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Alternative asset giant Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has been a wonderful long-term investment in large part because of its dividend. A recent decline in many asset managers' stocks has pushed up the

There are lots of important decisions in life. As you draw close to retirement age, though, one looms especially large: when to file for Social Security benefits.

Many Americans opt to take the

The cryptocurrency surge of the last few days extended into the weekend, with many top coins and tokens continuing their rise on Saturday. The two highest-capitalized meme cryptos, Dogecoin (CRYPTO:

The crypto winter suddenly thawed starting late on Friday as tokens across the industry shot higher. I highlighted some of the major cryptocurrencies moving earlier, but some big-name altcoins are

Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) stock certainly haven't had a great 12 months. After CEO turnover and enduring a struggling business environment, the company is down 51% from its all-time high

Growth stocks are out of fashion, and the SPACs and IPOs of 2020 and 2021 have been beaten down to unimaginable levels. With so many stocks on sale for investors with long-term mindsets, which

In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner talks about topics including:

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In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers discusses:

Motley Fool senior analyst Matt Argersinger previews the year for dividend stock investors, discusses why the payout ratio is a key

With Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) year-over-year growth rate in net new paid members over the trailing-12-month period slowing to 4% -- down from 9% in 2021 and 22% in 2020 -- many investors are likely

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Asit Sharma joins Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey to look at some justifiable reasons why stocks dropped last year and which strong businesses may have

In this week's video, I cover everything you need to know about Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)-related news during the week of Jan. 9. The topic of this week is price cuts and how they will affect Tesla and

In this podcast, Motley Fool Senior Analysts Matt Argersinger and Jason Moser discuss:

Malcolm Ethridge, host of the Tech Money podcast, weighs in with predictions of two more interest rate hikes

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) shareholders probably want to erase 2022 from their memories as the stock tanked a whopping 82% during the year. A combination of unprofitable growth tech stocks falling out of

Amid the so-called "tech wreck" of 2022 lay some companies with compelling products and bright futures. Among them, CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD), Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), and Cloudflare (NYSE:

Famous hockey player Wayne Gretzky used to say, "I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been." That's a philosophy that can be directly applied to the business world because, in

There's no doubt that Nike (NYSE: NKE) is one of the most well-known consumer businesses in the world. Not only am I willing to bet that readers have seen one of their favorite athletes wearing a

Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) maintains a stock portfolio currently valued at more than $323 billion, which it built up over many years of investing

The iPhone has been the cornerstone of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) success for years, ever since it disrupted the smartphone market when its first model debuted 16 years ago, but it looks like days of

The cryptocurrency market suddenly came to life on Friday night for the first time since FTX collapsed in early November. Nearly every asset was up big, and some with ties to FTX are significantly

2022 was a challenging year for the stock market, but few companies felt the impact harder than Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE). With its shares down almost 70% in the last 12 months, many investors

Just a few well-placed investments can sometimes be enough to make you rich. Iconic footwear and apparel maker Nike (NYSE: NKE) is a good example. Investors who put $10,000 into the stock 20 years

A decade is a long time to maintain a fast pace of growth. Yet it's not impossible to find businesses that can grow at above-average rates for 10 years or more, buoyed by their strong competitive

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 of the most elite businesses on the planet. But not all of these businesses' underlying stocks have delivered similar results over the past decade.

Medpace Holdings  (NASDAQ: MEDP) and Doximity (NYSE: DOCS) hold unique spots in the healthcare industry, with Medpace being a Top-10 clinical contract research organization (CRO) and Doximity being

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and Mercadolibre (NASDAQ: MELI) are fast-growing e-commerce stocks. This video will consider which growth stock is the better buy.

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