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Chances are, your 401(k) plan will play a huge role in your retirement finances -- as it should. So it's important to do what you can to grow your 401(k) balance into the largest sum possible. But

Steel is a vital product across many industries, but demand tends to fluctuate along with economic activity. The cyclical nature of demand often leads to huge swings in profitability for

The past year has been miserable for companies in the mortgage industry. Mortgage originators have struggled with declining origination volumes, while mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs)

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) are both hypergrowth tech stocks that reached their all-time highs in November 2021. But today, Snowflake and Cloudflare trade about 60% and 70%

Real estate investing can be a great way to generate passive income. However, recurring cash flow is only part of the return. The other side is price appreciation, as the value of the underlying

Today, only five companies have market capitalizations above the $1 trillion market -- Apple, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Alphabet, and Amazon. But the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies

Federal student loan repayment and interest have been on hold since early 2020. While borrowers could choose to make payments and take advantage of the no-interest environment, the vast majority of

The act of claiming Social Security is pretty straightforward: You notify the Social Security Administration that you're ready to start receiving checks and provide the necessary documentation to

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) carved a profitable niche for itself by serving the needs of the rural lifestyle. Over the last five years, the stock has soundly beaten the S&P 500 index by a wide

Financial planning may seem like something that you only need to do if you're older and wealthy. But even if you haven't acquired much in the way of assets yet, approaching major life events with a

Mobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY) and Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) represent two ways to invest in the growing automotive chip market. Mobileye is the world's top producer of advanced driver assistance systems

Within the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has some of the best long-term potential. While times are tough for the chip giant right now, its push to become a

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is now less than one year away from a highly anticipated event known as halving, and crypto analysts are already starting to bump up their price targets. The latest model

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is reaping the rewards of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom thanks to its solid position in the graphics processing unit (GPU) market, as the demand for these chips has

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates Snowflake's (NYSE: SNOW) prospects over the next year.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 29, 2023. The video

Your decision about which retirement account to invest in is very important. Your choice could affect how much money you end up with in your later years.

To help you pick the right place for your

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) latest financial results and answers if the stock is a good value for long-term investors.

*Stock prices used

Cannabis stocks have been terrible investments in recent years, and that's putting it mildly. Canadian pot stocks were hot leading up to Canada's legalization in 2018. But since then, by and large

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) doesn't want to be left out of the artificial intelligence (AI) race that larger peer Nvidia has sparked. Tapping into the power of simply mentioning the word "AI"

As oil prices go, so goes Occidental Petroleum's (NYSE: OXY) share price. And both are going down.

Oil prices have fallen in large part because of slower demand from China. As a result, Occidental

The higher the yield, the more skeptical you should be. That's usually a pretty good maxim to follow. Stocks with especially high dividend yields often have underlying issues that you need to check

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in the corporate world this year. Thanks to companies like OpenAI and its ChatGPT platform, natural language generative AI has matured to the point that

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian digs deeper into how SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) is becoming a major player in the personal loan industry and the implications it has for SoFi

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) has enjoyed a breathtaking run in the stock market so far in 2023 with gains of more than 53% so far. That's not surprising given the company's consistently solid

Revenue for the video games market is projected to hit $385 billion this year and continue expanding at a compound annual rate of 8% through 2027, according to the forecasters at Statista. While its