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Autozone and O'Reilly are the two giants in the car-parts retail space. These two companies have market capitalizations of $53 billion and $71 billion, respectively. By comparison, Advance Auto

October is shaping up to be an eventful month for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).

On Oct. 2, Tesla released its production and delivery stats for the third quarter -- standard procedure for the company prior

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) has been a long-term winner for investors. The company has delivered spectacular earnings growth, with revenue and net income climbing even during difficult periods

The past few years have marked a renaissance in the popularity of stock splits. The practice was commonplace during the 1990s but had fallen out of favor, only to be discovered by a new generation

In 2025, Social Security retirees are going to see more money in their monthly benefit checks. That's because seniors get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), or benefits increase, in most years --

If you're approaching or entering retirement -- and, really, even if you're far from retirement -- consider including a big bunch of dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio. You can expect healthy

Tesla, the iconic electric vehicle maker headed by its boisterous CEO Elon Musk, has sold millions of cars and trucks since its founding more than 20 years ago. Over the last decade alone, Tesla's

Success in business is challenging. Most new ventures don't last more than a decade. A few select companies survive and thrive for several decades. Fewer still go above and beyond by maintaining a

Social Security is one of the most important entitlement programs in America as it's kept millions of seniors out of poverty. Unfortunately, many people have bought into a dangerous myth about

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) just gave investors a reason to smile by cranking up its quarterly dividend payout by nearly 11% in September. But this isn't exactly a surprise. Microsoft has been paying

I enjoy investing in dividend stocks. I like to see the income flow into my portfolio. It gives me more money to reinvest into income-generating investments. That grows my passive income stream

You don't need to find the next Amazon or hit on a lottery ticket-type stock to make big money in investing. Sure, you might get lucky, but there are safer roads one can travel to financial

Beating the S&P 500 over five years or more is notoriously tricky. Even highly trained hedge fund managers often struggle to do it. If you're hoping to pull it off, it might be worth considering

Some important changes are coming to Social Security in 2025, and there are a few key numbers that you must know in order to understand and prepare for them. Here are three key numbers every retiree

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was once one of the hottest investments anyone could have made. The speculative cryptocurrency skyrocketed from $0.0000000001194 to $0.00008845 in the first 10 months of

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) dominated the artificial intelligence boom thus far, and it's easy to see why.

The company has a monopoly-like share of the data center GPU market with an estimated 98% in

In 2025, seniors who receive Social Security will see more money coming in their checks. That's because automatic benefit increases are built into Social Security.

Each year, third-quarter data from

How much should defense stocks cost? In 2017, I dived deep into this issue, concluding that on average and over a long span of time (17 years), U.S. defense stocks had historically sold for a

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported excellent growth in revenue, profit, cash flow, and subscribers.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Oct. 16, 2024. The video was published on Oct. 18

The stock market will occasionally experience bouts of volatility, but holding quality dividend stocks that regularly deposit extra cash into your account can smooth over those rough patches.

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The Social Security program faces many challenges in the coming years to solve financial issues, and address other issues that stakeholders say badly need change.

While this won't happen overnight

Each day, more and more people start investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). It's not hard to understand why. Over the past decade, the S&P 500 has risen roughly 278% in value

Realty Income (NYSE: O) is a dividend juggernaut. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has paid its shareholders over $14.1 billion in dividends since its public listing in 1994. The company has

How richly valued are stocks right now? Legendary investor Warren Buffett has built Berkshire Hathaway's cash stockpile up to roughly $277 billion. When Buffett is sitting on that much cash because

Though the broader market has been having a strong year, it has been a different story for Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). The streaming platform enterprise's shares are down thus far in 2024. But investor