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Adria Cimino, The Motley Fool January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM Key Points The Nasdaq has climbed in recent years thanks to excitement about game-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Investors have wanted to get in on potential winners earlier to maximize their gains once these technologies are fully developed and…

There’s a time-honored tradition of U.S. presidents, whose electoral fortunes tend to rise or fall with the state of the economy, grumbling about chairmen of the Federal Reserve Board. Famously, Paul Volcker, who as Fed chair dramatically raised interest rates in the early 1980s to combat inflation rates considerably higher than those that helped doom…

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Why Financial Advisors Quietly Come to Me to Learn Options For as long as I’ve been coming to you live with Masters in Trading, there’s one thing most people constantly get wrong about me. Most people …

Vanguard Mega Cap Value (MGV) returned 18% over the past year with a 2.02% yield and 0.07% expense ratio. MGV’s 85% five-year gain trails Vanguard Growth ETF’s 97% return due to limited 11% technology exposure. JPMorgan Chase leads MGV holdings at 4.74% and raised its dividend 23.4% last year. A recent study identified one single…

Martin Dasko January 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM Nati Harnik/AP/Shutterstock / Nati Harnik/AP/Shutterstock After running Berkshire Hathaway for over 60 years, Warren Buffett will retire at age 95. But he’s not sailing into the sunset without making one last impressive investment. What makes his company’s most recent acquisition notable is its departure from their other…

Adam Palasciano January 17, 2026 at 7:35 AM Some retirees may continue working well into their 60s, either by choice or necessity. If you want to retire comfortably, understanding how work income interacts with Social Security benefits is critical. In 2026, updated earnings limits and benefit calculations may affect how much you receive, at least…

TLDR: Table of Contents Bitcoin ETF holdings have moved sideways since early 2025, signaling stagnation rather than renewed institutional accumulation.  Recent ETF inflows are tactical and short-lived, failing to provide the persistent marginal demand needed to absorb supply.  Weak ETF demand risks clogging OTC desks, increasing the probability of Bitcoin supply hitting open markets.  Crypto…

Portfolio breadth, sector focus, and dividend yield set these small-cap ETFs apart for investors weighing diversification against simplicity. Both the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (ISCB 0.16%) and the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SPSM 0.30%) aim to give investors access to U.S. small-cap stocks, but they differ in portfolio breadth, costs,…

Beginning in January 2026, Social Security benefits for more than 70 million Americans will increase by 2.8%, thanks to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announced in October by the Social Security Administration (SSA). On average, the COLA should push Social Security retirement benefits up by about $56 a month, the SSA said in a press release.…