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For the better part of the last two and a half years, the bulls have been running the show on Wall Street. Prior to the latest stock market correction, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average

Well, this was certainly unexpected.

For more than a decade, the U.S. Pentagon has been mulling the idea of replacing its fifth-generation stealth fighter jets, and its F-22 Raptor in particular

The stock market has had a shaky start to the year. The tech-centric Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) is down 7% year to date at the time of this writing. Highly valued growth stocks have been

Brian Niccol was the CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) from March 2018 through August 2024. And during his tenure, Chipotle stock was up nearly 800%. Having led such a performance for

Although I'm not retired yet, I'm trying to build a portfolio of reliable dividend stocks that I can count on to provide income when I do stop working. I have little to no interest in buying AGNC

Baskin-Robbins has nothing on Vanguard. The ice cream chain is famous for offering 31 flavors to ice cream lovers. Meanwhile, Vanguard's family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) features 90 choices

I haven't added too many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to my portfolio -- yet. To put it mildly, some of the valuations in the megacap tech stocks have been difficult to justify, especially

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has long been a battleground stock with very divided views about where the stock will go, and the trenches only seem to have gotten deeper in recent months.

CEO Elon Musk, no

Social Security is in trouble, warns U.S. Rep Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts). 

The ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee recently issued a press release describing the actions being

Several of my friends and family members own or have owned rental properties. It can be a great way to generate passive income. However, one common complaint that I've heard from them is that the

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) and Unity Software (NYSE: U) were both once high-growth tech stocks that lost their momentum and disappointed their investors. BlackBerry was once the world's top smartphone

Over the past year, a new subsector of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks started receiving intense investment interest. As a result, these companies saw parabolic rises in their stock price

The semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is quite the company, developing high-end graphics processing units (GPUs) that help power artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Many investors

You can be forgiven if you've never heard of Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA). As of the end of 2024, the company had just 367 restaurant locations and many of these had only recently been rebranded from the

Volatility has been the single most prominent theme investors have dealt with in 2025. At one point, the closely watched S&P 500 index fell 10% from its peak, reaching correction territory. The

There are a lot of things about Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) stock that an income-focused investor will find attractive. The big one is the roughly 6.8% yield that is backed by a growing distribution

With the broader market pulling back in recent weeks, it has created some better entry points for investors interested in owning some of the top technology stocks out there.

Let's look at four tech

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) is a money-losing start-up today, but there is huge promise ahead, and the next five years could see a massive change in corporate direction. That sea change could start at

The last month has been tough for stock investors. The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index fell four weeks straight starting in mid-February, pushing it briefly into correction territory

The stock market has dropped lately, with the S&P 500 index down 3.3% over the last month through March 25. Growth stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Growth Index, fared worse, losing 4.5% during

Volatility has returned to the financial markets. The prices of many stocks declined in recent weeks, as traders grew more fearful of tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and a potential downturn in the

Like caffeine intake's impact on the body throughout the day, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has taken its investors on an up-and-down journey in the past 12 months. It has experienced double-digit daily

For most aging Americans, Social Security income isn't something they can make do without. Based on 23 years of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup, 80% to 90% of retirees rely on their

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) hit a record high of $480 per share in December after Donald Trump won the presidential election. The market assumed the relationship between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald

There are many people who enter retirement without a lot of money in savings. I'm hoping not to be one of them.

I'm working very hard to contribute steadily to my retirement account in the hopes of