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In early 2011, the then-obscure cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) reached $1 per coin for the first time. It was a milestone celebrated by the few crypto-enthusiasts around back then. The rest of

Anyone who has heard the investing maxim "buy on the rumor, and sell on the news" will appreciate the contrarian logic behind "buy on the bad news, sell on the good." That's the idea behind picking

Last month, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) reported stellar results for the final quarter of its 2021 fiscal year. Indeed, fiscal 2021 was one of the most impressive years in Costco's impressive

Manufacturing is a tough business. But some companies have built major competitive advantages in that niche.

In this video from "The 5" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on Oct. 4, Fool.com contributors

Different investors can simultaneously call a stock a winner and a loser, depending on the time frame each has in mind. For example, consider Pinterest (NYSE: PINS). The stock has more than doubled

With earnings season nearly upon us, it's a good time for investors to start deciding what companies' reports they'll want to check on. One stock I'll be watching this month is social network giant

When Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) went public in March, the fast-growing online retailer was often called "the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of South Korea." It's a tag that made sense given Coupang's market

Some criticized Warren Buffett for not making many stock purchases during the COVID-19-affected downturn of 2020, but one stock Buffett did buy hand-over-fist last year was Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:

Aggressive forms of cancer can be devastating to patients and their families. This kind of diagnosis brings uncertainties about the quality of life and the length of time a patient has left

One time-tested way to improve your odds of outperforming the market is to focus on investing in high-quality businesses with long track records of dividend increases and sustainable payout ratios

When investing in growth stocks, you typically are looking for a high slugging percentage, meaning that even if quite a few of your picks are duds, the winners more than make up for the losses

As the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) has a following that may even be stronger in some ways than that of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The Ethereum blockchain happens to be

Because the computer chip shortage gets so much attention -- and rightly so considering the impact it's having on broad swaths of the economy -- shares of chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have been

Most veteran investors will confirm that unreasonable expectations can be a dangerous thing. To put it in baseball terms, swinging for the fences hoping for a home run can cause you to lose sight of

One of bank investors' deepest fears is that one of the big tech companies is going to develop banking products of their own. However, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) Google recently

New investors may not think $1,000 is a lot to start investing with, but that amount can take one further than some might think. For example, $1,000 invested in the 1992 initial public offering

Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is one of the leading players in the education technology market. The company offers course curriculum help primarily to college students worldwide. Its services are becoming

Deciding to first put money into the stock market is only half the battle. Finding the right stocks and then holding them long enough so they pay off is the other, more challenging half. 

Luckily

Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) GeForce Now cloud gaming service officially launched last year after spending a few years in beta testing. Membership has more than doubled to more than 12 million gamers

Electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has put a date to its third-quarter earnings report: Oct. 20. The report comes as the automaker's sales are soaring. Third-quarter deliveries, which get

It was an up-and-down third quarter for Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) before the stock finished in the green. Investors will be anxious to take a look under the hood when the company presents

According to the FBI, adjusted criminal background checks on potential gun buyers fell by 17% year over year in September. But after last year's record-setting pace, it's not surprising that

Do you like bargains? Of course you do. Something worth owning is an even better buy at a lower price. It's true even when you're talking about stocks.

With that as the backdrop, here's a closer

Many people assume that they'll manage just fine on Social Security once they enter retirement. And that line of thinking often leads them away from building savings.

You, too, may be convinced that

In this video from "The 5" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on Oct. 4, Fool.com contributors Brian Withers, Rachel Warren and Demitri Kalogeropoulos each share an attractive stock they're watching