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Most investors may not realize it, but we've got access to far more retirement savings options than were offered just a generation earlier. The traditional IRA didn't exist until 1974, and 401(k)

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been a winning investment over time. The stock has advanced more than 1,400% over the past decade, and just last year, it climbed 44%. There's a clear reason for this top

When a given stock enters a bear market, some risk-tolerant investors often feel they have the opportunity to buy on sale. This is especially true for dividend stocks, since a lower buy price

2024 was an interesting year for pharmaceutical powerhouse Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY). At one point, share prices had gained as much as 65% on the year. However, after a less-than-spectacular earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM) management revealed information that has broad implications for stock market investors.

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Last year was a tipping point for crypto, which for the first time made it into the investment mainstream. New spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started trading, crypto emerged as a

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has emerged as the No. 2 player in the artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator market, although it remains far behind Nvidia. While Nvidia is now generating $30

Share prices of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) plummeted 58% in 2024, ranking among the worst performers in the S&P 500 index. The biotech, renowned for its pioneering development of vaccines based on

When the chapter closed on 2024, investors had every reason to cheer. Last year, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth

Fintech, the broad term for financial technology, is expanding quickly as companies continue to merge their financial products with the latest tech innovations. Investors looking to tap into this

Investors can find plenty of great exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to generate income. Vanguard, one of the biggest fund managers around, offers 88 ETFs. All of them return money to shareholders via

What's the most popular age to file for Social Security retirement benefits? It's 62 -- by far. Many Americans are ready to retire as early as possible after working for decades.

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While the huge spike in spending on artificial intelligence (AI) has gotten all the investment attention in the technology sector over the past year, that doesn't mean that increased cybersecurity

I have been slowly buying shares of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) over the past few years. The big draw for me is the telecom giant's big-time dividend. At the current share price, it yields over 7%. That's

Few investors would argue that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) isn't a solid company. After all, there's a reason it's the U.S.'s biggest bank, boasting nearly $3.6 trillion worth of assets. Credit the

Dividend stocks are an important part of a diversified portfolio. They provide passive income under almost any conditions, which strengthens your portfolio and protects your money in changing

With Wall Street seemingly focused only on artificial intelligence and GLP-1 weight-loss drug stocks lately, it might surprise some of these investors to learn that Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was actually

In the first half of 2024, it seemed Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) could do no wrong. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last very long. The stock peaked last October and was down by more than 21% when

Warren Buffett primarily buys large-cap stocks for Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio. That makes sense because Berkshire has so much money to deploy that smaller companies simply don't move the needle

You can build incredible wealth in the stock market, and it's not as difficult as you might think. The key is to patiently hold shares of a growing company that still has a large market to expand

Regularly investing in growing companies is a recipe for wealth-building gains over many years. But when you can buy shares of these companies at attractive valuations, it can help your investments

Investors can build tremendous wealth over the long term, and it doesn't require trading in and out of hot tech stocks. If you follow Warren Buffett's approach of buying shares of quality businesses

Investing $100,000 into the stock market is a significant amount of money. You might expect that to be enough to eventually grow to $1 million, when looking at the long term -- a period of 25 years

In recent months, investors have taken a renewed interest in quantum computing. Traditional computer bits can only hold zeros or ones. However, quantum bits, commonly called qubits, can represent

Professional fund managers are some of the brightest minds on Wall Street. There's a reason people trust them with billions of dollars in capital. Practically all of them are highly educated and