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The end of June is almost upon us. Where did half of 2023 go?

Well, the major market indexes have bounced back from the brutal drops of 2022. The S&P 500 has gained 18% this year on a

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Deidre Woollard and senior analyst Matt Argersinger discuss:

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently published its medium-term outlook for the oil market. On the one hand, the IEA expects oil demand to continue rising over the next five years. However,

In this week's video, I cover everything you need to know about news related to Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) during the week of June 19. Today's video will focus on Elon Musk's meeting with India's Prime

You know it best as the king of e-commerce. But for the past several years, the crux of the bull thesis for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is not only the leader of

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) may be famous for selling affordable fast food, but its stock is by no means cheap right now. The shares are sitting near all-time highs even though major indexes are still

For the average investor, putting cash into the stock market should be a long-term game. You're not going to beat the returns of fund managers or investment gurus by applying strategies like market

Starting to invest at a young age yields the highest results, but young people aren't always in a position to invest. They might not be educated about the benefits of investing young or have the

Investing is as simple as buying low and selling high -- but in reality, that's easier said than done. But to disregard valuation when buying a stock would be a big mistake. That's why so many

Towards the end of 2022 and through the first quarter of 2023, the critics were out in full force against Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and its potentially slowing U.S. demand. In fairness, for about 12

The two companies seem similar enough. Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) energy drinks have been around since 2002 and are one of the category's key market leaders.

Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) is

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) slipped into a bear market at the beginning of 2022. While the benchmark index is still down 9% from its high, it has climbed 20% from the low point in reached last

If there is one thing that companies are always looking for, it is a reliable source of capital. Real estate investment trust (REIT) W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) has long focused on being just that to its

Most of us would love to retire as millionaires -- and frankly, many of us need to retire as millionaires if we want to continue our current standard of living. After all, the average monthly Social

Dividend stocks have historically been winning investments. Companies that consistently increase their dividends tend to outperform the broader market over time.

Vici Properties (NYSE: VICI), Extra

Quick question: Can you spare $3.4 billion in cash every few months to reward members of a select group of investors?

If the answer is no, you are certainly not JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM). The giant

Whether the rally since the end of last year marks the beginning of a new bull market is in question. There is one certainty, though: A new bull market is coming sooner or later -- probably sooner

The crypto market has undergone many changes since Bitcoin first landed on the scene in 2009. The digital currency originally sold investors on the idea of a decentralized network that could make

The average monthly student loan payment is $337. But whether the monthly payment you're on the hook for is larger, smaller, or virtually the same, those payments no doubt monopolize a significant

For years, tech companies have unsuccessfully tried to make headsets the next big thing. Ever since the launch of Google Glass, the concept of augmented reality and virtual reality was to have been

As artificial intelligence (AI) investing picks up steam, the trend is beginning to look more and more like other bubbles that have burst. It's common to hear: "This time, it's different!" The

Buying shares of strong companies when they are on sale is an effective strategy for building wealth in the stock market. Even the best companies in the world have trouble avoiding weak sales in a

Investors reacted harshly to Ulta Beauty's (NASDAQ: ULTA) first-quarter update. Shares had been comfortably outpacing the market's rally through most of 2023 but are now in negative territory

Many people would associate artificial intelligence (AI) with chatbots like ChatGPT or even Bard, which was released more recently by Alphabet's Google. It makes sense because the software is

2023 has been a bounce-back year for the stock market thus far, led by a resurgence in technology stocks. The Nasdaq Composite is up some 28% year to date. However, the best deals right now are in a