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Recession fears landed the S&P 500 in a bear market last year, and the broad-based index is still down 17%. That decline has undoubtedly put a dent in many portfolios, and steep losses often lead to

Growth has become much harder to find in the retailing industry. In their recent fourth-quarter earnings updates, both Target (NYSE: TGT) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) forecast roughly zero sales gains in

Equity markets have been bruised and battered in the past 12 months, but over the past decade, stocks have performed well. That's the great thing about focusing on the long game. The U.S. market is

The data on dividends is powerful: Over the last 50 years, dividend-paying stocks have outperformed their non-paying peers by 2 to 1 (with 9.6% average annual total returns for dividend payers vs

Investors wanted anything that sounded "futuristic" for their portfolios in 2020 and 2021. This included sectors like electric vehicles or the space economy, industries with little proven financial

You're going to need to find ways to support yourself in retirement.

Social Security is one option available to you, and you should qualify for retirement benefits as long as you've worked and

After U.S. lawmakers reintroduced the Financial Freedom Act in mid-February, there is fresh debate about the role crypto should play in retirement plans. The goal of the Financial Freedom Act is

You don't need to have a lot of cash on hand to start investing in the stock market. Even if you've only got a few hundred dollars to put to work, there are still plenty of wonderful companies that

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD), DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG), and DataDog (NASDAQ: DDOG) operate in different industries, but one thing they have in common is revenue growth. This video will pit the

When it comes to investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs), the industry is generally broken down into property type groupings. Vici Properties (NYSE: VICI), which owns casinos, and W.P

Imagine having owned and held on to a $1,000 stake in Berkshire Hathaway on the day that Warren Buffett acquired the company in 1965. The Oracle of Omaha acquired Berkshire at $18 per share and used

After seemingly being beaten to the punch by other companies launching artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) patience may have paid off. Microsoft's Bing

It has been nearly three years since the markets crashed in 2020 as fears surrounding COVID-19 sent investors into a panic. Many growth-oriented stocks would go on to surge as pandemic-induced

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has bought more shares of oil producer Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY). The latest purchases have boosted Berkshire's stake in the

Shares of Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) rocketed 18.7% in February, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Driving the cybersecurity stock's rally was its strong fiscal

Over the past five- and 10-year periods, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has produced stellar returns of 103% and 584%, respectively. This outstanding performance easily crushes the total returns of both the

Although Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) business started in the personal computing market, that is no longer its driving force. Instead, iPhones have become the company's dominant product line, although its

The maximum monthly Social Security retirement benefit in 2023 is $4,555, but it probably won't be easy to collect a check that big.

The average benefit for retired workers in January was just

Cathie Wood is a well-known name in the investing world. The founder and CEO of Ark Invest, Wood has reinvigorated growth investors, posting strong gains during the most recent bull market rally in

After a brief surge in early 2023, Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) is once again trading sideways, with seemingly little or no upward momentum. It's currently valued at $85.03, down nearly 80% from the

Cable companies are taking a greater share of U.S. wireless subscribers, but T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) doesn't have a problem with that.

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:

One stock that's made its way on my radar recently is Markel (NYSE: MKL). Last year, Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway bought a lot of stocks. One stock they purchased was specialty

Stocks broadly have taken a nasty tumble over the past year. However, even in that context, some stocks stand out for their lower valuations relative to their peers. Three dividend stocks that are

One sector that's undoubtedly gone from bubble territory to flat-out deflated is cannabis. Many producers saw valuations skyrocket upon the federal legalization of cannabis in Canada in late 2018

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is capitalizing on and supporting the growth of innovations in artificial intelligence. The company's graphics processing units help speed up several aspects of the AI process