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With 2022 in the books, many investors are probably thankful that the worst calendar year for the stock market since 2008 is over.

Although the stock market rarely posts back-to-back down years, it

Lending technology company Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) has gone from Wall Street hero to (almost) zero. After its shares soared by more than 1,000% in less than a year, they've fallen by more

Most retirees depend on Social Security to meet their cash needs, so it's important to make sure that you're getting the most out of your monthly payouts. Unfortunately, there's not a ton of

In today's video, Jose Najarro and Nick Rossolillo discuss chip stocks providing broadband solutions, such as Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and MaxLinear (NASDAQ: MXL). They examine the tailwinds these

Today's video focuses on the latest developments affecting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductor chips. TSM's stock price has been

Wipe the slate clean. The old year is gone with its disappointments. A new year is here. There are new possibilities. 

To be sure, some of the challenges of 2022 could carry over into the new year

Some things just go together. Adele and singing a power ballad. Lebron James and playing basketball. Warren Buffett and investing in stocks.

But while Adele and Lebron regularly do their things

Many growth stocks have fallen sharply over the last year as investors have become increasingly worried about a recession. Even tech titan Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and pandemic darling Twilio (NYSE:

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) had a terrible year in 2022. Consulting company Gartner says that the demand for a personal computer (PC) is in its steepest decline in two decades. Since PCs

As 2022 showed investors, things don't always go as planned. All three major U.S. stock indexes entered a bear market at some point during the year, with investors having few safe havens to "hide

Spice and condiment company McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) recently announced a 5% dividend raise, its 37th consecutive year of giving more money per share to investors. McCormick still dominates

This past October, seniors on Social Security learned that they'd be getting an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). And many breathed a sigh of relief.

Lots of seniors struggled with inflation in

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

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The market is in an uncertain state as we head into the new year. With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite down 20% and 34% respectively in 2022, investors are in a cautious mood and wondering whether

The ultimate goal of investing is to make money. This allows you to better your future, the future of your family, and possibly even that of the world at large. And the best way to become a

The S&P 500 is down approximately 20% in 2022. This is one of worst years for stocks on record and the biggest annual drawdown for the index since the great financial crisis in 2008. But looking

Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) investors had a difficult 2022. Despite a complete rebound for its bookings business, shares fell nearly 50% through late December on fears of an impending slowdown ahead. Wall

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT) have a theft problem. In recent months, the big box retailers have been complaining about an increase in "shrinkage," a retail industry term for when

Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) was one of the hottest initial public offerings (IPOs) of the 2020 bull market. Launching at a market capitalization north of $100 billion, the short-term rental and travel

One of the basic principles of investing in stocks is to "buy low." That is a lot easier to do when equity markets are going through a downturn, like the one we experienced in 2022. Plenty of

The cord-cutting movement has certainly proven frustrating for cable television companies. Ditto for their shareholders. There's been some solace in the fact, however, that growth of cable

Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) biosimilar drug known as Rezvoglar was given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be marketed as an interchangeable to Sanofi's (NASDAQ: SNY)

Becoming a good investor is a lifelong process; different markets and economies teach us new things every day. Each individual company and its stocks are constantly changing with the markets and

Consumer growth names may seem like the last place one might want to invest in the current environment. Massive growth during the pandemic gave way to slowdowns and huge stock declines in 2022.

That

Top dividend stocks have risen to the occasion during the market downturn and provided investors superior returns while padding their investment accounts with some extra cash.

Three great examples