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It's generally not a good idea to try to short-term trade or time the market, but it can be a good strategy to invest for the long term during turbulent times. With lots of volatility in the banking

Communications real estate investment trust (REIT) American Tower (NYSE: AMT) has had a tough year. Macroeconomic pressures are weighing on the company and as a result, this top-tier stock sits down

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just closed the books on one of its worst years. Its retail business struggled to deliver growth in a weakening macroeconomic environment. Most notably, Amazon took an

As you enter into your later years, you must make an important choice about when to claim Social Security benefits. You have the option to start checks as early as age 62, as late as age 70, or at

The collapse of SVB Financial's Silicon Valley Bank last week likely threw a monkey wrench into the macroeconomic machinery that was working to end the current bear market. Investors should expect

Legendary investor Warren Buffett did it again in 2022. His holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), outperformed the market last year, gaining 4% versus the S&P 500's 19%

So far, 2023 has been an exceptional year for those investing in software stocks. Most companies operating in the technology sector have seen their valuations surge, as investor confidence returns

The Nasdaq-100 index hosts 100 of the largest technology companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It was pummeled in 2022, shedding 33% of its value, as surging inflation and rising interest

It's no secret that Warren Buffett likes dividend stocks. His Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio is chock-full of them. There's another multibillionaire who hasn't been known

Recession talk has been in the air for a while. So far, though, no recession has materialized. It's perhaps been the most hyped recession that never was. 

However, don't think that we're out of the

Once a darling among investors, Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) has fallen out of favor over the last 12 months. Investors were concerned about two issues:

1. Can the Garena gaming operation turn around its

Unless you live under a rock, you've likely noticed that artificial intelligence (AI) is finding its way into a lot of investment news lately. The first things that come to mind when I think of AI

The cryptocurrency sector is as vast as it is complex. There now are more than 20,000 tokens for investors to choose from. Most of these remain unproven, providing little in the way of practical

One of the biggest benefits of owning dividend stocks is having your income grow over time as dividend payouts increase. A lot of dividend stocks pay an attractive yield, but not every stock will

As a result of uncertainty and volatility in the crypto market, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is now down nearly 25% from its February highs, and has been trading near two-month lows. Recently, fears of

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk seems to have a knack for the limelight. When he's not sending rockets into space with his exploration company, SpaceX, he can often be found at the center of some

Investing in a bear market can be unsettling to say the least, but the reality is that those who commit to staying their course during times of market volatility are those likely to come out ahead

With stock indexes still in the doldrums, you may not be thinking about the next bull market right now. But today actually is a great time to focus on the better days ahead -- whether they are right

Stablecoins are digital currencies designed to maintain a stable value against a reference asset, such as the U.S. dollar. However, a rash of bank liquidations in and around the crypto market is

Everyone loves a high dividend yield stock when it's paying out loads of cash, but nobody loves it when their quarterly financial rewards suddenly start to get a bit stingier without warning. That's

Warren Buffett knows how to profit in the stock market. Since 1965, $1 invested in Berkshire Hathaway would have turned into over $37,000 by the end of 2022. That comes to an annualized return of

In 2022, Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) went through one of the hardest challenges possible: It had a gross loss of almost $24 million. For those unfamiliar with the lingo, this means it cost more to

Wall Street doesn't offer many guarantees. But when it comes to near-guarantees, Federal Reserve rate-raising cycles have a history of eventually breaking things -- at least on Wall Street.

To be

Foam clog shoemaker and retailer Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) just capped off an epic 2022. After years of double-digit growth and then an early pandemic boom in sales, Crocs said full-year 2022 sales

Entering retirement with a large nest egg is a really great thing. The more savings you have, the more financial freedom you'll get to enjoy.

Now many people find that once they retire, they have no