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6 days ago
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For many Americans, paying off the mortgage is the ultimate financial finish line. After decades of monthly payments, the house is finally yours — free and clear.
But the FBI is warning that this hard-earned milestone could also attract the wrong kind of attention.
Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 — 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being one
A record 45% of central banks plan to grow gold reserves — and many investors are following suit. Get your free gold IRA guide from Priority Gold

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12 days ago
Shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) rose over 7% this past week after an ******* yst report highlighted the chipmaker's enormous artificial intelligence (AI)-driven growth potential.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
The AI boom is creating a massive need for the semiconductor chips that power high-performance computing infrastructure. Many investors are aware of this trend. But they may be overlooking the shift toward central processor units (CPUs), as compute needs transition from graphics processing unit (GPU)-based model training to agentic AI workloads.
Global Equities Research ******* yst Trip Chowdhry believes this shift will help Intel's annual earnings per share grow more than tenfold to $20 by 2031. For context, Wall Street's consensus estimates call for Intel's EPS to increase to $1.51 in 2026 and $2.04 in 2027, as per Yahoo! Finance.
In turn, Chowdhry sees Intel's stock price more than doubling to $200 per share.

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13 days ago
Google's Arkansas data-center buildout is providing a rare look at the price of AI electricity. Documents reported on September 1 show Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) agreeing to pay $526 million toward the Cypress Solar project and another $190 million for transmission upgrades. Those commitments benefit Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR), the regulated utility responsible for turning Google's computing ambitions into reliable power. The arrangements also reveal why electricity, not chips, may become the next constraint on AI growth.
Photo from Entergy website
Cypress is expected to pair 600 megawatts of solar generation with 350 megawatts of battery storage and cost about $1.6 billion. For Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR), a large customer helping fund generation and grid work can expand its rate base while reducing the burden on existing customers. The bull case is that data centers create years of visible load growth, supporting capital investment and earnings without forcing the utility to speculate on which AI model wins.
The bear case sits inside that same promise: huge projects can face construction delays, cost overruns, regulatory scrutiny, and uncertainty over how much demand ultimately materializes. Utilities must build for peak reliability, not optimistic averages. If Google's consumption projections prove too high or technology becomes more efficient, Entergy could be left defending expensive infrastructure. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), meanwhile, is absorbing a major power bill before the ***** ociated AI revenue is guaranteed.
Alphabet's advantage is that it can spread infrastructure costs across search, cloud, advertising, and internal AI products. Google Cloud's rapid growth suggests demand is real, and direct participation in power projects may secure capacity rivals cannot easily obtain. Yet the commitment also makes the economics of AI more capital intensive. Every dollar devoted to generation and transmission raises the hurdle for returns, while electricity contracts can lock a hyperscaler into long-lived obligations.

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13 days ago
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Growing credit card balances are a reality for many Americans in 2026.
Since the second quarter of 2025, U.S. credit card balances have increased from $1.21 trillion to $1.26 trillion, according to the New York Fed's Household Debt and Credit Report. Experian data shows average consumer credit card balances are also up slightly, from $6,618 in 2025 to $6,659 today.
But debt doesn't look the same for everyone.
In many ways, today's credit card debt story mirrors the divide **** ociated with the K-shaped economy: Higher-income consumers are more willing to carry a balance to fund their goals, while lower-income consumers may be accumulating debt out of necessity or unable to access credit at all.

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18 days ago
When investors want to play the AI power boom, the first names that come to mind are hot stocks in emerging energy technologies, such as advanced fuel cell maker Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and small modular reactor developer Oklo (NYSE:OKLO). Bloom has major AI partnerships with Oracle and Brookfield, while Oklo has deals with Meta Platforms and Switch.
One company almost no one is talking about is the high-yielding clean-power producer Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN). That's a mistake. Its parent (Clearway Energy Group) quietly signed a nearly 1.2-gigawatt (GW) deal to build renewable power for Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), and it's getting paid much more for the power produced at some of its legacy ***** ets because the new power buyer is a hyperscaler with voracious energy needs.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
That's only the beginning. AI power is one of the catalysts that make Clearway among the top renewable energy stocks to buy.
Image source: Getty Images.

