Insurance-palooza! All You Need to Know to Protect Your Income and Wealth
It’s the first Saturday of the month, which means it’s time for the next installment of our 2026 Financial Planning Challenge. We’ve spent most of this year discussing how to accumulate and manage wea...
1 Aug 27min
When Leverage Goes Wrong on Wall Street
The week was dominated by hedge fund Situational Awareness being forced to sell its equity holdings, leading to both a drop and a pop in AI-related stocks. What went wrong and what can we learn? Pl...
31 Jul 40min
Microsoft Shows the Mag7 What AI Investment Looks Like
Investors are taking a more scrutinous approach to all of the capital spending the Mag7 stocks are throwing at AI data centers. The one standout this quarter (so far) is Microsoft. Matt, Lou, and Tyle...
30 Jul 21min
The Consumer Is All Right!
Earnings season has shown us that consumers are still spending and paying their bills, as indicated by SoFi and Visa’s results. That should give investors some confidence as more companies report. Whe...
29 Jul 20min
Paypal to Stripe: You’re Going to Have to Do Better Than That
Even though PayPal CEO Enrique Lores never directly addressed the recent buyout offer in its earnings report, the message was pretty clear: Stripe’s offer is too low. Matt, Lou, and Tyler digest PayPa...
28 Jul 25min
The Hottest IPO of 2026 Will Shock You
Memory has been hot in 2026 and that was no different today. China’s CXMT went public and gained nearly 500% on its opening day. We discuss the IPO along with NVIDIA potentially guaranteeing hundreds ...
27 Jul 20min
Part 1: How to Spot a Corporate Fraud Before It Makes the Headlines
The journalist who exposed Enron before Wall Street did has spent decades studying how companies unravel — and the warning signs are almost always there before the collapse. Motley Fool analyst Rachel...
26 Jul 27min
The Father of the 4% Rule Says Retirees Can Take Out Much More
William Bengen established 4% as the safe withdrawal rate more than 30 years ago. But in subsequent research, he has concluded that 4% is likely much too low. That research is thoroughly explained in ...
25 Jul 22min
