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Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been an exceptional stock pick over the past three years. In 2023, the stock rose 167%, in 2024 it was up 341%, and so far in 2025, it's up around 147%

Retirement doesn't necessarily mean what it used to. Very few people get the proverbial gold watch after decades of working for the same company, and almost no private sector workers have a

Barring an unexpected late-month collapse in the markets, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is going to finish this year with a return that's well above its historical average, yet again. As of Dec. 18,

The "Magnificent Seven" group of stocks is a commonly mentioned name attached to some of the biggest companies in the world. All seven are ranked inside the top 10 by market cap, making them

The dramatic rise in tech stocks over the last two years has made a lot of investors wealthier -- and that's something to celebrate! But when we're done patting ourselves on the back for a job well

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has had a lackluster 2025 compared to 2023 and 2024. In both of those years, the stock more than doubled, but in 2025, it's only up about 30%. That's still outperforming the

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are the minimum amount you must withdraw from certain retirement accounts when you hit age 73 (or age 75 if you were born in 1960 or later). They're the

If you're a retiree on Social Security, there's probably one big piece of news you eagerly anticipate each year: your cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement.

In 2025, Social Security benefits

I probably don't fit the stereotype for someone who invests in stocks that pay exceptionally high dividend yields. I don't depend on my investments for income. I'm not planning to do so in the near

If you're a retiree who's invested in the stock market, you may be worried about remaining invested in 2026. The S&P 500 has been hitting record highs this year, expensive tech stocks continue to

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT:SPY) are two of the most widely traded exchange-traded funds in the U.S., each tracking a different major index.

QQQ

This year has been a volatile one for many stocks, including Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). However, the king of streaming is currently up 7% in 2025 (as of Dec. 18), still a positive gain, even though it

Over its entire history, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has put together an average yearly return of about 10%. Of course, some years are much better than that. And there are some years when

Geoffrey Kendrick at Standard Chartered Bank estimates XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) will reach $8 in 2026. His forecast, which implies 315% upside from the current price of $1.90, is based on the idea that

Billionaire Philippe Laffont runs Coatue Management, a hedge fund that outperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 94 percentage points over the last three years. That makes him an excellent

Morgan Stanley analysts led by Lisa Shalett expect the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) to return 6.3% annually over the next seven years. That would be substantially worse than the 15% annually we've had

Warren Buffett will step down as Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO at year-end. He isn't fully retiring, though. The investing icon will continue to serve as Berkshire's executive

Social Security income is a necessity for many of the 53.5 million retired-worker beneficiaries who brought home a payout in November. Annual surveys from national pollster Gallup show that between

U.N. economic experts forecast that the artificial intelligence (AI) market will grow in value to $4.8 trillion by 2033, and it's likely to grow far larger than that in the decade that follows

You probably won't be shocked to learn that Wall Street is bullish about Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Of the 64 analysts surveyed by S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) in December who cover Nvidia, 60 rated the

When the page is finally turned on 2025, investors are likely to be looking back on another banner year for Wall Street. Through the closing bell on Dec. 16, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has been trying to convert its Lake Charles terminal to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility for the past decade. After numerous delays, the company appeared to

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated November 14, 2025, Informed Momentum Co LLC initiated a new position in Primoris Services Corporation (NYSE:PRIM). The fund

Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) and Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) are two companies with big build-out plans and negative gross margins. Wolfspeed emerged from bankruptcy earlier this year, while Plug Power has

On Dec. 12, 2025, Board of Directors member Dr. Ranbir Singh reported the indirect sale of 179,354 shares of Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ:NVTS), valued at ~$1.6 million, as disclosed in the SEC