The S&P 500 you own through a standard index fund is not as diversified as it looks. The cap-weighted version of the index hands roughly a third of your money to a handful of mega-cap technology names, meaning five or six companies effectively drive your returns. Equal-weight ETFs fix that by giving every holding an ... 3 Equal Weight ETFs Beating the S&P 500 in 2026 as Mega-Cap Dominance Fades
The S&P 500 you own through a standard index fund is not as diversified as it looks. The cap-weighted version of the index hands roughly a third of your money to a handful of mega-cap technology names, meaning five or six companies effectively drive your returns. Equal-weight ETFs fix that by giving every holding an ... 3 Equal Weight ETFs Beating the S&P 500 in 2026 as Mega-Cap Dominance Fades
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company's business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company's business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space.
Democrats Flip Trump's Mar-a-Lago District In Florida Special Election Upset Democrats flipped a reliably red Florida state House seat that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, scoring a narrow but symbolically significant victory in a special election that drew national attention. Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples in House District 87 ...
Democrats Flip Trump's Mar-a-Lago District In Florida Special Election Upset Democrats flipped a reliably red Florida state House seat that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, scoring a narrow but symbolically significant victory in a special election that drew national attention. Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples in House District 87 by just over 2 percentage points , according to unofficial results. The win marks an approximately 11-point swing toward Democrats compared to the 2024 performance in the Palm Beach County district. Gregory, a first-time candidate who runs a fitness center for postpartum moms and has a background in public health and mental health administration, campaigned on affordability, taxes and kitchen-table issues. Maples, a financial planner and former local council member, had received an endorsement from Trump , who along with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron voted by mail in the contest. “I think it demonstrates where the Florida voter is,” Gregory told Politico after her victory. “They want someone who is focused on solutions and the issues and not focused on the noise.” Democrats also picked up a narrow win in a Tampa-area state Senate seat , where union leader and Navy veteran Brian Nathan defeated former state Rep. Josie Tomkow by a slim margin despite being outspent roughly 10-to-1. The two Democratic victories will not alter Republican supermajorities in the Florida Legislature. But they come as the latest data point in a series of special-election overperformances and flips for Democrats in the state since Trump’s 2024 victory there - and amid a broader national trend of Democrats gaining ground in state legislative races over the past year. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried credited the party's sustained organizing with the win. “This victory reiterates an undeniable trend in Florida: With year-round organizing and infrastructure investment, Democra...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be the most grounded way to play the AI energy bottleneck, while Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) and Navitas (NASDAQ: NBIS) offer bigger upside if execution and infrastructure finally line up. That tension is what makes this setup so compelling right now. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 18, 2026. The video was published on March 23, 2026. Continue reading
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be the most grounded way to play the AI energy bottleneck, while Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) and Navitas (NASDAQ: NBIS) offer bigger upside if execution and infrastructure finally line up. That tension is what makes this setup so compelling right now. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 18, 2026. The video was published on March 23, 2026. Continue reading
Pinpointing the best-performing stocks over three years is no easy task. If you rewind the clock to March 2023, the world looks far different now than it did then. If you repeat this exercise another three years, back to 2020, the amount of change the world can go through in just three years is nothing short of incredible. That's what makes predicting what will happen by March 2029 so hard, but th...
Pinpointing the best-performing stocks over three years is no easy task. If you rewind the clock to March 2023, the world looks far different now than it did then. If you repeat this exercise another three years, back to 2020, the amount of change the world can go through in just three years is nothing short of incredible. That's what makes predicting what will happen by March 2029 so hard, but that's exactly what we need to do as investors. Investors must identify multi-year trends and find the best stocks to invest in them, and what is a bigger trend than generative artificial intelligence (AI)? This technology can reshape what the world will look like over the next three years, and it has already done so over the past three. If this technology continues to drive huge change, then I think these three stocks are no-brainer investments that will make their shareholders a ton of money. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Irada Zaitova/iStock via Getty Images Last spring, I assigned a strong buy rating to Monster Beverage ( MNST ), and the stock has since outperformed the market despite a significant decline this month. Plus 19% since publication is a decent result, but the dramatic reaction to the latest earnings report led to a 15% drop in shares, making it a good time to reassess my position and take action. Des...
Irada Zaitova/iStock via Getty Images Last spring, I assigned a strong buy rating to Monster Beverage ( MNST ), and the stock has since outperformed the market despite a significant decline this month. Plus 19% since publication is a decent result, but the dramatic reaction to the latest earnings report led to a 15% drop in shares, making it a good time to reassess my position and take action. Despite the generally good report and strong numbers , the stock has come under pressure. I rechecked the TTM quantitative metrics and confirmed that the company's finances have not deteriorated. The management remains confident in its current position and future growth. Therefore, I maintain my strong buy rating, betting on long-term attractiveness and growth against short-term pressures. High-Quality Idea My approach to investing is systematic and algorithmic. I use my own 8-factor model to evaluate any business and assess its attractiveness. Last time, MNST scored 85/100. Today, it's 80/100. And this score is still associated with a strong buy rating or "attractive" status. The only variable in my approach that didn't exceed the desired threshold, separating MNST from the maximum rating, is future EPS growth compared to the current one. Expected EPS for Dec 2028 is $2.88, which implies a 3-year CAGR of approximately 13%. Actual EPS growth over the same period is 20%. Author's method I see no negative aspects to all other valuation parameters. MNST continues to dominate the market, demonstrating high margins and management efficiency while remaining virtually debt-free. Fair-Priced Business Due to the quality of its business and its efficient model, MSNT has never been cheap in absolute terms, and the current non-GAAP valuation of 37x, even after a significant correction, confirms this. However, in my opinion, the current price offers a good opportunity to enter the stock for those who haven't yet done so or to increase the position for loyal long-term investors. My opinion ...
