Covered strangle trades combine a long position in stock (long 100 shares) with two offsetting short options—short an out-of-the-money call and short an out-of-the-money put—to generate extra income while potentially adding shares at a lower price.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
State Farm Mutual is distributing a one-time $5 billion policyholder dividend to eligible auto customers, with average payouts of about $100 nationally and up to $173 in Florida, based on 2025 premium levels.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Trump’s June financial disclosure lists more than 1,000 securities trades valued between $78.1 million and $263.1 million, including purchases in Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), and Mastercard (MA).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Tailscale lets you connect multiple devices to a free “tailnet” over the internet as if they were on the same local network, without router or firewall changes, and it connected the author’s travel Windows app to a home-lab VM even on slow airplane and mobile-roaming connections.
Aug 26, 2026 ·
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Nearly 1 in 5 Americans over 50 had no retirement savings as of a 2024 AARP study, and the article lays out a 3-step plan aimed at retiring by age 58.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Tax breaks from Trump’s “big beautiful bill” expire after 2028, so Americans aiming to retire before January 2029 may need to make key retirement decisions before that window closes.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Fidelity reports there are 645,000 U.S. 401(k) millionaires, up 26% from the prior year, and millennials are beginning to account for some of the new additions (with ages 29–44 representing about 4% of 401(k) millionaires as of end of 2025).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Two bear call spread trades are suggested for Wednesday, with McDonald’s (MCD) flagged as a candidate based on a Barchart Technical Opinion of 100% “Sell” and bearish technical signals (below the 21-, 50-, and 200-day moving averages, and Relative Strength just crossed below 50%).
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Americans held nearly $4.9 trillion in target-date retirement funds at the end of 2025, and Suze Orman warns you may be “far better off” diversifying on your own than relying on these automatic funds.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Billionaire investors added to positions in Alphabet, Apple, and Meta Platforms during Q2, including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies buying Alphabet shares.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Converting 25% of a $1 million 401(k) to a Roth IRA adds $250,000 of taxable income in the conversion year, which is estimated to produce an approximately $53,014 tax bill for a single filer with no other income using 2024 tax rates.
Aug 26, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Americans’ average FICO score is 714 (unchanged from October 2025 and down 1 point from a year ago), while delinquency has stayed stable or improved across major loan types—contrasting with rising affordability pressures from higher housing, auto, and credit-card costs.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the “K-shaped economy is over,” pointing to a shift toward lower-wage earners “finally clawing it back” into a pattern that experts compared to a “C” economy.
Aug 25, 2026 ·
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Homeowners can borrow against home equity via three options—cash-out refinance, HELOC, and home equity loans—with the best fit depending mainly on whether their current mortgage rate is below or at/above today’s available rates.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Dave Ramsey told Carl to ditch car payments, arguing that among over 10,000 millionaires he studied, 84% credited avoiding car payments as key to building wealth.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The article proposes a bear put spread on Rocket Lab (RKLB) that targets about a $295 profit if the stock moves lower.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A Vanguard strategist says retirees often need a “complete mind shift” from saving to spending, because 62% of Americans report stress that they haven’t saved enough and 54% worry about maintaining their lifestyle.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) said he has “negative money” and is “borrowing money” despite an estimated $2.6B net worth, most of which comes from equity in his $5B company, Beast Industries.
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
You can redeem Google Play Points for gift cards priced at $5 for 750 points, $10 for 1,500 points, and $20 for 3,000 points (including options like Starbucks, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, DoorDash, Uber, and Amazon).
Aug 25, 2026 ·ZDNet
SoFi’s High Yield Savings Account shows 3.80% APY in the app header, but its base rate is 3.10% and a 0.70% APY Boost applies only for six months after you activate the boost in the Promotions section (after which it reverts to 3.10%).
Aug 25, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
