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Industrial products and toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is on the right track. Its restructuring and cost-cutting measures are improving its profit margins, and the plan to reduce its

More than 335 million people live in the U.S. Around 65 million of them receive health insurance coverage from Medicare. Of those, roughly 57 million are Americans ages 65 and older.

There's

Volatility has been the name of the game on Wall Street for more than three years. Investors enjoyed a period of euphoria in 2021 that was fueled by historically low interest rates and fiscal

W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) has steadily grown over the years. It has become one of the largest real estate investment trusts (REIT) focused on net lease properties (i.e., leases where the tenant covers

When the Oracle of Omaha speaks, Wall Street and everyday investors listen attentively. That's because Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has trounced the benchmark S&P

Social Security is not going away. That's an important piece of information to put out there, because a lot of people are convinced that those benefits won't be around by the time their retirement

Three of this year's hottest stocks have taken a pause in the action. These winners all have climbed in the double digits so far this year -- but they've slowed down over the past month, posting

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Palantir's third-quarter earnings results and answers if Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) makes an excellent long-term investment.

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Most investors probably wouldn't let a random stranger pick stocks for them. After all, you don't know if that stranger is qualified to make such a call!

What about a few million people, however

One school of thought says the next bull market begins when the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) reaches a new record high. By that standard, the benchmark index is roughly 10 percentage points away from

On Oct. 30, the White House issued its first executive order to help regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It features a sweeping set of directives allocated under eight

Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) stock jumped 4% during after-hours trading on Nov. 1 after the chipmaker posted its latest earnings report. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on Sept. 24

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) index was up as much as 37.2% year-to-date in mid-July, but refreshed economy concerns pumped the brakes on that stellar gain. The same index is

It's been a long and ugly road to recovery for the Android smartphone market, but leading mobile chip giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is signaling that the recovery is finally here. The latest quarter

In this week's video, I cover need-to-know news items related to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) during the week of Oct. 30. Today's video will focus on Tesla's sales numbers in California, China, and Europe

There's no question that 2023 has been a rough year for Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY).

While other e-commerce stocks like Amazon, Shopify, and Wayfair have bounced back from their post-pandemic lows, Etsy has

Not all dividend stocks are in the same league. Some offer puny yields. Others, though, provide exceptionally high ones plus solid long-term growth prospects.

Three Motley Fool contributors think

The stock market can be a scary place for many people, and that's perfectly normal. The unfortunate reality is that the world has a lot going on at any given time, and it seems like all of it can

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock has been hit hard in 2023 and is now down over 20% year to date following its third-quarter results which fell short of expectations. The sell-off has been

Some investing decisions are easier than others. A high-growth stock with increasing profits at a low valuation could be a no-brainer buy. But if you take out the low valuation, it could become a

Michael Lewis knows how to tell a story. He's given color to the characters behind baseball and the finance industry. Now, he paints a portrait of Sam-Bankman Fried, the infamous face of crypto who

Palantir Technologies' (NYSE: PLTR) stock surged 20% on Nov. 2 after the data mining and analytics company posted its third-quarter report. Its revenue rose 17% year over year to $558 million and