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25 days ago
T. Rowe Price, the Baltimore **** et manager with about $1.9 trillion under management, agreed late Thursday to acquire F/m Investments for an undisclosed sum, adding a fast-growing fixed-income ETF specialist to its lineup.

F/m manages about $19 billion in total, with more than $10 billion of it in 20 ETFs and the rest in separately managed accounts. Modest as that is next to T. Rowe's total AUM, it would more than double the **** ets T. Rowe holds in its own fixed-income ETFs, a corner of the market where the firm has been a minor player despite its size.

T. Rowe currently has 10 U.S.-listed fixed income ETFs with $6.5 billion in them. Across all categories, it has 34 ETFs with almost $33 billion in AUM.
F/m pioneered single-bond ETFs, funds that continuously hold a single Treasury tenor, such as the latest on-the-run 10-year note, giving investors more precise control over their exposure than a fund like the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF), which holds a range of maturities.

Its flagship is the F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF (TBIL), which at $7.2 billion accounts for more than 70% of F/m's ETF **** ets and charges 0.15% a year.

Since launching its initial suite of single-bond funds, F/m has kept innovating. It created an ultrashort take on inflation-protected bonds, the F/m Ultrashort Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ETF (RBIL).

It also designed the F/m Compoundr U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (CPAG), which rotates among broad bond ETFs to sidestep distributions, and therefore taxes, giving investors a way to hold bonds as a diversifier without generating yield.

The firm was also the first to launch a dual-share-class ETF and has filed a first-of-its-kind application for tokenized ETF shares.
For T. Rowe, the acquisition of F/m brings in a focused, methodical issuer whose products are clearly resonating with investors. The firm manages roughly $1.9 trillion in total, but ranks just 29th among US ETF providers.

Buying F/m brings instant scale in fixed-income ETFs and a team with a record of building products investors want, at a moment when T. Rowe's leadership has made growing the ETF business a priority.

The deal is the second acquisition of an ETF manager announced this month. Last week, Goldman Sachs agreed to buy NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion, months after closing its roughly $2 billion purchase of Innovator Capital in April.

Together the deals are a part of a wave of consolidation taking place across the $16.3 trillion U.S. ETF industry, as large **** et managers buy their way into the fast growing industry. The T. Rowe transaction is expected to close in early 2027.
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27 days ago
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Silver (SI=F) September futures opened at $68.20 per ounce on Friday, August 21, 2026, up 0.1% from Thursday's closing price. The silver price moved higher this morning, reaching $69.49 as of 9 a.m. ET.
The opening silver price was up nearly 5% since last week as traders reacted to a record high in U.S. debt and the Treasury's unexpected announcement to increase long-term bond repurchases. The news contributed to a decline in the U.S. dollar. A weaker dollar supports higher silver prices by lowering the cost for foreign buyers.
Silver, like gold, can function as a safe-haven ****** et for investors, but its supply and demand dynamics differ. Most silver is mined as a byproduct of other metals, so producers don't necessarily change their output to fit demand. And silver demand has investment and industrial components. Those complexities can make silver more volatile and difficult to predict than gold.
The opening price of silver futures on Friday, August 21, 2026, was 0.1% higher compared to Thursday's closing price. Here's how today's opening silver price has changed versus last week, month, and year:

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27 days ago
September Nymex natural gas (NGU26) on Wednesday closed up +0.038 (+1.37%).
Nat-gas prices rallied to a 4-week high on Wednesday and settled higher. The shift in US weather forecasts to show intensely hot temperatures covering the US South and West through the end of this month propelled nat-gas prices higher on Wednesday. The Commodity Weather Group said on Wednesday that forecasts shifted to hotter, with above-average temperatures expected across the western and southern US through September 2, potentially boosting nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air conditioning use.
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28 days ago
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Anthropic's revolving credit facility is expected to exceed its roughly $10 billion target, ‌Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, as the ‌AI lab prepares for what could be one of the biggest public listings on record.
Banks are jockeying for a piece of the expanded credit line, hoping the involvement will strengthen their case for a role ‌in the IPO, ⁠Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Anthropic has asked the banks most ⁠active in arranging the credit facility to commit about $1.25 billion each, with a second tier of active lenders encouraged to offer around $1 billion, Bloomberg said. Commitments for ‌less active roles would fall to about $750 million or less.
The talks are ongoing and Anthropic could decide to limit the size of the revolver to the target or even below, according to Bloomberg.
Anthropic, ‌which confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering in June, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request ‌for comment.

