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Warren Buffett is the textbook inspiration for long-term investors; he's been holding stocks longer than many people have been alive. Amazingly, he's worth $103 billion, but most of that has come

Rampant inflation continues to erase the limited recovery retailers made after the pandemic lockdowns forced stores to close and decimated their businesses. Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) is the latest victim

Investing in an S&P 500 index fund is one of the simplest ways to grow your money. The large-cap stock index is used as a barometer for the overall stock market, and many say an index fund will

Mina Kimes, host of the popular football podcast The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, joins us to talk about topics including:

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Since the pandemic started in March of 2020, Legendary investor Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) have done quite a bit of buying and selling in

There are only two pure-play iBuyers on the public market: Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) and Offerpad (NYSE: OPAD). Both went public within the past few years as part of the SPAC boom, and while there are

Many seniors end up relying heavily on Social Security to make ends meet in retirement. Even those who come into their senior years with a decent amount of savings often need those benefits to stay

One of the best things about investing is the potential to build streams of passive income -- in other words, income you generate while sitting back and doing nothing. Passive income is a way to

The broader stock market in the U.S. has experienced a nice rally in the last month. That was a welcome development for investors after several indexes were trading in bear market territory (down

Looking back at the SPAC boom of 2020 and 2021, it shouldn't be too surprising that the mania was unsustainable. There were times when more than 10 blank-check companies went public in a single day

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), well known for its brown-clad delivery crew, has seen its stock price advance by around 20% over the past three months. That's more than triple the gain of the S&P

Entrepreneur, author, and game designer Jesse Schell joins the podcast to talk about the art of design, the creation of experience, and the future of games.

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Over the past year, many higher-growth stocks tumbled as rising interest rates and other macro headwinds drove investors toward more conservative investments. That rotation caused the S&P 500 to

Zoom Video Communications' (NASDAQ: ZM) stock price fell 8% during after-hours trading on Aug. 22 following the release of its second-quarter earnings report. The video conferencing platform

In 2018, about two in 10 Medicare beneficiaries overall carried a self-purchased Medigap policy. Four in 10 Medicare recipients were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, while another three in 10

Economic data has been mixed in recent weeks, which has led to an ongoing debate about whether the U.S. economy is in a recession. One side has the strong July jobs report to fall back on, while the

If Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) actually pulls off the Merge on Sept. 15, it has the potential to boost overall positive sentiment around crypto and entice more retail investors to enter the market. That

Finding great companies isn't as hard as you might think -- the Dividend Aristocrat list is a good starting place. The problem is finding great dividend-paying companies that are trading at

Telling someone how much they need to save for retirement is tricky because everyone's situation is different, which inevitably means they'll require different amounts. Someone retiring in Los

The ongoing slowdown of streaming video adoption, though widely reported, isn't as simple as all that. While some high-profile services -- most notably Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) -- have suffered

The semiconductor industry has enjoyed terrific growth over the past couple of years, thanks to the booming demand for chips from multiple areas such as data centers, personal computers (PCs)

Bigger is usually better, but this isn't always the case when we're talking about businesses that offer above-average dividend yields. High dividend yields in particular are usually a sign that

There's no doubt that Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is bringing more real-world utility, as opposed to pure financial speculation, to the nascent industry by being the first blockchain with smart-contract

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) -- often referred to as IIP -- quickly became one of the hottest growth stocks in the cannabis industry. The real estate investment trust (REIT), buys

Sports entertainment and media company World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (NYSE: WWE) has had an exclusive streaming relationship with Peacock -- part of Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniversal