% revenue growth in 2023, Palantir’s top-line expanded by 29% in 2024 to $2.87 billion, buoyed by rising demand for its data analytics and AI platforms.
The company also achieved GAAP profitability,
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