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Want the biggest Social Security checks possible? Figuring out how to get them can be confusing because there are many different factors affecting the amount of your benefits.

The good news is

The stock market has been on a fantastic run in the past year and a half. Since bottoming out in late March 2020 following the coronavirus-fueled market crash, the S&P 500 has doubled in value. This

The growth of e-commerce around the globe has provided monster winners for investors over the past few decades. We all know the stellar returns of Amazon shares, but other companies like

Ever since Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) started breaking out Amazon Web Services' (AWS) revenue and operating profits in 2015, a growing number of analysts have called for the tech giant to spin off the

Shares of memory chip manufacturer Micron (NASDAQ: MU) have been trending lower since April despite a string of solid earnings reports. Revenue has been growing at a double-digit rate since

We may be stuck in an economic environment marred by oddly low overall interest rates. That has investors searching elsewhere for ways to get a decent return on their investment capital. One option

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just put a date to its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release: Oct. 28. Investors will likely be watching the update closely, as it follows the release of new products and comes

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ: CRSR) has benefited from a surge in new upgrades from players in the video game market over the last few years. The computer peripherals and hardware company achieved an

If your employer offers a 401(k) plan at work, you should know that it offers one of the best ways for you to save for retirement. No other retirement account option offers the ability to save more

There's been lots of hype around infrastructure stocks ever since Joe Biden was elected president. Over the months, though, the Biden administration has put forth sweeping spending plans, proving

Dividend stocks can be one of your biggest wealth-building investments, provided you choose the right stocks. By that, I mean you should avoid the most common mistake income investors make: Chasing

Banana Republic is hoping nostalgia can turn around a brand that hasn't been relevant in decades. It wants to go back to the future with a brand reinvention that winks at its heritage of safari

One of the downsides of the hot bull market that we're in right now is that as stock prices rise, you're earning less of a yield since it costs you more to collect the same dividend as when prices

The need to spend more on infrastructure has been at the forefront recently with a bipartisan bill slowly making its way through Congress. But even if that bill is rejected, there are many

A little more than a year after the stock market notched its fastest recovery ever from a bear market low, investors are getting nervous about owning equities. Interest rates are rising, politicians

Visa (NYSE: V) is a massive payments operation with trillions of dollars flowing through its network every quarter. But in this Fool Live video clip, recorded on Sept. 20, Fool.com contributors Matt

Will our next major stock market crash happen before 2021 comes to a close? That's the big question on investors' minds.

In fact, a lot of people are probably losing sleep at the thought of their

Robinhood's (NASDAQ: HOOD) popular trading app has done quite a bit to democratize investing, such as pioneering the concept of zero-commission trading several years before most brokers adopted the

If you're ready to invest in more pot stocks in 2021, you still have a few months left in the year to do so. But if you're overwhelmed by the sheer number of investment opportunities available to

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 undoubtedly spooked investors and raised concerns about a possible market crash when it fell 2% and had its worst day in months. Fears of a market crash seem to never be too

September's been a lousy month for biotech stocks with the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index down around 5.7% since the end of August. Rising interest rates are the main cause for concern, but that isn't a

Most people want to be financially secure in retirement. To achieve that goal, many shrewdly turn to the stock market. Investing in stocks allows your money to grow substantially more than, say, in

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) now counts over 200 million Prime members around the world. About 81 million of those Prime members are in the United States, according to an estimate from eMarketer, most

The retail investors from the Wall Street Bets Reddit forum, known among themselves as "apes," are likely feeling vindicated about their meme stock choice of GameStop (NYSE: GME) this week

For better or worse, volatility has played a big role in the stock market since the beginning of 2020. We've witnessed the quickest decline of at least 30% in the history of the S&P 500, and