Detroit Tries To Balance Gas-Powered Profits While Staying Competitive With China's EV Surge U.S. automakers are quietly pivoting back toward what they know makes money: large gasoline vehicles. Selling trucks and SUVs is now the fastest path to higher profits, especially as government pressure to push electric vehicles has weakened. Trying to maximize profits from gas cars while keeping pace in E...
Detroit Tries To Balance Gas-Powered Profits While Staying Competitive With China's EV Surge U.S. automakers are quietly pivoting back toward what they know makes money: large gasoline vehicles. Selling trucks and SUVs is now the fastest path to higher profits, especially as government pressure to push electric vehicles has weakened. Trying to maximize profits from gas cars while keeping pace in EV technology is proving extremely difficult, according to a new writeup from the Wall Street Journal . Recent policy changes strongly favor gasoline models. Fuel-economy rules have been softened, penalties for missing targets have disappeared, EV tax credits have expired, and California can no longer impose its own emissions standards. EV momentum has cooled worldwide as well, with Europe, the U.K., and Canada also retreating from aggressive mandates. BloombergNEF projects U.S. EV sales will drop 24% in Q4 2025 from the year before. Automakers are responding quickly. GM, Ford, and Stellantis have announced plans to emphasize gasoline vehicles, which deliver far better margins. Thousands of EV-factory jobs have been cut and several plants paused. As RBC’s Tom Narayan explains, “Even one quarter of mismatched production can result in billions of dollars of losses.” Their caution is understandable. EV programs have been deeply unprofitable. Ford alone lost nearly $13 billion on EVs between 2021 and 2024, and now expects $19.5 billion in new charges, largely EV-related. Meanwhile, easing regulations are creating what Ford CEO Jim Farley calls a “multibillion-dollar opportunity over the next two years.” TD Cowen estimates profit gains of $4B for Ford, $3B for GM, and €1.4B for Stellantis from these regulatory shifts. Publicly, the companies still claim commitment to EVs. GM CEO Mary Barra says “profitable electric-vehicle production” remains the firm’s goal, and Farley warns that Chinese rivals like BYD and Geely are the real competition. But reality is sobering: the Detroit Thr...
(Bloomberg) — Global financial markets face a skittish open after the US ousted Venezuela’s president, triggering a fresh geopolitical flashpoint that intensifies regional risk and raises some questions about oil. Currency markets are giving a first read-out before US equity-index futures and US crude futures start trading, with Brent crude opening later. The greenback is edging lower versus the e...
(Bloomberg) — Global financial markets face a skittish open after the US ousted Venezuela’s president, triggering a fresh geopolitical flashpoint that intensifies regional risk and raises some questions about oil. Currency markets are giving a first read-out before US equity-index futures and US crude futures start trading, with Brent crude opening later. The greenback is edging lower versus the euro and the Japanese yen in early trading in Australia. Most Read from Bloomberg Traders are also watching precious metals such as gold and silver, haven assets that have recently become a hot segment of the market. But crude oil will be in the spotlight after the capture of Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, clouding the outlook for supply from the OPEC member. Although Venezuela isn’t a top-20 crude producer, any persistent increase in oil prices and its inflationary impact on economies pose a risk for markets. Wall Street strategists are generally optimistic about stocks this year, but escalating tensions stand to test the resilience of global equities after their best annual return since 2017. “The capture of Maduro can create a short-term risk-off sentiment in Asian markets, mainly through higher oil prices and a rise in geopolitical risk premium,” said Jung In Yun, chief executive officer at Fibonacci Asset Management Global in Singapore. “We don’t think the situation will escalate into a sustained oil shock, and this should be a short-lived sentiment drag.” Early signals suggest that the global oil market will largely take the move in its stride. Venezuela’s oil infrastructure wasn’t affected after a series of US attacks in Caracas and other states, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Key facilities such as Jose port, the Amuay refinery and oil areas in the Orinoco Belt are still operational, said the people. The US attack on Venezuela will though likely trigger a short-term oil price gain and a shift to haven assets like gold, according to Kim Doo-un, an...
