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A stock split in and of itself isn't a reason to buy or sell a stock. These maneuvers don't necessarily boost a company's valuation right away, either. Still, they do tend to draw attention from

Investors haven't had much to get excited about this year. The major stock market indexes are all down. Rising interest rates have fueled worries about a potential recession.

Some investors, though

Big, gigantic, huge, tremendous. Pick one of these adjectives, and you've probably seen it used to describe the upcoming Social Security cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment.

Some have predicted an

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), is well known for many wisdom-filled investing and non-investing quotes. Here's one of my favorite investing

I try not to look at my brokerage account too often, as is advised by far wiser folks than me, but I just did. Of the 21 real estate investment trusts (REITs) that I own, only four are showing green

The last few months have been tough for investors. The S&P 500 is down more than 17% since the beginning of the year, and many people are concerned that a market crash is on the horizon.

If you're

It's a trying time to be an investor. Whether you've been putting your money to work on Wall Street for decades or are relatively new to the investing arena, you've witnessed the worst first-half

There's a reason seniors on Social Security tend to struggle financially. Those benefits, contrary to what some may have been led to believe, won't replace workers' pre-retirement earnings in full

Batteries are one of the most expensive components of electric vehicles (EVs). To bring the cost of EVs down, improving battery technology and reducing the expense of their manufacturing will be

Whether you realize it or not, Social Security is an indispensable program that's responsible for pulling close to 22.5 million people out of poverty each year. Nearly 9 out of 10 current retirees

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Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH)Q2 2022 Earnings CallSep 09, 2022, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Shares of Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) surged on Friday after the cloud security leader reported impressive growth metrics. By the close of trading, Zscaler's stock price was up nearly 22%. 

Zscaler's

Friday was an excellent day to be a shareholder of agribusiness company Limoneira (NASDAQ: LMNR). That's because the company delivered investor-pleasing results for its most recent quarter; as a

Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) climbed 2.7% on Friday after the e-commerce titan moved to bolster its robotics expertise. 

Amazon struck a deal to acquire Cloostermans. The Belgium-based

Next-generation medical device maker Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) was a standout stock among its peers on Friday. On the back of a bullish analyst note and price target raise, the company's

The end of the week for ridesharing-king Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) was marked by faint, yet persistent, rumors of a takeover by an outside entity. Scattered chatter in the online investosphere had it that

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) vaulted into the weekend on a high note. The Facebook and Instagram owner's share price zoomed more than 4% higher on Friday, as investors bid the company up

It was a volatile day on the market for Waterdrop, Inc. (NYSE: WDH) on Friday as its share price surged early and fell later in the day. The Beijing-based insurance platform was up 11.1% shortly

CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) was one of the more lucrative cybersecurity stocks to own on the last trading day of the week. The company's stock rose by over 6%, trouncing the S&P 500 index's

It may take time for many companies to shake the label of "pandemic stock." One company many associate with the pandemic is Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM). That makes sense in a way --

Shares of Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings (NASDAQ: SHPH) climbed 160.4% this week, according to data from S&P Global Intelligence. The stock closed at $14.90 last Friday and then opened this

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Kroger (NYSE: KR)Q2 2022 Earnings CallSep 09, 2022, 10:00 a.m. ET

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After racing out to huge gains during 2020 and 2021, growth stocks hit a wall in 2022. But for individuals near the start of their investing careers, the sell-off represents an opportunity to build

Any stock that trades at a cheap valuation compared to its current earnings can technically be called a value stock, regardless of how quickly it is growing. In other words, the terms value stock

Shares of fintech and e-commerce related stocks Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) were rallying today, up 2.9%, 10.8%, and 5.3%, respectively.

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