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If there's one thing holding back the stock market this year, it's inflation. Over the last year, prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, surged by 8.5%. 

In response, the Federal Reserve,

Wall Street has been on edge over the past couple of weeks about the prospects for the stock market, but investors seemed to take some solace coming into the trading day on Thursday. Even if the

In a bear market, it's easy to be pessimistic about stocks and to expect the worst. But assuming that things will progressively get worse is just as illogical as assuming that a company will keep on

JD.com's (NASDAQ: JD) stock price rose 3% on Aug. 23 after the Chinese e-commerce giant posted its second-quarter earnings report. Its revenue rose 5% year over year to 267.6 billion yuan ($40

Late last week, General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced that it would start returning cash to shareholders for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. GM's board approved a

Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) has been a scorching-hot stock of late. On Monday, its shares jumped by 32% as rumors spread that multiple companies are looking to acquire it. No official word has come

What sets a world-class dividend stock apart from an average or subpar one? It's arguably the ability to continue growing a dividend, regardless of what may be transpiring in the world.

Dividend

If you're an investor worried that another downturn could rock the markets before the year is out, you're certainly not alone. Investors have been met with no shortage of bold and eye-catching

Salesforce's (NYSE: CRM) stock slid 7% during the after hours session on Aug. 24 following the release of its second-quarter report. The cloud-based software company's revenue rose 22%

Snowflake's (NYSE: SNOW) stock surged 18% during after hours trading on Aug. 24 following the release of the company's second-quarter report. The cloud-based data warehousing company's revenue

Are you a retiree looking for more income? In most cases, you'll look to bonds or dividend-paying stocks to find it. Those aren't your only options, though. In fact, those arguably aren't even your

The cloud is arguably the most impactful technology ever to hit the corporate world. It allows companies to move their operations online and digitize clunky processes to drive efficiency and

Since its peak last December, the S&P 500 index is 14% off of its 52-week high. Recession and inflation-related concerns have played a large role in this decline.

Yey some stocks have fared much

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) just reported a strong earnings report, and the stock is climbing higher after hours. In today's video, I provide a 5-minute earnings update and highlights. Please watch the

There are many pieces of advice saying essentially the same thing. Some go as far back as 23 B.C., when the Roman poet Horace wrote carpe diem -- an exhortation to seize the day.

Similarly, in his

If someone were to ask me for two keys to retiring in financial comfort, my first answer would be starting to save early and letting time work its magic. My second answer would be taking advantage

SNDL (NASDAQ: SNDL) has undergone a name change (it was previously knows as Sundial Growers) and multiple acquisitions over the past year and a half. Unable to rely on its own organic growth, the

Cloud-based communications have a rosy future, but the industry is going through some growing pains right now. Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) is a case in point. The stock of the favorite

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) joined the U.S. public market in March of 2021, and it has been all downhill for the stock from there, despite the company's strong underlying

Growth stocks have sold off sharply this year in response to high inflation and rising interest rates, but those macroeconomic forces have been particularly devastating in certain industries. For

To be sure, there's a lot that can go wrong when you invest in real estate. You can overpay for a property, buy in the wrong area, use the wrong lender or loan product, or overestimate the rent

This has been a tough year for many stocks, but some businesses have rocketed higher despite economic headwinds.

One thriving stock is Unum Group (NYSE: UNM), which provides employee life insurance

Les McKeown, president and CEO of Predictable Success, joins the Rule Breaker Investing podcast to talk about his powerful definition of leadership and how it can lead to predictable success.

To

The cryptocurrency market is still characterized by major uncertainty and volatility, as it has a long way to go to reach the mainstream. But that hasn't prevented speculators from trying their luck

Since going public in Dec. 2020, Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) stock's performance hasn't been very inspiring. Shares are still down nearly 50% from the all-time high they set about 18 months ago. Many