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When most people think about dividend stocks, they see them as a source of passive income. However, that's not the only thing they bring to the table. They can also deliver price appreciation as

On Sept. 21, Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) and Yum! Brands' (NYSE: YUM) Taco Bell announced they were finally releasing their first menu-item collaboration. This comes after months of media speculation

Consumers have diverse preferences for just about everything you can imagine: electronics, apparel, and food, to name just a few items. But if there's one thing every consumer can appreciate, it's a

Last week, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) unveiled its new RTX graphics chips based on its "Lovelace" architecture. The chips have some impressive performance metrics, making an exciting leap forward in

Some investors may have soured on tech growth stocks following the worst market declines since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Cathie Wood's Ark Innovation ETF, which focuses on such stocks, has

The tech bear market is in full swing with the Nasdaq Composite index down more than 31% year to date. Many tech stocks are down even more, including Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG), which has declined 51%

Social Security can go a long way toward making retirement more affordable, but with inflation continuing to surge, it's getting harder for retirees on a fixed income to make ends meet.

Fortunately

Countless factors affect stock prices on a daily basis. Some are very broad like global events and macroeconomic trends. Others are more narrow: company-specific news or changes to analyst price

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEPC)(NYSE: BEP) takes a broad approach to investing in renewable energy. It has a global reach and diversified platform across several technologies. That comprehensive

Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) stock has had a rough 2022 already, and shares caught additional pressure recently thanks to news out of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The consumer tech giant already competes against

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously said that "software is eating the world," but this year it seems more like software is eating itself.

Software stocks have plunged in 2022 as multiple

A five-year chart of Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) stock offers a near-perfect reversed reflection of the S&P 500 index's performance over the same time frame. Share prices of the food product giant

Just about all growth stocks were hammered this year. But the story goes back earlier with cannabis stocks. Since they peaked in the first quarter of 2021, the lack of favorable momentum toward U.S.

If you are a value investor, there are a lot of good low-priced stocks worthy of consideration right now, especially given that the market has been down so much over the past 12 months.

Among the

The Federal Reserve's policy of tightening monetary policy to bring inflation under control has wreaked havoc on the housing market. Housing starts are down on a year-over-year basis, new home sales

The headlines are full of negativity over the economy, which has sent the major market indexes plunging to new lows in 2022. The widely followed S&P 500 index had its worst start to the year in

It was only in 2020, yet it seems like a really long time ago that coronavirus pandemic fears led to social distancing and the closure of non-essential businesses. Indeed, so many things have moved

Given the multitude of different stocks available to invest in, it can be overwhelming to know where to start as a new investor. Growth stocks can be huge moneymakers over the long term, but they

Claiming your Social Security retirement benefits as early as possible isn't recommended for most people. But in some cases it's actually the most optimal way to maximize your benefits from the

Growth stocks have seen better days. Rising inflation and the Federal Reserve's response have caused investors to shun these investments. However, that could be an opportunity for long-term

Uh-oh. Don't look now, but Blue Origin just had another "anomaly" -- and the future for investing in space tourism just got a little bit less certain.  

On Monday, Sept. 12, an unmanned New Shepard

If you've been thinking of selling your home, you're probably eager to get the timing down right. The last thing you want to do is sell at the wrong time and end up limiting your profits.

This holds

Retiring into a potential recession isn't what anyone would want, but there are ways to maintain some control over your portfolio in times of economic decline. Making some big-picture adjustments to

Lower consumer spending, high inflation, rising interest rates, geopolitical tensions -- the list of economic headwinds besetting the stock market goes on and on. Being bearish is in style, and the

Inflation has been no joke this year, with consumer prices jumping to some of the highest levels in 40 years. Consumers have felt the sting everywhere, whether they are at the pump or the grocery