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Unforced errors. They're something that coaches hate to see in sports. The idea also carries over into investing. Sometimes, investors' mistakes can be their undoing.

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In 1926, the Composite Stock Index was created to measure market trends. Initially, it tracked the performance of 90 companies, but it was updated to include 500 companies in 1957, and thus the S&P

Country music singer Garth Brooks once said that he had more money than his great-grandchildren would be able to spend. Most people won't amass that kind of fortune during their lives.

But it's not

Just because a stock has done well doesn't mean it will do so in the future, but in the case of STAG Industrial (NYSE: STAG), there's reason to be confident that shares of this owner of logistics

Right now could be the best time to buy growth stocks in years.

The sector plunged last year as rising interest rates led investors to rotate away from growth stocks in favor of more defensive

While the whole market was down in 2022, few stocks had a worse year than Generac (NYSE: GNRC). In fact, with a decline of 71%, it was the worst performer of the year in the S&P 500.

The maker of

Thanks to a rough market, many stocks are trading well below where they were at the beginning of 2022. On top of that, if you add the downward pressure of company-specific troubles to the market's

Investors follow Cathie Wood because her favorite buys have led to big gains. Wood's flagship Ark Innovation ETF soared more than 500% from its 2014 debut through 2020. The famous investor's

Wall Street endured a miserable 2022, with all three major U.S. stock indexes delivering their worst performances since 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite finished

Will a recession hit in 2023? At this point, things could really go either way. In 2022, the Federal Reserve doubled down on interest rate hikes, raising rates aggressively in an attempt to slow the

Though you probably don't need the reminder, 2022 was a miserable year for Wall Street and investors. Last year, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500

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: