Nvidia (NVDA) built a near-monopoly on AI compute.

For the past three years, every major AI company— Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) — has relied on its GPUs to train and run models at scale.

That worked — until the economics changed. So Big Tech isn’t just buying chips anymore.

They’re building their own.

This post originally appeared at InvestorPlace.

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Defensive-minded investors looking for income will often gravitate toward high-dividend, low-volatility stocks.

These are companies that offer above-average payouts relative to a benchmark like the S&P 500, while also exhibiting lower beta, a measure of how sensitive a stock is to broader market movements.

Specifically, investors can review the underlying index methodology of passive ETFs to understand exactly how holdings are selected and weighted. For example, a defensive investor might look to the Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (ticker: SPHD) as a starting point for idea generation.

Here are five of the best high-dividend, low-volatility stocks from SPHD’s holdings as of April 17.

This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.

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Investors recognized artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential to transform industries, supercharging many tech stocks in recent years. That enthusiasm shifted to alarm in 2026.

AI’s transformational potential includes agentic AI that can independently execute tasks previously handled by software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, leading to a massive sell-off in SaaS stocks. This “SaaSpocalypse” extended to the cybersecurity sector after AI giant Anthropic released artificial intelligence capable of identifying security vulnerabilities in software.

While Wall Street believes AI threatens cybersecurity companies, the reality is not so simple. Moreover, the current sell-off offers long-term investors an opportunity to buy cybersecurity stocks at substantial discounts.

This post originally appeared at The Motley Fool.

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If AI can generate content, write code, analyze data, and automate workflows at near-zero marginal cost, it’s easy to imagine a world where abundance becomes the norm.

But that narrative overlooks something fundamental. AI doesn’t run on ideas. It runs on infrastructure.

Behind every AI model is a massive physical system—data centers consuming enormous amounts of electricity, chips that take years and billions of dollars to produce, and networks that move vast quantities of data around the world. As AI adoption accelerates, demand for these inputs isn’t falling. It’s exploding.

In other words, AI could make digital goods abundant, but it makes the underlying physical enablers more valuable.

This post originally appeared at Investing Daily.

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Retirement is often portrayed as a point in time where you switch off work and begin enjoying a life of leisure filled with your favorite pursuits.

And while there can be some truth in that, reality is a bit more complicated. I’m here to shatter some prevalent retirement myths while offering a realistic appraisal of what retirement really is all about.

This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.

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A lot of traders are doing the same thing right now.

They’re watching headlines, second-guessing everything, and missing the actual opportunity in front of them.

Mike Rykse walks through how to tune that noise out, focus on price, and stay in the market with defined risk instead of trading scared.

Watch the video here.

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Different types of stocks shine in different market environments. The biggest winners in today’s market are, unsurprisingly, energy stocks. Iran’s disruption of traffic through the critical Strait of Hormuz has changed the game for investors.

No one knows what will happen next. Perhaps a peaceful resolution to the military conflict with Iran will be reached. Maybe the crisis will be prolonged or even worsen, driving oil and gas prices significantly higher. Whatever happens, here are three energy stocks that are surging right now and worth buying for it’s too late.

This post originally appeared at The Motley Fool.

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The war in Iran has gotten most of the attention on Wall Street lately, and for good reason. Oil prices are surging and nobody seems to know how or when it will end. For that reason, it may be time to start thinking about ways to recession proof your investment portfolio.

Even if the war ends tomorrow, that doesn’t mean everything will be fine. Prior to the outbreak of the war there were already ominous signs that the U.S. economy is heading for a recession.

For that reason, I suggest owning shares of businesses that tend to do well when consumers are pinching pennies. To that end, here are three companies that could see heightened demand for their products if the economy does start contracting.

This post originally appeared at Investing Daily.

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Though many stocks have been struggling in 2026, several up-and-coming stocks have shrugged off market uncertainty to put up significant gains. Thanks to a focus on unique business lines, these picks have all managed to double since Jan. 1 even as the S&P 500 has been in a tailspin.

What’s more, these stocks aren’t volatile microcaps that have spiked on mere rumors. The following seven stocks all have market values of more than $1 billion, and are headquartered right here in the U.S.

Nothing is certain on Wall Street, of course, and these picks are all focused on specific business lines that could run into trouble if their corner of the economy hits a snag. But if you’re looking for momentum stocks putting up gains in a market that seems to be moving mostly downward, this list is a good place to start.

This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.

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Investors should be familiar with the fact that the stock market is arguably the best means of building significant wealth. It won’t happen overnight, and it requires patience and discipline. But the rewards are worth it.

In the past decade, the S&P 500 index generated a total return of 283% (as of March 19). There are many companies, Amazon (AMZN) being a great example, that have performed even better. So you might be interested in learning how to filter the sea of potential opportunities into a much smaller list that warrants further study.

Here are three of the most important questions that investors should ask before buying any stock.

This post originally appeared at The Motley Fool.

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