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Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) stock plunged following its first-quarter earnings. While its 23% yearly revenue growth closely approximated its performance in past quarters, a forecast for lower Q2 revenue

Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) turned in mixed first-quarter results. The electric vehicles (EV) maker's vehicles continue to be popular, but the company continues to sell them below the cost of making them

The tech industry is booming after facing a sharp downturn in 2022. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) brought the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT, forcing countless companies to restructure their

Shares of cruise company Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) are up 90% over the past year, and it's easy to see why investors are celebrating. On April 25, the company reported better-than-expected

Americans were recently surveyed by the folks at AARP about their feelings regarding Social Security and Medicare, and not surprisingly, the vast majority of them are big fans. According to an

Stan Druckenmiller is an incredible investor with a long track record of producing outsize gains in the financial markets. He worked with George Soros in the '90s, famously shorting the British

We all would like to get richer, and it's hard to beat the power of the stock market for accomplishing that -- at least, over long periods. The simplest, and for most people, the best way to invest

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) just reported solid 2024 first-quarter results. Revenue jumped 37% year over year, and the digital-banking provider posted its second straight positive-net income.

Those who put $10,000 in the initial public offering (IPO) of coffee company Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) more than 30 years ago are millionaires today. In short, this has been an absolutely magnificent

The first weekend in May marked the yearly investing pilgrimage as tens of thousands of value investors congregated in Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) annual meeting. They went to ask

If you're in the market for passive income, then a dividend-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a great option to consider. These ETFs allow you to own hundreds of dividend-paying stocks with a

While changing investor sentiment can drive steep fluctuations in the market and individual stocks, great businesses don't vanish overnight. Looking beyond share prices alone at the underlying

It would take you more than a few minutes to find an asset that has produced a better return in the past five years than Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). During that stretch, the world's most valuable

Cloud observability and security platform provider Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) has underperformed the broader stock market in 2024, with shares of the company down 7% as of this writing, and it looks

Ether (CRYPTO: ETH), the largest cryptocurrency of the open-source Ethereum network, has rallied nearly 70% over the past 12 months. However, it's still trading about 35% below its all-time high of

In case you haven't noticed, the green flag has been waving for optimistic investors for more than a year. Since the start of 2023, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI)

Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) has been one of the steadiest companies in the energy sector over the years, and 2023 was its 18th straight year of achieving its financial guidance. It's well on its way to

Since the mid-1990s, the 4% rule has been a gold standard in retirement planning. Its simplicity is the key to its appeal because it helps answer a challenging and complex question: How much can you

Social Security serves as a key income source for millions of retired Americans. Without those benefits, many seniors would struggle to cover even basic expenses like housing and food.

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About once every 90 days, publicly traded companies have to face their shareholders and let them know how their businesses have performed over the past quarter. Those earnings releases often bring

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) efforts to reduce costs in the retail business, including optimizing inventory at its fulfillment centers, is starting to pay huge dividends on the bottom line. The business

Being a shareholder of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) hasn't been easy over the last year. The stock has risen 5% since last May, which is abnormal for a company that regularly outperforms the S&P 500 (which

The electric vehicle (EV) industry has lost some steam in 2024, especially in the U.S. High sticker prices and high interest rates have throttled growth to just 10% so far this year, especially as

Two of the biggest long-term winners in the stock market, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI), don't have much in common at first glance. The former is an e-commerce leader

If you're confused by Duolingo's (NASDAQ: DUOL) recent stock market performance, you're not alone. Plenty of investors are shaking their heads after watching its stock price tank by 18% on May 9