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The Dow Jones Industrial Average has done fairly well at enriching investors in the past 10 years. A $10,000 investment (with dividends reinvested) in the index in November 2012 would have blossomed

In a filing last week, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), the massive conglomerate run by legendary investor Warren Buffett, reported that it had significantly trimmed its position in

Index funds just make good sense for most investors. However, if you're looking for one to buy, there's a huge number of them to choose from. How do you find the best one to own?

Here's a rundown of

Upstart's (NASDAQ: UPST) stock strongly correlates to interest rates. More specifically, its prospects are inversely related to changing interest rates. Upstart's management detailed why revenue is

Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) stock dropped nearly 12% last Thursday, following the 3D printing company's release of its third-quarter report. The market was up big that day, with the S&P 500 index

This year has been miserable for the real estate industry, especially for anyone involved in the mortgage market. Mortgage originators have struggled with declining volumes, while the mortgage real

Marijuana legalization in the U.S. has been a hot topic of late as there's growing excitement about the possibility that significant reform will take place in the industry. A couple of companies

With another six weeks to go before we say goodbye to 2022, the S&P 500 is rallying to pull itself out of bear market territory. Whether it ends 2022 back down in the cellar or not, this year was

Most of us would love to retire as millionaires -- and many of us who are aiming for a certain degree of comfort in retirement will need to retire as millionaires. After all, money tends to be worth

Over the last three months, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have lost about a third of their value. Year to date, they are down more than 40%. The pullback in the stock price likely has a lot of

In the past month, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock has soared 30%, including a 15% run from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28. A combination of factors, including the stock being too beaten down, broader market

There's a lot of uncertainty right now, both in the stock market and the greater economy. Nobody truly knows what the rest of 2022 and 2023 have in store, but the best thing investors can do is to o

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) is one of the top stock holdings of Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B). The conglomerate held over 194 million shares worth more

The market is very down on the semiconductor sector, and it's understandable. In fact, PC sales are in one of the worst yearly declines in the past 30 years. Meanwhile, the iShares Semiconductor ETF

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) investors anxiously await the next earnings report. Investors may hope that release will bring a membership price increase, which has not happened in five years.

However

The last 12 months have been brutal for e-commerce companies such as Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX). At one point, the stock was down by more than 80% from its all-time high after reaching a low point of

Although I'm nowhere near retirement age (I'm 40), dividend stocks make up a large portion of my stock portfolio. In this video, I share my five largest dividend-paying stock positions and why I

While Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has regained its edge over AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) in the PC CPU market with its Raptor Lake chips, AMD is putting Intel to shame in the server chip market. Intel is still the

When the Social Security Administration announced an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023 back in mid-October, many seniors were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. For months on

Shares of healthcare and lifestyle apparel brand Figs (NYSE: FIGS) are down 75% year to date. Shareholders experienced more pain after the company released third-quarter earnings. This dramatic

The market inched toward a recovery last week as data suggested inflation is slowing down. It had its best one-day gain in two years on Thursday after the data was released, with many stocks finally

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has long been a stock market darling, but 2022 has been a rough year for the tech giant. Its share price is down 40% year to date, and it just became the first publicly traded

Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) has proven hypersensitive to the broader economic environment this year, amid rapidly rising interest rates. The company uses an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven

Stock splits used to be much more common, but the rise of fractional shares in brokerage accounts has nullified that practice, especially in the U.S. However, some companies have split their stocks

Matterport's (NASDAQ: MTTR) stock surged 24% on Nov. 11 after the 3D spatial mapping company posted its third-quarter report. Its revenue rose 37% year over year to $38.0 million, beating analysts'