Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke in a different tone during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. The best way to describe it is that he was more subdued than usual on these calls. Take new products, for example. Musk often promises huge technological leaps on tight deadlines for Tesla’s upcoming products (think Roadster or
Social Security is heading toward a reckoning. The trust fund is projected to run dry as early as 2032, and when it does, benefits would be cut automatically by somewhere between 23% and 28%, according to 24/7 Wall St. That deadline is now close enough to force a real policy debate. And Jim Cramer, host
Most commodity forecasts move in a narrow band. Analysts nudge numbers up or down a few percentage points and call it a year-end target. What Bank of America just put on the table is something else entirely. The bank’s metals team is projecting silver could reach anywhere between $135 and $309 per ounce before the
The investor who called the 2008 housing collapse is doing something that Wall Street is quite bearish on. He is buying software stocks. Michael Burry, whose famous trade against the mortgage market was depicted in the film “The Big Short,” has been building positions in a group of well-known technology names that have fallen out
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security as a financial lifeline. And every year, the program shifts in ways that can quietly add up, or quietly cost you. Some of this year’s changes are straightforward. Others are more nuanced. A few could significantly affect how much money lands in your account each month. Here is
Amazon evolved from one of the world’s largest online retailers into a tech powerhouse and a hyperscaler. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud computing platform, became the most important part of its business thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. The backbone of Amazon’s AI strategy is its custom-made Trainium AI accelerator chips, designed in partnership
Few things matter more to long-term investors than a company that keeps paying (and growing) its dividend year after year. A VanEck report states: “Dividend investing can provide steady income and long-term growth but requires careful selection to avoid unsustainable payouts and dividend traps.” As dividend payers tend to maintain solid balance sheets and stable
Inflation is back in the headlines, and this time, it’s not just the Fed’s doing. Goldman Sachs released its U.S. Inflation Monitor for March 2026 on April 20, 2026, and the picture it paints is one shaped by forces that didn’t exist a year ago. Headline CPI surged 0.87% in March alone, pushing the year-over-year
Your pain at the pump may finally be easing, but not as quickly as many had hoped. You can feel it every time you pull in to fill up. Prices aren’t surging like they were just weeks ago, but they’re not really coming down, either. After weeks of watching costs climb with every new headline
Patience in dividend stock investing pays off over time. If you bought the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF when it launched in October 2011, you started with a modest yield of around 2.6%. Today, thanks to more than a decade of consistent dividend growth, early investors are collecting a yield on cost of 12.5% on