Options trading vs. stock trading: Key differences explained
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Read MoreValley housing market remains slow as mortgage rates stay elevated
With mortgage interest rates still around 6.6%, the housing market remains sluggish.
Paul Salazar, a loan officer with American Pacific Mortgage, says many of his clients are closely monitoring interest rates and waiting for potential decreases later this year.
“So I say to people,
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Read MoreInvestors Are Excited About European Stocks. This Europe ETF is Up 23% in 1 Year. Here's Why.
Key Points
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The iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF is up about 23% in the past year but has underperformed the S&P 500 in the long run.
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This international ETF pays strong dividends (3.11% yield) but might be too heavy of a bet on “only” European stocks.
4 (More) Dividend ETFs Worth Holding for the Long Haul
Back in July, I wrote about four dividend ETFs designed for long-term buy-and-hold investors. They were Schwab U.S. Dividend Growth ETF, Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth ETF, and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.
But with more than 200 different dividend ETFs to choose from,
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Read MoreNVIDIA's Biggest Earnings Bet Yet: $733 Billion in AI Spending vs Market That's Already Priced It In
NVIDIA just rallied nearly 7% in five trading days, and Goldman Sachs is essentially saying: that’s the problem. Here’s why the most important earnings report of 2026 might disappoint even if the numbers are great.
Goldman’s Warning: The Bar Might Be Too High
Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider put it bluntly in a note to clients this week.
The Burst
Is This Mag 7 Stock Bucking the AI Trend?
When investors start getting jittery about AI valuations, the instinct is to trim anything tied to artificial intelligence. But that’s tricky when many of the biggest AI beneficiaries are mega-cap tech companies that were thriving long before generative AI existed. Amazon is a perfect example, a business still defined by eCommerce but increasingly central to the global AI build-out.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
This Hydrogen Stock Is Becoming Critical AI Infrastructure
Bloom Energy doesn’t generate power the way most people think about clean energy. Instead of relying on intermittent sources like wind or solar, Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cells convert natural gas or hydrogen into electricity on-site, 24 hours a day.
There’s no combustion, no dependence on weather, and critically for enterprise customers no exposure to grid instability.
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Meta Looked Impressive Until You Read the Fine Print
Meta Platforms just reminded us that building the future of AI doesn’t come cheap.
After a strong third-quarter report, the stock tumbled more than 12% as management unveiled spending plans that even long-term investors found hard to digest.
At first glance, everything looked stellar. Revenue jumped 26% year over year to $51.2 billion,
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