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After a rough start to the year, the cryptocurrency market is beginning to show signs of life, jumping 10% to $2.1 trillion in the last 30 days. But not all cryptos are created equal. Let's explore

Shares of online marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) fell 20% in March according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The e-commerce company's phenomenal pandemic growth has been slowing

If you invested in the benchmark S&P 500 stock market index five years ago and held on until today, you would have nearly doubled your money with a return of 92%. While that's perfectly respectable

Waves (CRYPTO: WAVES), one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies of the year, was getting crushed Monday after Neutrino USD (CRYPTO: USDN), the stablecoin in Waves' ecosystem, lost its peg to the

If you had GameStop (NYSE: GME) on your bingo card as the stock that follows Alphabet and Tesla in splitting its stock, congratulations! 

The video game retailer announced it would seek shareholder

One would think Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) would be taking off as the world recovers from COVID-19. After all, the premium consumer brand suffered from economic lockdowns, but now that everyone is out

Cybersecurity companies are receiving even more attention than usual as a result of an increase in global and domestic cyber threats, along with a heightened sense of insecurity related to Russia's

Shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) fell 11.6% in March, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Including this decline, shares of the videoconferencing company

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are coming off a strong year in 2021. The average REIT delivered an impressive 41% total return last year, which outperformed the S&P 500. 

However, this year

When Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) launched its Ryzen 5000 series of desktop CPUs toward the end of 2020, budget chips were conspicuously absent. The lowest-priced chip available at the time

After reaching an all-time high of over $350 per share on Dec. 30, share prices of Sherwin Williams (NYSE: SHW) are down 30% -- marking a dramatic sell-off in what has historically been a

It's often intimidating to invest in the stock market even in good times. But when the market is volatile, it can be even more unnerving.

Over the past couple of weeks, the market has been

Tuesday morning brought some hesitation to Wall Street, as market participants got a reminder that geopolitical problems are still extreme and will likely persist for a long time. The U.S

On Thursday, financial software company Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) delivered its fourth-quarter numbers, and investors have responded to the report by sending the stock to new lows. The shares are now

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has emerged as one of the more intriguing e-commerce stocks. Its affordable and easy-to-use platform and a huge investment outside of the software space have boosted the

For most people, there are two reasons real estate investing can be so attractive.

You can be as active as you'd like, buying and managing properties or renovating and selling them in a flip for

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is one of the world's best-known cybersecurity companies. Founded in 2005, it now serves over 85,000 customers across more than 150 countries. The California-based

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) and Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) have taken the auto industry and the U.S. stock market by storm, but for different reasons. Industry watchers may admire Rivian and

The market is giving Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) the cold shoulder nowadays. After retreating to share prices not seen since July 2020, the stock is trading 73% below last summer's all-time highs.

Bearish

Over its lifetime, the S&P 500 has generated an average annual return of about 10.6%. That would suggest an investor needs to grow a portfolio at above that rate to have a shot at "beating Wall

Gold is often positioned as an asset people should invest in to help with inflation or down markets, but the logistics behind investing in physical gold (such as transporting it) can be a turnoff

Growth investors were initially enamored with Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) when it first came public at the end of June 2020. However, six months later, Lemonade ran into the after-effects of the pandemic

Dividends are a popular source of passive income. If you don't need the money right now, you can always reinvest your dividends to fuel your returns even further. But dividends are never promised

When should you start getting your Social Security checks? This is a complicated question to answer, as you have lots of choices. You could begin receiving benefits starting at age 62 but also get

Over the past few months, inflation, rising interest rates, and other macroeconomic headwinds caused many investors to dump their growth stocks and buy value stocks instead.

However, joining that