Articles for category: Market News

Russ Cohen

This 4.2% Payout Is Masquerading as 0.8%: Here’s How

Visa (NYSE:) is truly the Rocky Balboa of dividend stocks. I know. I’m dating myself with that reference. But I can’t help it: Every time Visa takes a beating—and the mainstream crowd counts it out—it comes roaring back. Take a look at this long-term chart. Every single dip was a buying opportunity—including this latest one: Visa ...

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Amazon: A Diversified Juggernaut

is a household name. We all have Prime for shopping, videos, music, books and more. And in every practical sense, this is a consumer discretionary stock. That may be set to change. Because this week, the company just made a major announcement that further extends the company from the shopping platform we all know and ...

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Missed the Mag 7 Gains? Here’s Your Second Chance

The first wave of AI gains went to the Mag 7, but the next opportunity may be forming in a very different part of the market. Hello, Reader. Hollywood loves a “second chance” story. It’s no surprise that It’s a Wonderful Life ranks No. 1 on the American Film Institute’s 100 YEARS…100 CHEERS list of ...

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GameStop’s eBay Gamble: Bold Move or Balance Sheet Disaster?

Once a struggling brick-and-mortar retailer, is now swinging for a much bigger stage. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen made his move, announcing the intended acquisition of , but now faces many challenges. The primary challenge is execution, as integrating the two platforms will not be easy. The real question is whether eBay accepts the offer or ...

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3 Stocks to Sell Before May 19

Every so often, a single day changes the course of technological progress. For example… October 1, 1908: Ford Motor Co. (F) introduced the Model T. October 26, 1958: Pan Am’s Boeing 707 completed the first scheduled transatlantic jet service from New York to Paris. January 9, 2007: Steve Jobs walked onstage and introduced the iPhone. ...

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Warren Buffett: 3 Investment Metrics to Distinguish Value From Hype

At his May 3–4, 2026 shareholder meeting in Omaha, Warren Buffett described modern financial markets as a “church with a casino attached”, a characterization that landed with more analytical precision than philosophical flourish. With the holding nearr 4.3% and speculative trading in zero-day options and leveraged ETFs reaching record volumes, the cost of owning hype ...

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$725 Billion and Counting: Why the AI Gusher Is Just Getting Started

The Mag 7 just committed $725 billion to AI. Here’s where the downstream money flows… and which stocks are still undervalued. Somewhere around 1910, a self-taught geologist named Patillo Higgins lost almost everything betting on oil near Beaumont, Texas. The locals thought he was nothing more than a crank using shoddy drilling equipment to extract ...

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Don’t Let These 3 AI Investing Mistakes Destroy Your Gains

The same mistakes that crushed dot-com portfolios are happening again. Hello, Reader. One of the main keys to being a smart investor is to avoid staying comfortable and instead adapt to shifting currents – a principle that’s especially relevant in today’s market. If you don’t believe me, listen to Bob Dylan: You better start swimmin’ ...