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US margin debt has surged to a record $1.4 trillion in May 2026, raising alarm bells among Wall Street analysts and market watchers. Data from FINRA shows that figure represents a stunning 54% jump compared to the same period last year, reflecting aggressive risk-taking by retail and institutional investors alike. Investors added roughly half a…
At 67 with a $140,000 pension, one retiree is asking a question that affects millions of married couples approaching retirement age. The central question is whether delaying Social Security until age 70 meaningfully increases the benefit a surviving spouse would receive after one partner dies. For many financial planners, the answer depends almost entirely on…
SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) shares have dropped sharply this month, even as Wall Street analysts grow more confident in the company’s long-term earnings power. The stock slumped 16% to $1,915 in July through Friday, then closed Monday’s session down an additional 12.63%, extending losses further in after-hours trading. Despite the steep decline, SNDK is still up…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) closed Monday’s trading session at $67.58, a sharp decline of 7.83% from the previous day’s close. The drop far outpaced the broader market, with the S&P 500 falling just 0.79% during the same session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.26% on the day, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 1.55%, both modest…
Boeing (BA) has stabilized its most important production line, but the real challenge for investors lies in a single production number that will determine the company’s financial future. For shareholders who have watched Boeing underperform the broader market over the past year, the path forward appears straightforward: convert a massive backlog into meaningful cash flow….
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to its lowest level in more than 40 years, standing at 340.3 million barrels as of June 12. That marks the most depleted the reserve has been since the summer of 1983, when the nearly 50-year-old SPR was still being filled for the first time. The Trump administration…
Active stock picking remains one of the most persistently debated topics in investing, with millions of individuals and professionals continuing to try their luck against the broader market. The central tension is well established: most active fund managers fail to beat their benchmark index over the long term, yet the practice remains deeply embedded in…
AI-related corporate debt has exploded at a pace that is fundamentally reshaping how investors think about the technology sector’s financial risk profile. Hyperscaler bond issuance jumped from $20 billion to $109 billion in 2025, and gross issuance in the first four and a half months of 2026 has already exceeded all of last year, reaching…
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) shares dropped 5% to $138.58 in early Monday trading, marking a fresh record low that falls below the stock’s $150 debut price and well off its $225 peak reached on June 16. The decline extends a brutal stretch for the stock, which had already shed 10% over the prior week amid mounting…
IonQ (IONQ) is building its commercialization case around a clearly defined technical roadmap anchored by a 256-qubit system target for the fourth quarter of 2026. During the first quarter, the company received the first tape-out of its chip-based 256-qubit design, which is now moving through foundry fabrication. IonQ also announced the presale of its first…