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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

It's probably fair to call electric vehicle (EV) investors a little skittish. That's reasonable when you consider the EV industry is growing slower than expected in the U.S. market. And when you

With the holidays in the rearview mirror, the new year brings hope and renewal. It's also a good time to turn the page and analyze whether you should buy, sell, or hold certain stocks.

Apple's

The S&P 500 index is up 23% over the last year and rallied into the new year. The market's rebound looks like a bullish signal for the markets and economy, especially coming off a down year for the

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) just released its fourth-quarter sales data for investors to chew on before the company releases its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 results later this month. The good

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis and analysts Ron Gross and Matt Argersinger talk about:

Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner shares his investing lessons from 2023 and a stock he's excited

Many Americans who are approaching retirement age understand the financial advantages of waiting to claim Social Security. The only way to achieve the maximum retirement benefit is to hold off until

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the world's most valuable public company since 2011 when it had a market capitalization of just under $340 billion. Fast forward to today, and Apple's market cap is

Income investors love high dividend yields. Unfortunately, those yields often come with unacceptable trade-offs in the form of significant risk and/or low overall growth prospects. That's not always

After Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) soared by more than 150% last year, investors are now looking far and wide for cryptocurrencies that might be able to outperform Bitcoin in 2024. One intriguing candidate

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) stock has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut on Nov. 27, 2020. The developer of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose

There are many ways to start earning passive income in 2024. Investing in real estate or buying dividend stocks is a great way to begin.

One super easy way to start collecting passive income each

Dividend stocks offer investors a phenomenal way to reduce the overall volatility of a portfolio. The regular payouts those shares provide can help offset stock price declines, and studies have

The stock market is pushing toward a new all-time high, but some stocks have been left behind in the recent market rally.

But fortunes could be turning for PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) investors. It has

After a brutal crypto winter in 2022, the resurgence that swept through the crypto asset class in 2023 was more than refreshing. With signs that a bull market might be looming ahead, 2024 is shaping

As a certified B corporation, The Vita Coco Company (NASDAQ: COCO) and its suite of better-for-you beverages aim to succeed not only for its shareholders but for the sake of all stakeholders

The S&P 500 is within 0.5% of its all-time high as of this writing after very strongly closing out the last three months of 2023. So finding stocks that just went on sale is a challenging task --

When China's e-commerce outfit Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) went public back in 2014, investors were understandably stoked. The market was looking for the next Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), which had performed

It's no secret that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) had one of the strongest years of any stock in the market in 2023. With many companies ramping up their purchases of its class-leading graphics processing

Despite the stock market's rally over the last year, there are still promising companies that trade at massive discounts compared to previous highs. With the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution