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If you have cash available to invest, the best time to get started always is "now" -- regardless of the time of year. That's because the earlier you begin, the more time you have to grow your

The third year of Wall Street's bull market didn't disappoint. Throughout 2025, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all rallied to several record-closing highs.

However

It's been an incredible three-year run for the stock market. From the beginning of 2023 through the end of 2025, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have gained 45%, 78%

A new year brings new opportunities. For income investors, 2026 presents new opportunities to generate consistent dividend income. Of course, the challenge is to identify which opportunities are

When you're retired, Social Security changes are definitely something you need to pay attention to. And there are a few positive ones happening this year.

For one thing, benefits are getting a 2.8%

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) are two companies that shoppers are recognize. Costco dominates the market for general merchandise, while Home Depot is the clear leader in the home

The right investment can transform your finances, and investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is one of the simplest ways to build life-changing wealth. Each fund contains dozens or hundreds of

Most of the time, making a decision about a particular stock is best done through a "forever" lens. That's especially true for dividend stocks, which require their underlying companies to boast cash

Flexible spending accounts can be great if your employer offers one. You get to put away pre-tax money to cover qualifying healthcare costs. This can help you keep your monthly expenses down, since

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) are two of the most popular artificial intelligence stocks in the market. They are on different ends of the AI investment spectrum

In this podcast, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:

To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When

Cryptocurrency's top winners of 2025 did not include Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), or XRP (CRYPTO: XRP). All of them ended the year either flat or down. That tells you all you need

There's a reason individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) plans are often touted as fantastic retirement savings tools. These accounts give you a huge tax break on your money.

If you

Artificial intelligence (AI) investing continues to be a huge theme on Wall Street as we turn the calendar to 2026. Although some investors may be getting tired of it, the reality is that it's here

In the final month of 2025, investors were clearly seeing the value of Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) stock. Shares of the optical networking equipment specialist raced nearly 15% higher over the course of

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the most exciting companies to watch over the past few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant has seen revenue explode higher amid the AI boom as

Both the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEMKT:VUG) and the iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT:IWY) aim to give investors exposure to large-cap U.S. growth stocks, but they do so by tracking

With its market cap of $2.63 trillion, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is already the fifth-largest company in the world. And with such massive scale, it may be tempting to think the e-commerce giant's days

StubHub (NYSE: STUB), the online event ticket purveyor, wasn't a golden ticket for investors in the weeks after its September IPO. In December, however, the company delivered several pieces of good

Homebuilder Lennar (NYSE: LEN) couldn't build any gains for its shareholders as 2025 came to an end. Its share price fell by almost 22% across December due to two major factors -- continued weakness

On Dec. 23, AnaptysBio (NASDAQ:ANAB) Director J. Anthony Ware executed an open-market sale of 3,900 shares for a transaction value of $193,342.50, representing 28.82% of his direct holdings

The moment many investors were dreading arrived just days ago: Investing legend Warren Buffett retired as of Dec. 31, ending a 60-year reign as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway. During

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEMKT:MGK) and the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHG) both offer convenient, low-cost exposure to U.S. large-cap growth stocks, but their approaches

Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) business has gone through an incredible transformation over the last decade. While the company got its start designing graphics processing units (GPUs) to support high-end

For its size, SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) gets a lot of attention. The company has a market capitalization of only $4.5 billion, but its average trading volume exceeds 21 million shares -- or more