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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

Row upon row of green continues to paint the pages of stock sites and apps. The three major indexes -- the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite -- are at or near all-time

Stocks jumped last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained roughly 3% and approached new records. The Dow is up 13% so far in 2021

Millions of seniors today rely on Social Security to cover their living expenses. But there are many variables that go into determining what a given recipient's monthly benefit will look like.

One

Real estate technology has nabbed a lot of attention amid a booming housing market. Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z)(NASDAQ: ZG) remains the pioneer and industry leader here, and though it has struggled as

America is seeing green -- and I'm not just talking about the huge gains in investors' portfolios. We're witnessing a cannabis revolution in the U.S. that's picking up steam at an extraordinary

A retirement portfolio should be built on a foundation of strong stocks and fixed-income assets across a variety of industries. But one of the most important aspects of a great retirement stock is

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT) was one of the hardest-hit stocks in the real estate sector. But things have changed. In this Fool Live video, recorded

According to The Verge, nearly 20% of Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) employees are working exclusively on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Plus, the company has been acquiring small VR

The largest shareholder of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY), with 28.9% of the company, is Prosus (OTC: PROSY), a European holding company, which itself is majority-owned by South