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It's been a tough year for finance stocks like Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF). Multi-decade high interest rates weigh on banks that have struggled to hold onto deposits, and lenders saw an uptick

Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) first generation of discrete graphics cards has been a mixed bag. The hardware itself is solid, and prices are aggressive, but the company still has work to do on the software

To put it mildly, there's quite a bit of misinformation about Social Security on social media and in the news, and it's important for Americans to be able to separate fact from fiction when it comes

With nothing more than a passing glance, discount retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT) look similar enough. Both offer a wide assortment of household goods -- including grocery items

The Robinhood trading platform helped introduce fee-free trading when it debuted in 2015, and the platform remains popular because of its easy-to-use app that even allows investors to buy fractional

It's official. On Thursday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024. Next year's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be much

Wall Street loves a growth story, which is basically why Kellogg decided to break itself up into Kellanova (NYSE: K) and WK Kellogg (NYSE: KLG). But there's a problem with this business move that

Plenty of growth stocks fell out of Wall Street's good graces over the past two months as the market got caught in a slump. It's not all that surprising given that concerns about a potential

Millions of older Americans get coverage through Medicare. And without it, the cost of taking care of their health would potentially be astronomical.

But Medicare is by no means free. And there are

As the second-largest company globally, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) gets a lot of attention as an investment. With its fingers in exciting areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing

The S&P 500 currently trades at 17.7 times forward earnings. That's below the five-year average of 18.7 times forward earnings and roughly in line with the 10-year average. That metric suggests

It's hard to find a silver lining in the housing market these days.

Mortgage rates have soared to 23-year highs, topping 8% for 30-year fixed across much of the country. That's led monthly payments

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has been one of the best-performing stocks this year. Shares are up 167% in 2023 (as of Oct. 1), a huge reversal from the monumental drop from late 2021 to late 2022.

The Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan to wipe away student loans, and it left more than 40 million borrowers on the hook to resume payments this month. If you're one of them, don't

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been cutting prices all year and added another cut in just the last few weeks. But the impact on the business may not be what investors think. Margins are dropping and

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) offers some of the most popular products and services on the market, with a customer base ranging from individual consumers and small merchants to large enterprise clients and

What's better than a stock that pays dividends? A stock with growing dividends and a business that's built for long-term success. 

Three Motley Fool contributors identified stocks they think fit the

All three major indexes dipped into bear territory last year, and many top companies saw their share prices sink. Your portfolio may have felt the pain, too. But there is a way to cushion the impact

Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) has been a promising electric vehicle company since coming to public markets, but it's run into a consistent problem. Operations are burning through money, and to get to

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has long used debt to finance growth, but in the last year, it's become apparent that the cost of its debt is going up significantly. In this video, Travis Hoium covers how much

Collaboration and productivity software juggernaut Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) has agreed to acquire Loom, an asynchronous video-messaging platform, for $975 million.

Loom is very different from

There are plenty of good reasons to hold down a job in retirement. First of all, if you're struggling to get by, based on your savings and Social Security benefits alone, working is a great way to

Student loan interest and repayment has restarted for the first time in three and a half years for millions of Americans with federal student loans. Most borrowers had (or have) their first payment

Rarely, if ever, should you make financial decisions blindly. This is especially true in stock investing where there's always a chance you could lose money with ill-advised choices. And while it's

Retirement can feel like a whole new life, and it is in a sense. But you must prepare for it if you're going to make the most of your golden years. You can have enough money to fund your needs (and