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It can be fun to play what-if games, especially at the end or beginning of the year. If you're an investor interested in the utilities sector, for example, you might wonder how you'd have done, had

The Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT:SCHB) and iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT:ITOT) are both low-cost, ultra-diversified U.S. equity ETFs with virtually identical

The stock market can be irrational at times but is generally quite good at identifying top-notch companies. That's why it's usually rare to see stocks in industry leaders trading at cheap valuations

I am a fan of dividend stocks where you buy for the yield, but stay for the upside. In other words, dividend stocks that offer a high forward dividend yield, yet at the same time have the potential

Social Security has been in the news a lot in the past year.

In October, there was a lot of buzz around the program's upcoming cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Then, once that COLA was announced

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) reported that it delivered 9,745 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2025, down 31% year over year from 14,183 deliveries in the year-ago quarter. The decline was even

Is Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) finally slowing down? The artificial intelligence (AI) giant ended 2025 on a high note, up 39%. However, it's down about 7% from its highs at the end of October, when it

Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) stock clocked stellar returns in 2025, rising an incredible 215%. Investors have been buying shares of this digital infrastructure company hand over fist to capitalize

AI has the potential to be a powerful technology. However, access to power will be crucial to the technology's adoption in the future. AI data centers require significantly more electricity compared

A data breach can cost a company millions of dollars in damages. And the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) increases the pressure on businesses, which could face increasingly advanced cyber

Medicare Advantage Plans can sometimes provide broader coverage than traditional Medicare.

However, some changes were made in 2026 that will restrict certain services Advantage Plans have been able

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been on fire in recent years. Over the past three years alone, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has soared by a staggering 1,180%, as of this writing. In other words

During Donald Trump's first term in the White House, the stock market soared. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) is an aviation company selling a vision: A sky of air taxis ("Midnight" aircraft), carrying happy passengers above congested roads, on a 10-minute flight that would have

In its first full year as a stand-alone company, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) continued its fantastic run by appreciating almost 85% last year. It's a performance that underlines the company's critical

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended 2025 as the most valuable company in the world. It is one of nine S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks with market capitalizations exceeding $1 trillion -- the others being

Ever since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2021, space tourism stock Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) has been assuring investors it can profit from the brand new business of flying wealthy

Investors tend to get excited about stock splits -- unnecessarily so, though, because a stock split is much less of a big deal than many people realize. Still, if you're wondering which next stock

Every Social Security retiree is going to see their monthly benefits increase in 2026. Retirees are on track for a raise because they're getting an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), as they

President Donald Trump is remaking the U.S. Navy, and investors in America's biggest defense stocks may one day thank him for it.

No sooner had the Navy announced, last month, that it would cancel

More than half of Americans plan to set a financial resolution for the new year, according to Motley Fool Money's Financial New Year's Resolution Report. Boosting income, investing more, and

Few stocks received more buzz in 2025 than Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR). Such attention is to be expected when a stock soars nearly 140% after skyrocketing 340% in the previous year.

The economic landscape is changing as we head into 2026, but one thing that remains unchanged is the leadership of growth stocks. After a shaky start to 2025, growth stocks were able to reassert

If you're like many Americans, you're convinced that you should own a home by the time you retire. Maybe it's something your grandparents said to you, or you read it somewhere.

The point is, it's

Two years ago, in the waning hours of December 2023, Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) landed its biggest contract ever -- a $515 million award to build 18 missile defense satellites for the U.S. Space