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Great companies rarely go on sale. That's especially true for great companies that are growing quickly. Most of the time, businesses with rapid growth rates are assigned pricey valuations by the

There's no doubt about it: Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing sectors. High-profile attacks in recent years by cybercriminals resulted in massive data breaches, infrastructure failures, and

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the world's largest company by market capitalization, so it takes a lot for companies to surpass it in terms of valuation. However, I think that it's possible. The number of

2024 turned out to be a bit of an odd year for Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Berkshire's stock performed well, with class B shares generating a 27%

When I started investing, my investment choices were pretty limited. Today, with the advent of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), there is more that investors can do, and the costs are attractively

Some well-known businesses in the financial services sector have done remarkably well for investors recently. Shares of industry heavyweights Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, as well as younger

It may seem counterintuitive to characterize a company with a $3 trillion market capitalization as a growth stock, but that's exactly the situation in which Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) finds itself.

After

Investing in only a single stock is not the best strategy. Any one-stock portfolio would lack the necessary diversification to ride out the ups and downs that every stock experiences.

However, if

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) has an eye-catching dividend yield of almost 14%. The first thing that most investors will probably think upon reading that sentence is that this is a choice dividend

Few factors can have as big of an impact on most seniors' finances in retirement than the size of their Social Security check. Six in 10 retirees say Social Security is a major source of income for

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) price reached its all-time high of more than $109,000 on Jan. 25. The approvals of its first spot price exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last January, its latest halving (which

One trend has dominated the market for over two years now: artificial intelligence (AI). Companies have collectively added trillions of dollars to their market caps thanks to the massive spending on

Are you going to be 73 years old or older at some point this year, and do you have money sitting in an individual retirement account? If your answer to both questions is yes, here's the good and bad

EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) made a hard, but necessary, decision during the coronavirus pandemic's height. It suspended its dividend to ensure that it had the liquidity to survive and help its

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEMKT: VYM) is a fairly easy to understand exchange-traded fund (ETF) with an income focus. There's just one glaring problem with the ETF: Its yield isn't exactly

In case you haven't noticed, the bulls have been running the show on Wall Street for almost 2.5 years. Since the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite bottomed out in October

Every year, investors eagerly await Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) annual report. The highlight is Warren Buffett's shareholder letter, in which he shares his folksy wisdom about

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have pulled back from their all-time highs since the start of the year amid rising concerns about an economic slowdown, potential tariffs, rising inflation, and

For the better part of the last two-plus years, the stock market has been unstoppable. The 30-component Dow Jones Industrial Average, broad-based S&P 500, and innovation-fueled Nasdaq Composite have

Don't discount the power of momentum. Some studies have found that momentum trading -- buying stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are going up -- often works over the short to medium term.

The first time Donald Trump served as U.S. president, the stock market enjoyed a strong bull market until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Even then, stocks fell only briefly before quickly rebounding.

The past several years have been extraordinarily challenging for Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW). The hospital-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) has battled tenant-related headwinds,

Social Security is one of America's most essential social programs. It keeps millions of retirees out of poverty, and provides much-needed financial security for millions of others.

There's plenty

Every investor wants to become (at least) a millionaire.

To help get you there, it's a good idea to invest in growth stocks, especially those with a long track record of success and a set of

After the U.S. presidential election, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock soared about 200%. But since hitting its all-time high on Feb. 19, the stock is down over 30%. The artificial