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Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) was a hot fintech stock three years ago. The provider of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services went public at $49 a share on Jan. 13, 2021, opened at $90.90, and soared to a

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut. The developer of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in

Building a portfolio of great stocks that can pay out enough in dividends to cover most of your major expenses in retirement is a big goal for many investors. Experts and amateurs alike spend a lot

It's hard to beat the growth potential of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which Goldman Sachs recently called "the most important stock on planet Earth." A $1,000 investment made just five years ago would be

From tobacco producers to payment services and more, some major businesses have been spun off from their previous corporate owners. Why do corporations spin off subsidiaries, and what does this mean

Data analytics and warehousing company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) went public as one of the most hyped IPOs in modern history. But today? Investors have largely moved on. Snowflake is down a whopping

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been one of the top stocks on the market in the past decade. Buying and holding shares of this technology giant over this period has helped investors enjoy

The S&P 500 index has soared to new highs in 2024 and is currently up roughly 18% across the year's trading. Several megacap companies, including Nvidia and Meta Platforms, have posted incredible

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark federal funds rate on Wednesday, Sept. 18. To the surprise of some analysts, the Fed lowered the rate a half point rather than the expected quarter point

For the better part of two years, the bulls have been firmly in control on Wall Street. A resilient U.S. economy, coupled with excitement surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), have

The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

The recent volatility in the stock market has created some interesting buying opportunities. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are trading

Shares of Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI) are down a disappointing 56% in 2024, but it probably isn't time to turn our backs on the satellite radio provider.

Improving subscriber trends recently

Both Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have seen their respective cloud computing segments, Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), benefit from the initial artificial intelligence

Millions of seniors today rely on their monthly Social Security benefits to make ends meet. For someone without a lot of savings to fall back on, a generous Social Security cost-of-living adjustment

Wall Street has fallen in love with the artificial intelligence (AI) trend. This is not surprising, considering that PwC analysts expect AI to add nearly $15.7 trillion to the global economy

It has been a fairly solid year for the markets in 2024 as the S&P 500 has risen by around 18% thus far. However, it's not hard to find stocks that have done even better. A good place to look is in

Dividends that can grow above the rate of inflation for years can be huge wealth-builders over time.

Although artificial intelligence (AI) stocks aren't exactly known for their dividends, some of

Social Security is about a decade away from insolvency, and that's scary for many workers to consider. While it's inaccurate to say young workers won't get any money from the program, it's possible

The Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) collects data from roughly 60,000 U.S. households each month, representing about 110,000 individuals aged 15 and older. The surveys are

Just because the stock market is near all-time highs doesn't mean all stocks are expensive. Sure, you might refer to the stock market as a thing, but it's really a collection of thousands of

One of the greatest pieces of investing advice of all time, from Warren Buffett, is to be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. It seems that the automaker Stellantis

With stock market indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 trading at borderline frothy valuations, there's a shortage of high-quality companies with attractive valuations. Nevertheless, there

For a majority of Americans, Social Security income is an absolute necessity during retirement.

In each of the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has surveyed retirees to gauge how reliant they

It might be hard for investors to get excited about a company that has lost nearly $1.5 billion from its operations in the first half of this year. In fact, Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio