Leveraged ETFs Are Not Long-Term Holdings. Here's Why.
Leveraged ETFs promise supercharged gains. The math tells a different story.
Imagine you’re at a casino, and someone offers you a deal: every time the roulette wheel lands on black, you win double. Sounds amazing, right? But there’s a catch. Every time the ball lands on red, you lose double too.
That’s basically a leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) in a nutshell.
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Read MoreBillionaire's Prediction: The Market Is Wrong, Fed Will Conduct 'Substantially More' Than 2 Rate Cuts
Key Points
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David Einhorn has now run Greenlight Capital for about three decades.
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The prominent value investor believes incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is likely to push for interest rate cuts.
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Warsh has long been known as a hawk,
8 States Where Social Security Goes the Furthest in 2026
In January 2026, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for benefit recipients, boosting payouts by 2.8%. This increased the average retiree payment by about $56 per month, from roughly $2,015 to $2,071.
But that amount goes much further in certain states than others,
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Read MoreIs Your Age Group the Top Saver for 401(k) Plans? See How You Stack Up
Key Takeaways
- Older workers were the most likely to max out their 401(k)s, according to a recent report.
- Those who feel behind on saving can improve their outlook by increasing contributions, delaying Social Security, or working longer.
If you’re approaching retirement but aren’t on track to have enough money saved,
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Read MoreWarren Buffett makes last big investment before retirement
NYT is on a digital hot streak
The New York Times is on a digital hot streak—adding 450,000 new online subscribers last quarter and hitting more than 12 million total.
Their revenue jumped over 10%, and profits soared to $344 million for the year.
NYT stock has shot up 57% while other media companies are laying people off.
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Read MoreThe Burst
NVIDIA’s $600 Billion Wipeout, Is the AI King Losing Its Edge?
The $2.8 trillion chip juggernaut NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced Q4 earnings, and clearly disappointed the Street. There has been a lot of noise around stock based as well as the threat of generative AI technology from China – DeepSeek in particular – which has put the share price under serious pressure.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
What If You’d Invested $2,000 in O’Reilly Automotive in 1993?
Imagine putting $2,000 into a stock and forgetting about it. No fiddling, no panic-selling, no checking your account every day. You look up a few decades later and you discover your modest investment has ballooned into more than $1 million.
That’s not a fantasy. That’s what actually happened if you invested in O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) when it went public 32 years ago.
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1 Royal ETF To Buy Without Hesitation
Five years ago when I last visited Saudi Arabia, the kingdom closely resembled the image many westerners might imagine.
First, it was challenging just to figure out how to get a visa. The answer lay in a dark room in a difficult-to-access New York building. Upon arrival, there was no such thing as socializing with women.