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MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) is often referred to as the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of Latin America because of its leading e-commerce market share in countries like Argentina and Brazil. But it's so much

Social Security's Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund is expected to run out of money in 2034. Unless Congress can agree on reforms to the program that solve its funding imbalance before that

Big-box retailer Target (NYSE: TGT) was dealing with excessively high inventory numbers earlier this year, to the point the company had to slash prices to get product moving and out of its doors

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) reported its fiscal year 2022 second-quarter earnings on Aug. 9, which pleased shareholders. The stock is up by 17% since then, with the initial news pushing up share

Student loan debt is a clear problem in the U.S. Whichever side of the political spectrum you're on, and whether or not you agree with President Biden's loan forgiveness plan, student debt that is

In 2021, Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was the hottest meme coin on the planet. In 2022, not so much. In fact, Shiba Inu is still down nearly 75% from its all-time high in October 2021. While there have

There may come the point in your life when the need to borrow money arises, whether to pay off medical bills or tackle a massive automobile repair. And at that point, you have options. You could

Most people can make money in a bull market -- it's what you do in down markets that can make or break your long-term returns. Will you panic and sell everything? Or will you do the opposite: hold

Shares of the leading electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) have seesawed since eclipsing a $1 trillion market capitalization at the end of 2021. Though the stock has climbed 10% in the

Let's face it: Investing money in stocks can be intimidating -- and investing money in cryptocurrencies, especially now, can be even scarier. But this doesn't mean that people shouldn't try learning

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) made a couple of big changes to its Xfinity Mobile pricing this week. Customers with two or three lines on their unlimited plan will see their bill slashed to just $30 per

There simply isn't much good news for the cannabis industry these days. It's not just cannabis operators that have been impacted by market issues; ancillary companies supporting the cannabis

Warren Buffett, who runs Berkshire Hathaway, is considered by many to be the greatest investor of all time, and looking at his performance through the years, it's hard to argue with that point.

The

It's been a difficult year for Wall Street, and the crypto market has been hit especially hard. Many major cryptocurrencies have seen their prices drop by 50% or more so far this year, and it can be

2020 will probably go down in history as the year of COVID-19. 2021 could be known as the year of the reopening. How will 2022 be remembered? Perhaps as the year of sky-high inflation.

Prices of

What's more appealing to an income investor than a stock with a high dividend yield? It's probably a stock with a reputation for growing its dividend. And what's better than a stock with a growing

Conventional wisdom. It's what we call a generally accepted belief or view about something. In many cases, conventional wisdom is spot on. But not always.

Investors sometimes believe something about

Pretty much everyone on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. understands that changes will be needed for Social Security to remain solvent. What they don't agree on, though, is exactly what changes

If you are looking for dividend stocks today, this trio of longtime payers is going to be right up your alley. They range from dividend growth names to high-yield, but all of them are worthy of some

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger have been critical in the past of the popular online commission-free brokerage Robinhood Markets

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is one of the largest healthcare companies in the world. It has expanded through multiple acquisitions, including by adding health insurance company Aetna. And even now, CVS

Consumer demand for smartphones continues to wane. While still up year over year, worldwide deliveries of smartphones nearly fell to their early-2020, pandemic-crimped levels during the second

General Electric (NYSE: GE) is about to change forever. The first significant part of the conglomerate's breakup will occur in early 2023 with the spinoff of GE HealthCare. That will be a critical

Shareholders in cloud-based communications management platform Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) have had it tough over the past 18 months with share prices down about 83% from highs set in February 2021. The

For the past decade, buying shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) when it dips has been a winning investment strategy. Some unusually challenging market conditions have put the graphics chipmaker through