Enterprise Products Partners can return even more cash to investors in 2026. The energy sector had a lackluster year in 2025. The average energy stock in the S&P 500 was up less than 5%. That significantly underperformed the nearly 19% rise in that broader market index. While energy stocks delivered underwhelming returns last year, several have catalysts that could fuel higher returns in 2026, inc...
Enterprise Products Partners can return even more cash to investors in 2026. The energy sector had a lackluster year in 2025. The average energy stock in the S&P 500 was up less than 5%. That significantly underperformed the nearly 19% rise in that broader market index. While energy stocks delivered underwhelming returns last year, several have catalysts that could fuel higher returns in 2026, including Enterprise Products Partners (EPD +0.31%). Here's why I plan to make the midstream giant the first energy stock I buy in the new year. The end of an era In 2022, Enterprise Products Partners embarked on a considerable capital investment cycle to build out the necessary infrastructure to support its customers' growing production volumes in the Permian and Haynesville basins. These investments included building large-scale pipeline and marine terminal facilities, such as the Bahia NGL Pipeline and Neches River Terminal (NRT). The company also made acquisitions to expand its capabilities, including the purchase of Pinon Midstream for $950 million in 2024. Last year represented the peak of capital spending. Enterprise Products Partners was on pace to invest $4.5 billion in 2025, up from $1.6 billion when it started this phase in 2022. That allowed the company to place $6 billion of growth capital projects into commercial service in the second half of the year, including two new gas processing plants, the first phase of service at NRT, Bahia, and a 14th NGL fractionator at its Mont Belvieu complex. Expand NYSE : EPD Enterprise Products Partners Today's Change ( 0.31 %) $ 0.10 Current Price $ 32.16 Key Data Points Market Cap $70B Day's Range $ 31.82 - $ 32.34 52wk Range $ 27.77 - $ 34.53 Volume 3.7M Avg Vol 3.8M Gross Margin 12.74 % Dividend Yield 6.72 % As a result, the company anticipates its capital spending will decrease considerably in 2026. It currently expects it to be in the range of $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion. That investment rate will enable it to finish NRT (f...
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When manager Arne Slot and Liverpool look back at this season, a crazy January afternoon when they drew 2-2 at Fulham will go a long way to summing up their misfortunes. With top scorer Hugo Ekitike out with a muscle issue, Liverpool's struggles were compounded when one of their former players Harry Wilson opened the scoring in a first half in which Slot's side failed to test home goalkeeper Bernd...
When manager Arne Slot and Liverpool look back at this season, a crazy January afternoon when they drew 2-2 at Fulham will go a long way to summing up their misfortunes. With top scorer Hugo Ekitike out with a muscle issue, Liverpool's struggles were compounded when one of their former players Harry Wilson opened the scoring in a first half in which Slot's side failed to test home goalkeeper Bernd Leno. Yet they equalised through a controversial Florian Wirtz goal - and looked to have snatched victory in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Cody Gakpo scored in front of the away end. However, late substitute Harrison Reed fired home a contender for goal of the season from 25 yards in the 97th minute as Slot's side dropped points again. "Losing that game would have been completely unfair to us," said Fulham manager Marco Silva. Liverpool extended their unbeaten run to nine games, but yet again their problems were laid bare. "If you're not part of Liverpool, you think you'd win it," said Slot. "But unfortunately I've been experiencing this for months now that the first chance the other team gets leads to a goal. The second thing is that the other team scores a goal you don't expect in extra time. So, is it then a surprise?" the Dutchman said. What did surprise many inside Craven Cottage was that Wirtz's equaliser was confirmed after a video assistant referee (VAR) check - despite replays suggesting he was in an offside position. "I was sure it was offside so I didn't even celebrate," Wirtz told Sky Sports. "I felt the same. Many people inside the stadium felt the same," said Silva. "It looked offside, but we have to believe the semi-automated technology worked well and did right," the Fulham boss added.
