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What's the best way to build wealth and get rich in the stock market? Contrary to what you may have heard, it isn't by speculating on penny stocks, day trading, or any other risky method.

The right

According to Dow Jones Market Data, the S&P 500 fell 21% in the first half of 2022. The decline represents the worst first-half performance in a calendar year since 1970.

Many individual stocks are

Here's an idea: Go through your portfolio and look up where are all your stocks are based. If it's tech heavy like mine, one state is going to pop up over and over again: California.

In my own

If large enough in size, passive income can be life-changing to the investor receiving it. As an income investor, it's probably not surprising that my favorite form of passive income is dividends.

If you're not buying ETFs in your retirement account, you should probably consider it. There are hundreds of popular and reputable ETFs that are designed to deliver different types of performance

Recently, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) boosted its investment in renewable energy with an intriguing acquisition. In this video clip from "The M&A Show" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on June 17, Fool.com

Some things are high in July that you wish weren't. High temperatures and high prices probably rank at the top of the list. 

But not everything that's high is bad. Income investors love stocks with

Three little words can make you a lot of money over the long term: Buy and hold. However, the catch is that you must find the right stocks for those three words to work most effectively.

We asked

There's a lot to like about dividend-paying stocks. As long as the underlying companies are healthy and growing, they're likely to keep paying out their dividends to shareholders -- no matter

Shares of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) are up a solid 6% since the defense giant reported its first-quarter earnings two months ago. That's pretty impressive performance, when you consider that the

Warren Buffett has had some good news and bad news so far this year. First, the bad news: Shares of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) are down around 9% year to date. The good

After reaching a peak valuation of nearly $3 trillion in November of last year, the entire cryptocurrency market has come crashing down. With a market cap as of this writing of about $870 billion,

Could a lousy, no-good, rotten year for biotech have a silver lining? It's hard to imagine the market's sentiment about innovative drugmakers getting worse than it already is. The Nasdaq

Do you dream of a retirement where you're flush with cash and never have to worry about making your dollars stretch?

If you want to enjoy your later years with plenty of income to indulge your

It's a trying time to be an investor. Through the first six months of 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, have respectively plunged by 15%, 21%, and 30%. It's the

The last half-year hasn't exactly been stellar for the stock market. During the first six months of 2022, the S&P 500 dropped 20.6%, marking its worst first-half performance since 1970. Meanwhile

Data doesn't lie: This has been one of the worst starts to a year for the stock market in about 50 years. Since hitting their respective record-closing highs, the famous Dow Jones Industrial

If you find yourself with a lump sum of cash and consider investing it, pat yourself on the back because you're on the right track. Making good investing decisions in the short term can oftentimes

Shares of Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) were under pressure this week along with the rest of the market to end the worst first half of a year for stocks in over 50 years. For the sake of keeping score, the

Overall, the stock market saw a pleasant and healthy bounce on the last trading day of the week. Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC), however, apparently didn't get the memo. Shares of the Canadian

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) is having a week to forget. After it published quarterly earnings Wednesday that missed on both the top and bottom lines, the company was hit by a clutch of analyst

June wasn't a good month for electric vehicle (EV) stocks. It didn't matter whether it was widely followed start-ups like Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) and Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) or the

Investors were looking to sell in June, with the S&P 500 trading down more than 8.3% for the month due to fears that inflation would lead to slower economic growth.

Airlines did much worse than the

You probably know that it pays to wait if you want to score the biggest Social Security check possible. You can get your first check as early as 62, though you won't be eligible for your full

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) plunged this week after the company's stock received a price target cut, some analysts had a few negative comments about the chip market, and investors worried that