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Often, waiting to claim Social Security is the smartest financial choice. Delaying can lead to larger monthly benefits, which is especially helpful since Social Security is probably your only

Cathie Wood has become an investing sensation in recent years. As the founder of the ARK Invest family of exchange-traded funds , amazing returns in 2020 gave her a reputation for finding

Whether you think it is more like Facebook or LinkedIn, there's no denying that Doximity (NYSE: DOCS) is making a name for itself in digitizing the world of medicine. In this episode of Industry

One of this weekend's top U.S. news stories is the life-threatening and unprecedented heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, which is shattering all-time records and is forecast to last into the coming

I recently celebrated my 30th birthday, so while I certainly feel like I'm getting old, I'm still a long way off from claiming Social Security. I've got about 40 years to go, according to my

Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) has proven how valuable software can be in organizing clinical trial data. Schrodinger's (NASDAQ: SDGR) solution is even more vital, in my opinion, as it's helping drug

Bank of America recently made a bold prediction. The banking giant believes that supply and demand imbalances in the oil market will push crude prices up to $100 a barrel by next year. The bank

Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) launched The Roku Channel in 2017 as a way to get more free ad-supported content in front of its users. It was primarily seen as a way for Roku to highlight content from media

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been building the 767 for four decades: an incredibly long time for a single generation of a commercial jet. In theory, it ought to be obsolete: Boeing and top rival Airbus

Last year, the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses around the globe, stunting economic growth and leaving millions of people unemployed. And while the coronavirus is by no means gone, things

To say the so-called "triple play" package was a good promotional tool for the nation's cable television providers would be a serious understatement. Being able to package cable TV, broadband, and

Less than a year ago, many U.S. airlines were offering pilots generous early retirement packages, as they maneuvered to stretch their payroll support funds as far as possible. Since then, air travel

The problem of saving for retirement is often solved by first enrolling in your employer's plan -- typically a standard, pre-tax 401(k). But what if you're now your own employer?

The past year has

News came out on June 23 that video game conglomerate Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is planning to buy mobile studio Playdemic from Warner Media. The deal is a part of the Warner Media-Discovery

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood has garnered a lot of attention recently as her company's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have put up impressive returns.

And investors looking for some of Wood's top picks

With the economy on a rebound and thanks in part to President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, discretionary spending should see an upward tick. A non-trivial part of the stimulus budget

Roughly $2.5 trillion worth of homes are sold in the United States each year, and this is an industry that has a ton of potential to be disrupted. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on June 15

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) recently agreed to sell their COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government at cost. In this video from Motley Fool Live, recorded on June 14, Fool.com

Do you want to retire rich, but don't want to make doing so a complicated affair? The two goals seem mutually exclusive. That is to say, if you want to build a million-dollar nest egg on average

Tech stocks have seen volatile trading across the first half of 2021, and there could be more swings on the horizon. However, no matter what happens in the near term, it's likely that the tech

Dividend stocks can be a great way to generate some passive income. There are many to choose from, including companies on the well-known Dividend Aristocrat list.

There are also a few unsung

Looking to repeat the success of its investment in StoneCo (NASDAQ: STNE), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) recently invested $500 million in another Brazilian fintech start-up called

If you're like most Americans, your retirement accounts could be your biggest asset. And if you have a financial emergency, the absence of available cash could make them look like a good option.

But

No pot stock has delivered a more sizzling return so far in 2021 than Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY). The Canadian cannabis producer caught the fancy of online investing communities earlier this year before

Meme stocks -- investments that have gone viral among retail investors on social media, embodied by GameStop -- are all the rage right now, and are showing no signs of going away anytime soon