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When pandemic-related business closures drove millions of consumers online to make their purchases, many shoppers quickly realized how easy it was to switch brands if they had a bad experience. As a

Aside from the movement of stock prices, investors may hesitate to take advantage of dividend stocks. With inflation currently around 6%, the average S&P 500 dividend yield of 1.5% may hold little

When you enter into retirement, you are going to have to start taking money out of your 401(k) or other investment accounts. This requires a huge mindset shift, since you've been building these

There's a great lineup of interviews coming this month on Rule Breaker Investing, and we're kicking it off with a list of beach-read suggestions.

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The market has become increasingly wary of a softening economy and the potential for a recession. It's becoming a central talking point among executives in nearly every earnings call this quarter

A lot of hope is being placed in Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Foundry Services business and for good reason. It's not just a pillar of chipzilla's plan to recapture semiconductor industry dominance, it's

At the time of writing, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are the only four U.S. companies with a market capitalization of $1 trillion or greater. Tesla is not far behind, with a market cap of

There are plenty of ways you can go wrong with retirement planning. You can wildly underestimate the length of your retirement or spend too quickly once you get there. You could also forget to

The stock market has just suffered its worst performance in the first half of a year in decades. The decline profoundly affected growth stocks, and some sell at more than a 75% discount from 52-week

Passive income is really an investor's dream. It allows you to sit back and earn money without having to go out and plug away at a job. And investing in real estate could be your ticket to earning

Social Security benefits are a lifeline for millions of retirees. In fact, around 23% of workers expect their monthly checks to be their primary source of income in retirement, according to a 2022

Instacart filed paperwork to go public earlier this year, and while there was no timeline for it to happen, The Wall Street Journal recently said the third-party delivery app was looking for its

Matterport's (NASDAQ: MTTR) stock surged 15% to a three-month high after the 3D spatial mapping company posted its second-quarter earnings report. Its revenue declined 3% year over year to $28.5

Warren Buffett has a different perspective than most on stock market declines, and it's hard not to think he's got it right. After all, Buffett is among the world's richest billionaires and most

This week, a number of high-profile semiconductor companies confirmed that consumer electronics spending is hitting a rough patch. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) said that PC and laptop demand is hurting its

Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) is a flashy, high-growth SaaS company disguised as a stuffy old medical compliance company. The company plays a critical role for pharma companies in hastening the time

There's arguably no better way to supercharge an investment portfolio than investing in growth stocks. Considering that tech stocks -- which are commonly looked to for their opportunities for high

You'll often hear that working in retirement is a mixed bag, financially speaking. On the one hand, you get to earn money that can boost your retirement income and give more spending power. That's a

Dedicating time to identifying and following investing trends can be a tricky business. It wasn't long ago that 3D printing and ESG-focused stocks were all the rage. Unfortunately, many tickers

Over the past year, one of the hottest asset classes has been residential real estate. Whether you use the Clear Capital Home Data Index, the FHFA Home Price Index, or Case-Shiller, we have seen

The stock market has been rebounding in recent weeks, with the S&P 500 up more than 11% over the past month.

While there are countless factors affecting stock market performance, at least part of

The stock market rebound continued on Wednesday after Wall Street acted favorably due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' July Consumer Price Index reading. The Nasdaq Composite is now down less than

Has inflation peaked or could it surge even higher? Are we in a recession or not? With so much uncertainty about the macroeconomic environment, it's understandable why investors might be reluctant

Sam Cook wasn't referring to Social Security in his classic song "A Change Is Gonna Come." However, the sentiment definitely seems applicable to the federal program.

The reality is that Social

Although it's not as well-known as some of its real estate investment trust (REIT) peers, W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) is something of an icon in the institutional property market. The company's namesake