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Economic and geopolitical concerns have weighed heavily on investor sentiment throughout the year. And even as the S&P 500 index has rallied in recent weeks, it is still down 17% year to date.

How much savings will you need to get through retirement? The short answer is "a lot."

Social Security will only replace about 40% of your preretirement income if you're an average earner. And most

Tech giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) experienced a depressed stock price over the past several weeks on the back of a disappointing third-quarter earnings report. In fact, shares

With the market's tumultuous 2022 drawing to a close, December is the last stepping stone to go. The month is traditionally a strong one for the market, with the force of holiday spending driving

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has been a bright spot in this year's bear market. The biotech stock has climbed 45%. That's as investors eagerly await what may be a new blockbuster in a new

There's no way to know for sure which stocks will be the multibaggers of tomorrow. However, there are some companies that have excellent leadership, strong capitalization, and massive addressable

These days, the standard (or "forward") stock split garners a lot of attention. In fact, some of the country's most prominent companies have enacted such splits in recent times, including Tesla

Earlier this week, FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) extended its sports-streaming media reach to a massive platform. The Fubo Sports Network is now available in the Freevee sections of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)

In 2022, the maximum monthly Social Security benefit is $4,194. You can only get checks this big if you meet two criteria, though -- and one of the conditions is that you must have earned a very

The stock market went into a mini-rally starting in October -- as the 13.5% rise in the S&P 500 since Oct. 1 indicates -- and there is now optimism that the rally could continue for the rest of this

Electric vehicles look like the future of the automotive industry, and new and existing companies are sprinting to market to get their piece of the pie. That includes upstart electric vehicle

The restaurant industry is notoriously competitive and highly fragmented.

However, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been the exception that proves the rule. The fast-casual burrito chain has

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) has had a big year. The world's second-biggest cryptocurrency successfully completed a complex upgrade -- one that's launching it on the path to become a stronger player than

Every November, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) holds its Re:Invent conference. where it unveils new innovations under Amazon Web Services.

AWS is the first-mover in cloud computing, a juggernaut that is

Could bonds outperform stocks in 2023? Morgan Stanley chief investment officer Lisa Shalett thinks so. 

Shalett recently wrote that stock valuations remain too high despite this year's declines

Chinese tech company Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (NASDAQ: KC) was in a cloud for much of this week. According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, the company's American Depositary

You can find lots of free investing ideas. Just look pretty much anywhere online. The quality of the suggestions you'll find will vary quite a bit, though.

But there's one free source of investing

Over the past year, rising interest rates drove many investors away from the market's higher-growth tech stocks. However, a lot of babies were tossed out with the bathwater during that brutal

A huge potential opportunity lies ahead for video game companies. This sector has emerged as one of the largest entertainment markets, estimated to be worth around $200 billion annually, and it's

If you're weary of keeping constant tabs on the market and tired from constantly chasing the "next big thing," that's not necessarily bad. Ironically, it's this frequent trading of stocks in an

If you're like most investors, this has been a lousy year for the stocks in your portfolio. Soaring interest rates and fear of a recession that those higher rates could lead to already pushed the

When Cathie Wood makes big stock purchases the market pays attention. The well-known investor has a long track record of picking disruptive companies that have high growth potential. Now that the

It's no real surprise to learn streaming services like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and HBO Max are struggling to add subscribers. The COVID-19 pandemic created a swell of demand that was never going to

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has traditionally been viewed as a hedge against central banks. However, one Harvard Ph.D. candidate believes it's these central banks that could spark Bitcoin's next leg up

Shares of Vaxxinity (NASDAQ: VAXX) were up 36.8% this week as of Thursday's close. The stock closed last week at $1.74. Vaxxinity's shares opened on Monday at $1.70 and then soared on Thursday to