Younger investors are far more bullish about AI's potential as an investment. As artificial intelligence (AI) stocks soared higher and higher throughout 2025, more and more voices sounded warnings of an "AI bubble" that was about to pop. Concerns about the valuation of some of the biggest AI players like Nvidia (NVDA +1.14%) and Microsoft (MSFT 2.28%) likely contributed to November's market slump....
Younger investors are far more bullish about AI's potential as an investment. As artificial intelligence (AI) stocks soared higher and higher throughout 2025, more and more voices sounded warnings of an "AI bubble" that was about to pop. Concerns about the valuation of some of the biggest AI players like Nvidia (NVDA +1.14%) and Microsoft (MSFT 2.28%) likely contributed to November's market slump. But according to new research by The Motley Fool, a majority of Americans aren't buying it. In fact, over 60% of them believe that AI stocks will instead deliver strong long-term returns. The reason why may surprise you. Younger investors see AI's potential According to The Motley Fool's 2026 AI Investor Outlook Report, which was just released, it's younger investors who are most confident in AI companies' ability to produce strong, long-term returns, with 67% of Gen Z investors and 63% of Millennial investors optimistic about the sector's potential. Meanwhile, older investors remain far more skeptical, with just 50% expressing confidence that the AI investments of companies investing heavily in the technology will pay off. As you'd expect, the most confident AI investors have, largely, already put their money where their mouths are, with 93% of Americans who already own AI stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expressing confidence in the technology's ability to produce long-term returns. But is this just a case of younger investors being attracted to the shiny new technology, regardless of its merits? Motley Fool AI Stock Analyst Asit Sharma, CPA, doesn't think so. Here's what he thinks is really going on. Advertisement A game-changing technology Many younger Americans have already had the opportunity to create content using AI technology tools, either at work or on social media, and so they've seen firsthand the game-changing potential of the technology, and how much it's improved over the past few years. Sharma believes that younger investors have recognized AI's abil...
Key Points The Motley Fool has released a new 2026 AI Investor Outlook Report. It finds that 62% of Americans believe companies investing heavily in AI will produce strong long-term returns. Younger investors are driving the confidence in AI investment, and many already own AI stocks. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › As artificial intelligence (AI) stocks soared higher and higher throughout ...
Key Points The Motley Fool has released a new 2026 AI Investor Outlook Report. It finds that 62% of Americans believe companies investing heavily in AI will produce strong long-term returns. Younger investors are driving the confidence in AI investment, and many already own AI stocks. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › As artificial intelligence (AI) stocks soared higher and higher throughout 2025, more and more voices sounded warnings of an "AI bubble" that was about to pop. Concerns about the valuation of some of the biggest AI players like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) likely contributed to November's market slump. But according to new research by The Motley Fool, a majority of Americans aren't buying it. In fact, over 60% of them believe that AI stocks will instead deliver strong long-term returns. The reason why may surprise you. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Younger investors see AI's potential According to The Motley Fool's 2026 AI Investor Outlook Report, which was just released, it's younger investors who are most confident in AI companies' ability to produce strong, long-term returns, with 67% of Gen Z investors and 63% of Millennial investors optimistic about the sector's potential. Meanwhile, older investors remain far more skeptical, with just 50% expressing confidence that the AI investments of companies investing heavily in the technology will pay off. As you'd expect, the most confident AI investors have, largely, already put their money where their mouths are, with 93% of Americans who already own AI stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expressing confidence in the technology's ability to produce long-term returns. But is this just a case of younger investors being attracted to the shiny new technology, regardless of its merits? Motley Fool AI Stock Analyst Asit Sharma, CPA, doesn't th...
Key Points SCHB covers the full U.S. stock market with a tech tilt, while VTV focuses on large-cap value stocks led by financials and healthcare. VTV yields more than SCHB’s payout. VTV’s max drawdown has been shallower than SCHB’s over the last five years. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › The key difference between Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHB) and Vanguard...
