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2022 was the year the market hit the reset button on stock valuations. After months of enduring a bear market that reduced stock prices by 30% or more, many growing and profitable businesses now

Real estate can be an excellent way to add both growth and income to your portfolio, but you don't need to buy individual real estate investment trusts, or REITs. In this video, Certified Financial

Investors in Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) should mark June 19, the date of the Paris Air Show. That's when Raytheon's management will hold an investor-day event at the show where it has

The big Social Security news this year has been the massive 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that boosted the average monthly benefit by $147. It was the biggest COLA in 40 years and a welcome

EV upstarts Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) and Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) have been painful investments over the past year. However, growing brand appeal and relatively strong balance sheets have

Picking individual stocks can often be a fun exercise for investors, but real long-term returns often depend on the composition of the overall investment portfolio. A key principle in constructing a

Investors around the world turn to Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) annual letters for guidance. And while Warren Buffett's letters tend to include a great deal of wisdom, they also

Amid all the hoopla over OpenAI's ChatGPT, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) seems to have been pushed aside by some investors. That could prove to be a mistake.

Alphabet's strengths -- and

Some income investors have a special kind of fear of heights. I'm not talking about being afraid of standing on a ladder or peering over a cliff. This fear relates to stocks with sky-high dividend

The path toward cleaner air and a healthy planet has long clashed with economic growth and industrialization. But reduced costs for renewable energy paired with technological innovation and

The three stocks on this list are all investments on the increasing automation and digitization of the industrial sector and the growth opportunities it brings for the companies' revenue. They might

Now is a great time to get in on biotech growth stocks. Many of them are trading lower than in the past -- yet, at the same time, they're closer than ever to reaching the commercialization of key

If you're worried about the economy right now, know you're not alone. Stubbornly sticky inflation and high-profile job losses add up to risks both when it comes to earning money and being able to

When Wall Street gives investors lemons, they wisely make lemonade. One of the best ways to "make lemonade" during a bear market is by purchasing dividend stocks.

Companies that regularly offer

Once you reach the age of 62, you'll have a very important decision to make: Sign up for Social Security right away, or hold off.

You're entitled to your full monthly Social Security benefit based

Industrialization, technological improvements, and economic growth are trends that tend to benefit infrastructure companies. A rising and increasingly advanced global population means higher

Video games are now one of the largest entertainment categories worldwide. Globally, people are spending $200 billion on video game products each year, with that number expected to grow by at least

For nearly 60 years, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been putting on a clinic for Wall Street. Since taking over the lead role for Berkshire Hathaway in 1965

If there are businesses that you expect to prosper in difficult times, they'd include deep-discount retailers like Dollar General (NYSE: DG). Rising interest rates, persistent inflation, and

Stock investors have been on a rollercoaster ride in recent years, with the COVID-19 pandemic sending shares in tech, streaming, and e-commerce companies skyrocketing in 2020 and 2021. Then

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time. His company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), has made shareholders a boatload of money through decades of wise

Retirement requires loads of planning, and it's never too early to double-check that you're on the right track. If you wait too long to get your plans in order, you could be in trouble.

Exactly what

President Joe Biden has been abundantly clear that he doesn't want any cuts to Social Security. In his State of the Union address in February, the president stated, "If anyone tries to cut Social

The age-old debate of whether to invest in stocks or bonds has ensued for decades. Stocks allow investors to become part owners in a company through equity, while a bond is more like a loan

Shares of Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) climbed 37% over the past week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Investors applauded the mobile learning leader's rapid subscriber and revenue