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Seven years is an entire geological epoch in crypto, but if you're investing for the long term, it's just the first leg of the journey. Suffice it to say that leading crypto assets like Ethereum

I bought Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock in June 2014 because I thought Elon Musk was going to save humanity.

Solar roofs on every house. Martian colonies by 2040. Cool electric cars making gas stations

Despite some added volatility and a significant rotation out of tech stocks in 2026, semiconductors remain a hot way to play the artificial intelligence (AI) narrative. Even though the tech sector

The broader tech sector is moving so fast that it's easy to assume all the investment opportunity is already gone or being gobbled up by artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The headlines seem to be

The iconic Nike (NYSE: NKE) has faced significant challenges over the past five years. The stock is down 11% so far in 2026, but overall has declined more than 50% since 2021. The brand is

One of the challenges for income investors is finding high-yield dividend stocks that are a safe bet to keep growing and paying out a high dividend.

Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) and

Some presidents love peanuts or jelly beans, and others love hiking in national parks or golfing. Our current resident in the White House, President Donald Trump, loves golfing -- and tariffs. Our

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is known as the king of artificial intelligence (AI), but as the industry migrates from training large language models to inference, will its competitive moat hold up?

Over the

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is down more than 60% during the past eight months, yet Ripple -- the company behind XRP -- has been on a tear, inking new deals with some of the largest financial institutions in

Defense stocks are in demand again, thanks to the Iran war and the war in Ukraine. While the S&P 500 is down around 1% so far this year, the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is up more than 11%

For much of the last seven years, the stock market has been unstoppable. The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has gained at least 16% for three consecutive years on three occasions throughout its

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) are two of the most popular quantum computing investment options available on the market. Both companies are racing toward providing a

Perhaps no stock has been hit harder by the decline in restaurant stocks over the past few years than Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG). Shares of the salad and bowl chain are down 90% from all-time highs

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) stock has crushed the market over many years. But it took a sharp turn downward after the company's fourth-quarter earnings release, and it's lost 12% of its value year

Although the stock market has been in "go" mode during the past three years, 2026 is proving to be another story. The threat of rising inflation, a weak jobs market, and war in the Middle East are

Until 2025, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) had about as good a run as any stock in its industry. From 2020 through 2024, it had an average annualized return of about 29%, as its chain of

Saving for retirement shouldn't be an afterthought; it's a necessity. And one of the best ways to do so efficiently is to take advantage of retirement accounts, which offer tax breaks. While a

The five existing members of the $2 trillion club are all beneficiaries of the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon have all seen demand for their cloud

The war in Iran is taking a toll on the U.S. economy.

Gas prices, one of the few bright spots when it came to the inflationary picture, have surged 17% since the conflict began. Meanwhile, crude

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) was the first crypto exchange to list publicly in the U.S. and its brand has become synonymous with cryptocurrency. As a result, crypto volatility often affects its

Many Americans prioritize socking away money for retirement while they're working. After they retire, though, the focus shifts to using the cash from their tax-advantaged accounts most effectively.

Mostly thanks to overvalued AI equities, the market was already struggling to make any forward progress. With the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) making a series of lower highs and lower lows since late

With its more than 200 drink brands, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has an unrivaled presence in its industry. Its reach is also hard to overstate, as its products are sold in more than 200 countries and

I'm tempted to suggest a high-growth exchange-traded fund (ETF) here, but instead I want to offer a top-flight dividend-oriented ETF. Why? Well, I'm considering that the world -- and our economy --

In case you haven't heard, NASA shook up its moon landing plans again last week. Some people think this is bad for the Artemis program -- and for the rocket companies working to make it happen --