Key Points SCHB covers the full U.S. stock market with a tech tilt, while VTV focuses on large-cap value stocks led by financials and healthcare. VTV yields more than SCHB’s payout. VTV’s max drawdown has been shallower than SCHB’s over the last five years. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › The key difference between Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHB) and Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEMKT:VTV) is that SCHB offers broader market coverage, while VTV provides a higher income stream. Both funds aim to deliver low-cost, diversified U.S. equity exposure, but their approaches diverge. SCHB tracks the entire U.S. stock market, resulting in heavy technology exposure, while VTV targets large-cap value stocks, emphasizing financials, healthcare, and industrials. Here’s how they stack up for investors comparing broad-market breadth to value-style focus. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric SCHB VTV Issuer Schwab Vanguard Expense ratio 0.03% 0.04% 1-yr return (as of Dec. 12, 2025) 11.9% 10.2% Dividend yield 1.1% 2.0% Beta 1.04 0.76 AUM $38.0 billion $215.5 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year weekly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. SCHB is slightly more affordable on fees, but VTV’s yield is about 0.9 percentage points higher, which may appeal to income-focused investors willing to pay a marginally higher expense ratio for a bigger payout. Performance & risk comparison Metric SCHB VTV Max drawdown (5 y) (25.36%) (17.04%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $1,779 $1,646 What's inside Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEMKT:VTV) holds around 315 stocks, tracking large-cap value names with a tilt toward financial services (25%), healthcare (15%), and industrials (13%). Top positions include JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). The fund is nearly 22 years old, giving it a long-term track record for value-style U.S. eq...
The prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands. While Rodriguez kept up a def...
The prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands. While Rodriguez kept up a defiant tone in public, the substance of conversations she had had in private with US officials was not clear. In the aftermath of Maduro’s abduction on Saturday Donald Trump said the US would “run” the South American country of 30 million people. On Sunday he warned Rodriguez to heed US wishes. “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” he told the Atlantic. Rodríguez, 56, had on Saturday pledged fealty to Maduro and condemned his capture as an “atrocity” but the New York Times reported that Trump officials several weeks ago identified the technocrat as a potential successor and business partner partly on the basis of her relationship with Wall Street and oil companies. View image in fullscreen A TV and telephone tower destroyed in the US raid on Caracas on Saturday. Photograph: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, spoke to Rodríguez, who told him “‘we’ll do whatever you need’”, Trump told reporters. “She, I think, was quite gracious, but she really doesn’t have a choice.” In the capital, Caracas, senior government and military figures demanded the return of Maduro but pledged support for Rodriguez as a stand-in leader and called for a return to normality. “I call on the people of Venezuela to resume their activities of all kinds, economic, work and education, in the coming days,” Vladimir Padrino Lopez, the defence minister, said in a televised address. Trump said the US may intervene in other countries. “We do need Greenland, absolutely.” Katie Miller, the wife of Trump’s deputy chief of st...
Key Points The Nasdaq-100 index has been an elite performer over the past 10-plus years. It's concentrated in the biggest megacap tech leaders and innovative companies. It could continue to be a top buy, depending on the longevity of the AI trade. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco QQQ Trust › Tripling your money over the course of a decade sounds ambitious, but it's actually not as tough as it...
Key Points The Nasdaq-100 index has been an elite performer over the past 10-plus years. It's concentrated in the biggest megacap tech leaders and innovative companies. It could continue to be a top buy, depending on the longevity of the AI trade. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco QQQ Trust › Tripling your money over the course of a decade sounds ambitious, but it's actually not as tough as it sounds. It requires an average annual return of 11.6%. Given that the S&P 500 has averaged around a 10% total return per year over the past century, it doesn't seem that far-fetched. Over the past 10 years, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, has delivered an average annual return of just over 20%. Despite steep drawdowns in both 2020 during the COVID pandemic and again in 2022, QQQ has been one of the best-performing large-cap growth exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in existence and remains in high demand today. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » But that's now in the past. Can the Nasdaq-100 triple investors' money again over the next decade? Let's take a look at some of the factors that will determine the answer to that question. The AI revolution There's a lot that goes into this, so let's break it down one by one. It's safe to say that artificial intelligence (AI) is the biggest technological advance since the internet. As it develops, it's likely to infiltrate almost every aspect of our lives from retail to medicine to education and beyond. And we're still in the early innings. There's little question that the long-term growth potential of AI and quantum computing is immense. But the stock market isn't the economy. A lot of that potential is already being priced into stocks, which potentially makes future stock returns more limited. At the center of that is AI spending. Most of the megacap tech companie...
