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You Bought VOO to Own the S&P 500. On $500,000, One Chipmaker Is $40,400 of It

A single retirement account holding VOO may carry far more exposure to one chipmaker than its owner ever intended, and the fund's own prospectus quietly warns about exactly this kind of concentration risk.

Yahoo · 10/12/2026

Is Walmart Stock Increasing Your Market Risk?

Investors often hold Walmart (WMT) stock alongside funds that already track the S&P 500. Walmart is a retailer of groceries and everyday essentials worth about $886 billion. A stock that moves in lockstep with the broader index simply compounds existing bets, while one that charts its own course helps spread risk. So what does Walmart stock do on the market's good days and bad days.

Yahoo · 10/12/2026

What Is The One Risk Every Home Depot Investor Should Know?

Shares of Home Depot (HD) have lost 22% over the past twelve months, significantly lagging the 17.0% return of the S&P 500. Total sales are still growing, up 5.7% in the fiscal second quarter. Yet during Home Depot’s August 18, 2026 earnings call, executives described a sector-wide pressure that remains out of their hands. So what is that pressure, and where does it come from.

Yahoo · 10/12/2026

United Airlines is rapidly deploying Elon Musk's Starlink, giving it a 'head start' over other airlines: Analyst

United Airlines may be flying under rival Delta's radar when it comes to the pace at which it's rolling out high-speed Starlink Wi-Fi aboard its airplanes.

Yahoo · 10/12/2026

The Staggering Costs of a Single Data Center, From Land to Chips

Roughly $750 billion. That's how much Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google owner Alphabet Inc. are expected to devote to capital expenditures this year alone. That's more than the entire gross domestic product of Ireland or Belgium. More than half of what all of the companies in the S&P 500 Index spent in total last year. Enough to cut a $5,500 check for every household in the US. Ian King, Bloomberg News US Semiconductor Reporter & Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Technology, join Businessweek Daily to break down the true cost of a single data center.

Yahoo · 10/12/2026