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Shares of Block (NYSE: SQ), formerly Square, dropped 22.5% in December, mostly due to Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) falling price. Relatively poor performance of growth stocks and other high-valuation

As the New Year gets underway, last year's losers are happy to have a fresh start. The global economy experienced abrupt swings in activity as governments implemented and removed business

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency, sports a $445 billion market cap after a five-bagger performance in 2021 that made even Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) look sleepy.

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When the coronavirus pandemic first struck, office spaces were one of the hardest-hit areas of the real estate market, sending many people who could do their jobs remotely home. Now, just a few

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a great way to collect passive income. The average REIT currently offers a dividend yield of around 3%, double that of the average stock in the S&P 500.

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Shares of Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) gained 14% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock had tanked in November, when

Data analytics stock Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) dropped 11.8% in December as investors continue to move away from growth stocks with high valuations. Similar stocks, including Splunk

Shares of e-commerce and logistics company ContextLogic (NASDAQ: WISH), commonly called Wish, plunged 16.6% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The month

Finding a good dividend stock isn't as simple as just looking for the highest yields. There are stocks that pay 10% or more, but those payouts may not necessarily be sustainable over a long period

Dividends provide you with cash from your investments, so you don't have to sell those investments to generate the cash you need to live. It's why investors love dividends so much and why you need

Infrastructure investing is one of the more misunderstood niches out there. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's a bunch of slow and steady investments that throw off cash to investors and generate

For those seeking investments that can generate income, there's no better place to start than with Dividend Kings. These are companies that have raised their dividends for at least 50 consecutive

Shares of meat processing giant Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) jumped 10.4% in December, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. By comparison, the S&P 500 index returned 4.5% last month. 

Many veteran investors tend to steer clear of the trading scene that younger and newer investors seem to embrace. They mostly feel that buying and holding stable stocks is the smarter, safer bet

Dividend investors looking at the renewable power space will most likely come across Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP) and its generous 3.3% yield. That's well more than twice what you would

Shares of DigitalOcean Holdings (NYSE: DOCN) crashed 20.3% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. It appears investors have soured on expensive stocks like this

2021 was a messy year for tech stocks. Many tech companies that benefited from stay-at-home tailwinds during the pandemic lost their luster as they faced tougher post-lockdown comparisons. Rising

On the day that Warren Buffett completed his majority stake purchase in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965 and became the company's CEO, the stock was priced at about $18 per

Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) shareholders lost ground to the market in December, with the stock slumping 31% compared to a 4% spike in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market

It's only been a few days into the 2022 investing year. And already, Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) record-high Q4 2021 and full-year production numbers are all the buzz on Wall Street. 

On Monday alone

Sometimes what the market gives, the market takes away. At least that's how the last two months have gone for shares of Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID). Lucid stock got hammered in December, dropping

Between 2019 and 2021, the S&P 500 did something it hadn't done in over 20 years and may never do again: It doubled. For reference, the only three-year time periods the S&P 500 had a higher total

The financial industry has been a hotbed of innovation in recent years. The ways people bank, manage their money, and pay for things are undergoing major shifts as new companies emerge to meet the

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) stock gained 14.1% in December, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The company's share price got a bump thanks to favorable analyst

Deep value investing is a very specific sort of value investing -- the kind that "scares value investors," according to this segment of "The Morning Show" on Motley Fool Live. During the episode