If you’re new to dividend investing, there are plenty of reasons why Realty Income (NYSE: O) should be the first stock you buy this month following Thursday’s sell-off. There are also some potential pitfalls. You didn’t think I was just going to sugarcoat it for you, did you? Let’s start with the case for Realty

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) set a cap at its investor day on Oct. 28. Through fiscal 2030, it would raise up to $20 billion of new money in the stock and bond markets, which it expected to split equally between shares and debt. Five days later, on Nov. 2, it raised it all. The cloud giant sold

AI stocks just had their worst crash in years. If your 401(k) sits in a basic index fund, you lost about a nickel on the dollar. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell more than 4% on Thursday, its worst day in more than a year and a half, as chip stocks had their worst day since

Markets are trembling amid the latest AI stock sell-off, which has sent shares of major AI players deep into the red. But CNBC’s Jim Cramer believes the downturn is not another dot-com crash. Cramer warned that AI stocks could fall further, particularly semiconductor companies whose shares surged during the AI boom. However, he argued that

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) stock is jumping, up 21.8% as of 1:08 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 6, after the company posted better-than-expected earnings before the bell today. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) are up 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively. Missed AI’s “Act 1”? Act 2 Could Be 16x Bigger. Most investors think they

Western Digital (NYSE: WD) spun off Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK), one of the world’s largest flash memory chipmakers, in Feb. 2025. Sandisk’s stock started trading independently at $36 per share, but it eventually soared to a record high of $2,335 per share on June 25, 2026. That rally was driven by the explosive growth of the

Ending the first week of trading in November on a bullish note, IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) stock is flying off the shelves today. The quantum computing company reported third-quarter 2026 financial results yesterday after the market closed, including record results, and investors are expressing their enthusiasm for the impressive performance. As of 2:10 p.m. ET, IonQ shares

Korean memory chip company SK Hynix (NASDAQ: SKHY) is one of the major players in this industry and a competitor to Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU). So, how can its announcement of huge news affect Micron? Well, it has to deal with the state of the industry that these two operate in. There isn’t a ton

Chipmaker Intel (INTC) is putting a notable drag on the burgeoning US government investment portfolio, shaving close to $20 billion off the government’s stake in the chipmaker. But it’s not the only one. The Trump administration’s other semiconductor investments have also incurred sharp losses that outpace the beleaguered sector. Chipmaker GlobalFoundries (GFS), photonics company Aeluma

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is about 6% below its October peak after a punishing post-election Thursday on Nov. 5. Over the past year, however, it’s still up roughly 10%. One number is a reflection of short-term volatility and uncertainty. The other suggests a market whose long-term trend line is still pointing up.

The AI trade ran off a cliff Thursday. Most of the stock market was nowhere near the edge. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell more than 4% Thursday, its worst day since the April 2025 tariff crash. About $3 trillion in stock market value disappeared in a single session. Chipmakers took the hardest hit. The PHLX

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) investors have had a rough week so far — but things are looking up. No. 5 in global NAND flash memory production behind Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, and Kioxia, Sandisk stock shed 30% through Thursday’s close this week. But as of 10:40 a.m. ET Friday morning, the stock is up 4.4%. Missed Nvidia

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX) shed 12.5% of their market capitalization in the two days following the 2026 Midterm Elections, as investors worried over the implications a Democrat-controlled Senate and House of Representatives might have for companies controlled by Elon Musk. On Friday, things got a little better for SpaceX stock. While still underwater

Quick Read Dell booked $130B in AI server orders with a record $95B backlog, and Hock Tan confirmed Broadcom secured supply to double AI revenue to $115B. Dell has gained 688% over five years, Credo is up over 1,100% since 2022, and Broadcom has returned 2,375% over the past decade. Building a portfolio and living

Shares of MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) fell by 12% on Nov. 5, the day after the company’s third-quarter earnings came in below analysts’ expectations. That leaves the stock more than 40% below its all-time high. Of course, some of it was due to broader market pressure, as the Nasdaq Composite had its worst day in years, but

With a long history of controversy, Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) is one of the most divisive stocks in the market. The company has been growing revenue quickly and remains a clear beneficiary of the AI build-out. However, it also has a history of accounting issues, and three now-former employees have been charged by the

Wall Street’s fear gauge just posted a bigger one-day percentage jump than anything it managed in March 2020. The VIX surged 70% Thursday to 28.18 for its biggest one-day change since December 2024, and bigger than any single session in March 2020. The selling pressure across tech stocks was just as brutal. The Nasdaq-100 erased