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Transferring a retirement account between custodians is one of those mundane logistical tasks that triggers outsized emotional reactions. A caller named D recently phoned in to Talking Real Money with exactly that anxiety, telling host Tom Henske that “recently there was a big up day in the market and I had put in a ACAT ... Transferring Retirement Accounts: Why Timing Your Move to Fidelity or Schwab Won’t Beat the Market

Transferring a retirement account between custodians is one of those mundane logistical tasks that triggers outsized emotional reactions. A caller named D recently phoned in to Talking Real Money with exactly that anxiety, telling host Tom Henske that “recently there was a big up day in the market and I had put in a ACAT ... Transferring Retirement Accounts: Why Timing Your Move to Fidelity or Schwab Won’t Beat the Market

A 58-year-old engineer in Palo Alto, married filing jointly, earns $750,000 a year, has already stuffed $4 million into 401(k)s and IRAs, and parks another $1.2 million in a brokerage account that holds a single S&P 500 fund. The 401(k) is maxed. The mega backdoor Roth is maxed. The next tax dollar saved has to ... The $40,000 Tax Move That Comes After Your 401(k) Hits Its Limit

Historian and investor Joseph Moore has a way of reframing market history that makes long-time investors blink. On a recent Motley Fool Money appearance discussing his book How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (and Didn’t), Moore drew a line through American equity returns at an unlikely cultural ... Historian: Dividends Were 90% of Returns Until Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Then Everything Changed

Ben Carlson, portfolio manager at Ritholtz Wealth Management and the voice behind A Wealth of Common Sense, dropped a line on Morningstar’s The Long View podcast that I keep coming back to. Co-host Jeff Ptak summarized Carlson’s thinking as “it’s not the latte, it’s the Lexus,” and Carlson agreed, adding “and it’s the house too.” ... Ben Carlson Says Skip the Luxury Car and House Hunt Smart. That’s Real Inflation Protection.

Two unconventional ETFs promise to monetize information edges that traditional fund managers ignore. The Unusual Whales Subversive Democratic Trading ETF (NASDAQ:NANC) mirrors stocks disclosed by Democratic members of Congress under the STOCK Act, while the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (NYSEARCA:BUZZ) uses natural language processing to score social media chatter around large-cap US stocks. Both test ... NANC Traders Beat the Crowd by 33 Points and the Difference Keeps Growing

On the May 4 episode of How to Money, co-host Joel Larsgaard described setting up a Roth IRA for his daughter at Fidelity. He received a call from the brokerage flagging that most of the account was sitting in cash. His takeaway, delivered on air: “I know a lot of people, they think they’re investing, ... Just Because Money’s in Your Roth IRA Doesn’t Mean You’re Investing It

The most uncomfortable fact in professional money management arrived courtesy of S&P Dow Jones Indices: 90% of active fund managers underperformed the S&P 500 over the last 15 years. These are people paid handsomely to beat a benchmark, and the overwhelming majority cannot. On a recent episode of the Money Guy Show titled Everyday Investors ... Why 90% of Professional Fund Managers Lose to the S&P 500. Here’s the One Strategy That Works

A 54-year-old caller from Canada phoned into Ramsey Everyday Millionaires with a problem most people would consider terminal: no retirement savings, no house, and a net monthly income of $5,600. The host’s response was the kind of thing that makes a caller say “Wow” out loud. “If you save 15% of your gross annually into ... I’m 54 with no retirement savings: a financial advisor says I can still become a millionaire by 67

Investors have spent the past year glued to every Federal Reserve press conference and Treasury auction. The 10-year Treasury yield sits at 4.46% as of May 13, 2026, up 0.16% from a month ago, and the federal funds rate has held at 3.75% since December 11, 2025 after three 0.25% cuts in the fall. Andrew ... Stop Obsessing Over Interest Rates. Focus on These 3 Moves Instead

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -1.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.54%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.26%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

One result of the massive monetary expansion was an upsurge in inflation, to a peak of over 9% in 2022—which the Fed infamously termed “transitory.”

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.91%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

With the S&P 500 yielding under 2% and money-market rates drifting lower as the Fed signals easing, income investors are hunting for higher-yielding alternatives with room for capital appreciation. Stocks under $30 can offer that combination, especially when they pair attractive payouts with analyst support. The key is finding names where the yield is funded ... The S&P 500 Barely Yields 2%. These 3 Dividend Stocks Under $30 Are Doing Much Better Than That

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors warned on the Thoughtful Money podcast that the S&P 500 has stretched so far above its key moving averages that a mean-reversion move could be a higher-probability scenario heading into the summer. “The big risk here is right now… we’ve got this massive deviation that’s going on kind of in ... Prediction. The S&P 500 Is So Far Above Its Moving Averages That a 10% Correction This Summer Is Not Out of the Question

A woman is 50, has $300,000 in her 401(k), and wants to renovate her kitchen. Her plan looks tidy on paper: borrow $50,000 from the plan, pay it back over five years at 7% via payroll deduction, and pay the interest back to herself. No bank, no credit check, no problem. I would tell her ... Why I Would Tell a 50-Year-Old to Skip the $50,000 401(k) Loan and the $100,000 It Would Quietly Cost Her

The markets had been awaiting confirmation that China intends to purchase more oil from the United States, Alaska in particular.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -1.17%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.96%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.64%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.07%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.9% and the actively tr

CF Industries gains from tight global fertilizer supplies and low U.S. gas prices, while Norwegian Cruise Line faces higher fuel costs and weak demand.

Wall Street braces for what could be the largest stock market debut in history, but the most cited academic on US IPO performance is warning buyers to sit on their hands. SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its planned offering, and Reuters this morning lined the deal up against three ... The Professor Who Tracks Every US IPO Just Issued a Warning on SpaceX: “Most of the Time, Things Don’t Go According to Plan.”

Overbought warnings come ahead of a massive tech and retail earnings lineup.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.75%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.73%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.78%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

We discuss the economic read-through and the earnings outlook for the Tech, Energy, and Retail sectors.

For a decade, owning anything outside the S&P 500 felt like paying tuition to learn a lesson you already knew. International developed equities lagged, the dollar marched higher, and every diversification pitch sounded like an apology. That trade has flipped. Over the past year, Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA) returned 34% against the S&P ... International Stocks Keep Crushing the S&P. This Cheap ETF Is How You Get In

We appear to be looking at an excellent entry point for long-term investors.

The Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE:DRAM) launched on April 2, 2026 as the first U.S.-listed fund built entirely around memory chip makers, and it has already returned 85% since inception. For a retiree screening DRAM as an inflation hedge or AI-themed growth sleeve, that headline number is the wrong place to start. DRAM is a concentrated, ... DRAM ETF’s 85% Surge Masks a Dangerous Bet: Why This Memory Play Doesn’t Belong in Retirement Portfolios

As the CPU-spurred rally calms down, investors could flock back to stocks powering the future of AI.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.44%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.49%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.60%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.40%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad