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Wall Street endured a bad year, with all three major U.S. stock indexes dipping into a bear market. But that's nothing compared to the struggles of the cryptocurrency space, which shed approximately

Seniors on Social Security had a hard time coping with inflation in 2022. And a big reason had to do with the fact that their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) only came in at 5.9%. Because the rate

For more than 80 years, Social Security has held true to its name and provided some degree of financial security for our nation's retirees. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) and Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD) are two of the largest e-commerce companies in China. Alibaba served 1.3 billion annual active customers globally at the end of fiscal 2022

Shares of Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) are down 47% over the past 12 months and the company's results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023, which were released last week, indicate that things will

Unity Software (NYSE: U) investors hope 2023 will be much better for the creativity platform company. This video will discuss whether the stock is a buy for 2023 and beyond.

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You probably don't think about how natural gas gets to your house or who owns the bridges and roads you drive over; you just assume that they will be there. And while you probably don't own a gas

There's no telling what the market has in store for investors in 2023. But as a long-term investor, you don't need a crystal ball or some uncanny ability to predict the future. Regardless of what

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned investor, having a list of potential investments can help you stay organized and on track with your financial goals. These days, I have several exciting

The last year of trading has generally been brutal for electric-vehicle (EV) stocks, and smaller players in the space have been particularly hard hit. From a valuation standpoint, Lucid Group

Inflation, rising interest rates, and other macroeconomic headwinds broadly crushed growth stocks in 2022. Some of that sell-off was justified, since many growth stocks had reached unsustainable

Social Security can be a very mysterious program, and oftentimes it can be difficult to truly figure out how the program works and how benefits for retirees are calculated.

But there are a lot of

The year 2022 will go down in history as a historically bad one for growth stocks. But there's a silver lining. While the growth-heavy Nasdaq Composite index closed out the year down a staggering

As 2022 comes to a close, many folks have endured the most challenging investing year of their lifetimes. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are both in a bear market and on track to notch their worst

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jim Gillies discusses:

Motley Fool analyst Dylan Lewis and Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey engage in a Bull versus Bear debate about e-commerce platform

Generally speaking, one of the most important duties for a CEO is to act as the brand of the company he or she is leading. After all, if the CEO does not live and breathe the organization's

In 2021, the online personal-loan company LendingClub completed its acquisition of Radius Bank, effectively becoming a bank itself. At the very start of 2022, the one-stop-shop financial-services

With 2022 now all but in the books, cryptocurrency investors will be happy to start fresh in 2023 after the crypto winter has gripped the entire industry and brought the momentum that started to

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Asit Sharma discusses:

Motley Fool senior analyst John Rotonti and Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey analyze the implications of interest rates being

Unity Software (NYSE: U) attracted a stampede of bulls when it went public in September of 2020. The video-game engine developer priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $52, and opened at $75

The short-term rental and experience company Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) had high hopes for 2022 with consumers' pent-up demand for travel. However, its stock was roughly cut in half as the company faces

The market is presenting investors with an abundance of bargain buys right now, and for those with money to put into their portfolio, now could be a prime time to take advantage of these discounted

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) investors breathed a sigh of relief when Bob Iger, Disney's CEO from 2005 to 2020, replaced Bob Chapek in late November.

The news was surprising considering Iger had chosen

Online car dealer Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) has suffered one of the sharpest drops of any stock in this bear market. Its shares are currently down almost 99% from their highs. Wall Street is rightly

The market forecasts for 2023 are all over the place, leaving many investors looking for reliable stocks with dependable dividends. That's particularly true now as the S&P 500 index has fallen more