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Investors have suffered through a painful market downturn, with the S&P 500 index down 19.3% year to date. But as with every previous sell-off, this too shall pass. While some growth stocks still

Earnings season is underway, and stock market volatility is rising as companies give investors an updated reading on the state of business and the broader economy. Forty-year high inflation paired

Down 20% from its January high and within reach of new 52-week lows, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) may be ready to recover -- or maybe not. We just don't know. What we do know is a slew of S&P 500

Taxes are an inevitable expense we're all forced to bear -- both during our working years as well as in retirement. But the idea of paying taxes on your senior income may be enough to stress you

Strong revenue growth is often an indicator of a high-quality business, especially if it's sustained over a long period of time. Many of the best-performing stocks have that trait in common. And few

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) investors got a rare piece of good news on Thursday evening when The Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Elliott Management has accumulated a 9% stake in the

Last year, strong financial conditions and a high appetite for risk from investors set the stage for a record year for companies going public. This year has been a different story. Market weakness

Passive income is a great way to have money work for you. One of the best ways to generate passive income is by investing in companies that consistently pay dividends.

Dividend-paying companies tend

Last summer, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) raised the price of ESPN+ by $1 per month. This year, it's charging subscribers $3 more per month. The sports-centered (see what I did there?) streaming service

The originator and category leader of the wood pellet grill, Traeger (NYSE: COOK) looks to take a bigger slice of the outdoor cooking market this summer. Using disruptive state-of-the-art technology

Some stocks attract more investor and analyst attention than others. This is true even in bear markets, as investors of all types look for long-term winners trading at low prices.

So should you buy

Social Security is a great source of retirement income for many people. For some, it's their only source. The amount of Social Security benefits you'll receive largely depends on how many years

Analysts at Bank of America recently updated their projections for the S&P 500 this year, calling for the benchmark to be at 3,600 at the end of the year. While past projections called for an

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is one of the stock market's biggest winners in recent memory. Over the last decade, the electric vehicle (EV) innovator's share price has climbed more than 10,400%, and the

What's your dream retirement look like? It's probably some form of doing what you want, when you want. That lifestyle requires wealth -- at least enough to pay the bills and fund your hobbies and

A stock that may help set you up for life is one that will bring in revenue and profit over the long term. Share price performance should follow. So, this is one you'll want to hold onto for the

Professional money managers can be a great source of inspiration, particularly those that outperform the market. For instance, the S&P 500 rose 68% between Q1 2019 and Q1 2022. But over the same

A bad year just got even worse for Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) (IIP). As of the market close on Thursday, July 14, 2022, the stock had fallen 58% year to date.

On Friday, IIP

The past year has been a terrible one for Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS). Share prices of the chipmaker have crashed close to 50% thanks to the overall gloom in the stock market, as well as

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser discusses:

Motley Fool contributor Rachel Warren talks with Matt Kolby, vice president of investor relations for Indeed, about the trends

As inflation continues to soar, many Americans are concerned that a recession could be coming. The Fed has hiked interest rates three times so far in 2022 in an effort to curb inflation. But

Last month, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced plans to jump on the stock-splitting bandwagon again with a 3-for-1 stock split. Shareholders will have a chance to vote at the 2022 annual shareholder

This year has been a difficult one for investors, as the S&P 500 is down almost 19%. The market for cryptocurrencies has fared worse, going from a peak of nearly $3 trillion in November last year to

As of this writing, Caterpillar's (NYSE: CAT) stock price is down nearly 16% in 2022, and it's been an up-and-down ride. The stock's movements are reflective of the marketplace's ongoing

This has been one of the most-challenging years on record for Wall Street and investors. The widely followed S&P 500 turned in its worst first-half to a year in over a half-century, and the