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Berkshire Hathaway has returned to trouncing the market in 2022. Roughly halfway through the year, CEO Warren Buffett's company is down roughly 9%, while the S&P 500 index has slid roughly 21%

The stock markets just recorded their worst first half of the year since 1970. The biggest fallout of this bear market has been in growth stocks, with share prices of some falling by half or even

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has won big amid the graphics card shortage of the past couple of years as booming demand and tight supplies have led to inflated GPU (graphics processing unit) prices and

It's hard to buy good companies when their stock prices keep going up -- especially in a bear market when most stocks are going down. But there are good reasons why Chevron (NYSE: CVX), the iShares

It's been a brutal year for investors.

The S&P 500 -- an index of the 500 largest companies in the U.S. that's widely viewed as a measure of the overall performance of the stock market -- plunged

It's hard to believe that just last October, Upstart Holdings' (NASDAQ: UPST) stock was sporting a valuation of more than 500 times trailing-12-month earnings. At recent prices, it had toppled to a

I was recently talking to a former colleague who plans to retire very soon. When I casually asked him if he planned to work in any capacity during retirement, his answer was an adamant no.

But I

Even as the general market falls, some stocks have managed to fight the trend. In fact, some have even thrived. One particular example is Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX). The biotech company's

The countdown is on. Less than two weeks remain before Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) conducts a 20-for-1 stock split on July 15. 

Many are no doubt mulling over scooping up shares of the

Index fund investing is popular for a reason, but can it really deliver for investors with lofty retirement goals? The answer isn't the same for everyone, but there are some people who can

The first half of 2022 is a period that growth stock investors would like to forget ever happened. The Nasdaq Composite index, which is laden with innovative tech companies, collapsed an

There's a shorthand investing calculation known as the Rule of 72. For typical rates of expected investment returns, it can help you see how long it will take your money to double. To use it, you

Although it might not seem like it at the moment, the stock market is one of the steadiest creators of long-term wealth. Including dividends, the benchmark S&P 500 has averaged a total annual return

There have been numerous studies that suggest it is impossible to beat the market as an individual investor. Beating the market is described as so difficult, only the best and the brightest minds on

For well over a century, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has been the most-watched stock index in the world. Originally comprised of 12 mostly industrial companies when it

Social Security was never designed to replace your savings entirely in retirement. But it can go a long way toward bridging the gap between what you have saved and what you need to retire

Technology stocks, semiconductors in particular, were under pressure in recent weeks as chances of an economic recession increased. Shares of chip fab equipment company ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML)

Shares of PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) were down 8.5% last week, ending an incredibly terrible first half of 2022. In fact, it's officially the worst first half of a year since 1970. The S&P 500

Shares of online personalized-apparel retailer Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) have plunged 95% since hitting their all-time high in late January 2021. In 2022, they're down 74%, as of July 1. 

For

Shares of Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN) fell a brutal 34.9% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The iBuying and house flipping company put up solid

Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) declined by 13.7% in June, underperforming the benchmark S&P 500 index's decline of 8.4%. The place to start when looking at why is by

Giving back a large portion of the 55% gain they had made through the first five months of the year, shares of Tellurian (NYSEMKT: TELL) plummeted last month. The developer of natural gas

If you follow a retirement planning guideline known as the 4% rule, you'll want to retire with a portfolio that's 25 times the amount you expect to draw from your accounts in your first year of

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) continued its long slide in June 2022. The largest cryptocurrency fell 36.7%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, dragging many related stocks down with it

Market corrections always present opportunistic investors with excellent deals. Downturns don't last forever, and those with the foresight to load up on shares of great companies while they are down