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The right stock market investments can change your life. Don't believe me? Consider this: A $5,000 investment in Apple in 2002 would be worth a little over $2.5 million today. Similarly, a $5,000

Today's video focuses on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and the current bearish sentiment the stock is seeing. Investors are worried about recent analyst price target reductions, graphics card prices

Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) was one of the hottest tech stocks last year. The cloud-based lending platform provider went public at $20 per share in December 2020, and its stock started trading

The COVID-19 pandemic, along with unprecedented stimulus, triggered a massive surge in e-commerce spending. U.S. e-commerce sales jumped 32.4% in 2020 and another 14.2% in 2021. It was the golden

Verizon Communications' (NYSE: VZ) stock price sank 7% and hit a five-year low on July 22 after the company posted a messy second-quarter earnings report. The telecom giant's revenue remained flat

Improvements in communication have been one of the most important aspects of technological innovation over the past century. During the COVID-19 pandemic, communication technology was even more

Remember March 2020? Back then, most people wanted no part of the stock market. COVID-19 had jest been designated a pandemic, travel at all levels was grinding to a halt, and major stock indexes

You'll often hear that it's important to save diligently for retirement and not rely too heavily on Social Security to cover your senior living costs. But some people struggle to save during their

2022 has been a reminder that market-beating stocks don't need to be the highest-growth and riskiest bets. Sure, I'm a fan of sprinkling some moonshots into my portfolio. However, companies that

Short-form social media company Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is currently embroiled in a bitter dispute with Elon Musk, the innovating billionaire and head of electric vehicle maker Tesla. Musk offered to

The stock market has been in sell-off mode in 2022 as evidenced by the sharp declines in major indexes such as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite, which are down 17.6% and 26%, respectively, so

Many investors have never seen a year like this, as the S&P 500 index had its worst six-month start in over 50 years. Introduced to the stock market during a major bull market that ran for 14 years

Legendary investor Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) have invested in many stocks over the years that pay good passive income. In fact, Buffett and

I often get asked for detailed instructions on how to begin investing. The market can be intimidating, with so many stocks to choose from and so much conflicting advice about what decisions to make

Healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) has underperformed the market this year. Marketwide worries such as rising inflation and geopolitical tensions aside, the medical devices specialist

The pandemic set in motion an accelerated digital transformation, motivating many businesses to build online shops and shift resources to the cloud. At the same time, many consumers turned to

Unity Software (NYSE: U), operator of a popular game creation and monetization platform, made a big splash on July 13 when it announced it was acquiring ironSource (NYSE: IS) -- owner of a platform

There are two primary ways to make money from a stock: an increase in the stock price and dividend payouts. The first one is straightforward -- you buy shares at one price and hopefully sell them

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) went public in 1980 at $22 per share. If you had invested $3,000 in that scrappy computer maker's IPO, your 136 shares would have grown to 30,464 shares through five stock

The electric vehicle industry is one of the newest, most volatile investment opportunities on the market today. With Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) as the only established industry leader, there is still a

Investors did not like what they saw from Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) in its earnings report for the second quarter of 2022. Although consumer revenue increased, the telecom company reported

When there's a market sell-off -- like in recent times -- it's a good idea to have a few dividend stocks in your portfolio. Why? Because they'll provide you with steady income even if the market

Millions of people have benefited from medications developed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) through the years. Quite a few investors have also benefited from the two big drugmakers'

Identifying the stocks that Warren Buffett owns seems simple: Just pull up Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) latest 13F filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The

Microchip maker NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) is a giant of its industry. With trailing revenue of $12.3 billion and a $46 billion market cap, it's one of the largest companies in the