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The best way to build wealth over the long term is, arguably, to invest in the stock market. And given that the average annual Social Security benefit for retired workers this year will only be

Investors looking for bargains often look at stocks that are trading near their 52-week lows. Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) is in the middle of its 52-week range and beats the average consumer-staples

Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) might be a newcomer to the EV industry, but it's ramping up production rapidly. Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) might be ahead now, but that might not persist. This video will let you know

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

Motley Fool host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp talk with Megan Brinsfield, Motley Fool

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) hasn't drawn much investor enthusiasm lately. Its stock is down 7% over the past year, and it fell after the second-quarter earnings release last week. 

But

Medical professionals usually buy their scrubs and uniforms from a fragmented network of aging medical apparel suppliers. However, those clothes have a reputation for being boxy, poorly fitted, and

Thanks to a host of geopolitical issues, high inflation, rising interest rates, and the continuing aftershocks of the pandemic, the stock market has seen better days. And in these tumultuous

Whether you're growing from $200,000 to $1 million or hoping to take $20,000 to $100,000 over a period of 10 years, you'll need an average 17.5% annual return.

While this would amount to

Established media companies like Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) that own top movie studios may have natural advantages to compete with Netflix and Disney, given their century-long heritage of

Most people would probably rank filing taxes somewhere between a root canal and watching paint dry on their list of least-favorite activities. But avoiding massive fines and jail time is enough

For many years, if you wanted to be an early adopter of electric vehicles (EVs), you had two choices: Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) or a vehicle that was often the butt of a joke, and more often than not

Many companies pay dividends. However, few offer the size and consistent track record of Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD). The midstream master limited partnership (MLP) provides a

Social Security is one of the most successful government programs of all time, as it has kept millions of seniors out of poverty. But, there's some concern for its future, and rightfully so.

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In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser discusses:

Motley Fool analyst Deidre Woollard looks back at the bear market of 2020 with Liz Hoffman, author of the new book Crash Landing

VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) has been an outlier. It was the only real estate investment trust (REIT) in the S&P 500 index to deliver positive returns last year. Its stock price has risen more than

Zoom Video Technologies (NASDAQ: ZM) and DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) each benefited from the stay-at-home trends in the earlier stages of the pandemic. As economies have reopened, growth has been harder

Snowflake's (NYSE: SNOW) stock has the honor of going public at one of the most absurd valuations of all time: 150 times sales. Still, many investors (including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway)

An investment-grade-rated bank with an entrenched industry position offering a 5.5% dividend yield should sound fascinating to long-term dividend investors. However, many of Canadian Imperial Bank

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) cloud solutions can be the real winners in the AI battle. Check out the short video to learn what Jose Najarro and Toby Bordelon had to say. Also, consider subscribing,

2022 was terrible for companies in the mortgage space. Inflation pushed the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy by aggressively increasing the federal funds rate. This spelled bad news for

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) posted its latest earnings report on March 9. For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on Feb. 28, the enterprise software company's revenue grew 18% year over year (21%

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross discuss:

Trex CEO Bryan Fairbanks discusses his company's opportunities to expand outside the U.S., the housing market, and

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) believes many of its products can benefit from the popularity of AI and the need for high-performance network switches and offload computing solutions. Check out the short

On one hand, the stock market is still well below all-time highs and understandably looks attractive to many patient long-term investors. But on the other hand, savings accounts and other cash

It's nothing new to investing veteran investors, and new investors are quickly becoming accustomed to the phenomenon as well: Banking stock valuations are reliably lower than those of most other