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Where do you find investment ideas? In this video, Travis Hoium and Jon Quast discuss some of the simple ways they've found (and missed) great investments simply by observing what's happening around

Shares of Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) and Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) were punished for slowing revenue growth last year, but these former stars were never out of the race. These companies serve large markets that

Which is the better option, the 9.6% dividend yield on offer from Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) or the 7.6% yield from Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD)? The truth is that you can't actually

Graphic design has been dominated by Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) for decades, but AI threatened that lead. The company's most recent AI announcements show it's here to stay, and that's what Travis Hoium

Shares of online used car seller Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) rocketed higher last week after the company updated its outlook for the second quarter. Carvana now expects to report adjusted earnings before

Shares of cloud-based agreement-service provider, DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) briefly surged in response to a quarterly report that, in some ways, was better than expected. Unfortunately, the stock fell

Even with a significant run-up in 2023, the cryptocurrency market remains well off its peak valuation of $3 trillion in 2021. Investors just aren't as excited about the industry as they were just a

E-commerce and cloud computing are reshaping the economy. Online shopping is a more convenient alternative to brick-and-mortar retail, and provisioning software and infrastructure from the cloud is

My college friends and I are largely at an age where our parents are either retiring or thinking about retiring. And so the topic of Social Security tends to come up when I see my friends' parents

After a tumultuous year, things are starting to look up for the stock market. The S&P 500 is currently up by more than 11% so far this year, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq has surged by nearly 26% in

Since July 2010 (the earliest data available from coinmarketcap.com), Bitcoin has produced a ridiculous return of nearly 43,000,000%. That crushes the gains of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite

Every investor works toward being in a position to leave the workforce and live with financial security. That leaves time to volunteer, pursue hobbies, or travel without the stress and worry related

Nvidia shocked the investment world when discussing its future revenue guidance thanks to the massive demand for generative artificial intelligence (AI). This will allow Nvidia to sell more graphics

Sell in May and go away? The old adage hasn't proven to be great advice in 2023. The stock market has risen so far in June and could go even higher.

Three Motley Fool contributors think some stocks

Retirement planning can seem stressful, but it doesn't have to be. Planning for a financially stress-free retirement starts with understanding your finances and ways to best maximize them as you go

Vitesse Energy (NYSE: VTS) is held by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and carries a dividend yield of 9% at the time of writing. So what's left to think about before buying? As respected as

Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian discusses what a big update from C3.ai (NYSE: AI) management means for investors. The news has implications that might change your mind

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the creator of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac line of computers and notebooks, to name just a few of its iconic products. But in June, it revealed its first new platform since

There's a good chance you've never heard of the Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (NYSE: UTF). It certainly wasn't on my radar screen until recently.

But the more I checked out UTF, the more I

Many of the biggest stocks on the market are delivering sizzling gains this year. Nvidia has soared more than 160%. Meta Platforms' shares have jumped nearly 120%. Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) doesn't pay a dividend, and for good reason. Warren Buffett believes he can get investors a better-compounded return by reinvesting capital instead of

Personalization is all the rage these days. Whether we're talking about the business of entertainment, food, or clothing, consumers have more options today than anyone imagined possible a couple of

Two in five workers reported that their retirement savings have taken a dip in the last year, according to the latest Retirement Confidence Survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Of

If you say there's not much to like about a bear market, you're right. Last year, all three indexes touched bear territory. And many of us felt the impact on our portfolios.

But there actually are

It may or may not surprise you to learn that student loan debt in the U.S. totals $1.78 trillion. Roughly 43.5 million Americans owe money on student loans, and that number could continue to climb.