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There's no question that this has been a difficult time for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 14% in 2022, the S&P 500 is off 19%, and the Nasdaq Composite has lost more than a

There are a lot of reasons not to invest, good and bad. It's good to wait to invest until you've paid off high-interest credit card debt. It's bad to wait because you're nervous about how long it

3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) is slated to report its second-quarter 2022 results after the market close on Monday, Aug. 8. An analyst conference call is scheduled for the next day at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The 3D

Earnings season is officially underway. The release of quarterly figures paired with widespread market volatility is a recipe for big swings in the prices of individual stocks. But that's just the

Share prices of 3D content creator Unity Software (NYSE: U) plunged 25% last week, with most of the drop occurring after the company announced it was acquiring ironSource (NYSE: IS), a leading

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has tumbled 29% from its high, sent into a downward spiral by the deteriorating macroeconomic environment. But many individual stocks have fallen much further. A

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is one of many growth tech stocks to lose more than two-thirds of its value in the bear market. Still, at a time when many of these companies experienced slowing growth

Many technology companies are growing fast and may be good long-term investments. That means it's getting harder to find high-tech companies that truly change the game in their industry and shape

As the COVID-19 pandemic eases its way toward endemic levels -- meaning the illness would still exist but not disrupt daily life on a mass scale -- another pandemic may be slowly growing. Monkeypox

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time. With his value investing style, Buffett has long been a proponent of using techniques like margin of safety to buy stocks for less than

The big-data analytics market, which consists of companies that accumulate and analyze large amounts of data, has expanded rapidly in recent years as more organizations leverage those cloud-based

If you read the news, it almost seems inevitable that we're heading toward a recession. With inflation running rampant, the Federal Reserve has no choice but to raise interest rates rapidly. Most

Albert Einstein is credited with calling compound interest the "eighth wonder of the world." And when you understand how powerful it can be, you begin to understand why. With debt, compound interest

You've heard the news: The stock market this year is down, and in a big way. These are the times when investing mistakes can be especially costly.

A quick review of four common investing mistakes

Inflation is generally difficult for stock investors because it pushes up interest rates, negatively impacting the present value of future earnings. In many industries, rising inflation is felt

For years, government officials have debated what government agency should regulate Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Some believe that the most valuable cryptocurrency should fall under the discretion of the

So far, 2022 has been an awful year for the stock market. We've seen really bad inflation, and many investors think a recession is imminent. Nonetheless, some companies are reporting surprisingly

It has been a tough year for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) investors so far. Shares of the chipmaker have dropped 43%, and the stock could face more downside pressure when it releases its

You deserve to have financial security in retirement. To make that happen for yourself, you're going to need an investment account that produces a good amount of income to add to your monthly Social

There's nothing wrong with working hard to continuously boost your income. In fact, many people these days are holding down not just full-time jobs but also side hustles to meet their financial

With all the attention energy has gotten for being the best-performing sector in the stock market this year, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that it's historically been one of the best places to

The rental market, like the housing market, has experienced record year-over-year growth over the past two years. Rents rose as much as 17% at the peak in January 2022. But a recent report published

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), like several other technology companies, faces a bout of macroeconomic headwinds that are causing a slowdown in revenue growth. To prepare for leaner times

Globally, Boeing's (NYSE: BA) troubled 737 MAX family trails the rival Airbus (OTC: EADSY) A320neo aircraft family by a wide margin on orders and deliveries. But in its home market, Boeing still has

Just when it looks like the market's finally found a bottom ... wham! Stocks head a little bit -- or a lot -- lower. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) feigned a recovery effort in the latter