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Picking the right companies to invest in is probably the biggest challenge to being a successful investor, but there's more to it than that. You also have consider things like position sizing, or

Whether you're flipping a house, prepping to rent one out, or just improving your own place, renovations can make a big difference -- both in the property's aesthetics and its value.

But make no

Ways to invest in the metaverse are as broad as the concept itself. Two companies I believe are great investment choices are Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Unity Software (NYSE: U).

Both are helping

2022 has gotten off to an ugly start for the stock market, but Wednesday morning, market participants seemed ready to claw back at least a little bit of the ground major market benchmarks have lost

It's well known that the S&P 500 increases roughly 10% per year on average over the long term. Investing early and then regularly adding savings can help build lasting wealth. Cryptocurrencies, on

Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM) lost more than 50% of its value over the past two months as rising interest rates caused investors to dump their pricier, more speculative, and unprofitable growth

Even if an investor's planning to hold onto their shares for many years, it helps to start an investment off on the right foot. Seeing early stock price gains can help to cement confidence in a

It may not be the highest returner among video game stocks, but console game developer Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) may have more limited downside. That's the conclusion the team for The Motley

A lot of people dream of retiring early, whether it's so that they can travel, pursue hobbies, or simply live life on their own terms. If your goal is to retire early, it'll take a commitment from a

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) started as a joke. Its creators wanted to make a coin that no serious investor would consider. As things turned out, the joke is on them after the cryptocurrency's price

Real estate is an exciting and fast-paced space to invest in, and this rings truer than ever as a new year kicks off. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Dec. 22, Fool contributor Deidre

On Jan. 10, Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced it is acquiring Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) in a deal valuing Zynga at $12.7 billion. This could be really good news for Take-Two shareholders. In

Housing prices for single-family homes are up, well more than up -- they skyrocketed in 2021. Nationally, home prices have risen 18% from November 2020 to November 2021, according to CoreLogic. And

COVID-19 has created a lot of volatility in the stock market. The whole market crashed in 2020, but many stocks quickly recovered. Indeed, there have been some high-flying pharmaceutical stocks that

On Tuesday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced plans to acquire video-game giant Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) in an all-cash $75 billion deal, or $68.7 billion when factoring in Activision's

When Citigroup (NYSE: C) embarked on its strategy refresh last year to transform the bank into a more profitable and efficient organization, many wondered at the time what might happen to Banamex, a

The metaverse could be an $800 billion trend by 2028, according to a study by Emergen Research, up from a paltry $48 billion today. Whether this precise prediction plays out over the next several

Identifying a company that can be a leader in its field for years to come is one of the rules to successful investing. And when you make an investment in a company just before its stock skyrockets

Adoption of remote work continues to skyrocket, even as a record number of Americans continue to leave their jobs. But as the pandemic shifts and changes, will these trends remain? In this segment

Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) is a "meme stock," one of the most popular stocks on Reddit, and a badge of honor for retail investors after its massive short-squeeze price action

Jekyll and Hyde would be able to relate to Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM). The stock was a market darling in 2020, with a return of 396% for the year. But 2021 was a different story. Zoom

Volatility seems to be rising in the U.S. stock market lately. We're just 10 days into the trading year, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has moved, on average, 1.38% per day, including two

Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) reported its latest quarterly results last week. And the headlines around the performance centered on the company posting a surprise profit of $5.8 million. But focusing

Do you want exposure to infrastructure spending while avoiding some of the more overpriced stocks within the sector? If so, then electrical products company nVent Electric (NYSE: NVT), engineering

Have you ever gone on a business trip or taken clients out to dinner, and then had to wait months for your employer to reimburse you? If so, you aren't alone. The process can be a drag on employees'