So far in 2025, the dollar has slid more than 8 percent against a basket of major currencies—the worst start to a year in the ICE U.S. Dollar Index’s four-decade history.

Worried about the trade war and your retirement portfolio? Then I have two words for you: monthly dividends. Let’s look at four names that have my attention today.

Although each REIT has its own factors, the overall issue might be interest rates and a change in expectations about them.

Funds focused on the VIX, the stock market’s so-called fear gauge, can minimize losses if Trump’s next announcement sends stocks crashing.

For example, the recent SIRI share price of $20.08 represents a price-to-book ratio of 0.6 and an annual dividend yield of 5.38%

Asian equities were lower as our “tariffs higher = markets down” theory was proven correct by Nvidia’s announcement that it will take a Q1 charge of $5.5 billion. The US government will require Nvidia to obtain an export license for its H20 chips. No word from AMD (yet), as their MI308 chips will also require an export license.