A heavy pall of grief hung over Crans-Montana on Sunday as more than a thousand mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort to remember those killed and injured in a horrific New Year’s Eve fire. A total of 40 people died in the tragic blaze at Le Constellation. The bar’s owners are under criminal investigation. A mass dedicated to the victims was held at a small chapel some 300 metres...
A heavy pall of grief hung over Crans-Montana on Sunday as more than a thousand mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort to remember those killed and injured in a horrific New Year’s Eve fire. A total of 40 people died in the tragic blaze at Le Constellation. The bar’s owners are under criminal investigation. A mass dedicated to the victims was held at a small chapel some 300 metres down the road from the gutted bar, outside which well-wishers have left an abundance of flowers, candles and messages of sympathy. Advertisement Jean-Marie Lovey, the Bishop of Sion in southwest Switzerland , told the packed chapel it was “unbearable for so many families to remain in the darkness of suffering and death”, his voice breaking. “Many of the victims were apprentices, high school students, and university students,” said Pastor Gilles Cavin, representing the Protestant Reformed Church of Switzerland. Advertisement “In the face of the unspeakable, in the face of the brutality of death and suffering, we refuse to look away. We are here to express our compassion, our solidarity.”
The post Best VPN for Accessing Polymarket in the U.S. by AJ Fabino appeared first on Benzinga . Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. If you’re searching for the “best VPN for Polymarket in the U.S.,” it’s important to clear up a major misconception right away. A VPN does not make Polymarket legal for U.S. residents, and using one to bypass geo-restrictions violates Polymarket’s Ter...
The post Best VPN for Accessing Polymarket in the U.S. by AJ Fabino appeared first on Benzinga . Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. If you’re searching for the “best VPN for Polymarket in the U.S.,” it’s important to clear up a major misconception right away. A VPN does not make Polymarket legal for U.S. residents, and using one to bypass geo-restrictions violates Polymarket’s Terms of Use and can result in frozen funds or permanent account closure. That doesn’t mean VPNs have no place in the conversation. It just means the framing matters. Polymarket’s global platform is currently unavailable to U.S. residents, following its post-2022 CFTC settlement. The site actively blocks U.S. IP addresses and explicitly prohibits the use of VPNs, proxies, or other tools to misrepresent a user’s location. Until Polymarket’s separate, fully regulated U.S. product launches via its CFTC-licensed exchange (QCEX), Americans are not permitted to trade on the international interface. So what is a compliant use case? Non-U.S. residents who are physically located in a supported country Travelers who are temporarily abroad in a supported jurisdiction Users who want general privacy and security (Wi-Fi protection, ISP shielding, reduced tracking) — not geo-evasion In those scenarios, a VPN functions as a privacy tool, not a location spoofing workaround. NordVPN NordVPN is consistently ranked as the top overall VPN for traders and prediction-market users who are operating from countries where Polymarket is legally accessible. Its standout advantage is speed. The proprietary NordLynx protocol (built on WireGuard) delivers extremely low latency, which matters when markets move quickly and order execution timing is important. From a privacy standpoint, NordVPN checks all the right boxes. It operates under a strict, independently audited no-logs policy, uses AES-256 encryption, and includes a reliable kill switch to prevent accidental IP leaks if the VPN connection drops mid-se...
“Better than feared.” That’s the three-word verdict from Wedbush’s Dan Ives after Tesla(TSLA) reported its latest lackluster production and delivery numbers. With most leaning bearish, Ives' take wasn’t the reaction investors were expecting. Tesla’s delivery numbers came in behind internal ...
