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About 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in April 2022. This unprecedented shakeup to the job market has been dubbed the Great Resignation, and over a year in it's still going strong. New jobs

Inflation has been the story of 2022, hitting a 40-year high in the latest report. To combat it, interest rates are being driven higher as well, which increases the risk that the U.S. economy will

A great way to build a significant retirement nest egg is to invest in companies focused on capitalizing on a major trend. They should be able to grow their revenue and earnings at above-average

As one of the marijuana industry's biggest multinational operators, Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) is a complicated company. It's engaged in multiple lines of business from cannabis to beer, and its

Tens of millions of U.S. seniors depend on Social Security, and as inflation continues to surge, it's growing more challenging for many retirees to make ends meet.

Early this year, Social Security

Share prices of video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) surged 15% on July 7 after management announced a 4-for-1 stock split of the company's Class A common stock.

In simpler words, GameStop

Discussions on some Reddit boards are often associated with "meme stocks" like GameStop and AMC, which skyrocketed to all-time highs last year as retail investors promoted them as short-squeeze

Warren Buffett may be best known as a value investor, but the Berkshire Hathaway CEO has actually warmed to growth stocks over the last decade. The Nasdaq Composite index now trades down roughly 26%

Wall Street is full of smart people who are paid extremely well to analyze a handful of companies and the industries in which they operate. Professional investment firms have whole teams dedicated

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was one of the hardest-hit stocks in the last major bear market, triggered by a near-collapse of the financial system in the United States. But in the years since, it has

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) is on its way to becoming a pharmaceutical giant. It's set to hold the biggest share of the prescription drug market by 2026, according to Evaluate Pharma. It's in the No. 7

Who doesn't like to get paid to own something while doing nothing? That's precisely the allure of dividend stocks. Although it's usually mature companies that pay dividends because management feels

Due to the pandemic, e-commerce companies experienced the most significant tailwind in their history in 2020 and 2021. Now these companies are facing difficult comparisons and a weakening consumer

Some people dread the idea of retiring and would like to keep working as long as they're able to. But you may be in the opposite camp, where you've been dreaming of an early retirement -- and saving

Today's video focuses on how Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, wants to use more GPUs to improve its artificial intelligence technology. The need for additional GPUs could be bullish for N

Many companies in the fintech industry have been hit particularly hard in the recent stock market downturn. PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is one major example, with shares down by nearly 75% from their

Although American banks may appear to some to be all-powerful, they're actually constrained in many ways by the Federal Reserve. One big area of the Fed's purview is banks' shareholder remuneration

Some investing decisions require a lengthy period of analysis, but not all of them do. There are some stocks that stand out as easy choices.

We asked three Motley Fool contributors to identify

If you'll be relying on Social Security as a retiree, it's important to have an accurate idea of how much income your benefits will provide. Unfortunately, some seniors aren't correct about the

Whether cryptocurrency investors like it or not, regulation is helping to shape the direction of the budding crypto industry. The question is whether or not regulations will have a detrimental

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) wowed investors last year with its 45,000,000% gain over the course of 2021. But this year, the popular meme token hasn't taken the same path. Shiba Inu declined 70% in the

Millions of Americans anxiously look forward to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) from Social Security each year. These COLAs can make a big difference in household finances for retirees.

We'll

Between 2007 and late 2008, the S&P 500 lost nearly 57% of its value over 517 days. While that sounds like a bloodbath, billionaire investor Warren Buffett called it an "ideal period for investors."

After watching the benchmark S&P 500 index lose about 20% of its value in the first half of 2022, investors are understandably hesitant to buy any stocks. This is a mistake.

There are reasons to be

Market volatility and falling share prices can distract investors from the winning formula of building wealth: holding quality companies for long periods. It can be challenging, and we're all human