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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is on course for a solid 2025. With just a couple of trading days left in the year, the index is up almost 17%. That's not bad considering the average annual total

Wall Street is a voting machine in the short term and a weighing machine over the long term, and emotions can lead investors to make questionable choices on a day-to-day basis. That's the backstory

Artificial intelligence stocks, as a group, have been the driving force behind the continued gains in the S&P 500 index in 2025. Many of the largest companies in the world pushing artificial

With Warren Buffett's 55-year tenure as Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO and chief stock-picker set to come to a close at the end of this year, plenty of investors are

Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) stock is up 73% over the last year and 326% over the last three years, and the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company is seemingly on an inexorable pathway

Saving for retirement can be frustrating. After all, when you have near-term bills to pay, it can be tough to tell yourself, "I'll just pinch pennies this month so I can save this $200 for when I'm

The electric vehicle (EV) company Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2021, a time when valuations were loose, capital was abundant, and

One thing that's always consistent with Social Security is change. The program is constantly evolving and making changes that affect both current recipients and workers who may or may not be

Christmas may have come early for investors!

As of market close on Dec. 24, the markets had notched a straight week of gains. Headlines were hyping a "Santa Claus rally," and analysts were getting

Growth stocks don't always come with helpful neon-sign guidance. Sometimes they're busy doubling revenue, racking up loyal customers, and printing cash while the Street fixates on shinier objects.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) still has its fair share of critics, without a doubt. But the cryptocurrency's past gain speaks for itself. In less than two decades, this went from a worthless digital

It's been an up-and-down year for speculative growth stocks.

Flying taxi maker Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) plans to launch in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as soon as next year, which would bring

When the cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) emerged in late 2013, few thought it would last long, primarily because it was created as a joke. Over a decade later, Dogecoin has a market cap of

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has been one of the top-performing fintech stocks in the market, comfortably outpacing the S&P 500 with its 222% year-to-date gain. Even with that rally, it's still down by

At Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) recent annual general meeting, CEO Elon Musk said the company is gearing up to start production of three new products in 2026: the Tesla Semi, a class 8 semi-trailer truck

For most retirees, Social Security is more than just a monthly check. It represents a financial foundation that many would likely struggle to make do without.

We know this because national pollster

Dr. Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research and Dan Ives of Wedbush are two well-known market strategists and tech analysts on Wall Street right now.

Yardeni holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University

Lucid Motors (NASDAQ: LCID), Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are all well-known young electric vehicle (EV) makers, and they almost certainly have more in common than not. However

Five years ago, Realty Income's (NYSE: O) market capitalization was approximately $20 billion. Today, the real estate company's market cap stands at roughly $52 billion. The bad news, though, is

Social Security is a key source of income for those in retirement. Everyone wants to make the most of the benefits they have coming to them, and getting as large a check from the federal government

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) revolutionized mobile computing when it launched the first iPhone in 2007. Since then, smartphones have gradually become our primary computing devices, but it stands to reason

One week from today, we'll be ringing in a new year -- and investors are likely to be smiling from ear to ear. As of the closing bell on Dec. 19, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark

The TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) isn't just a leader in bargain retail, it's also a leader in stock gains across the retail sector. It's on a hot streak that includes the stock not having a negative

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is the undisputed king of the retail coffee market. As of Sept. 28, it had just under 41,000 stores globally, with 41% of them in the U.S.

Yet the company's dominance in

The crypto sector is still a relatively new industry, with Bitcoin, the world's largest token, having only been launched in 2009. Since then, the sector has come a long way. Bitcoin has found its