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The post XRP Price Prediction April 2026: Why Analysts Are Split Between $1.15 and $1.60 appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read XRP has dropped below $1.30 and is testing the $1.28 support level, below which there’s little holder support until $1.15. Analysts’ bearish target is $1.15 if oil prices stay above $100 and the Fed

The post Iran Wars Fuels RTX Growth Story as Defense Demand Rockets Higher appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read RTX (RTX) reported Q4 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.55, beating estimates by 5.44%, with revenue of $24.24B up 12.1% year over year and free cash flow surging 549% to $3.195B; Raytheon segment adjusted operating profit rose 22% on missile volume growth, while Pratt & Whitney military revenue

The post International Stocks Are Trouncing Growth Stocks and This ETF Pays You a 3% Yield on Top appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. The Nasdaq 100 is down more than 6% year-to-date. Meanwhile, the broad international developed market benchmark has held up far better. That gap reflects a deliberate macro dynamic. The dollar has been on an uneven path in 2026, and when the dollar softens, foreign earnings translate into more dollars when repatriated, giving international stocks a mechanical lift th

The post What Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity’s New Dividend Means for Investors appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) distributed $0.2569 per share in Q1 2026, a 3.3% year-over-year increase, yielding 3.45% on a trailing basis with annualized dividends of $1.05 per share at the current $30.56 price. The ETF’s annual reconstitution removed three energy a

The post Wes Moss Says American Expats Must Check This Before Funding a Roth IRA appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read U.S. citizens working abroad can fund a Roth IRA only if they report earned income on their U.S. tax return, which depends entirely on whether they claim the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE on Form 2555) or the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC on Form 1116)—FEIE eliminates Roth eligibil

The post NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Says AGI Is Here. If He’s Right, These Stocks Win Big appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Nvidia (NVDA) expects $1 trillion in Blackwell and Vera Rubin chip sales through next year as it benefits from agentic AI demand. Jensen Huang’s claim that AGI has been achieved signals a potential producti

The post Is the Pepsico Turnaround Story Finally Worth Buying? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read PepsiCo (PEP) posted 2025 net revenue of $93.9B, up 2.3% GAAP and 1.7% organically, though volume declined 2% and net income fell 14% due to a $1.993B Rockstar brand impairment. Coca-Cola (KO) grew net income 23% on roughly half PepsiCo’s revenue with stronger margin expansion, outpacing PepsiCo

The post Jade Warshaw to $130K Breadwinner Couple: ‘You Can’t Stay in That House’ Unless Wife Goes Part-Time appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. A couple builds their dream home, moves in at Christmas, and almost immediately realizes the payment is going to reshape their entire life. That tension is exactly what a caller named E brought to Jade Warshaw and George Campbell on The Ramsey Show on March 30. “We love the house. We don’t like the lifestyle that the payment i

The post The 1 Stat That Proves Nvidia Remains a Screaming Buy Below $200 appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Nvidia (NVDA) delivered $130.4B in operating income for fiscal 2026, a 30-fold increase from $4.2B in fiscal 2023, while maintaining a 71.3% gross margin on $215.9B in revenue. The company’s Vera Rubin platform, shipping in the second half of 2026, targets $1 trillion in cumulative li

The post 2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 6% That’ll Pay You to Wait appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read General Mills (GIS) and Energy Transfer (ET) offer dividend yields above 6% as defensive plays during volatile markets and potential inflation, with GIS trading at 9.15x P/E and ET at 15.6x P/E. General Mills is working on health and wellness product innovation to address consumer pres

The post This Vanguard Fund Has Raised Its Dividend 18 Consecutive Years and Most Retirees Still Don’t Own It appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) offers a 2.37% dividend yield Dividend-focused funds offer more reliable income for retirees than individual dividend stocks because pooled a

The post This ETF Might Double Again This Year After SpaceX’s IPO appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Procure Space ETF (UFO) delivered solid gains last year and can do it again this year. A SpaceX IPO with 93% probability by December 31, 2026, could reshape UFO’s portfolio through eventual index inclusion at a potentiall

The post Clark Howard Calls Credit Score Warning ‘Gibberish’ for Borrowers in the Upper 700s appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Josh from Pennsylvania had his credit pulled for a mortgage and noticed something puzzling on his report: a notation saying his score was lowered because he had “too many revolving credit cards with national banks.” He has four cards, uses three regularly, keeps his utilization around 5%, and sits in the upper 700s. Naturally, he wondered if the cr

The post Cruze Tells 58-Year-Old Nurse With $230K Saved: Buy the Condo, Fund Retirement, Ignore the Inheritance appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read A 58-year-old nurse should buy a condo while maintaining 15% income contributions to retirement accounts, targeting a 7-to-8-year payoff timeline to eliminate housing costs before retirement and protect against rising rent inflation that hits fixed-inco

The post Can Netflix Failed Warner Bros. Merger Be What Sends Earnings Soaring? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Netflix (NFLX) reports Q1 2026 results on April 16 with consensus estimates for $12.157B revenue (+15.3% YoY) and 32.1% operating margin, while its abandoned bid for Warner Bros. Discovery yields a $2.8B breakup fee that frees up capital for $8.0B in remaining buyback authorization. T

The post Wes Moss Tells Military Retiree With $2.5 Million: Your Pension Is Worth $1.6 Million in Bonds appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read A federal military pension paying $40,000 annually per spouse equals $1.6 million in bond-equivalent wealth when divided by 5%, meaning Patrick’s $2.5 million portfolio sits atop fixed-income security he may not see in his brokerage statement, justifying

The post Bonds are Taking a Hit. A Steadier Place to Diversify Further appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read The Stocks: State Street Energy Select SPDR ETF (XLE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), and Chevron (CVX) are positioned to benefit from elevated oil prices, with XLE holding over 40% exposure to XOM and CVX as a hedge against energy shocks and inflation.

The post This Trump Administration Move May Cause Lasting Damage to Social Security appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read The Trump Administration has made major fundamental changes to staffing at Social Security. Some advocates are concerned that this is degrading customer service.

The post Is This ETF the Safest Way to Benefit From AI? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) holds dozens of utility stocks that pay healthy dividends and have good upside. Data centers powering AI infrastructure require massive grid upgrades and new power generation, with electricity demand fro

The post Dave Ramsey Warns Households Under $100K: Financing a New Car Before Paying Off High-Interest Debt Is a Trap appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Quick Read A $30,000 financed vehicle layered onto $15,000 in credit card debt at 30% interest creates a debt-stacking trap where the household pays roughly $12,500 annually in combined interest while net worth erodes from both directions — selling the car a