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The club of stocks with market caps above $1 trillion is highly exclusive. It can be tempting to think these enormous companies' best days are behind them. After all, they have generally been around

Despite coming up second in several major products and businesses through the years, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has continued to remain successful. In this video clip from "The Rank" on Motley Fool

The common theme in investing is more risk, more reward. Fixed-income investments, like bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs), can provide guaranteed returns, but they're extremely low. Stocks can

In the first half of this year, Volkswagen (OTC: VWAGY) sold 217,100 battery electric vehicles (EVs). By comparison, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) sold 564,743 -- about 2.6 times as many. Volkswagen

Many people aim to retire in their mid- to late 60s. But the average retirement age in the U.S. is considerably younger than that.

According to recent Gallup data, the average reported retirement

Stock-market volatility is back as investors try to make sense of another earnings season amid the ongoing Nasdaq Composite bear market. Investing during a bear market can be nerve-racking and

Finance has New York. The internet has Silicon Valley. And now the metaverse has Dubai. The largest city in the UAE just announced a jaw-dropping new metaverse strategy that envisions Dubai as one

You might be frustrated if you've been a shareholder of data center REIT Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR); the stock's fallen nearly 30% since January, leaving shares just 10% higher than five years

Investors were in a forgiving mood this week, and that was good news for defense company Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) -- because the company's Q2 2022 earnings report, released Tuesday, was bad with

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has been a company investors can count on over time. It's steadily grown revenue and profit -- into the billions of dollars. Intuitive is the leader by far in the

Millions of seniors collect Social Security benefits in retirement, some of them relying on their monthly checks for the majority of their income.

While Social Security was never designed to be your

When the subject of passive income comes up, many investors will immediately think of dividend stocks. And rightly so. The best dividend stocks can generate reliable annual income with little effort

Next month, Warren Buffett will celebrate his 92nd birthday. That puts him in a select group, considering the average lifespan of Americans is around 78 years. But Buffett also belongs to an even

Investors will notice that GameStop (NYSE: GME) stock is now trading below $50 per share, courtesy of a four-for-one stock split the company just completed.

The gaming retailer is still a favorite

Shares of major fintech companies have taken a beating in the past several months. Businesses like Adyen, Block, and Upstart Holdings have gotten crushed as higher interest rates and the expectation

If you could hold only a single crypto in your portfolio, what would it be? Most people would probably answer Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), and for good reason. Bitcoin is not only the best-known and most

Buckle up and hang on, because it's been a challenging year on Wall Street. Since hitting its respective all-time high during the first week of January, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)

The current bear market is a double whammy for asset managers. Their assets under management (AUM) are down because of the decline in the value of the investments that they hold, and because

One of the headline topics of 2022 has been rising energy prices. The abridged version of the story is that years of underinvestment paired with a crippling downturn in 2020 reduced the overall

Your eyes are not deceiving you. This really has been a challenging year on Wall Street. Since the major U.S. indexes hit their respective highs between November and the first week of January, the

Will seniors be in line for their largest Social Security raise in decades next year? That's looking likely.

In June, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 9.1% on an annual basis, marking the index's

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser discusses:

Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers talks with Vitaliy Katsenelson, CEO of Investment Management Associates, about his new book

In this podcast, Matt Argersinger, who leads investing on The Motley Fool's Mogul and Real Estate Winners services, is joined by Motley Fool analyst Anthony Schiavone, Motley Fool host Chris Hill

After a rough start to the year, electric vehicle (EV) stocks have rebounded nicely since the calendar flipped to July. With EV makers Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) down around 21%

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND), a leading maker of plant-based meat substitutes, is slated to report its second-quarter 2022 results on Thursday, Aug. 4, after the market close. An earnings call is