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Caterpillar's Dividend Has Grown for 32 Consecutive Years. Its Dividend Yield Is Now Down to 0.75%.

Key PointsCaterpillar's stock has risen more than 110% in the past year.Despite raising its dividend for 32 consecutive years, Caterpillar's yield is at an all-time low.10 stocks w

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Meet the 9 Vanguard ETFs That Are Buying SpaceX Stock in Droves. Here's My Top Pick of the Bunch.

Key PointsLow-cost ETFs offer varying degrees of exposure to SpaceX stock.SpaceX is notably absent from the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF because it has not yet been added to the index.Inve

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Nvidia Is Up Just 11% This Year. Here Is What History Says Happens Next.

Key PointsNvidia stock is up 11% year to date, barely beating the benchmarks. It is trading at its lowest valuation in at least five years. Here's why history says it is a buy righ

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Ark Invest's Cathie Wood Just Sold AMD Stock and Bought SpaceX. Why I'd Be Doing the Opposite.

Key PointsSpaceX trades at an extreme valuation and looks overhyped.AMD has real catalysts ahead. 10 stocks we like better than Space Exploration Technologies ›(function(){var m=do

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How Your Social Security Benefit Changes Each Year You Wait Past 62

Key PointsClaiming Social Security at 62 can reduce your benefits by up to 30%.Waiting longer to claim will grow your monthly benefit until you qualify for your largest checks at 7

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Want Passive Income for Retirement? Here's 1 ETF Worth Looking At.

Key PointsYou should expect to need income outside of your Social Security check in retirement.The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF invests in companies that pay above-average divi

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Better IPO Stock: Anthropic vs. OpenAI

Key PointsAnthropic's traction with enterprise customers has given it an edge over OpenAI.Rampant growth in recent months is accelerating Anthropic's profitability timeline.Anthrop

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Why Braze Stock Was Sliding This Week

Key PointsLarge tech companies are planning to spend vast sums on AI infrastructure.One of the largest revealed that its 2027 capex will be substantially higher, chiefly for this r

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Will SpaceX Land on the Moon Before 2030? Here's What Betting Markets Are Predicting Post-IPO.

Key PointsSpaceX claims that it will begin flights to the moon by 2028.Betting markets can give investors an idea of what the future may hold.10 stocks we like better than Space Ex

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Oracle Wins Near $7 Billion US Defense Department Contract, Oracle Shares Rise Over 3% Pre-Market

TradingKey - On July 23 ET, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it has signed an enterprise software agreement with Oracle Corporation (ORCL) valued at up to nearly $7 billion, with a base t

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Top Vanguard ETF Crushing S&P 500 Returns So Far in 2026

Key PointsThe market rotation that began earlier this year has led to outperformance across several non-tech sectors.Thanks to strong performance from energy, industrials, and valu

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Meet the Trillion-Dollar Company Retail Investors Have Spent More Money Buying Than Any Other Stock in July

Key PointsRetail investors are becoming a force on Wall Street, with one analysis finding that everyday investors accounted for a quarter of total equities trading volume in 2021.I

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Better Crypto Buy Right Now: XRP vs. Cardano (ADA)

Key PointsXRP is being developed for the purpose of attracting capital and financial institutions to its chain.Cardano is planning on increasing its throughput capacity. Only one o

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Chipotle Is Down 39% From Its 52-Week High. Should You Buy Before July 29?

Key PointsRising costs and a slowdown in consumer discretionary spending have weighed on Chipotle's revenue growth. Analysts expect it to report that revenue growth accelerated sli

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2 Vanguard Index Funds Are Crushing the S&P 500 This Year

Key PointsYear to date, the Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF and the Vanguard Information Technology ETF have more than doubled the S&P 500’s return.The Vanguard U.S. Momentum Fac

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U.S. Investors Are Doing Something They've Never Done Before, and It Could Lead to a Major Meltdown in the Markets

Key PointsGrowth in this investor behavior has historically been a warning sign of a market peak.Although market volatility has been low, a sudden increase is now a much bigger ris

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3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now for a Lifetime of Rising Passive Income

Key PointsEnergy Transfer's midstream toll booth model oozes cash flow.Chevron's a proven winner with exciting growth prospects following its acquisition of Hess.ExxonMobil is the

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Tesla (TSLA) Fell 14% After Q2 - Margins Dropped, FCF Negative, Cybercab Under $30K

TradingKey - Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) saw its shares drop 14.41% on July 23 as second quarter 2026 financials came out showing a 39% earnings per share shortfall, a decline in automotive gross margins in

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Why Is Alphabet (GOOGL) Still Falling After a Record Q2 Beat?

TradingKey - Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) closed Thursday at $319.88 on July 24, a drop from Wednesday's opening price of $374.00. Alphabet shares have fallen two days in a row, though Alphabet

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Some Investors Believe SK Hynix Could Be the Next Big AI Stock. History Says It's Not Time to Buy Shares Just Yet.

Key PointsIn the first quarter, SK Hynix's sales rose 198%, and its earnings jumped 398%.Its shares are cheaper on a price-to-earnings basis than the average tech stock.SK Hynix's

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Is Marvell Technology the New Nvidia?

Key PointsMarvell and Nvidia are in related but different industries. A better comparison for Marvell would be Broadcom. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia ›(function(){var m=doc

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Want to Be a Millionaire? Buy These 3 Stocks and Hold for 20 Years

Key PointsGE Vernova's technologies are powering the AI revolution.NextEra Energy is a utilities giant that will soon be even bigger.Brookfield Infrastructure offers income, divers

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SpaceX Stock Keeps Dropping. Here's Why I'm Still Waiting on the Sidelines

Key PointsSpaceX is trading about $100 per share below its peak of $225 as of July 22. The company's market cap is still around $1.6 trillion, roughly 85 times revenue.10 stocks we

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The Probability of a July Fed Rate Hike Has Tripled Over the Last Week -- Here's Why

Key PointsAs of July 22, there's a nearly 35% chance that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will raise interest rates at its July 28-29 meeting. Three catalysts appear to be

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Nvidia Signs $1.5 Billion Packaging Agreement With Amkor, Latter Up Over 9% Pre-Market

TradingKey - On July 23, Eastern Time, Nvidia ( NVDA) and semiconductor packaging and testing provider Amkor Technology ( AMKR) signed a multi-year packaging services agreement valued at approximately

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Palantir Is Down 25%. Here's Why I'm Buying More.

Key PointsPalantir stock is down for now, but the company is still growing at an impressive pace.Its unique platforms provide insights that its competitors can't match.The valuatio

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Micron Stock Price Forecast: Rebound Over 20% After Being Oversold, Can It Return to All-Time Highs in the Second Half?

TradingKey - Persistent high capital expenditure from Google and Tesla boosts Micron's stock rebound, with a potential return to historical peaks in the second half of 2026.On July 23, Eastern Time, M

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This AI Stock Needs to Cool Off After Gaining More Than 200% Year to Date

Key PointsUltra Cleaning Holdings provides vital tools and services for the AI chip manufacturing process, and works with foundry equipment makers Applied Materials and Lam Researc

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Social Security Benefits Are Losing Buying Power. Here's Why Lawmakers Aren't Fixing the Problem.

Key PointsData shows Social Security benefits have lost significant buying power over the past decade.Flaws in the COLA calculation are largely to blame.Changing that formula could

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Prediction: SpaceX Will Underperform Planet Labs This Year

Key PointsSince Space Exploration Technologies' IPO day, it has declined less than Planet Labs.SpaceX's price-to-sales ratio leaves no room for error.10 stocks we like better than

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