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The stock market may not be giving investors the mouth-watering returns of years past right now, but companies with strong underlying businesses are still booking wins and paving the way to future

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is giving its investors another raise. The master limited partnership (MLP) recently declared its latest distribution, a 15% increase from the prior payment level. With

Stocks sold off last year as investors began to fret about economic growth in the face of surging interest rates. While conditions remain uncertain, the economy should eventually resume its ascent

Energy has been a no-brainer investment for the past few years, first on spiking demand and then on supply concerns. Either way, it's been fairly easy to throw darts at stocks in the space and hit a

Vacation rental platform Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) may not seem like a moneymaking stock, considering it's down 24% since last year. But the stock has already made investors a lot of money this year

With inflation running hot, the Federal Reserve hiking interest rate to get the situation under control, and concerns that 2023 will suffer an economic downturn, growth stocks have been under

The answer is $2,200. While more than doubling your money might seem like a good result (it's close to $3,000 if dividends were reinvested), the performance of UPS (NYSE: UPS) and its rival FedEx

2022 was a bit of a rough year for Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) investors. Plagued by economic uncertainty, rising interest rates, chip shortages causing supply chain issues, and a stock price

Divorce may end your personal relationship with your ex, but it doesn't always end your financial relationship with them. You're probably familiar with the alimony and child support payments one

There are few businesses in the world more iconic than The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). With its vast library of intellectual property and its theme parks around the globe, Disney has a brand

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If you're a glass-half-full kind of person, last year's stock market sell-off presents a great opportunity, especially if you like to collect dividend income. Many stock prices are much lower

If there's one thing we should have learned over the past few years, it's that no one can predict what is going to happen next with the economy.

There was a global pandemic, supply chain issues,

Market-beating stocks sometimes do so quietly, as is the case with stock-image company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK). It may only be outperforming the S&P 500 by a slim margin, but as of this writing

The energy industry is a passive income lover's dream these days. Many companies in the sector trade at bottom-of-the-barrel valuations, in part because some investors don't want fossil fuel

Shares of Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) fell just after the company put the bandages on a difficult but overall successful 2022. As of this writing, the stock is now down by 8% over the last 12

If you look at Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) recent stock performance, you'd think the movie streamer's business is booming. Shares are up 24% in the past month and 62% over the past six months, and

With inflation still higher than average, interest rates rising, the economy somewhat uncertain (especially outside the U.S.), and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, concerns about a global

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) is no theme park attraction, but it has taken investors on a roller-coaster ride over the last few years. The meme-token delivered one of the greatest returns in financial

Most investors would probably like to forget about the last year in stocks. After all, despite the recent market upturn, many stocks are still well down from all-time highs set in 2021. The

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) sold the most electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. last year after Tesla. While that sounds exciting, it's worth noting that it accounts for less than 8% of the U.S. EV

Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) suffered a 97% decline from its peak in mid-2021 to the end of 2022. Rising interest rates hammered the loan market as consumers became increasingly reluctant to apply for

Consistently investing in quality stocks is one of the best ways to build wealth for retirement, and one of the simplest ways to make sure you are investing in a company built to last is to look at

Energy equipment and services company Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) delivered a solid, if unspectacular, set of fourth-quarter results this week, but they were enough to confirm the investment case for

The software technology sector has a long, arduous road ahead. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021, several names in big tech proved how valuable technology is and how