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Over the past year, the S&P 500 index is down around 11%. By comparison, Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) has seen its stock price increase by nearly 15%.

What's behind this disconnect with the

The investing landscape has changed. Rising interest rates have pushed the value of a 10-year Treasury Note to 3.6%, which is more than double the average dividend yield of the S&P 500 (at 1.7%). A

When it comes to investing, there are few names as synonymous with success as Warren Buffett. Since taking the reins at Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, Buffett has delivered mind-blowing returns. In

Millions of seniors today collect Social Security, and despite rumors that the program may be on the verge of bankruptcy, you can generally count on those benefits to get you through retirement

These are scary times, no doubt. A potentially looming recession, elevated inflation, a recent string of bank failures, and rising interest rates aren't exactly developments that investors cheer.

Investors are eager for the next bull run in the stock market to commence. After watching the prices of many stocks languish over the past year or so, it's easy to understand why.

But one of the

Bank stocks are quite volatile right now, and you might not think of up-and-coming fintech SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) as one of the best ways to invest in the sector. But the reality is that SoFi's deposit

The tax deadline is just around the corner, and whether you've finished yours up or you haven't even started, you've probably gotten a fresh reminder of how much you dislike this annual chore. You

Investing in real estate is a proven way to build wealth over time and generations, and through all kinds of markets. Meanwhile, investing in real estate dividend stocks adds the attraction of

It might be hard to imagine any stock becoming a 10-bagger, or gaining 1,000%, in the current market. But you can scout out bargains in any environment. In fact, these might be the best times to see

Who wants to be a millionaire? That's the question the popular TV game show began asking in 1999. The answer to the question is an easy one -- nearly everyone who isn't already a billionaire.

Warren Buffett didn't earn the nickname "the Oracle of Omaha" by making bad decisions. The legendary investor has trounced the market over the long term by selecting winners. 

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Connect the dots. Read the tea leaves. However you want to describe it, investors are trying to figure out how to make sense of the stock market right now. The year started off with hopes that a new

It's no secret that the crypto market has been struggling over the past year. The entire sector has lost nearly two-thirds of its value since late 2021, with its market cap dropping from a

It might seem strange to highlight General Electric's (NYSE: GE) weakest business as the key to its future, but I think there's a strong case for it being so. If you buy GE stock, you have to

The realistic depiction of characters and scenery in video games is taken for granted, but it wasn't always that way. Before the introduction of modern graphics processing units (GPUs), images were

Home improvement giant Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) has been a market-beating stock for much of its history. Over any meaningful span of time, Lowe's has trounced the S&P 500's returns. In fact, an

The collapse of SVB Financial (NASDAQ: SIVB) subsidiary Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had an unintended consequence: shares of Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and most cryptocurrencies skyrocketed

Stock market volatility isn't for everyone. Although some level of volatility is an inescapable part of being an investor on Wall Street, not everyone is thrilled with the idea of their growth

There's no shortage of uncertainty in the stock market these days. 

Just when you thought that interest rates and inflation were the most pressing concerns, all of a sudden the economy is in the

Retirement can be a financially precarious time for a lot of people. Between housing, food, utilities, and transportation, the cost of living can be a lot to bear, even for those with income outside

We aren't even through the first quarter of 2023, and it's already been chock-full of winners, losers, and massive moves (as recently seen in the financial sector). And while it's easy to hop onto

Even after more than a year of a brutal bear market, there are still a number of businesses with a high enough valuation -- and strong growth prospects -- that could put them into the $1 trillion

Recession fears brought on by high inflation and rising interest rates pulled the Nasdaq Composite into a bear market in late 2021, and the index has yet to recover. In fact, the Nasdaq is still

With a share price of $100, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock is still down by a whopping 46% from its all-time high of $186, reached in mid-2021. Like many tech companies, it shed much of its value