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Stocks looked poised to get at least a bit of relief on Wednesday morning. Substantial losses on Tuesday brought several major market benchmarks toward their lowest levels in more than a year, but

The real estate market has been red-hot over the last 12 months. According to the Case-Shiller Index, home prices have soared more than 19% in the past year and currently sit at an all-time high.

The market has had investors walking on thin ice in recent months. With record levels of inflation, rising interest rates, and concerns involving Russia and Ukraine, growth stocks have been under an

Investors already had good reasons to be excited about Lululemon Athletica's (NASDAQ: LULU) stock. The athleisure apparel specialist is on pace to expand sales by 20% in 2022 following a 23% spike

Crestwood Equity Partners (NYSE: CEQP) got 2022 off to a good start. The energy master limited partnership (MLP) closed its acquisition of Oasis Midstream Partners, which along with higher commodity

The electric vehicle (EV) market is evolving fast. With new players and dynamics, there is a lot of uncertainty as to which companies will emerge as long-term winners. So, investors need to largely

Canadian pot stocks became investors' favorite at one point as the industry boomed after Canada legalized cannabis. However, those companies are now struggling to achieve profitability. Meanwhile

Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) both saw their stocks hit all-time highs last year. However, Etsy's stock subsequently lost about two-thirds of its value as MercadoLibre's stock

Bill Gates once penned that "content is king," and two decades later, legendary entertainment giant Disney (NYSE: DIS) and the newly combined but equally formidable Warner Brothers Discovery

WarnerMedia and Discovery completed their merger earlier this month to form Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD). The massive new media company is looking to transform into a streaming video

Etsy's (NASDAQ: ETSY) stock has shed nearly two-thirds of its value since hitting its all-time high last November. Investors fretted over the e-commerce company's slowing growth in a post-lockdown

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) first-quarter 2022 earnings call is scheduled for April 28, and many investors are tuning in to see if the e-commerce giant deserves a spot in their portfolio. Last month

 Walmart (NYSE: WMT) stock has gone on a tear, as consumers adjust to life in the time of COVID. In mid-April it hit its all-time high which is really saying something for a company that as has been

Legendary investor Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway have owned the credit card company and payments network American Express (NYSE: AXP) since the 1960s. Today, American Express is

It's been a horrible six months for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Its share price has crashed an astounding 70% from its all-time high of $691.69 per share on Nov. 17, 2021. Adding to the misery, the

When I was younger, I thought millionaires were just lucky people born into a better life. But then I learned a statistic that dramatically shifted how I thought about money: 88% of all millionaires

It's hardly surprising that Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA) has struggled recently. Growth stocks have been squashed by the market due to inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, and ongoing

Ark Invest Chief Executive Officer Cathie Wood has never shied away from bold predictions. In 2018, she put a price target on Tesla that implied a $672 billion market cap. Of course, Tesla has since

The [Social Security] system is not intended as a substitute for private savings, pension plans, and insurance protection ... the individual's own work, his planning, and his thrift will bring him a

It has been painful for Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) shareholders recently with shares down almost 70% year to date. Some of that slide is due to supply chain and inflation concerns. Investors have worried

If you've been thinking of getting into the rental property investing game, you might be turned off by what you're seeing in the housing market. And it's certainly understandable if the current

With 7% of the Medicare budget spent on dialysis for chronic kidney failure patients despite representing only 1% of the Medicare population, there is a compelling reason to seek innovative

This year has been volatile for the stock market so far. Many investors are pulling their money out of growth stocks and placing it in safe stocks and dividend stocks. That's a sensible strategy

Clorox (NYSE: CLX) is a company I had watched from a distance for many years, never pulling the trigger because the dividend yield was a bit low for my taste. However, I've built up a sizable

With its recent increase in seller fees, this isn't the first time that Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) has raised rates and angered sellers. In this Motley Fool Live segment from "Ask Us Anything," recorded on