SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

The S&P 500 ended its choppy week in the red, ultimately finishing with a loss of 0.6%. This marks the second straight weekly decline, the longest streak since late March.

US stocks ended mixed on Friday as gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average were offset by weakness in semiconductor stocks, while investors continued to monitor developments in the Middle East and their potential impact on global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 235 points, or 0.5%, supported by a 3% gain in Apple shares.

Most parents hand their teenager a debit card and call it a financial lesson, but there is a move hiding inside a summer job that almost nobody makes, and the window to make it closes faster than you think.

In theory, REITs should deliver abnormal returns when inflation runs hot. In practice, REITs have barely registered positive returns. While I am not overly bullish on REITs (to say the least), I still see some exceptions that might be worth scooping up.

The U.S. stock market really is domestic — barely over a quarter of revenue from America's top 500 companies comes from abroad.