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You don't need a lot of money to assemble a portfolio these days. Zero-commission-fee trading and the ability to buy fractional shares at a growing number of brokerages make it easy to build a

Shares of Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) were jumping 12% as of 11:09 a.m. ET on Monday. The big gain was due to increased concerns about the spread of monkeypox.

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The artificial intelligence (AI) market has grown significantly in recent years as companies have launched more powerful chips and data-processing algorithms. Yet this nascent market could still

Movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) is in the process of giving back last-week's gains. Shares are down 3.5% at 10:32 a.m. ET on Monday. 

Last week, AMC announced it took a near-7%

Shares of the electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) fell this morning, likely because investors were processing news about growing frustration about wait times for customers who've

Shares of the large U.S. banks rose today along with the broader market, due to higher guidance from JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and recent bullish comments from Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).

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Two Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) executives jumped ship just prior to the retailer release of another poor financial report that widely missed Wall Street earnings expectations. Coming as it did just after

While rich is a somewhat arbitrary term, becoming wealthy from a $5,000 investment in stocks usually means spotting a multibagger before it takes off. Multibaggers are stocks that increase in value

History was made last week when the consumer staples sector suffered its worst two-day decline in over 20 years. Consumer staples stocks are favorites among retirees and income investors because

In this video, I will be talking about the recent news that came out with regards to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and what that could mean for the stock after it reports earnings on Wednesday, May 25. 

In this video, I will go over the most important parts of Block's (NYSE: SQ) recent investor day. I'm going to discuss Cash App, Square Seller, and Afterpay, and talk a bit about Tidal, TBD, and

It's been one of the toughest years on record for growth investors as the Nasdaq Composite falls for a seventh straight week, capping off a 28.3% year-to-date decline for the bellwether technology

E-commerce businesses thrived at the pandemic's onset as billions of people flocked online to avoid shopping in person. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) were no exceptions, and each

Many retirees who were strong savers throughout their careers reach retirement and are pleasantly surprised by how little of their nest eggs they really need to make ends meet. Between their costs

If a company is able to secure approval for a drug treatment and swipe market share from other drugs, the pharmaceutical industry can be extremely lucrative. This has certainly been the case for

Target (NYSE: TGT) reported first-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings before the markets opened on Wednesday, May 18. The results disappointed investors, and the stock was down as much as 27% on the day of

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has had a volatile few years since the pandemic's onset. It did an excellent job fulfilling the surge in demand for customer orders when folks were avoiding shopping in person

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has been going through a torrid time and the semiconductor giant has lost over 44% of its value since the start of the year. Investors in the stock are hoping for some

Meta's (NASDAQ: FB) social media apps will soon be home to NFTs based on the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) network, unlike Twitter, which only supports Ethereum-based NFTs. For a blockchain with so much

Real estate has long been a great way for investors to build wealth. That wealth can come both from the appreciating value of the property and from the income it generates along the way.

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My son's still in diapers, but I know he'll be off to college in a flash. I try my best not to think about that too much, but the issue of financing is always somewhere in the back of my mind. My

Excess market volatility related to high inflation, rising interest rates, adverse economic effects from the war in Ukraine, and ongoing supply chain disruptions from the pandemic has led many

COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it. Everything from where we live and work to how we value and spend our time and interact with each other has dramatically shifted in the face of the

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (May 23, 2022) -- New research by The Motley Fool and the Debt Free Guys reveals that nearly half (48%) of LGBTQ+ Americans have experienced discrimination by someone in the

My "three stocks to avoid" column last week proved timely, as all three investments I figured would be in for a rough few trading days declined. The three names I figured were going to move lower