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Over multiple decades, Wall Street is a surefire wealth creator. When compared to the annualized returns of housing, gold, oil, and even bonds, the stock market easily has these asset classes beat

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall shares a stunning fact about the "Magnificent Seven" stocks that investors should know before making any investing decisions about these winning

Social Security is a major source of retirement income for a lot of older Americans. And for some people, those benefits constitute their sole source of income.

You may be planning to largely retire

As we head into the new year, just about everyone's mind is on one thing: New Year's resolutions. You may want to eat healthier, get more exercise, or spend some time with a good book in 2024. While

Cathie Wood had a great 2023, bouncing back from the setbacks that she and her family of actively managed ETFs suffered in 2022's bear market. The investment manager's largest fund, the $8 billion

Based on the responses of retirees from more than 20 years of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup, Social Security income is indispensable. Between 80% and 90% of then-current retirees said

Social Security isn't just about benefits for retirees, the disabled, and their families. It's become so enmeshed in the American society that it has become a key part of people's identity. Indeed

Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) stock appears to have started off its life as a public company on the wrong foot. It sells today at a 68% discount to the all-time high it set soon after it went public in

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian analyzes Nio's (NYSE: NIO) latest investor update to decipher what it could mean for shareholders.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 4

What a difference a year makes. After the Nasdaq Composite shed 33% of its value in 2022 -- one of the worst market performances in over a decade -- the index has nearly returned to its former

The S&P 500 finished 2023 in spectacular fashion. The index notched nine consecutive weekly increases, its longest win streak since 2004. In total, the S&P 500 soared 24% last year as market

How far from the Big Blue tree did the Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) apple fall?

Formerly known as IBM's (NYSE: IBM) IT infrastructure-services division, Kyndryl spun out as an independent public company in

In the vast ocean of investment opportunities, Carnival Corp.'s (NYSE: CCL) SEA Change Program stands out as a promising investment in the future. This three-year strategy -- introduced in June 2023

Many people make it a New Year's resolution to save more money, and to that end, investing in stocks isn't a bad idea. Putting your hard-earned cash in solid corporations with bright futures will

The podcast's final mailbag of 2023.

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2023 was a year of recovery for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which jumped 43% amid the easing of inflation and other macroeconomic challenges that hurt stocks in 2022. But if history is anything

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained some 43% in 2023. And investors are hopeful it will rally further as excitement continues to increase around generative artificial intelligence (AI)

Semiconductor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has hitched its wagon to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company is putting AI at the center of nearly everything it does.

In the PC market

Many tech stocks went up during 2023 thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Among them was Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), which uses AI across a number of products, including

If you believe interest rates are headed lower in 2024, then it's highly likely you think conditions in the U.S. housing market will improve. After all, housing affordability is highly sensitive to

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) is trying to achieve something with its battery technology that has never been accomplished. Its "solid-state" battery doesn't need the liquid or gel found inside existing

Biotech giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has delivered market-beating returns over the past 12 months, five years, and 10 years. Existing shareholders are happy, but those still on the

It's been a rough start to 2024 for the stock market. Some of the biggest drivers of 2023's rally have taken hits in the first few days of the year, including some of the so-called "Magnificent

You might have missed it, but Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock quietly gained 81% in 2023.

While the market's attention was focused on Nvidia and other AI stocks amid the fanfare over ChatGPT and other

2023 was an interesting year in the stock market, with some stocks rebounding extremely well from the 2022 downturn and others not performing as strongly. In this video, Fool.com contributors Matt