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If you had invested $10,000 in Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) at its initial public offering (IPO) in 2012, you'd have nearly $40,000 now. That's not a bad long-term return. However, 2024 hasn't been a

When it comes to dividend investing, there are some excellent ways to put your money to work without having to choose individual stocks. But what dividend ETFs are the best choices for your

Just like the caffeinated beverages that it sells, Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) has done a great job energizing investor portfolios. Since the start of November, shares of the coffeehouse chain have

The economy and the stock market experience ups and downs over time. Being a long-term investor allows you to see the forest for the trees and base your investments on big-picture trends that could

One of my favorite ways to invest is through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). They're simple, and you can generally accomplish the same goals in a few investments that would've taken you dozens or

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF), why its silicon carbide chips could be a massive success, and why it's also still very risky.

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Comparing yourself to other investors can be a dangerously misleading exercise. Other investors may have different investing goals than you, and they certainly earn different incomes. Some future

Real estate iBuying leader Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) is doing as well as anyone can expect in a terrible real estate market, but could things get better in 2025? In this video, Fool.com contributors

2024 is coming to an end quickly, and several changes and adjustments are set to take effect in the world of Social Security in the new year. Most of these are inflation-related, and while some

The U.S. stock market has delivered remarkable returns over the past five years, with the S&P 500 achieving double-digit gains in four of those years. While artificial intelligence (AI) and

Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) stock lost ground across the last week of trading. The electric flying vehicle company's share price closed out the stretch down 12% from the previous Friday's market

With 2025 just around the corner, some people may be sitting on a lump of cash they'd like to deploy to the market. It doesn't matter if it's $50 or $50,000; most brokerages give investors access to

Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) hasn't been an easy stock for investors to hold -- its shares are down by a shocking 88% over the last three years. But few would deny that the company has a substantial

Investors don't need to just invest in flashy companies that make the headlines to beat the market. Names like Nvidia and Tesla may be exciting to follow, but a quiet, industrial stock like United

Aug. 11, 2020, is a day that changed the cryptocurrency market forever, for better or for worse. For technology company MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) and its shareholders, it seems that it was a

This year has been a very good one for Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET). Units of the master limited partnership (MLP) have rocketed nearly 40%. That has outperformed the S&P 500, which has jumped more

Do you want to have a million dollars by retirement? Most of us probably think that would be great -- though some think a million dollars won't be enough. That's very possibly true, especially if

Over the past decade, cryptocurrency has emerged as a new asset class in the investing community. According to research by The Motley Fool, an estimated 75% of people who own crypto view it as an

SoFi Technologies' (NASDAQ: SOFI) business has consistently grown since going public in 2020. You can't say the same about its stock price. SoFi stock has trailed the market since its debut, posting

Tesla was the trailblazer in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and competitors, both incumbent brands and start-ups, have tried replicating its success ever since. Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN)

I doubt Warren Buffett talks with Wall Street analysts very much. He certainly doesn't interact with them as much as most CEOs of publicly traded companies do. Unlike most S&P 500 companies

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is a popular income investment, and rightly so. The master limited partnership (MLP) has increased its distribution for 26 straight years. The midstream

The Social Security full retirement age will be increasing from 66 to 67 for workers in the United States. In this video, I'll discuss the details of the Social Security full retirement age, what it

Ever since it had its initial public offering in May 2019, Uber (NYSE: UBER) has taken its investors on a bumpy ride. Things were looking up through the first nine months of this year, but as of

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) stock was highly volatile over the last week of trading, but managed to close out the period with a modest gain. The flying taxi company's share price ended the stretch