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Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has been a stock that investors have loved to hate. Four years after its IPO, the stock had lost more than half of its value despite being a very popular social media site that

The economy is fairly healthy these days, which means your chances of getting a new job are pretty good if you apply for a role you're qualified for. If you're unhappy with your current employer, it

The diversified industrial giant Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) has raised its payout to shareholders annually for the last 45 consecutive years, earning itself a place on the S&P 500's list of

One of the most impressive winning streaks in the realm of low-priced stocks seems safe for another year. Shares of Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) are trading 22% higher in 2019. Barring a

This week will big for retail, as multiple major names are reporting earnings results. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) should give us a clue to the state of the housing market, in terms of home investments

The holiday season should be an enjoyable time to count your blessings and celebrate with those you love. Unfortunately, for many Americans, it's instead become a season of budget busting -- or even

Despite each of the major U.S. stock market indexes hitting fresh all-time highs in recent days, warnings of recession continue to fill the air.

For example, in recent months we witnessed a couple

Working Americans are often urged to save independently for retirement, rather than rely on Social Security alone to pay the bills when they're older. But a troubling number of U.S. adults aren't

In today's Market Foolery, host Chris Hill talks with Australia's Motley Fool Money host Scott Phillips about some of what he's seeing on the other side of the world. Tune in to hear Scott's takes

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, host Nick Sciple and Motley Fool analyst Matt DiLallo dive into utilities giant NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE). Learn why renewables are such exciting

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Healthcare, host Shannon Jones talks with Motley Fool medtech guru Brian Feroldi about three earnings reports from three fantastic medtech companies

Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google appears poised to launch its own checking accounts for users sometime next year. Caesar Sengupta, a Google executive, spoke to The Wall Street

The early numbers are in for Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) streaming service Disney+.

So far, the entertainment giant's new service is a smash hit. It nabbed 10 million subscribers on its opening day

SINA (NASDAQ: SINA) and its social media platform Weibo (NASDAQ: WB) both shed nearly 20% of their market value after posting their third-quarter reports on Nov. 14. SINA spun off Weibo in an IPO in

In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser talks with Motley Fool Ventures Brendan Mathews about the venture-capital life. Brendan updates listeners on some recent

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is one of the world's top networking companies. It leads the Ethernet switch and router markets, locks in customers with ever-expanding hardware and software bundles, and still

The surest way for investors to maximize their return-generating potential is to extend their holding periods. While stocks tend to wiggle up and down over short time frames like quarters or years

In a little less than a year's time, Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger will celebrate his 15-year anniversary at the helm of the powerful media and entertainment empire -- perhaps his last anniversary

2019 has been a tough year for Altria (NYSE: MO), with its $12.8 billion investment in Juul Labs looking like it might go up in smoke. Vaping concerns and other challenges have caused Altria to

Social Security beneficiaries are getting a raise in 2020. The raise comes courtesy of cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs. These adjustments are based on changes to the Consumer Price Index for

Nike (NYSE: NKE) has made a decision that every manufacturer faces. It has decided to remove its products from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to focus on building out its own distribution channels.

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Most of us face our share of impediments to saving money, whether it's unplanned bills, peer pressure, or impulse buys. But the fact that Americans seem all too comfortable with debt makes saving

Peter Lynch was one of the most successful investors in modern history. The Fidelity money manager earned a 29.2% annualized return on his Magellan Fund over the 13 years he ran it, from 1977 to

Most people take infrastructure for granted, unless it isn't working right. When's the last time you considered the quality of a road unless you hit a pothole or uneven pavement? When do you think

How does a 5.4% dividend yield sound? What about a 6.7% yield?

Since the S&P 500 Index's yield is only around 2% today, I bet those numbers caught your attention. The best part: While Simon Property