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Get ready -- in just 11 years, Social Security will be celebrating its 100th birthday! For now, we can celebrate that it has been around for 89 years, keeping millions of Americans out of poverty

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a king of reliability, known for its consistent financial and stock growth. Over the last five years, the company's share price has risen 200%, while free cash flow has

Along with slight revenue growth and a greatly reduced net loss, troubled connected fitness company Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) managed to produce positive free cash flow in the fourth quarter of fiscal

Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT) is arguably one of the more controversial stocks on the market today. The company is the parent of Truth Social, the social media site linked to former

Imagine a world where you can jump into a flying taxi and avoid the traffic gridlock below to reach your destination. Although this idea sounds like something out of science fiction, electric

Carbon dioxide emissions are a big problem for the environment. Oil and gas combustion is a key source of this climate-changing gas. Because of that, many energy companies are looking for ways to be

Some would have you believe that investing is incredibly complicated, but at its core, a sound philosophy boils down to buying great companies and holding them for the long haul. It's as simple as

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is one of the world's largest and most prominent healthcare players. The pharmaceutical leader has a long and impressive track record of innovation, financial results

Technological advances over the last decade have breathed new life into the artificial intelligence (AI) market, allowing companies to finally begin delivering on concepts theorized decades ago. The

A big shake-up just hit Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). Longtime chief executive officer (CEO) Brian Niccol just announced a surprising departure to Starbucks. Niccol has been instrumental in

Last week, I put new money to work by investing in stocks. And I'm sure critics would call me naive for investing at a time like this. But I don't consider myself naive. To the contrary, if I'm

While Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is still up 15% for the year, its recent performance has been troubling, to say the least. Over the past 30 days, Ethereum is down nearly 25%. So, understandably, many

It's not exactly a secret that healthcare tends to be a huge expense for retirees. But as of 2023, Fidelity estimated that the average 65-year-old could expect to spend $157,500 on healthcare in

Markets that go up have always been followed by markets that go down. It's the typical bull/bear cycle that investors have to deal with.

Right now, the market is up near historic highs, which is why

Warren Buffett hasn't seen a lot to like in the stock market recently. He's sold more stock than he bought for Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) equity portfolio in each of the last

You've probably heard the investing adage, "Don't try to catch a falling knife." The premise is that buying a stock that's in a clear downtrend can backfire because you can't know whether it will

The beauty of long-term investing is how much one can potentially get paid from an investment decades into the future. So, for those in their early to mid-adulthood, it's not too early to think

In the past five years, the S&P 500 has produced a total return of 108% (as of Aug. 22), which would have more than doubled an investor's starting capital.

Visa (NYSE: V), despite being a phenomenal

Many cryptocurrencies rallied back over the past year as expectations for lower rates drove investors toward speculative investments again. Moreover, the approvals of the first spot price

Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Holdings and Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global Investors are two highly regarded billionaire-level investment managers. In the second quarter, their companies added

BlackRock oversees more than $10 trillion in client money, making it the largest asset manager in the world. Around $3.3 trillion of that is parked in its iShares subsidiary, which operates over

If you are a conservative investor who prefers to buy the biggest and best stocks in a sector, then you'll want to own Realty Income (NYSE: O). Despite a recent rally, the share price is still

Some are saying the 2024 presidential race is more about vibes than issues. Perhaps that's true. Even if that's the case, though, it doesn't mean there aren't issues that matter to many Americans.

There are some businesses out there that have absolutely crushed it for their shareholders. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the perfect example of a wildly successful investment.

In the past 20 years,

Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) was a pandemic darling. Its stock came public in 2020 priced at $20, and it soared 20-fold to over $400 within just 10 months. Historically low interest rates drove a