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In some ways, Moody's (NYSE: MCO) personifies the boring financial stock paradigm. If you bring up junk bonds in conversation, many people will walk away, and you may need to find a different party

In an ideal world, you'll retire with access to income outside of Social Security, like savings and investments. But those benefits might still end up playing an important role in your retirement

The Federal Reserve's members have projected just one rate cut for 2024, but many experts are calling for much more aggressive lowering of benchmark rates. In this video, Matt Frankel, CFP®, and

In today's video, I discuss recent artificial intelligence (AI) updates impacting Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and other tech stocks. Check out

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) has become one of the more popular stocks in the energy sector. Warren Buffett has a lot to do with its popularity. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns more than a

As we approach the end of 2023, it's a great time to review your retirement savings strategy and see where improvements can be made. This could mean reallocating funds, setting different goals, or

You may have to thank Toast (NYSE: TOST) -- at least partially -- for your latest great restaurant meal. The company isn't doing the cooking, but it is helping 99,000 restaurants improve the dining

Remember Montgomery Ward, Lehman Brothers, and Pan Am? They were all well-known publicly traded companies that paid dividends. And they all went out of business.

Investors who bought those stocks

In 2021, meme coins such as Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) were all the rage. They enticed individual investors with a very simple promise: Invest just a few bucks to acquire

The stock market is enjoying a nice bounce-back year. The S&P 500 has rallied nearly 20% this year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq is up over 35%. Because of that, many stocks currently sit near their

There's been some doom and gloom surrounding Detroit automaker General Motors (NYSE: GM). It hit a massive speed bump with its autonomous robotaxi start-up, Cruise, when California regulators deemed

If you're someone who pushes yourself to max out your IRA year after year, that's actually a great thing. The more money you put into your IRA, the more retirement income you might enjoy down the

Income-seeking investors have some interesting options to choose from in the healthcare sector right now. AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), the pharmaceutical giant behind the top-selling drug of the past

In roughly three weeks, the curtain will close and another year will be in the books for Wall Street. For growth-stock investors, it's been a banner year. After losing 33% of its value during the

Right now, you may be preparing for more than the holidays. You might also be looking at your portfolio with the idea of getting it ready for the new year. It's impossible to predict which stocks

Tens of millions of seniors rely on Social Security to make ends meet. About 88% of retirees said Social Security is a significant source of income in retirement, with a rising portion of those

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights Rivian's (NASDAQ: RIVN) prospects in 2024, makes a production target prediction, and tells you if he thinks the stock price will be higher or lower

For most Americans, Social Security provides a financial foundation during their golden years. More than two decades of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup have shown that as many as 90% of

Retirement should be a stress-free time, but that's unfortunately not always the case. Outside of working, plenty of planning goes into getting ready for retirement, especially financially. With so

Shares of Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) (NASDAQ: PARA.A) closed up 12% on Friday after Puck News reported that the entertainment conglomerate is the subject of takeover interest from Skydance

Ambitious biotech Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) had a fine Friday on the stock market, with its shares closing more than 17% higher. That stock-price pop trounced the performance of the S&P 500

Investors felt secure enough about security-products specialist Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) to push its share price up by 5% on Friday. This had little to do with the company directly; rather, a major

Shares of HashiCorp (NASDAQ: HCP) fell 16.4% on Friday despite stronger-than-expected quarterly results from the cloud infrastructure software company. The market appears to be concerned with

Shares of ACM Research (NASDAQ: ACMR) were gaining last month as the company known for making equipment that cleans semiconductor wafers posted solid results in its third-quarter earnings report and

As the holiday season unwraps, retailers and brands are doing what they can to entice consumers to go out and spend. According to market research firm Nielsen, one of the industries that is expected