Author: Jordan

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) and its peers. Personal loan providers offer unsecured credit for various consumer needs. The sector benefits from digital application processes, increasing consumer comfort with online financial services, and opportunities in underserved credit segments. Headwinds include credit risk management in unsecured lending, regulatory oversight of lending practices, and intense competition affecting margins from both traditional and fintech lenders. The 9 personal loan stocks we track reported a strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus…

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Quick Read USO surged ~98% in 2026 while SPY gained just 11%, turning a $10,000 investment into roughly $19,800 versus $11,140. A Strait of Hormuz blockade slashed OPEC+ output by nearly 8 million b/d in Q2 2026, creating the supply shock that launched crude prices. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and SPDR S&P 500 ETF wasn’t one of them. Get them here FREE. If you put $10,000 into United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) on the last trading day of 2025, when it closed at $69.16, you were sitting on roughly $19,800 by…

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Although the AI buildout has powered Wall Street’s bull market for three years running, the cash required to keep it going is starting to outrun the cash being generated. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) guided 2026 capital expenditures to $175 billion to $185 billion, after spending $91.45 billion in 2025. The freshest hook landed this week with reports of an $80 billion equity raise to fund 2027 capex. However, the historical mirror is unflattering. Late-cycle equity issuance after a capacity arms race has a way of marking the exact moment when the builders quietly pass the bill to a…

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A billionaire who led a private spaceflight in 2025 on a SpaceX Dragon that launched from Florida has been tapped to lead a future mission to Mars.Ahead of SpaceX’s most recent test flight of its massive Starship rocket, the company unveiled plans for a human-led voyage to the red planet. It’s just not clear when.The announcement comes as SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk founded in 2002, prepares the world’s largest rocket for NASA moon landings.In February, Musk also revealed that SpaceX had plans of building its own city on the moon. While the news represented a…

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The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let products. The changes take effect from Friday 5 June and apply to selected one-year, two-year and five-year fixed rates for new and existing customers. The reductions cover The Mortgage Works’ buy-to-let, let-to-buy, houses in multiple occupation and limited company buy-to-let ranges. Among the buy-to-let changes is a five-year fixed remortgage product at 4.22%, reduced by 0.22 percentage points, with a 3% fee and available up to 65% loan-to-value. The product includes free valuation and free legal work. The lender is also…

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Mortgage and refinance rates are mixed today. According to the Zillow lender marketplace, average purchase rates for the 30-year conforming fixed rate, 15-year conforming fixed rate, and 5/1 ARM have fluctuated each day of the week but have moved in the same direction, except today. The 30-year fell 8 basis points to 6.29%, the 15-year rose by 5 basis points to 5.83%, and the 5/1 fell by 20 basis points to 6.34%. Learn more: Discover the best mortgage refinance lenders Today’s mortgage rates Here are the current mortgage rates, Thursday, June 4, 2026, according to the latest Zillow data: 30-year…

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New campaign challenges the industry’s reliance on traditional portfolio approaches and encourages investors and advisors to rethink diversification, resilience, and the role of alternatives in today’s markets TORONTO, June 04, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Picton Mahoney Asset Management (“PICTON Investments”) today announced the launch of its 2026 brand campaign, Make the Shift, a bold new initiative designed to spark a broader conversation about modern portfolio construction and the role alternative investments can play in helping investors navigate an increasingly complex market environment. At the heart of the campaign is a simple belief:Repeating the same investment strategy isn’t an investment strategy. For decades, traditional…

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Jun 4, 2026 Financial technology company Ramp announced on Thursday that it secured $750 million in a new funding round, achieving a valuation of $44 billion. This marks an increase from the $32 billion valuation the company held in November, according to a Reuters report published on June 4, 2026.The surge in valuation is tied to growing investor confidence that artificial intelligence can transform corporate finance by automating tasks like expense reporting, invoice processing, and bookkeeping, potentially lowering costs and boosting efficiency. The deal also signals a broader recovery in the fintech sector, with investors again supporting fast-growing startups they…

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Program Offers Educational Consultations Focused on Home Financing Options Available to VeteransHOUSTON, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New Era Lending today announced the launch of its New Era Hero Care Promise, a veteran-focused educational initiative designed to help current and former service members better understand available home financing options and benefits, including those offered through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A breakdown of VA loan benefits and homeownership resources specific to Texas veterans. A breakdown of VA loan benefits and homeownership resources specific to Texas veterans. The announcement comes as industry data continues to indicate that many eligible veterans have…

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