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When it comes to growth stocks, there are some who believe the big, established companies are past their prime and that true growth can only come from smaller businesses that are on their way up. 

Some people map out a retirement age and work toward the goal of ending their careers at a specific time. And to be clear, that's a good way to go. But if you're thinking of retiring, you'll need to

Residential real estate is having a moment. Insane home price growth over the past two years has forced would-be homebuyers to stay in the rental market, which in turn has sent rental prices

January was a wild month in the stock market as a whole. A sharp correction led by growth stocks dragged major indexes lower. It's hard to point to a small handful of stocks that moved the market

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is scheduled to report fiscal 2022 fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 17. Since the pandemic began, the international retailer has benefited as folks spend more on goods and less on

The recent decline in growth stocks has led to more fizzle than sizzle from many investors' portfolios. Many former high-flying stocks have lost more than half of their value since November.

The

Long-term investors always look for companies that have a wide moat and are the dominating players in their respective industries. Stocks of such companies are expected to beat the market in the

Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA), often declared the "Amazon of Africa," is a pan-African e-commerce platform that serves as a marketplace connecting sellers to consumers. The company operates in

With Americans set to consume over 1.42 billion wings on Super Bowl Sunday, there's no better time to take a look at Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) -- the industry leader in chicken wings.

Wingstop went

Many investors are scared of cryptocurrencies, and I can see why.  Here are a few reasons why there are so many people who have not bought any crypto yet.

The technology is exceedingly difficult to

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is known for a few things, and one of them is frequently delivering earnings numbers well in excess of analyst estimates. So, it's not a surprise that investors were

Housing inventories are at their lowest level in decades, and it's likely to take years before supply and demand balance out. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Jan. 21, Fool.com contributors

Some of my investor friends view IBM (NYSE: IBM) as a stodgy, old company that's long been behind the times. Others are only attracted to the stock for its dividend. These lackluster sentiments are

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are among the hottest of the ultra-speculative assets making the rounds in 2022. Everything from cartoon apes to social media posts can be minted and sold -- often to

A critical shoe just dropped today in the longtime rivalry between Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T). AT&T revealed its complete plan to spin off WarnerMedia to Discovery in the second quarter

The market has been rough for cryptocurrencies over the last couple of months. The crypto market, in general, has shed nearly half its value since mid-November, and even the biggest names like

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is saying farewell to Watson Health. The tech giant plans to sell the healthcare-focused artificial intelligence (AI) business to a private equity firm. In this Motley Fool Live

We all make mistakes picking stocks. Whether it's buying a bad or poorly run business in hopes of a turnaround or selling a winner too soon, those portfolio scars can be permanent reminders that we

In mid-January, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the nod to Cibinqo as a treatment for patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (eczema)

Shares of Global-E Online (NASDAQ: GLBE) have been hammered since September, falling about 60% since then. Global-E helps small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) expand internationally by assisting

There's a world of misinformation surrounding Social Security, and sometimes, it can be tricky to know what to believe. For example, you may have heard that Social Security is in deep financial

While it is possible to double an investment within a short period -- say, a year -- it's not an easy thing to do. Also, companies capable of rising that much within just 12 months tend to be risky

Cathie Wood and her firm, ARK Invest, rose to prominence at the start of the pandemic because of the success of her innovation-focused strategies. Her flagship exchange-traded fund, ARK Innovation

Drugmaker AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has historically been a safe, market-beating stock to own. Over the past five years, its total returns (which include dividend income) of 191% have eclipsed the S&P

The Nasdaq Composite has dropped by 11% since the beginning of the year, and many tech giants have performed substantially worse. For instance, shares of streaming companies Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)