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Imagine a world where your investment portfolio could only consist of one stock. What stock comes to mind? A tech giant? A legendary consumer-goods company? Maybe a promising biotech?

Now, strictly

The biotech industry's biggest names tend to receive most of the attention. Many smaller players, on the other hand, are just getting warmed up. 

It may only take a few positive clinical updates,

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has been buying shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) hand over fist. Berkshire Hathaway now owns nearly 24% of the oil company's

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jim Gillies discusses:

Motley Fool host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp dip into the mailbag to answer listener questions

Home improvement retailer The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) recently whiffed on sales estimates when it reported its Q1 operating results. The stock has steadily inched toward the low end of its 52-week

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Bill Barker discusses:

If college tuition payments are in your future, are you ready? Motley Fool host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been in the news a lot lately, as is usually the case with the biggest tech companies. Its business has undoubtedly faced a painful slowdown in recent

Seemingly out of nowhere, Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) is on the move again. The coin is up 13% over the past seven days after significantly underperforming the market for much of the year. Over that same

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers discusses:

To celebrate Mother's Day, Motley Fool employees Lysha Fuentes, Jim Mueller, Anand Chokkavelu, and Jim Gillies share money lessons

Companies with higher-yielding dividends can be at higher risk. In many cases, the higher yield is an investor's reward for taking on more risk that the payout could get cut if market conditions

Every year, publishers and advertisers from all over the world come to a major advertising event referred to in the industry as the upfronts. Cable networks and ad-supported streaming services use

When you need some new stock ideas, you could do a lot worse than scour the holdings of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). CEO Warren Buffett has delivered incredible returns for his

After several lean years, income-focused investors have many more options following a significant interest rate surge. Higher rates make lower-risk income investments like bank CDs and bonds more

Footwear retailer Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) is having all sorts of trouble coping with the current economic environment. Sales plunged 11.4% year over year in the first quarter, with comparable store

Coincidentally or not, the decision comes shortly after Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, acquired Twitter, a company that is reliant on ad revenue.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices

Not all advice is excellent, and not all futurists are right. But Kevin Kelly, founder and senior maverick of Wired magazine, is the exception on both fronts. Today he returns to the Rule Breaker

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock is down almost 5% over the past three years despite sales increases, new products and services, and the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS). That's been changing this

Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood's portfolio of funds have struggled over the past few years as growth stocks took a beating in a bearish market. Investors, along with Wood and Ark Invest

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) shares have been on quite the run, rising 45% over the past 12 months (as of this writing). This compares very favorably to the S&P 500, which is up just 2% during the same

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is building its ecosystem, attracting people with its innovative products. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian discusses why stock market investors are

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), now a nearly $60 billion business, has been crushing it recently. After posting outsized gains during the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant

John M. Jennings is the president of St. Louis Trust & Family Office, a professor at Washington University's Olin Business School, and the author of The Uncertainty Solution: How to Invest with

As a class, dividend growth stocks consistently outperformed all other classes of stocks over decades-long periods. One reason for this is that dividend-paying companies tend to be more disciplined

Anyone who has followed the stock market for years will attest the market isn't always rational in the near term. At the drop of a hat, a stock can receive more praise and price appreciation than it

The big question on the mind of just about every investor right now is whether the U.S. economy will tip into a recession, and if it does, how severe will that recession be? Naturally, the market is