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The stock market is enjoying a nice bounce-back year. The S&P 500 has rallied nearly 20% this year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq is up over 35%. Because of that, many stocks currently sit near their

There's been some doom and gloom surrounding Detroit automaker General Motors (NYSE: GM). It hit a massive speed bump with its autonomous robotaxi start-up, Cruise, when California regulators deemed

If you're someone who pushes yourself to max out your IRA year after year, that's actually a great thing. The more money you put into your IRA, the more retirement income you might enjoy down the

Income-seeking investors have some interesting options to choose from in the healthcare sector right now. AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), the pharmaceutical giant behind the top-selling drug of the past

In roughly three weeks, the curtain will close and another year will be in the books for Wall Street. For growth-stock investors, it's been a banner year. After losing 33% of its value during the

Right now, you may be preparing for more than the holidays. You might also be looking at your portfolio with the idea of getting it ready for the new year. It's impossible to predict which stocks

Tens of millions of seniors rely on Social Security to make ends meet. About 88% of retirees said Social Security is a significant source of income in retirement, with a rising portion of those

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights Rivian's (NASDAQ: RIVN) prospects in 2024, makes a production target prediction, and tells you if he thinks the stock price will be higher or lower

For most Americans, Social Security provides a financial foundation during their golden years. More than two decades of annual surveys from national pollster Gallup have shown that as many as 90% of

Retirement should be a stress-free time, but that's unfortunately not always the case. Outside of working, plenty of planning goes into getting ready for retirement, especially financially. With so

Shares of Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) (NASDAQ: PARA.A) closed up 12% on Friday after Puck News reported that the entertainment conglomerate is the subject of takeover interest from Skydance

Ambitious biotech Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) had a fine Friday on the stock market, with its shares closing more than 17% higher. That stock-price pop trounced the performance of the S&P 500

Investors felt secure enough about security-products specialist Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) to push its share price up by 5% on Friday. This had little to do with the company directly; rather, a major

Shares of HashiCorp (NASDAQ: HCP) fell 16.4% on Friday despite stronger-than-expected quarterly results from the cloud infrastructure software company. The market appears to be concerned with

Shares of ACM Research (NASDAQ: ACMR) were gaining last month as the company known for making equipment that cleans semiconductor wafers posted solid results in its third-quarter earnings report and

As the holiday season unwraps, retailers and brands are doing what they can to entice consumers to go out and spend. According to market research firm Nielsen, one of the industries that is expected

When artificial intelligence (AI) is mentioned Microsoft, Nvidia, and Alphabet are often the first stocks that come to mind. And for good reason. They're all excellent companies, and each one, in

The S&P 500 is the U.S. stock market's most popular and followed index. It tracks the 500 largest public U.S. companies and is how people often gauge the health of the U.S. economy. Although the S&P

UDR (NYSE: UDR) is one of the largest publicly traded apartment real estate investment trusts (REITs) you can buy. It differentiates itself from its peers through the structure of its portfolio

When you think of excellent dividend stocks, you might not initially think of the highly competitive and capital-intensive automotive industry. But if you skipped right over the automotive industry

A $1 million target is a great goal for your investment portfolio. If you reach that total by retirement, you'll have plenty of options by your side. For example, you could withdraw the money slowly

Things can happen fast in the crypto world. Few other assets capture this more than the meme coin, Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), which seemingly came out of nowhere and stole the spotlight in 2021. At

One of the more striking trends in recent years has been the resurgence of stock splits. The introduction of no-cost and low-cost trading in recent years has eliminated the need to buy stocks in

Share prices of 3M (NYSE: MMM) are down around 20% from their 52-week high. But that's just the start because the stock has also fallen a huge 50% from its highs in 2019. The 5.9% dividend yield on

Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) has huge ambitions of becoming an electric vehicle manufacturer. So far, there's more ambition than business. In fairness, though, the company did achieve an important milestone