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The S&P 500 is right on the cusp of entering a bear market, defined as a 20% decline from the recent peak. While bear markets can be brutal, they often provide the opportunity to buy high-quality

Real estate investing can be a great way to earn a passive income. Once you've done your homework, invested in a property, and found someone to pay for its use every month, you can sit back and

A 401(k) is a very popular account for retirement savings. Typically, 401(k)s are provided by employers, and companies may even match your contributions. Since money can be taken out of your

Shares of Chevron (NYSE: CVX) have surged this year. They've rocketed 50%, recently hitting an all-time intraday high of $177.93 per share. That's an impressive performance considering the sell-off

Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, took a few new positions in the 2022 first quarter, including insurance company Markel (NYSE: MKL). That's an interesting partnership since

Destination XL (NASDAQ: DXLG) is experiencing the same ill effects as much of the rest of the retail industry from rampant inflation, rising gas prices, and a disconnected supply chain.

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Roth IRAs are a great tool for saving and investing for retirement. Unlike a 401(k), your contributions to a Roth IRA are after-tax, so you get to reap the benefits on the back end after your money

Macy's (NYSE: M) announced fiscal 2022 first-quarter earnings before the markets opened on Thursday, May 26. The retailer continued to thrive as management has skillfully handled the coronavirus

No one likes to see the stock market decline. But when it happens, there are two silver linings in the dark cloud. One is the fact that we can pick up some great stocks for bargain prices. And the

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders voted on nearly 20 proposals during its annual meeting this week. One of these proposals has garnered loads of attention ever since Amazon announced it a couple of

Online dating specialist Bumble (NASDAQ: BMBL) has been a publicly traded company for over a year now, but it has not performed particularly well. Some of Bumble's struggles in the stock market are

Dividend Aristocrats are companies in the S&P 500 index that have increased the amount of cash dividends they pay to shareholders for at least 25 years straight. According to research from S&P Dow

That bear you see in your side-view mirror is closer than it appears. You look at the gas tank, and it's almost empty due to inflation. As the S&P 500 hits a 20% decline, the thought of being in the

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) have both beaten the S&P 500 over the last five years. But they've done so for different reasons. 

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Quintupling just has a nice ring to it. There's not an investor around who wouldn't like to see their money grow by five times or more. 

Finding stocks that can achieve the goal is easier said than

At a recent shareholder day event, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced an encouraging earnings report and much more. In this video clip from the "Semiconductor Revolution" show on Motley Fool Live, recorded

People are often misled to believe that it's possible to retire comfortably on Social Security alone. In reality, those benefits probably pay less generously than you'd assume.

Plus, Social Security

Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) has given vaccine investors a roller0coaster ride over the past year or so. It started out by soaring more than 700% in a few days after saying it would co-commercialize Bharat

You should certainly celebrate as you close in on the end of your working days. This is also a good time to examine your investment portfolio. Since you will no longer draw a regular paycheck

The Cambridge Dictionary defines "investment" as "the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this."

Winston Churchill once stated, "Never let a good crisis go to waste." I'm not sure that "good crisis" is the best way to describe the current stock market environment, but Churchill's idea is

As the stock market toys with officially crossing the threshold into a bear market, investors are looking at one of their best opportunities to find bargain growth stocks to buy. 

Rampant inflation

American author Mark Twain is sometimes misquoted as saying, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." His actual statement was a little different, but the sentiment of the misquote is

When the S&P 500 was up nearly 27% in 2021, it was easy to feel like the broad market would go up in a straight line forever. Cash reserves were yielding under 1% for the year. Why would an

Despite the continued market volatility, ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) is poised to remain the world's leader in making chip-fabrication equipment. In this video clip from the "Semiconductor Revolution" on