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Investing legend Warren Buffett has delivered fortune-building returns to Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) shareowners for almost 60 years. You can position yourself to profit

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) to determine the better stock to buy today.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of July 4

With July getting under way, 2024 is half over -- hard as it may be to believe. The new year will be here before most people know it, so it's time for seniors to start looking ahead financially to

Tech stocks have been on fire over the last year thanks to a rally in the artificial intelligence (AI) market. The Nasdaq Composite index, which includes many of the world's leading tech companies

Don't waste your time looking for the next Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). There's only one Amazon, but chances are its days of gargantuan growth were years ago.

Nevertheless, there's always another company

The first half of 2024 is in the books, and it's been a solid period for the stock market. The S&P 500 is up more than 14% year to date, while the Nasdaq Composite is up more than 18%.

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To say that Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) hasn't performed well on the stock market this year would be an understatement. Shares of the cancer-focused biotech are down by 41%. However, the

There are a lot of choices for income investors these days. Even if you narrow your search to high-yielding options, there are more than 1,300 U.S.-exchanged listed investments currently yielding

This year has been a great one for the broader indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite, which have been driven higher by outsize gains in megacap growth stocks. But other pockets of the

July is for barbecues, fireworks, and vacations. Many people don't want to think too hard about anything. Three Fool.com contributors think they have solutions for those investors who don't want to

The S&P 500 index is trading at an all-time high with a 16.8% gain in 2024 so far, placing it firmly in bull market territory. A series of tailwinds could be aligning to drive further momentum

Carnival (NYSE: CCL)(NYSE: CUK) is the leading global-cruise operator, and after it got crushed early in the pandemic, it's back in action. Investors who took a gamble on its recovery have been

You might think that the only way to generate strong investment returns is to try and successfully pick individual stocks that can be huge winners over time. But investors might be surprised to

It's been a rough ride for shareholders of SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI). After a drop of 35% this year (as of July 3), the stock currently trades 75% below its peak. But interested investors can

I typically don't have a ton of concentration in my portfolio, but due to recent market moves, more than 30% of my capital is invested in just five stocks. Some are common slow-and-steady portfolio

Retirees are most likely going to receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025. COLAs increase the amount of monthly Social Security benefits in order to help ensure those benefits keep pace

I'm sure most readers are familiar with Nike (NYSE: NKE). The leading sportswear business, which sells popular apparel and sneakers, has a global presence. And it's been atop the industry for many

The stock market had a strong first half of the year. The S&P 500 rallied 14.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index surged 17%.

However, while the first half was strong for the broader market, it

To get ideas for new investments, investors can either look at recent outperformers to capture growth momentum, or recent underperformers in hopes of catching a turnaround.

Looking at the latter

As of this writing, shares of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) are trading at nearly $400, which is an all-time high. It's been a sensational ride for shareholders over the last five

Dividend stocks pay you regularly regardless of how the share price fluctuates. Ideally, of course, the share price will move steadily higher over time and make you money in two ways.

The good news

Wall Street remains generally bullish about Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The stock has skyrocketed more than 150% year to date and now boasts a market cap of nearly $3.2 trillion. Even after this huge

Billionaire investors don't necessarily need quarterly payments from dividend stocks to cover their day-to-day expenses, but they buy them anyway. That's because businesses that distribute a portion

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are a great way for investors to add real estate exposure to their portfolios without actually buying property. These companies specialize in real estate and

The past few years have been tough ones for investors holding shares of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). The Big Pharma stock is down by more than half from the peak it set in late 2021.

Pfizer's stock price was