“Better than feared.” That’s the three-word verdict from Wedbush’s Dan Ives after Tesla(TSLA) reported its latest lackluster production and delivery numbers. With most leaning bearish, Ives' take wasn’t the reaction investors were expecting. Tesla’s delivery numbers came in behind internal ...
“Better than feared.” That’s the three-word verdict from Wedbush’s Dan Ives after Tesla(TSLA) reported its latest lackluster production and delivery numbers. With most leaning bearish, Ives' take wasn’t the reaction investors were expecting. Tesla’s delivery numbers came in behind internal targets, but landed close enough to Wall Street’s expectations. Deliveries are under duress following the los...
“Better than feared.” That’s the three-word verdict from Wedbush’s Dan Ives after Tesla(TSLA) reported its latest lackluster production and delivery numbers. With most leaning bearish, Ives' take wasn’t the reaction investors were expecting. Tesla’s delivery numbers came in behind internal targets, but landed close enough to Wall Street’s expectations. Deliveries are under duress following the loss of the critical $7,500 U.S. tax credit, along with ongoing weakness across Europe. Still, the overall report pointed to stability instead of deterioration. However, having covered Tesla for years, this isn’t the same EV-centric company it once was. Ives is echoing the same sentiment, saying investors are judging Tesla on more than just quarterly car deliveries, but also on AI, energy, and autonomy. CEO Elon Musk made that point clear on Tesla’s Q4 2024 earnings call. For these reasons, we could see a new-look Tesla, with multiple AI and autonomy catalysts masking weaknesses in its core EV business. Dan Ives calls Tesla’s Q4 deliveries “better than feared” as AI and energy offset EV pressure.Photo by ALLISON ROBBERT on Getty Images What Tesla’s Q4 numbers say At first glance, Tesla’s Q4 and full-year 2025 production and delivery report was another headline miss. Here’s where the numbers actually stand. Q4 2025 deliveries: 418,227 vehicles , about 1.1% behind Tesla’s company-compiled analyst consensus of 422,850 and nearly 3.4% under Visible Alpha’s 432,810 estimate. Q4 2025 production: 434,358 vehicles , lagging Bloomberg’s cited consensus of 470,780 by about 7.7% . Full-year 2025 deliveries: 1,636,129 vehicles , mostly in line with Tesla’s compiled consensus of 1,640,752 and close to third-party expectations of about 1.65 million . Full-year 2025 production: 1,654,667 vehicles , which means Tesla produced slightly more than it delivered. Energy storage (Q4):14.2 GWh deployed, a record quarter, beating Tesla’s compiled consensus of 13.4 GWh by nearly 6%. Ives sees Tesla on...
Key Points Tether is significantly larger than USDC in terms of market cap and boasts overall greater liquidity. USDC is emerging as a new payment option for U.S.-based consumers, thanks to a partnership with Coinbase. USDC provides greater transparency and a higher level of regulatory scrutiny than Tether. 10 stocks we like better than USDC › Just two stablecoins -- Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) and USDC...
Key Points Tether is significantly larger than USDC in terms of market cap and boasts overall greater liquidity. USDC is emerging as a new payment option for U.S.-based consumers, thanks to a partnership with Coinbase. USDC provides greater transparency and a higher level of regulatory scrutiny than Tether. 10 stocks we like better than USDC › Just two stablecoins -- Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) and USDC (CRYPTO: USDC) -- account for a whopping 90% of the value of the $250 billion stablecoin market. So, for the majority of investors, the question of which stablecoin to pick really comes down to Tether vs. USDC. Since stablecoins are pegged 1-to-1 to the U.S. dollar and are designed to always trade for $1, the choice will be based on factors other than price. Here are three factors to keep in mind. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Market liquidity This is one area where Tether really shines. As the world's largest stablecoin, Tether has unparalleled liquidity. And the easiest way to see that is in daily trading volume. According to the latest stablecoin research from The Motley Fool, more than $100 billion in Tether changes hands every 24 hours. No other stablecoin even comes close. USDC, for example, sees daily transaction volume of only $13 billion. If you're an active crypto trader, moving into and out of positions rapidly, this liquidity matters. And that's especially the case if you are trading on smaller cryptocurrency exchanges, or trading smaller-market-cap cryptocurrencies. There's simply less price slippage. However, if you're a long-term, buy-and-hold investor, this aspect of stablecoins may not matter at all. Over the long haul, the price of the stablecoin will always be $1, so the various fluctuations in price that occur consistently throughout the day will not matter at all. Still, the nod here goes to Tether. Score: Tether 1, USDC 0. Utility A second major fa...
