Blog

Five weeks ago, what can arguably be described as the most important data release of the third-quarter occurred -- and I'm not talking about the July inflation report.

No later than 45 calendar days

Owning dividend-paying stocks can be a great way to generate passive income. The average dividend stock yields around 1.5%. At that rate, a $1,000 investment would produce about $15 in dividend

Stock splits are essential to a functional stock market even though they don't affect the value of a company. Think of a company's market cap (value) as a pie or a pizza, if you prefer. All the

According to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), the U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 7.79% in October 2023, which was the highest level since 2000. It crushed the borrowing

Investing can be simpler than most would probably like to admit. You don't need to be a stock-picking wizard to make money in the market; buying and holding a few high-quality exchange-traded funds

Roughly 70% of top executives believe artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the way their organizations create value over the next three years, according to a survey by consulting firm PwC

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) owns one of the world's most closely followed stock portfolios. That's why many investors were recently rattled when Berkshire sold

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) to determine which is a better investment.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 14

In this video, I will talk about the recent big announcement by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Check out the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below.

*Stock

September has been an exciting time for investors with their fingers on the pulse of cancer drug development. In a nutshell, it looks like the world's top-selling cancer therapy could have a serious

The long-awaited moment has arrived. The Federal Reserve is meeting this week, and economists are predicting policymakers will launch the first interest rate cut in four years. The Fed began lifting

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro make the case for Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) and Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) being worth buying now.

*Stock prices used were

For the better part of two years, no trend has excited investors more on Wall Street than the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

The lure of AI is twofold. First, there's the ability for

If you're someone who gets a big chunk of your retirement income from Social Security, then you may be itching to know what 2025's cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will amount to. Each year

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro make the case for Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) and Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) as stocks that could deliver 10-fold returns for investors

Dan Loeb is the founder and CEO of Third Point, an institutional asset manager whose flagship Offshore Fund has returned 13.1% annually since its inception in 1996. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:

The world's key benchmark interest rates are about to get a haircut, so all things being equal, cryptocurrencies should be the flavor of the moment for investors. After all, when rates decline, the

When longtime tech sector analyst Dan Ives of Wedbush speaks, investors tend to listen. He's one of the more prominent voices in stock punditry, and more than a few of his calls have proved to be

Over the last five years, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) really hasn't delivered much in terms of top-line growth. The retailer has struggled to get back to the nearly $20 billion in revenue that it reported in

The e-commerce industry is jam-packed with competition.

Niche marketplaces such as Etsy and Wayfair have managed to fend off competition from larger industry stalwarts Amazon and Walmart. Moreover

Artificial intelligence (AI) supercharged the business of semiconductor chipmakers over the past year, and in turn, their stocks. Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is among these AI beneficiaries as shares

On news that a potentially resource-draining lawsuit against the company had been dismissed, units of master limited partnership Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ: IEP) leaped almost 15% in price on Monday

There's a misconception that investors must make big bets on individual stocks to be successful in the stock market. However, numerous types of investments, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro break down why Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI) and ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) are good candidates for future stock splits. More importantly

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) was once considered a slow-growth tech stock that was mainly owned for stable returns instead of aggressive gains. It was one of the world's largest database software providers