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Building wealth generally means long-term investing. That's holding great businesses for a long time, letting earnings grow and dividends accumulate for years. A diverse portfolio of great stocks

Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) has had a rough few weeks, capped off by an earnings report last week that left a lot to be desired. Not only were third-quarter results relatively weak, but management

Kenvue (NYSE: KVUE) began trading on the NYSE in May after healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson spun off the consumer health business (it still owns a 9.5% stake in the company). Kenvue has many

Shares of visual search and idea platform Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) skyrocketed on Tuesday, following the company's third-quarter earnings report. While its stronger-than-expected third-quarter results

Stag Industrial (NYSE: STAG) is a serial acquirer. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has historically bought $750 million of income-producing industrial properties annually over the last eight

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has been one of the biggest winners on the market over the last decade. The automaker did something many thought was impossible -- prove that electric vehicles (EVs) were

Social Security benefits are meant to replace about 40% of pre-retirement earnings for the average worker, but the precise amount varies based on average lifetime income and claiming age. The

Warren Buffett is known as one of the greatest investors ever. As the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, he has a long and successful track record of allocating capital. 

One of the conglomerate's most

Wall Street sometimes gets so latched on to one metric in a quarterly report that it fails to examine the report as a whole. This results in a falling stock price. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:

The FAANG stocks are a group of mostly tech stocks that led the way for the market over the past decade. They are: Facebook (now known as Meta Platforms), Apple, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, and

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that pays a dividend that, at its current share price, yields close to 13%. That high payout could be incredibly

The market's reaction to some earnings reports this quarter has been surprisingly harsh. But that gives investors with a long-term horizon a discount to buy great companies, and there are some great

Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) was once the leading cannabis company in the world. While it's still one of the more popular companies in the marijuana industry today, it's hard to say it's a top one

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) are two of Warren Buffett's favorite stocks. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) currently allocates a whopping 47% of its

You've worked hard all your life, and now, you're finally beginning the countdown until your retirement date rolls around. The months leading up to your official workforce exit can be exciting. But

Last year was marred by spikes in inflation and interest rates, triggering a stock market sell-off for countless companies. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was one of the hardest hit, with its share price

Online bank SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been growing for years, but also losing money. In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down three key things that should make

If the headlines have you worried about a stock market crash, make sure that you're prepared for it. Market crashes are out of your control, but you can compound your losses by making bad decisions

It's been about a couple of weeks since Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) promised to make Halloween extra spooky by warning us that third-quarter results would be disappointing. 

It turns out the warning was more

The earnings report from Hertz (NASDAQ: HTZ) wouldn't normally break any news for a company like Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), but that wasn't the case this quarter. It was Hertz that said it missed

After an early rally this year, when the S&P 500 was up nearly 20% and almost entered another bull market, the index tumbled and is up only 9% in 2023. It's lost roughly 10% since the end of July

Like most real estate companies, EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) is feeling the pressure of rising interest rates. They've increased its borrowing costs while weighing on its stock price. That has pushed

The health savings account, or HSA, is not just a tax-advantaged way to budget for healthcare expenses – it is one of the most powerful and underappreciated financial tools that exist today. If

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have delivered incredible returns of 193% to investors in the past year, and a big chunk of those gains can be attributed to the booming demand for the company's

When Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) went public at $68 per American depositary share (ADS) on Sept. 19, 2014, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud leader raised $25 billion and eclipsed Facebook -- now known as