For profitable companies like Apple, the Price to Earnings ratio is a useful way to gauge how much investors are willing to pay today for each dollar of current earnings. In general, faster growth and lower perceived risk justify a higher PE, while slower growth or greater uncertainty should translate into a lower, more conservative multiple. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Apple ...
For profitable companies like Apple, the Price to Earnings ratio is a useful way to gauge how much investors are willing to pay today for each dollar of current earnings. In general, faster growth and lower perceived risk justify a higher PE, while slower growth or greater uncertainty should translate into a lower, more conservative multiple. Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Apple may be overvalued by 21.2%. Discover 875 undervalued stocks or create your own screener to find better value opportunities. When all those future cash flows are discounted back to today, the DCF model arrives at an intrinsic value of roughly $223.60 per share. Compared with the current share price, this implies Apple is about 21.2% overvalued on this metric. This suggests the market is paying a premium to the model’s cash flow based estimate. For Apple, the latest twelve month Free Cash Flow is about $99.9 billion. Analysts and the model expect this to rise steadily, with projected Free Cash Flow of around $184.1 billion by 2030. Near term projections are based on analyst estimates, while later years are extrapolated using Simply Wall St assumptions to create a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity model. A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a company is worth by projecting the cash it can generate in the future, then discounting those cash flows back to today in $ terms. Apple scores just 1/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown . Right now, Apple scores just 1/6 on our valuation checks , suggesting the stock only screens as undervalued on one of six measures. Next, we will unpack the popular valuation approaches investors rely on, and then finish with a more nuanced way to think about what Apple might really be worth. Recent headlines have focused on Apple's ongoing push into AI features across its devices and ecosystem, along with regulatory scrutiny around its App Store practices and broader tech competition. Toget...
Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script And Why It Will Not Matter Authored by Jonathan Turley, It can fairly be said that the most precarious jobs in the world are those of a golf ball collector at a driving range, a mascot at a Chuck E. Cheese, and a Trump Administration lawyer. That was evident at the press conference yesterday as President Donald Trump blew apart the carefully co...
Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script And Why It Will Not Matter Authored by Jonathan Turley, It can fairly be said that the most precarious jobs in the world are those of a golf ball collector at a driving range, a mascot at a Chuck E. Cheese, and a Trump Administration lawyer. That was evident at the press conference yesterday as President Donald Trump blew apart the carefully constructed narrative presented earlier for the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Some of us had written that Trump had a winning legal argument by focusing on the operation as the seizure of two indicted individuals in reliance on past judicial rulings, including the decisions in the case of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and General Dan Caine stayed on script and reinforced this narrative. Both repeatedly noted that this was an operation intended to bring two individuals to justice and that law enforcement personnel were part of the extraction team to place them into legal custody. Rubio was, again, particularly effective in emphasizing that Maduro was not the head of state but a criminal dictator who took control after losing democratic elections. However, while noting the purpose of the capture, President Trump proceeded to declare that the United States would engage in nation-building to achieve lasting regime change. He stated that they would be running Venezuela to ensure a friendly government and the repayment of seized U.S. property dating back to the government of Hugo Chávez. This city is full of self-proclaimed Trump whisperers who rarely score above random selection in their predictions. However, there are certain pronounced elements in Trump’s approach to such matters. First, he is the most transparent president in my lifetime with prolonged (at times excruciatingly long) press conferences and a brutal frankness about his motivations. Second, he is unabashedly and undeniably tran...
