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Cathie Wood manages net assets of around $12 billion in her Ark Invest exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It's part of her job to keep close tabs on macroeconomic trends while also focusing on major

Most of us probably like the idea of getting something for free. And most of us like the idea of having money, too. Therefore, the prospect of receiving free money should be especially enticing.

The Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the type of company that you buy and forget about for long stretches of time. When you go back and look at it a few times a year, the story is likely to be very

Are you eager to retire with a growing stream of income from the dividend stocks in your portfolio? Now is a great time to go shopping.

There's hardly ever a bad time to buy shares of successful

Some investors may not like the fact that Penn Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) completed an acquisition earlier this year -- only to turn around and sell the business back to its founder months

Lower consumer confidence in the economy and rising interest rates have been major headwinds for retail companies. The Consumer Discretionary Select SPDR ETF has underperformed the S&P 500 index

Volatility has been the name of the game on Wall Street since this decade began. Since 2020, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and

Warren Buffett has invested in all three major U.S. wireless carriers, but Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) currently owns just one.

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) has outlasted its peers

When President Biden set out to have student loan debt forgiven, many Americans were hopeful that he'd manage to succeed. But unfortunately, the Supreme Court shot down that student loan forgiveness

The auto industry is tough and hasn't really been great for investors for many years (with the exception of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)). In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe

Few decisions will affect your finances as much during your retirement years as when you begin collecting Social Security benefits. Your choice will have repercussions that go on for the rest of

The most important day of the year for the more than 66 million people who receive a Social Security benefit each month is nearly here. This coming Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at 08:30, a.m., ET, the

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a long history of dominating the tech industry. The company isn't always the first to a market, but has a proven talent at taking existing technology and using its custom

FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) stock has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for investors in 2023. If you're still holding the stock, it may be time to get off the ride.

While shares are up over 55% through

The long-awaited merger between top semiconductor giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and cloud computing software pillar VMware (NYSE: VMW) is almost complete. Broadcom management has said it expects the

Energy prices rallied last quarter, with crude oil soaring about 30%, fueled by OPEC's intervention. While oil prices are higher right now, that won't always be the case. Oil prices are cyclical and

It's been a tough year for healthcare giant CVS Health (NYSE: CVS). Investors are selling off the stock due to several issues, including a reduced full-year guidance in the first quarter and a

Gene editing is one of the most revolutionary trends in modern medicine. The potential to swap out a person's genes to eliminate and prevent diseases is here, and investors are keenly looking at

If the takeover drama around United States Steel (NYSE: X) has caught your attention, you might want to step back and hit the pause button. Acquisition battles are always uncertain and, sometimes

Considering the two stocks' paths in 2023, investors have some differing expectations for wholesale retailers Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) and BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ). Costco, the industry

Some businesses defy classification as competing in a single industry, but most people probably didn't think that way about Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) until recently.

On Sept. 25, the giant

Shares of Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE: CCL) fell 13.3% in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The highly indebted cruise line stock fell throughout the month as

We've got lots of stock talk in this podcast as we play the game that educates, amuses, and enriches us all. And, it's the 25th edition, so we've brought back two returning champions to play against

When investors think of the biggest stock market gainers, they tend to look at the tech industry. Indeed, stocks such as Apple and Microsoft have helped mint millionaires from $10,000 initial

Nvidia has turned out to be a hugely popular bet on the rapidly growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), and that's not surprising as this technology has created immense demand for the