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There's a reason workers are encouraged to save for retirement as best as they can. If you don't retire with a decent-sized nest egg, you might have to rely on Social Security for most of your

When it comes to casinos and gambling, the house always wins, as the saying goes. However, while MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) has remained profitable, long-term investors haven't exactly

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has been a successful investment since the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race began in 2023, with its stock rising from about $60 to around $250 today

The greatest investors of all time don't always bat a thousand. Like the rest of us, they make mistakes. Even Warren Buffett made a few errors over the course of a multidecade career.

What sets

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a monster business that currently sports a market cap of $3.4 trillion. On its path to becoming one of the world's most dominant companies, Alphabet has

Social Security has been one of America's top social programs for many decades, providing guaranteed income that has helped keep millions of retirees out of poverty in their golden years.

There are

If you're looking to build a hefty war chest for retirement, it's a good idea to focus on stocks -- at least with your long-term investing.

Check out the table, offering the returns of various asset

How do you determine which stock is the best pick in a given market? Some investors turn to Wall Street analysts for their opinions. After all, these analysts are paid big bucks to thoroughly

This is the year that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was supposed to double in value. It had every possible catalyst going for it, including the full support of a new pro-crypto administration. Yet, with

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have been on a wild ride in 2025 with investors engaged in a tug of war of sorts, between bears and bulls. The bears base their position in reality, a reality where Tesla

Dividend stocks can be terrific investments. Dividend payers in the S&P 500 have outperformed non-payers by more than two-to-one over the past 50 years, according to data from Ned Davis Research and

Warren Buffett will retire from his role as CEO of the Berkshire Hathaway holding company at the end of 2025, where for the last 60 years he has overseen numerous wholly owned subsidiaries, in

Americans don't appear to need studies or statistics to tell them what they already know -- inflation has spiked since the beginning of 2025. It's currently sitting at over 3%. A recent poll from

There have certainly been some serious waves crashing against the cruise industry in recent years. Between the prolonged COVID-19 shutdown in 2020 and this summer's wave of documentaries resurfacing

Target (NYSE: TGT) saw revenue take off in early pandemic days as the company won customers over with its practical contactless pickup and delivery offers. In fact, the retailer has grown revenue by

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) has been on my radar for years as one of the best-run retailers serving rural and hobby-farming customers. Today, the stock offers a solid dividend yield, even as the

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) are among the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) year to date. The former is down 66%, and the latter is

Over the last three years, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been the primary catalyst driving Wall Street's major stock indexes to record highs. But in 2025, it's taken a back seat to a

Approximately 5,500 companies were listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange as of September 2025, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) finally announced an official cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, many seniors were no doubt relieved to hear that their benefits would be rising

Which stock is the bigger winner over the last 12 months: SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) or Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)? The correct answer is SoundHound AI, thanks largely to a huge surge in the latter

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is a fascinating business. The electric-vehicle and energy company is pushing into autonomous ride-sharing and humanoid robots while still ramping its core electric vehicle and

Given Nvidia's prominence in the market's biggest megatrend -- the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution -- it's nearly unthinkable to consider that large cap stocks in other industries could be

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), along with Nvidia, has sealed what appears to be a landmark agreement with Anthropic. The three tech giants will become each other's customers in a major partnership.

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It's been a good year for Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), a medical device specialist. Despite the threat of tariffs, the healthcare leader has generally delivered strong financial results and has