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Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) suffered a 97% decline from its peak in mid-2021 to the end of 2022. Rising interest rates hammered the loan market as consumers became increasingly reluctant to apply for

Consistently investing in quality stocks is one of the best ways to build wealth for retirement, and one of the simplest ways to make sure you are investing in a company built to last is to look at

Energy equipment and services company Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) delivered a solid, if unspectacular, set of fourth-quarter results this week, but they were enough to confirm the investment case for

The software technology sector has a long, arduous road ahead. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021, several names in big tech proved how valuable technology is and how

While many think of January as a fresh start, it's also earned another, less pleasant moniker: Divorce Month. Although a study from the University of Washington shows that divorces actually peak in

Growth stock investors are attracted to fuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) and DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) because of their strong top-line momentum. While both are losing money on the bottom line, this video will

I own 48 stocks in my portfolio, but not all of them are the same. Specifically, there are some that have a lot of growth potential but also have quite a bit of risk. These five stocks are my

Economic headwinds sent the S&P 500 into a bear market last year, and the benchmark index is still 16% off its high. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway treated the drawdown as a buying opportunity

You've probably noticed how volatile the technology sector is right now, and it could be a little while longer before things stabilize.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down 20% over the past 12

Since last November, Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) supporters have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new stablecoin. And now all signs point to Cardano finally launching this new stablecoin, known as

Few things went right for chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) in the fourth quarter.

In the PC market, a dramatic tumble in demand that played out in the second half of 2022 transformed component

Inflation has been battering consumers since mid-2021. And while the pace of inflation has thankfully slowed down in recent months, living costs are still considerably higher than usual. That's

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is increasingly leaning on price hikes to drive all of its growth. That was the main takeaway from the consumer staples company's latest earnings report, which covered

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser discusses:

In addition, Motley Fool senior analyst Asit Sharma and Motley Fool producer Rickey Mulvey discuss corporate governance and an

Electric vehicle (EV) makers Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) and Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) are ramping up production to meet already robust customer demand. This video will answer which EV stock is the better one to

The past year hasn't been easy for most people. With inflation surging, stock prices falling, and a recession potentially on the horizon, many investors are concerned about the future.

That said

Holding a stock forever can seem crazy, but as investors, we want to have the kind of time horizon that allows us to think in terms of decades. 

Two companies that fit that description of forever

GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) makes some very cool cameras capable of amazing things. That, however, isn't enough to turn a company into a sustainable business. And yet GoPro generates roughly $1 billion in

The stock market is off to a decent start in 2023, with the S&P 500 up by about 4% with about a week left in January -- not a stellar performance but a welcome change from last year. However, some

Motley Fool contributor Zane Fracek analyzes Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock and the electric vehicle company's fourth-quarter earnings. Through weak demand, higher interest rates, and price cuts, CEO

It took just an afternoon for the market to forget about Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) confirmation that it's investing $10 billion into ChatGPT creator and parent company OpenAI. Microsoft reported

ChatGPT, an AI-based chatbot from OpenAI, has gone viral. Based on the company's GPT-3.5 large language model, ChatGPT is capable of some impressive feats. It's not always right, but this technology

Hundreds of companies used so-called blank check companies, or SPACs, to go public in 2020 through early 2022. And while I kept my position sizes very small when it came to these businesses, there

There's little question that early investors in Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) have been amply rewarded. Since the company's $17 IPO in mid-1992, the stock has returned an incredible 40,000% -- even after

Social Security has a revenue problem to grapple with -- and soon. In the coming years, the program expects to owe more in scheduled benefits than it collects in revenue. Those benefits can continue