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1 month ago
Gator Capital Management, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the Q2 2026 investor letter from Gator Capital Management, the firm reported strong absolute performance across its funds, demonstrating notable outperformance relative to the Financials sector, even though it slightly lagged the broader market. The funds' investments in small and mid-cap Financials continued to outperform the largest banks and insurance companies during this quarter. Gator Financial Partners, LLC achieved a return of 14.82%, Gator Offshore Partners, Ltd returned 14.58%, and Gator Qualified Partners, LLC saw a gain of 13.98%. In comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index gained 15.20%, and the S&P 1500 Financials Index returned 9.36%. The letter also highlights an investment thesis regarding Navient Corporation, emphasizing that, despite being viewed as a declining servicer of legacy student loans, Navient is well-positioned for future growth. Please review the Funds' top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Gator Capital Management highlighted Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI). The firm shared its investment thesis on Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI), a US-based technology-enabled education finance for education company. On August 4, 2026, Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI) closed at $9.36 per share, reflecting a market capitalization of $879.74 million. Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI) posted a one-month return of 15.84%, while its shares lost 24.82% over the past 52 weeks.
Gator Capital Management stated the following regarding Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"Navient Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVI) trades at roughly 40% of tangible book value as investors continue to view it as a runoff portfolio of legacy student loans, in other words, a melting ice cube. We believe that Navient is becoming a growth lender again, and investor perception will shift in time. The private student lending market is entering its first meaningful expansion in more than fifteen years, an activist investor has completed a major restructuring of the company, and early evidence suggests Navient's loan portfolio may be returning to growth for the first time in years.
To understand the opportunity in Navient's stock, we believe it is important to understand some of the dynamics and history of the student lending industry. Since there are only three publicly traded companies focused on the student lending industry and their combined market cap is only $10 billion, the vast majority of investors are not knowledgeable on the subject…" (Click here to read the full text)

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1 month ago
Our **** ysts just identified a stock with the potential to be the next Nvidia. Tell us how you invest and we'll show you why it's our #1 pick. Tap here.
Management outperformed Q2 expectations on revenue and EBITDA by executing a massive rearchitecting of the company into an AI-first organization with a leaner cost structure.
The company is shifting its core mission from academic support to a comprehensive 'employability' platform, aiming to own the transition from learning to earning for 20 million students.
Performance was bolstered by strong monthly retention in Chegg Study and the expansion of distribution partnerships that are expected to scale in the second half of the year.
The strategic pivot responds to a 'Jeff Bezos question' approach, identifying that while technology changes, the student's ultimate goal of securing a better job remains constant.

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1 month ago
Saint Paul, Minnesota-based 3M Company (MMM) is a diversified global technology and manufacturing company that develops products for industrial, healthcare, consumer, transportation, electronics, and safety markets. With operations in more than 70 countries and products sold in nearly every corner of the world, 3M is known for combining materials science, engineering, and innovation to create solutions used by businesses and consumers alike. It is currently valued at $90.9 billion by market cap.
Shares of this conglomerate giant have outperformed the broader market over the past year. MMM has gained 22.7% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 21.8%. However, the stock has slightly trailed the benchmark this year, rising 10.7% YTD versus the SPX's 11% gain.
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1 month ago
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If you're looking to supercharge your savings, a high-yield savings account can provide a competitive interest rate to help your balance grow faster.
However, not all banks offer high savings account rates, which is why it's important to shop around and find the most competitive savings interest rates available.
Read on to learn more about where to find the best savings interest rates today.
The average interest rate on a traditional savings account is only 0.38%, according to the FDIC. However, today's best high-yield savings accounts pay around 3%-4%.

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2 months ago
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The Federal Reserve's new, less predictable approach to monetary policy kept Wall Street guessing until Wednesday's announcement: no rate hike (yet).
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who favors a Federal Open Market Committee that limits providing any hints about interest rate decisions, kept the market in suspense until the official announcement of another rate pause. The Fed held rates steady, but three officials voted for a rate increase.
Follow live: Fed holds interest rates steady in split decision
Wall Street traders, as measured by federal funds futures, increasingly expect a rate hike in September.

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