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2024 has gotten off to quite the start. As investors warm up to the idea that a new bull market has begun, interest has flooded into the semiconductor industry, with names like Nvidia and Advanced

The maximum monthly Social Security benefit is $4,873 per month in 2024, which is a pretty huge amount of money to get every single month from the government.

Unfortunately, it's very unlikely that

In today's rapidly evolving economy, the technology and media sectors are converging before our eyes -- creating unique investment opportunities along the way.

Discerning investors are constantly on

Investing in growth stocks requires a lot of patience and a tolerance for pain. A growth stock could go up much faster than the market, but it could also fall a lot harder.

Such is the case of Etsy

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is a great oil company. It has delivered peer-leading growth across several key metrics over the past several years. It also has the longest dividend-growth streak in the oil

Whenever you leave a job, it's a good idea to take the money in your former employer's 401(k) and move it into a new retirement plan. While you may get the option to leave your money where it is

Cybersecurity heavyweights are locked in a war of words. During a recent round of conference calls, and later in follow-ups on Twitter/X, CEOs from Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) and CrowdStrike

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) have climbed 159% over the last 12 months, as demand for its data center chips is booming. One analyst doesn't expect the stock's run to end just yet.

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Mary Long caught up with Motley Fool analysts Tim Beyers and Kirsten Guerra to discuss:

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Stocks across a range of industries and sectors have dealt with unique challenges over the last few years. While some companies are still dealing with the effects of a slowdown in growth following

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has benefited from a favorable market environment. Since the start of 2023, the shares are up 60% (as of March 6), boosted by strong financial results.

Looking at

Struggling basketball players sometimes get replaced in their team's starting lineup. So do athletes who play other sports. Corporate executives, politicians, and TV personalities are subject to

Many investors worry that they might have missed the biggest gains in Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) stock. That's not due to any recent price spike, of course. The coffee titan's shares sat out of the

It's been a good year so far for retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT). As of this writing, the two stocks have risen 16% and 21%, respectively, year to date. Both companies reported

Your Social Security benefits will be one of your most important retirement income sources because these benefits won't end during your lifetime. Cost of living adjustments are also built into the

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are two of the market's hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Nvidia's high-end GPUs are used to process complex AI tasks in data centers

One of the biggest trends available to investors today is the shift from traditional advertising to digital advertising. The shift has been happening for years now, but it still has plenty of

Few factors will have as big of an impact on your retirement income as the age you begin claiming Social Security.

Nearly 90% of current retirees depend on their benefits to some degree, according

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). She launched Ark's first spot price Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in January once regulators gave their approval.

Earlier

Building wealth through the stock market is a simple process of building up a collection of great businesses and holding them in your portfolio for many years. Investors can achieve excellent

Since the start of last year, the stock market has been a huge winner for investors. Just two months into 2024, the major indexes are hitting fresh all-time highs seemingly every day.

Growth tech

If you're thinking about retiring soon, you don't want to just jump in with both feet -- especially since it can be hard to rejoin the workforce once you've left it.

You need to be personally and

Saving for retirement is a really important thing to do. But unfortunately, it may be hard to wrap your head around that need when you're fairly young and have different financial priorities.

When

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could use a new blockbuster product, and it could come as soon as this summer.

The iPhone maker saw sales rise just 2% last quarter after a year in which revenue fell 2.8%

Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) straddles the market sectors of real estate, finance, and technology -- including artificial intelligence (AI), as Chief Executive Officer Glenn Kelman emphasized in the