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A double in five years translates to a compound annual return of 15%. That is higher than the market's historical return of about 10%, but it's not as difficult as you might think to beat the

Ark Invest is an asset management firm focused on disruptive innovation. The firm rose to prominence when its flagship investment product, the Ark Innovation ETF, skyrocketed 149% in 2020. After

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Shares of telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) are historically inexpensive. Based on the company's guidance for 2023, the stock trades at a measly 7 times free cash flow. The dividend yield is also on the

Carnival (NYSE: CCL) is once again a market darling, but there are some dark trends for operations. Cash is still being consumed at a rapid rate, and debt is a massive problem. In this video, Travis

SentinelOne (NYSE: S) went public at a valuation of $8.9 billion just over two years ago, making it the highest-valued cybersecurity IPO ever. Its market cap then swelled to $20.3 billion at the

Recently, student loan borrowers were dealt a harsh blow when the Supreme Court ruled against President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. Under Biden's proposal, borrowers had the potential to

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Motley Fool analyst Nick Sciple joins host Ricky Mulvey to share three stocks that he recently bought.

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Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) was a market darling for decades, but the last 10 years have been a struggle. The question is, why? In this video, Travis Hoium covers why P&G is facing challenges that

Reaching the millionaire threshold is a goal for many people before they retire. With the market's long-term performance being around 10% growth per year, it's a goal that's fairly obtainable if you

In just over a decade, Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) has grown from a startup in its founders' apartment in San Francisco, California, into one of the leading travel companies in the world. While Airbnb's

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares have been on an absolute tear, up 56% so far in 2023. This performance easily beats the Nasdaq Composite's 33% gain. This strong momentum through the first half of the

Forever may seem like a long holding period, but that's the goal for buy-and-hold investors. Right now, there's no reason to be selling these great companies, which Travis Hoium highlights in this

The $1 trillion club is home to just five companies at the moment: 

And there's one company on the brink of rejoining them. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is the parent of popular social media

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is considered a leader in autonomous driving, but there are a lot of companies that have reported more fully autonomous miles than Tesla. In fact, there are companies operating

Opera (NASDAQ: OPRA) investors had a rough day on Friday. Their stock was down 22% by 11 a.m. compared to a 0.3% increase in the wider market. The drop didn't erase much of their short-term returns

As a dividend investor it is hard to overlook 3M (NYSE: MMM) today. To sum up the attractiveness of the stock as quickly as possible, it is a Dividend King with a historically high dividend yield of

Lucid Group's (NASDAQ: LCID) stock plunged 12% on July 12 after the electric vehicle maker posted its production and delivery numbers for the second quarter. It produced 2,173 vehicles and delivered

Rampant inflation made life extremely difficult for workers and retirees alike in 2022. But thankfully, inflation has been cooling nicely this year.

Granted, it's still expensive to fill up a

It's been a great six months for investors to start 2023. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite climbed 16% and 32%, respectively, in the first half of the year. This renewed optimism, especially after a

Joining the $1 trillion valuation club is a feat that few companies have achieved. Right now, there are only six businesses globally worth that much. They are:

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The last few years have been a wild ride for the stock market, and if you're feeling conflicted about investing right now, you're not alone.

Last month, researchers at Deutsche Bank made headlines

The Supreme Court recently rejected President Biden's plan to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower. However, the administration quickly fired back with several alternative

With their eye-popping dividend yields, mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs) are attracting interest from income investors as many have double-digit dividend yields. The mortgage REIT

It's been a wonderful year so far for investors, with the Nasdaq Composite Index up about 35% (as of July 13). Some individual stocks have fared much better. 

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), for