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It's not a good feeling to see your savings lose value when the markets drop. But it's when stocks go down that investors get the chance to make a lot of money on the next upswing. Of course, you

For roughly 66 million Americans, Social Security plays a vital role in helping them cover their daily and monthly expenses once they've retired or are nearing the end of their careers and will soon

This video will look at Palantir's (NYSE: PLTR) path over the last several years and how it got where it is today. It will also let you know if this is an excellent opportunity to buy Palantir

You don't have to be a value investor to appreciate a good deal. If you can find a stock with solid growth prospects at a great price, you can get the best of both worlds and likely set the stage

A couple of weeks ago, I recommended buying Dollar General (NYSE: DG) prior to Thursday's release of its fourth-quarter results. Like Target (NYSE: TGT), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), and Family Dollar

This past week was a very choppy period for the market. Concerns about the banking sector weighed on most stocks. Those fears could continue to grow, especially if more banks face troubles.

During

A few years ago, telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) was not the kind of stock you could buy and forget. The company's foray into the media business was turning into an expensive disaster, muddling the

The technology sector is suffering from its worst stretch of stock market performance since the global financial crisis in 2008. The Nasdaq-100 index plunged 33% last year, and while it has bounced

There are a lot of macro forces rattling the markets right now. Most are well-known to any investor who has paid attention to the news. The latest is the collapse of a major U.S. bank -- Silicon

Autonomous driving is improving rapidly, but the leaders may not be who you think. Cruise, the company majority owned by General Motors (NYSE: GM), is now operating commercial vehicles in three

A "year of efficiency" -- that's how Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is characterizing a wave of cost cuts at his company. In a note to investors and employees on March 14

In the face of some sales-growth deceleration and macroeconomic pressures depressing valuation for growth stocks, Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) has seen a dramatic pullback from its previous valuation

Hundreds of publicly traded companies pay dividends. However, some stand out for their ability to maintain their dividends, offer higher yields and have excellent records of increasing their

EV charging companies have been favorites for investors over the last few years, but they haven't been profitable. Is this a blip on a long-term growth trend, or is the industry doomed for low

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is arguably one of the most recognizable companies in the world, but that wasn't always the case. The company was founded as a simple online bookstore in 1994, but its mission

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is now up more than 60% in 2023 after a brutal 2022, when its price sank more than 64%. Some are calling the recent jump a bull trap in a prolonged bear market, but there is

If you've gotten a late start on the savings and investing front, then early retirement may not be so feasible for you. But some people begin setting money aside for retirement as early as their 20s

Investing in the cybersecurity realm is lucrative, as it's an area where most companies are unwilling to cut their budgets due to an economic downturn. Now, this isn't to say they will go out and

More than 50% of senior citizens will need long-term care at some point in their lives, and a private room in a nursing facility can come with a six-figure price tag. In this video, Certified

The crypto winter has crushed valuations for tokens and companies that operate trading exchanges. Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) price has fallen roughly 65% from it's record high set in November 2021

You've probably heard the old saying, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." That might be true, but when it comes to investing, smaller stocks can fall pretty hard as well. The best of them

Retirees' two most important federal programs are in trouble. Social Security's trust funds will run out of money as soon as 2034. Medicare faces an even earlier insolvency, with its trust fund

Remember Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare? Many investors would view dividend stocks as more similar to the tortoise than the hare. They win by slowly plodding along.

However, there are

I like stocks. I own plenty of them. I've made pretty good overall returns through the years from them. I even write about them for a living. 

Bonds, on the other hand, haven't played a big role in

A bull market is coming. Maybe it will begin this month. Maybe it will be later this year. Perhaps it will take longer. But rest assured that one is on the way sooner or later.

The stocks that tend