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According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Social Security program will pay out around $1.6 trillion in benefits to roughly 72 million beneficiaries this year. The bulk of these

The tech sector continues to be a driving force in the stock market, with artificial intelligence (AI) leading the way. With AI quickly reshaping the world we live in, this is an area where

With the stock market sitting near record highs, many investors may be tempted to wait for a pullback before buying any new shares. The problem is that waiting for a better price often backfires. A

Since 2020, shares of Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) have risen by 230%. It has been one of the best retail stocks to own in recent years. The business has proven to be incredibly versatile

An SEC filing dated August 15, 2025, shows 1248 Management, LLC increased its Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) holding by 16,443 shares. The estimated transaction value, based on the period's average share

I happily own stock in Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), one of the largest medical device makers in the world. Of late, the company is struggling through a rough patch that has Wall Street worried about the

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has been a market favorite in 2025. There's a lot to like. Its business performance has been strong, and demand for modern security, in general, remains robust. These

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) is a provider of cloud computing services, similar to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, except it mostly caters to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs).

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Realty Income (NYSE: O) and Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC) are competitors in the net lease niche of real estate investment trust (REIT) arena. Realty Income is still down around 25% from its

Wall Street is full of well-known money managers capable of spotting a good deal. However, none of these fund managers draws the attention of professional and everyday investors quite like Berkshire

Want to know what new technology excites billionaire investors the most? Look at their top holdings. For example, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks take six spots among the top 10 investments of

Lake Street Private Wealth, a U.S. asset manager with $700 million in reportable assets under management (AUM), disclosed in its latest 13-F filing with the SEC that it purchased 47,089 additional

Dividend-paying stocks don't get the credit they deserve. Over the past 50 years, the average dividend-paying stock in the S&P 500 has outperformed non-payers by more than 2-to-1. Data from Ned

For people who reach retirement without much savings, Social Security can be a true lifeline. And it's people in that situation who tend to be very reliant on the program's cost-of-living

In case you missed it, last week marked one of the most important data dumps of the entire quarter. August 14 was the deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under

This year has been quite a roller-coaster ride for semiconductor specialist Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). After rallying to a new all-time high to start the year, the stock plunged 37% from that level

Specialty chipmaker Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NVTS) was looking anything but special over the past few trading days. The company was the subject of a recommendation downgrade, which pushed the

Zoom Video Communications(NASDAQ:ZM) reported results for the fiscal second quarter ended July 31, 2025, with revenue up 4.7% year over year to $1.22 billion and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.53, both

Workday(NASDAQ:WDAY) reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results (period ended July 31, 2025) on Aug. 21, 2025, delivering 14% year-over-year subscription revenue growth to $2.17 billion with a non-GAAP

Usually, with publicly traded companies, a change in accounting regime doesn't have much of an effect on investor sentiment. That wasn't quite the case Thursday with additive manufacturing

Explore the exciting world of Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends

Marijuana stock Curaleaf (OTC: CURLF) got quite a buzz Thursday from news about one of the substances for which it's best known. Interestingly enough, this was not the THC that gets people high from

For retirees seeking income, dividend investing is less about chasing the highest yield and more about owning stocks that reliably generate cash and consistently increase their payouts. Add in

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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) slipped 25.6 points, or 0.4%, to 6,370.17 on Thursday, marking its fifth straight daily decline. Losses were broad, with weakness across technology

Intuit(NASDAQ:INTU) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results on August 21, 2025, highlighting full-year revenue growth of 16% in FY2025, Q4 revenue growth of 20% to $3.8 billion, GAAP operating