Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Personal Finance

How Americans Have Achieved Unprecedented Prosperity

In a recent column, I described how most products in the U.S. became increasingly affordable between 1980 and 2020 when measured in the number of hours worked to pay for them. However, we saw the biggest spike in inflation...

How to Make Millions by Doing Nothing

“Now the time has come (Time)There are things to realize (Time)Time has come today (Time)Time has come today (Time).”– The Chambers Brothers The most important element to investing success is not stock-picking ability – it’s time. The longer you’re...

Will the AI Bubble Burst in 2026?

It seems like no one knows what to think about AI stocks these days. For every expert screaming “full speed ahead!”, there’s another one warning investors to pump the brakes. Last week, our friends at MarketBeat invited Chief Income Strategist...

The Big Inflation Beater

Inflation may have slowed down, but no one is celebrating. At 2.7%, it remains well above the Fed’s 2% target. And with more interest rate cuts likely coming and higher tariffs still on the table, I expect inflation to...

AMD Is a Great Story… but Is It a “Buy”?

I’ve learned the hard way that great stories don’t always make great investments. When a stock dominates headlines and dinner conversations, the easy money is usually gone. That doesn’t make it a bad business. It just means the market...

Is This Company’s Dividend as “GOOD” as Its Ticker?

Gladstone Commercial Corp. (Nasdaq: GOOD) has an optimistic ticker symbol, but when it comes to the company’s finances and its ability to afford its dividend, it should consider a change. Gladstone is a real estate investment trust that owns...

An Opportunity to Give Back

Editor’s Note: Today’s issue of Wealthy Retirement, written by former Oxford Club CEO Julia Guth, is one of our most important of the year. Julia retired in 2023 after more than 30 years as CEO – partially so she...

This Iconic Retail Stock Continues to Miss the Mark

Editor’s Note: From time to time here in Wealthy Retirement, we choose to write about the same stock in Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld’s Safety Net column (which evaluates stocks’ dividend safety) and Director of Trading Anthony Summers’...

The AI Question People Aren’t Asking

Editor’s Note: Artificial intelligence has dominated headlines all year… but as Chief Investment Strategist Alexander Green explains below, the biggest opportunity may not be in the companies building the AI models – but in the little-known firm making...
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How to Store Grapes (and the Best Way to Wash Them)

Finishing a bag of grapes before they go bad can feel like a race against the clock. Sure,...
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