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Banks are an indispensable piece of your economic life, offering consumers the ability to save money, pay bills, and take on debt. It's that indispensability that makes bank stocks a popular choice

Slow and steady is rarely equated with sexy and market-trouncing returns. And that's a real shame. Companies that are able to manage modest revenue growth but superior profitability are often those

Some people retire and want nothing more than to forgo all forms of work for the rest of their lives. But you may want to take a different approach.

There are several benefits to working during

Despite Block's (NYSE: SQ) stock taking a beating over the past year, part of it related to a move into cryptocurrency, it still has plenty of value. In this video clip from "Ask Us Anything" on

It hasn't been a fun year for investors, but as the great value investor Benjamin Graham once said, "In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine."

Investing is a long-term game, and history offers plenty of evidence to support that. In a year like 2022, where major indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are trading in a bear market, it's

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have gained some momentum over the past month thanks to a small tech stock rally, but the iPhone maker will be facing a litmus test when it releases its fiscal 2022

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) have both taken center stage in the world of cryptocurrency. Ethereum is the world's second-biggest player by market value -- and has climbed more

Most stocks fall when the major market indexes sink. That makes sense. But there are exceptions. 

Some of the outliers will only be able to outperform the market on a temporary basis. However, some

The last time inflation was this high, the IBM personal computer was less than one year old, and Dallas and The Jeffersons ranked among the most watched TV shows.

While the stock market was down

The price of Ether (CRYPTO: ETH), the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain service, hit an all-time high of more than $4,800 last November. At the time, BOOX Research predicted that Ether's

Velo3D (NYSE: VLD) is a 3D printing company that manufactures high-end parts for spaceships and rocket engines among a few other things. The company is tiny, with a $350 million market cap, and

If over the past few months you've become dramatically more concerned about just beating inflation, you're not alone. This pullback is a not-so-gentle reminder that owning nothing but growth stocks

There are many different ways to measure and analyze the fair-market value of a stock. Value investors often look at profit-based ratios first, such as the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) or the

If you've got plenty of time and energy, you have myriad options for generating income. For most of us, this means running a business, traditional employment, or freelancing in the gig economy.

If

With stock prices falling and inflation continuing to surge, a recession is looking more and more likely. In fact, there's a 50% chance that we'll experience a recession within the next 18 months

The stock market has gotten off to a rough start in the first half of 2022, with the S&P 500 index falling 20% while the Nasdaq Composite has lost 28%.

Stock market sell-offs are tough to stomach

Wall Street and investors have been hit with a flurry of news events in 2022, including historically high inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Yet amid this market volatility, the investing

It's no secret that cybercriminals are constantly looking to exploit companies' weaknesses. Breaches and ransomware come at tremendous costs. Some direct costs include data restoration, downtime

Dividend stocks are an attractive option in any economic cycle, and at times like these, with inflation here and recession looming, stocks in sectors that traditionally provide a particularly good

Millions of retired seniors bank on Social Security as a major source of income. And thankfully, benefits are eligible for an annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, the purpose of which is to

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On days like Wednesday, it's sometimes hard to remember that Block (NYSE: SQ) was once a high-flying darling of a fintech stock. The company's shares had a forgettable Hump Day, slipping by nearly