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Last year was another challenging one for the commercial real estate sector. While the Federal Reserve started reducing interest rates, it didn't cut them as fast as the market expected due to

If you're worried about having enough passive income to maintain your lifestyle during retirement, you're not alone. Having to spend more just to maintain their current standard of living is a

For a second consecutive year, Wall Street gave investors plenty of reason to smile. When the curtain closed on 2024, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500

Social Security might cut you a check every month during retirement, but you probably shouldn't count on it being enough to maintain your lifestyle. As of November 2024, the average retired worker

When I was growing up, my grandfather told me that he only invests in things he actually understands. For him, it was primarily real estate.

While I never followed in his footsteps and know very

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) delivered a total return (including dividends) of 25% in 2024, which followed a gain of 26% in 2023.

The index only delivered back-to-back annual returns of at least

Dividend stocks can be powerful investments. They've outperformed non-payers by more than two to one over the last 50 years, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds. 

However,

Everyone wants a piece of the artificial intelligence (AI) market. Since ChatGPT's release, AI has grabbed countless headlines on Wall Street and helped many companies rise in prominence. There are

The biggest attraction of Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) as 2025 gets underway is most likely its lofty 5.2% dividend yield. The average consumer staples company is yielding just 2.5%, less than half as

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) performed very well in 2024, with a 25% gain, but it ended the year on a sour note, with a 3.3% drop in December.

The index is relatively expensive right now. It

Following last year's 70% gain, the idea of stepping into a stake in Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) stock now could be a bit intimidating. There are limits to how far a stock can climb in a fairly short

Last year was a fantastic one for stocks and stock market investors. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)roared into the new year, confirming a bull market, and finished 2024 with a double-digit gain. This

Almost no other stock has done better since the presidential election than Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).

From Nov. 5 to the end of the year, shares of the electric vehicle (EV) maker jumped 61% and had

Apple had a market value of $3.7 trillion as of Dec. 31, making it the most valuable U.S. company, a title it has held for the better part of the last decade. But Apple has yet to demonstrate its

For decades, flying vehicles have been an idea out of science fiction. However, with recent developments in battery technology, flying taxis could soon become a reality, and Archer Aviation (NYSE:

For more than eight decades, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for aging workers who could no longer do so for themselves. Even though the average retired-worker benefit for

It's far from clear where the economy is heading in 2025, but that isn't the sole focus of investors in 3M (NYSE: MMM). Instead, they're most likely hoping that CEO Bill Brown's plans to rejuvenate

In November 2024, Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) made a big announcement: It will be supplying a roughly 80-megawatt fuel cell project in South Korea. The project, assuming all goes as planned, will be the

Equity analyst Dan Ives has made a quite a few prescient calls in his career. In the last year alone, he predicted the Nasdaq Composite would hit 20,000, and he remained bullish on Palantir despite

Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) went public at $23 a share on Sept. 15, 2021. By Nov. 1, the drive-thru coffee-chain's stock had more than tripled to a record closing price of $76.25.

At the time, the bulls

Artificial intelligence (AI) took the world, and the stock market, by storm in early 2023 and has not slowed since. Investors have flocked to the companies developing and producing the chips to

A new year is upon us, and 2025 is sure to serve up all kinds of twists and turns. But while no one knows exactly what the future may bring, backing strong companies that operate in growth markets

The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has climbed consistently higher over the past couple of years as technology investors have sought to profit from the economic recovery, the rapid adoption

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) has posted big gains over the last day of trading. The cryptocurrency's token price was up 14.6% over the last 24 hours as of 6:15 p.m. ET Friday. Meanwhile, Bitcoin was up

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