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Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index last year, with an incredible return of 559% from when it started trading publicly in February 2025

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) underperformed in 2025, posting a total return of 5.2% compared to a 17.9% return for the S&P 500 index. However, one reason this underperformance is unlikely to

D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) benefited from the bull market in quantum computing stocks in 2025. Amid those gains, the stock rose more than 380% over the previous 12 months. Unfortunately, such gains

Vanguard is a highly regarded company within the investment management industry. It's been around for five decades. It has trillions of dollars in assets under management. And it has been a leader

Throughout 2025, it was fashionable for crypto market participants and top Silicon Valley insiders to predict that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) would hit a price of $1 million by the year 2030.

But it

Since 2001, there have been 570 bank failures in the U.S., with the largest portion occurring during and directly after the Great Recession. 2009 through 2013 was particularly hard on banks, with

In August 2023, the U.S. Federal Reserve concluded an aggressive campaign to hike interest rates, which sent the cost of a mortgage skyrocketing to the highest level in two decades. The goal was to

For the last three years, the stock market's biggest tailwinds have stemmed from virtually anything that touches artificial intelligence (AI). Within the AI landscape, semiconductor giant Nvidia

Nvidia has been one of the top artificial intelligence (AI) stocks on the market over the past three years, with shares rising by an incredible 1,220%. However, 2025 wasn't as lucrative as the

On Jan. 5, Ju Chi-Hong, a senior vice president at Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA), executed an open-market sale of 7,728 shares of the company, according to an SEC Form 4 filing.

Transaction value

Since 2018, Medicare Advantage Plans have had flexibility in what they cover, as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 allowed plans to expand coverage to include Special Supplemental Benefits for the

Maybe it's the euphoria of the S&P 500 being at an all-time high, but I'm excited about investing in stocks right now. One might think that there are no good opportunities left, given that the

The past five years have been challenging for United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) investors. Shares of the package delivery giant have plummeted 32% in that time. Is the outlook brighter if we look

The start of a new year is usually a good time to revisit your portfolio, your investment plans, and what to expect in the months ahead. It's around this time that a lot of people try to pick their

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) trade up 32% over the last year at the time of writing; however, the company has been growing revenue and earnings at a much faster rate. The stock's forward

There's a reason people are often willing to forgo the up-front tax break that comes with funding a traditional IRA and save for retirement in a Roth IRA instead. Roth IRAs offer the benefits of

Will equities perform well in 2026, as they have most years during the past decade? No one can predict that for sure.

We can, however, be reasonably confident that in another 10 years, major indexes

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Emily Flippen and contributors Travis Hoium and Lou Whiteman discuss:

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David Edward Glazek, the executive chairman of Turning Point Brands (NYSE:TPB), sold 30,000 directly held shares via open-market sale on Dec. 19, immediately following an options exercise, for a

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is a popular retail stock that has generated a total return of 161% in the past five years (as of Jan. 9). The company has performed well, as it continues to open new stores,

Micron (NASDAQ: MU) has been one of the tech sector's biggest winners recently. While the company's performance has historically been tied to cyclical shifts in the memory chip market, demand

Retirement should be a time to enjoy the freedom and flexibility that you didn't have when you were working. Unfortunately, if you are facing serious financial concerns in your later years, it can

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) finished 2025 up 16%. Certain members of the widely followed index, though, delivered much more impressive gains last year.

For example, two members of the so-called

AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) specializes in drones and has several government contracts, making it a well-known name. While the company's 151% year-over-year revenue growth rate in the second

Lawrence Liren Chen, the president and CEO of InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC), directly sold 5,950 shares in multiple open-market transactions valued at approximately $1.9 million, as disclosed in a