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Dividend investing is awesome. The ultimate goal is to build a portfolio of dividend stocks that pay you enough cash to cover your living expenses while diversifying so that the payouts come from

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the biggest success story of the artificial intelligence (AI) era thus far with the stock jumping more than tenfold from the start of 2023, shortly after ChatGPT came

U.S. stocks have recently come under pressure following President Trump's pivot toward more protectionist economic policies. However, seasoned long-term investors recognize that these sharp market

One area of artificial intelligence (AI) that's beginning to come into the mainstream is a concept known as quantum computing. While it's still years away from becoming commercially adopted, big

There's no such thing as a stock that's worth buying at any price. A no-brainer bargain at one valuation will necessarily be a bad purchase at another, higher one. Yet some stocks are worth owning

The U.S. equity market has had a solid run in the past two years, buoyed by a steadily improving macroeconomic environment and strong uptake of artificial intelligence technologies. The benchmark

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks on Wall Street, but it has become a bit overheated. This has caused the stock to sell off 30%

Ever since the presidential election in November, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has been on an absolute rocket ship. At its current price of $2.39, XRP is up almost 400% over the past five months. And it

The average retired worker who is 69 years old and collects Social Security gets about $1,945 per month, according to the latest edition of the Social Security Statistical Supplements. That's

If one had to identify a theme for the recent fourth-quarter 2024 earnings presentation from fuel cell and hydrogen specialist Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG), "hope springs eternal" would be a strong

You've certainly heard of YouTube, but are you familiar with its story? While it's arguably the only user-generated video sharing platform that matters now, this wasn't always the case. In its

It's fun to play "what if" games, and you can play them with stocks, too. For example, what if you'd plunked $10,000 into shares of Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) stock five years ago, as the

U.S. stocks are experiencing a rather volatile period. Despite multiple optimistic forecasts for the S&P 500 heading into 2025, the benchmark index is down 3.6% year to date as of this writing

With the recent market sell-off, there are a number of attractive tech stocks that investors can look to add to their portfolios. For investors with some cash on the sidelines, here are three top

Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) took investors on a wild ride since its public debut three years ago. The quantum computing company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company

Holders of XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) are likely rejoicing: With one of the cryptocurrency's biggest potential problems now in the rear-view mirror, there's reason to believe that plenty of growth is on the

Greater than 50%. Those are the odds DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach, who some call the "bond king," gives for a U.S. recession within the next few quarters. Gundlach acknowledged in an

If I were Warren Buffett, I probably wouldn't be able to wipe the smile off my face. While the overall stock market has fallen this year, his beloved Berkshire Hathaway has delivered an impressive

The U.S. stock market has had a rough start to 2025. The S&P 500 recently entered a correction, and while it quickly bounced back, the index remains below where it was in early January. Meanwhile

President Trump during his campaign proposed ending taxes on Social Security benefits. But that change is unlikely for one reason: Social Security already faces a serious financial problem that may

Data is abundant, if not overwhelming, on Wall Street. Between earnings season -- the six-week period when a majority of S&P 500 companies unveil their quarterly operating results -- and near-daily

For well over a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-building machine. Though there is no shortage of pathways to grow your wealth in the stock market, few strategies have proved more fruitful

The stock market often rewards companies it believes have strong future growth potential with premium valuations. In the case of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), investors have bid up shares to roughly 35

Social Security can make or break retirement for millions of older adults. Benefits are a major source of income for 60% of current retirees, according to a 2024 Gallup poll, with an additional 28%

The next big game-changing technology could be the ticket to explosive gains for your portfolio over time. And that technology may be quantum computing, a type of computing that aims to solve