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In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro make the case for four stocks as a way to balance risk and reward, with Realty Income (NYSE: O), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ:

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro play a game, picking two stocks they'd buy for Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio, if Warren Buffett hired

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world's largest company, which creates the impression that there isn't much more growth it can gain. And yet, there are several compelling reasons why it's still a great

Have you ever seen a puzzle that asks you to identify what doesn't seem to belong in the picture? That comes to mind when I look at the list of stocks with market caps of $1 trillion or more.

Only

Twice this year, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has made a run at the $4 price level. And twice the rally has fallen just short. In July, for example, XRP topped out at $3.65, a new 52-week high.

So investors

The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) might be the most boring investment on Wall Street -- and that's exactly why it works. While hedge funds chase the next big thing and retail

High dividend yields often translate to high anxiety for income investors, as it's hard to shake worries that steep dividend cuts could be on the way.

For some stocks with exceptionally high

For many retirees, claiming Social Security at 70 will be the best option to maximize lifetime benefits. However, that is not the case for all seniors. In fact, there's one particular group that

Volatility is nothing new to the crypto market, but when it appears, it can still be jarring. On Sept. 22, the crypto market saw a steep sell-off in nearly every top cryptocurrency. Bitcoin (CRYPTO:

Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) offers a portfolio of software products designed to help organizations boost productivity by streamlining workflows and encouraging collaboration between employees

Were you born between early 1997 and late 2012? In other words, are you one of America's 70 million Gen Z residents, currently between the ages of 13 and 28?

If so, you may not be thinking all that

The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is hovering near all-time highs. And yet shares of retailer Target (NYSE: TGT) have lost 66% of their value. Food maker General Mills (NYSE: GIS) has seen a price

Whenever a publicly traded business faces a big risk or unknown, that can weigh on its valuation. For Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL), the tech giant that owns Google and YouTube, the big

The market is being led higher by megacap tech companies that have shown the ability to grow and adapt. With technology continually shifting, this is the key to long-term success and leadership.

The U.S. stock market is in a precarious position due to elevated valuations and sweeping tariffs that threaten to slow economic growth. But many investors are overlooking another serious problem

It's no secret that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a driving force in the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) and computing platforms are

CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) and Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) held initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier this year and both stocks have already posted monster returns. CoreWeave shares have

The Federal Reserve recently cut its benchmark short-term interest rate by 25 basis points. The central bank cited slowing economic growth, notably on the jobs front. The Fed's mandate to keep the

AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) stirred some investor nerves recently after its latest earnings report, but the fundamentals still offer promising reasons to pay attention.

Let's dig into two green flags in

After a multiyear run-up, Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) shares have fallen from grace in 2025. The salvage-auction leader's stock is trading about 30% below its 52-week high as investors digest softer

In May, the average monthly Social Security retired-worker benefit made history by topping $2,000 for the first time in the program's storied history. Though this isn't a payment that's going to

It might seem impossible to find fast-growing companies in the artificial intelligence (AI) market that are undervalued, but they are out there if you look in the right places. While chips and

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) is not for the faint of heart, since it is a money-losing start-up. But it has an interesting and fairly well-developed technology in the nuclear power space. If you

CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), the artificial intelligence (AI)-focused cloud and data-center operator, has been one of 2025's most closely watched newly public names. Shares have been volatile as

If you invested $1,000 in video game platform company Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) in September 2024, then take a victory lap, because you have about $3,000 now. Roblox stock has been red-hot over the past