Investors in Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Symbol: TSEM) saw new options begin trading today, for the September 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 177 days until expiration the newly trading
Investors in Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Symbol: TSEM) saw new options begin trading today, for the September 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 177 days until expiration the newly trading
Investors in ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (Symbol: UCO) saw new options become available today, for the June 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 449 days until expiration the n
Investors in ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (Symbol: UCO) saw new options become available today, for the June 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 449 days until expiration the n
Investors in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA) saw new options become available today, for the June 2028 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 814 days until expiration the newly available contract
Investors in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA) saw new options become available today, for the June 2028 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 814 days until expiration the newly available contract
D-Keine Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) clients can now transfer their existing holdings i n supported cryptocurrencies to their Interactive Brokers-linked crypto account, the company said on Wednesday. The capability allows IBKR users to trade crypto at lower costs and gain access to global investment markets without selling their digital assets upfront, it added. Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) stock ...
D-Keine Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) clients can now transfer their existing holdings i n supported cryptocurrencies to their Interactive Brokers-linked crypto account, the company said on Wednesday. The capability allows IBKR users to trade crypto at lower costs and gain access to global investment markets without selling their digital assets upfront, it added. Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) stock rose 4.9% in Wednesday morning trading. Its clients can move supported digital assets directly from external wallets or platforms into IBKR-linked crypto accounts, enabling them to manage digital assets alongside stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and other investments. Crypto trading through Paxos or zerohash on the Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) platform carries commissions of 0.12% to 0.18% of trade value with a US$1.75 minimum per order and no added spreads or markups, the company said. Many crypto platforms, however, charge trading fees of up to 2.00% of trade value or more, often with additional embedded costs. " By enabling direct crypto portfolio transfers, we’re making it easy for traders to benefit from IBKR’s low-cost crypto trading and gain access to our full range of global markets within the same professional trading environment," said Interactive Brokers CEO Milan Galik. More on Interactive Brokers Group Interactive Brokers: The Growth Continues, But Valuation Leaves Little Room Interactive Brokers: The Quiet Compounder Riding The Global Trading Boom Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) Presents at Bank of America Financial Services Conference 2026 Transcript Retail investors pull back from equities, defying seasonal patterns, JP Morgan says Interactive Brokers sees 21% Y/Y increase in February daily average revenue trades
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin will be the first four members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), according to the Wall Street Journal . The panel, which will "weigh in on AI policy," will include 13 members to start,...
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin will be the first four members of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), according to the Wall Street Journal . The panel, which will "weigh in on AI policy," will include 13 members to start, but could grow to 24. Trump's AI and crypto czar David Sacks and White House tech advisor Michael Kratsios will co-chair the panel. According to the White House's January announcement for the panel, PCAST will "advise the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy. The … Read the full story at The Verge.
leungchopan/iStock via Getty Images I usually do not make direct macro-related investments. However, there is an old saying in the hedge fund community: if you don't do macro, macro will do you. With that in mind, I always have macro views, and occasionally a highly convex opportunity arises that tickles my fancy. The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF ( IVOL ) is just such...
leungchopan/iStock via Getty Images I usually do not make direct macro-related investments. However, there is an old saying in the hedge fund community: if you don't do macro, macro will do you. With that in mind, I always have macro views, and occasionally a highly convex opportunity arises that tickles my fancy. The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF ( IVOL ) is just such an opportunity. The fund offers over 3% yield that has been structured to incur no tax liability over the past three years. IVOL was launched in 2019 by Nancy Davis, who started her career as one of (if not THE) largest traders of OTC interest rate derivatives. She was such a star at Goldman that she was named to its legendary prop desk and named head of OTC credit and derivatives trading in her mid 20s. Davis spotted flaws in many fixed income ETFs such as the ( AGG ), which hold a lot of residential mortgages. When interest rates rise, those mortgages lose value (higher yields equal lower prices for bonds). However, since people can refinance their mortgages into lower interest rates when interest rates fall, holders of those mortgages don't benefit from price appreciation that those fixed income securities should provide. In short, homeowners own an option on their mortgage. That means holders of those mortgages, such as the AGG, are short that option. Davis devised an ETF that should protect fixed income investors when interest rates rise and benefit them when interest rates fall. 75% of IVOL's portfolio is TIPS, mainly through the Schwab TIPS ETF ( SCHP ). Interest rates rise when inflation increases. TIPS stand for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. They are treasuries where the principal increases by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (or decreases when that CPI is negative). The average duration is about 7 years. So, higher rates due to higher inflation means more principal, which should protect value. In return for this inflation protection, TI...