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Tech giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) had a rough 2022. Brands cut advertising budgets as consumer spending slowed in response to scorching inflation, putting pressure on the company's

Sometimes investing in the companies that supply the tools necessary to make a product is a better bet than investing in the company making the product. For the chip world, ASML Holdings (NASDAQ:

The start of a new year is the perfect time to make investment goals and reflect on how your portfolio has grown over the last 12 months. A sell-off in 2022 might have yielded disappointing results

Would you like to know the worst-kept secret on Wall Street? Stocks with dividends that grow outperform stocks that don't pay dividends by a mile.

It stands to reason that companies committed to

Electric vehicle (EV) stocks have been volatile over the past year and Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) is no exception. The company's share price is down 82% over the past 12 months.

The EV

2022 was a brutal year for the stock market, and especially for the technology sector, with the Nasdaq-100 index plunging 33%. But consecutive down years are incredibly rare -- in fact, it has only

Dividends can be an underrated source of income for investors. With so much volatility in the stock market right now, it can be comforting to invest in companies that'll reward you in dividends

Last year served as an unpleasant, yet important, reminder that the stock market doesn't move up in a straight line -- even if 2021 made everyone believe it did. When the closing bell tolled, the

The past year was a rough one for the stock market, with the S&P 500 falling 19.4% in 2022. But the result of this downturn is that investors now have some attractive stock-buying opportunities.

For

Investors faced more than their fair share of calamities in 2022. From raging inflation to lingering pandemic-related challenges to the outbreak of war in Europe, last year was seriously

Warren Buffett has arguably the most successful investing career of all time, so people pay attention when the Oracle of Omaha makes a move. Buffett began buying shares of integrated oil major

Surviving on $21,924 a year is tough, but that's the reality if Social Security is your only source of income. In January 2023, the average benefit is $1,827 per month -- and that's after you

There are several mistakes investors can make during a downturn. One is trying to time the market. While it'd be nice to know in advance precisely when stocks will bottom out, reliably predicting

On January 2021, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) elevated Pat Gelsinger to become the new chief executive officer after the company's board ousted the previous CEO, Bob Swan, due to many botched decisions and

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A combination of

2022 wasn't the best of years for markets, and investors came into Tuesday's session hoping for a change of pace. Unfortunately, the first trading day of 2023 didn't give investors any more

SNDL (NASDAQ: SNDL) investors enjoyed a nice high early on Tuesday, with their stock rising by over 5%. That buzz didn't last, though, and by the end of the day SNDL crashed to a 1% decline at

Top cybersecurity stock Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) has certainly had its good trading sessions on the market, but Tuesday's wasn't one of them. The company's share price slipped by nearly 1%, more or

Shares of Outset Medical (NASDAQ: OM) climbed 22.5% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The dialysis equipment maker closed November at $21.08 a share, then

In what hasn't been a common occurrence lately for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) investors, their stock's price bounced higher on Tuesday. In contrast to the slumping S&P 500 index, the social media

Shares of used-car dealer Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) dropped 38.5% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The entirety of the drop came in the month's early days, after

American pot stocks just couldn't catch fire on Tuesday. Investors weren't heartened at all by the incoming Congress, which will feature a new majority-Republican House of Representatives.

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Shares of oil and gas stocks Exxon (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) fell hard on Tuesday, down 3.5%, 3.1%, and 5.7%, respectively. 

The culprit wasn't hard to figure