Key Points SCHD charges a much lower expense ratio and pays a higher dividend yield than NOBL. SCHD has outperformed NOBL in terms of total returns over the past five and ten years, though both saw similar drawdowns. SCHD holds more stocks and leans more into energy and healthcare, while NOBL emphasizes industrials and consumer defensive companies. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of milli...
Key Points SCHD charges a much lower expense ratio and pays a higher dividend yield than NOBL. SCHD has outperformed NOBL in terms of total returns over the past five and ten years, though both saw similar drawdowns. SCHD holds more stocks and leans more into energy and healthcare, while NOBL emphasizes industrials and consumer defensive companies. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Want regular and bankable dividends without having to analyze and invest in stocks? Consider ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NYSEMKT:NOBL) and Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHD). Both these exchange-traded funds target dividend-focused U.S. stocks, offering investors an easy way to gain exposure to dividend stocks. However, the methodologies and holdings of these two ETFs create noticeable differences. These two ETFs differ the most in terms of cost, yield, and sector approach, with SCHD offering lower fees and a higher dividend payout. NOBL tilts more toward industrials but offers exposure to top dividend growth stocks. Investors comparing these ETFs may want to weigh recent returns, risk profiles, and sector exposures, as well as headline metrics such as cost and yield before deciding which one to buy. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric NOBL SCHD Issuer ProShares Schwab Expense ratio 0.35% 0.06% 1-yr total return (as of Dec. 31, 2025) 6.8% 4.3% Dividend yield 2.2% 3.8% AUM $11.3 billion $72.5 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year weekly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. SCHD is more affordable with a 0.06% expense ratio compared to NOBL’s 0.35%, and it currently pays out a notably higher dividend yield, which may appeal to income-oriented investors. Performance & risk comparison Metric NOBL SCHD Max drawdown (5 y) (17.91%) (16.82%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $1,308 $1,298 What's inside the ETF portfolios The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ET...
SCHB owns the whole market, while VTV focuses on value bargains. The key difference between Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB +0.30%) and Vanguard Value ETF (VTV +0.95%) is that SCHB offers broader market coverage, while VTV provides a higher income stream. Both funds aim to deliver low-cost, diversified U.S. equity exposure, but their approaches diverge. SCHB tracks the entire U.S. stock market,...
SCHB owns the whole market, while VTV focuses on value bargains. The key difference between Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB +0.30%) and Vanguard Value ETF (VTV +0.95%) is that SCHB offers broader market coverage, while VTV provides a higher income stream. Both funds aim to deliver low-cost, diversified U.S. equity exposure, but their approaches diverge. SCHB tracks the entire U.S. stock market, resulting in heavy technology exposure, while VTV targets large-cap value stocks, emphasizing financials, healthcare, and industrials. Here’s how they stack up for investors comparing broad-market breadth to value-style focus. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric SCHB VTV Issuer Schwab Vanguard Expense ratio 0.03% 0.04% 1-yr return (as of Dec. 12, 2025) 11.9% 10.2% Dividend yield 1.1% 2.0% Beta 1.04 0.76 AUM $38.0 billion $215.5 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year weekly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. SCHB is slightly more affordable on fees, but VTV’s yield is about 0.9 percentage points higher, which may appeal to income-focused investors willing to pay a marginally higher expense ratio for a bigger payout. Performance & risk comparison Metric SCHB VTV Max drawdown (5 y) (25.36%) (17.04%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $1,779 $1,646 What's inside Vanguard Value ETF (VTV +0.95%) holds around 315 stocks, tracking large-cap value names with a tilt toward financial services (25%), healthcare (15%), and industrials (13%). Top positions include JPMorgan Chase (JPM +1.01%), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ +0.19%). The fund is nearly 22 years old, giving it a long-term track record for value-style U.S. equity exposure. By contrast, Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB +0.30%) leans into technology (34%), financial services (14%), and consumer cyclicals (11%), with Nvidia (NVDA +1.14%), Apple (AAPL 0.40%), and Microsoft (MSFT 2.28%) among its largest hol...