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Jake Lerch, The Motley Fool January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM Key Points GLDM offers a much lower expense ratio than GLD, making it a more cost-effective choice for gold exposure Both ETFs posted near-identical one-year returns and five-year drawdowns, tracking gold bullion closely GLD commands far higher assets under management and remains the largest…

In 2022, when the markets last crashed, the S&P 500 had an awful January. More than a week into 2026, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.06%) is off to a positive start to the year. At this writing, it was up just under 2% to begin the year, potentially paving the way for a strong…

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One of Wall Street’s most time-tested predictive indicators offers a stark warning for investors. For more than a century, no asset class has come close to rivaling the average annual return of stocks. Though stocks are known for their occasional wild swings, Wall Street has been the superior wealth creator when compared to bonds, commodities,…

Billionaire investor George Soros has opened hundreds of millions of dollars in new positions in mega-cap stocks, including Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN). A new 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows Soros Fund Management bought more than 1.843 million shares of Amazon worth $404.808 million in Q3 of 2025. [adinserter block=”1″] The…

Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already…

This article was written by 2.83K Followers Follow Rick is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author with over 20 years of experience trading stocks and options. The most authoritative publications, including Good Morning America, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, MSN, Business Insider, NBC, FOX, CBS, and ABC News, cover his work. His passion is business, and…

The Magnificent Seven stocks now represent 35% to 40% of the S&P 500, creating historically high concentration risk. SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MDYG) offers a middle path, delivering growth exposure while sidestepping mega-cap tech dominance. Built for Diversified Growth Exposure MDYG takes a fundamentally different approach to growth investing than tech-heavy indexes.…

Drone makers Aerovironment (AVAV) and Kratos Defense (KTOS) certainly seem to have very bright futures ahead of them, as both have landed major deals from the Pentagon in the last year, both firms have integrated advanced technologies into their products, and drones have become a major part of warfare. Moreover, geopolitical tensions are generally high…

Choosing your first trading platform can be quite overwhelming. There are hundreds of options, and most of them can feel similar …