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Philip Morris International's (NYSE: PM) stock has started 2026 strong, trading up more than 13% year to date, as of this writing. While the stock didn't make any big gains following its

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If you put a group of people in a room and ask a question, you'll rarely get the same answer from everybody. And that holds true if you're asking about stocks as well -- particularly when you're

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) can be a polarizing stock. Despite two decades of operating history and an order backlog of more than $1 billion, the company is in the early innings of collecting

The stock market's volatility may make some investors nervous. The price movements can make your head spin. But long-term investors can turn to dividend-paying stocks to reduce long-term volatility

On Feb. 3, 2026, Oxbow Advisors, LLC reported selling 342,176 shares of Vanguard Institutional Index Funds - Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (NASDAQ:VBIL), an estimated $25.83 million trade

Vanguard and Fidelity are two of the biggest names in the investment world. Together, they manage trillions of dollars in assets and are top investing destinations for almost any financial goal.

For

A lot of people find themselves returning to work after claiming Social Security, and for good reason. For one thing, retirement can be boring. Some people may opt to work even if they don't need

Most U.S. investors rarely if ever think about buying shares of foreign companies. This tendency, called home country bias, is understandable as people prefer to park their money in familiar

The average retired worker collects just over $2,000 per month in Social Security benefits, according to the most recent data from the Social Security Administration. But it's possible to earn up to

Every year, some stocks break out with massive returns, but the ones that truly become stars are those that can sustain those gains over the long haul.

In 2025, two of the most notable breakout

In 1991, the paint-making company Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) was celebrating more than its 125th birthday. That year, profits climbed to $63 million on sales of $1.37 billion, securing

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fastest-growing secular trend today, and it's still in its early stages. So, there should be plenty of growth opportunities for long-term investors.

Nvidia

It was a little more than a year ago that tech stocks fell sharply and briefly due to concerns that an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from a Chinese-based company, DeepSeek, could offer

Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) sits at the center of AI data center growth and green hydrogen demand. If execution improves, profitability could finally arrive. If not, dilution may crush the stock in

Shares of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) have been on a tear, climbing 55% since the oilfield services company beat third-quarter earnings estimates in October. After trading near multiyear lows throughout

Back in December, I crunched some numbers and predicted that Elon Musk would be forced to admit that his flagship company, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), was already unprofitable in fourth-quarter 2025. The

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) was one of the best-performing stocks at the height of the pandemic. It soared to a record high of $163 by the end of 2020, which represented a whopping 463% gain

With shares down 12% year to date and a whopping 19% during the past 12 months, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock has fallen out of favor on Wall Street. Analysts are nervous about management's planned

According to a Pew Research poll conducted in late 2025, only 26% of American adults feel very confident that they'll have enough income and assets to last them through retirement. You don't want

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is at the center of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and became the first publicly traded corporation to reach a $5 trillion market cap as a result. The AI chipmaker's

Over the last century, no asset class has come close to matching the annualized return of stocks. But when the lens is narrowed to the past decade, Wall Street's major stock indexes haven't been

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) reported fabulous results for the 2025 fourth quarter, but the stock tumbled after and still hasn't recovered.

However, I'm excited about what SoFi has to offer and

As you approach retirement, you should be thinking about when you'll claim your Social Security benefits -- because when you do so can make a big difference in your financial life.

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