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If you're able to max out your 401(k) contribution, you're in an enviable position. It's no small feat to be able to sock away $20,500 toward your retirement this year. And while getting as much

Oliver Bullough is the author of Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything.

He joined Motley Fool analysts Bill Mann

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts Asit Sharma and Maria Gallagher discuss:

A growing world population means more mouths to feed. Motley Fool analyst Deidre Woollard and Motley Fool

Shares of Nio (NYSE: NIO), a Chinese electric vehicle company, rose in early trading this morning after it reported strong vehicle deliveries both in June and the most recent quarter. 

But the stock

Shares of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) flamed out on Friday, falling as much as 22.5%. As of 2:05 p.m. ET, the stock was still down 16.9%.

The catalyst that sent the retailer plunging was the company's

There's little question that the first half of 2022 was brutal for investors, ending with both the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and the Nasdaq Composite Index (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) in bear market

Shares of Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) were sliding this morning after the company reported its third-quarter results. The company beat analysts' consensus earnings and revenue estimates for the

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) popped almost 3% at the open Friday. The stock gave back those gains, and was trading at nearly break-even as of 12:30 p.m. ET. But the reason for the early gains

Shares of South Korean e-commerce company Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) were racing 12.2% higher today as of 11:55 a.m. ET. The reason? Stock analysts at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse were both waxing

Despite beating earnings last night, computer memory maker Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) released weak guidance for the coming quarter -- earnings as much as 45% below what Wall Street is

The stock of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) was tumbling this morning after comments made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the economy and cutting back on hiring. 

The tech stock was down by 2.8% as of

Week to date, shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) are down 16.5% as of 10:38 a.m. ET on Friday, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

One analyst issued a bullish

Michael Burry, the investor who gained fame thanks to the film The Big Short, is betting against the largest company in the world, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Scion Asset Management's latest 13-F (the

In periods of rising inflation and slowing economic growth, investors have historically turned to dividend stocks to see them through. A company that continues to make its payouts through periods of

Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) stock price is down 42% in 2022 thanks to a mix of operational problems, including a shortage of components, as well as the overall gloom in the stock market related

Shares of Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN) were trading down by 8.2% as of 11:03 a.m. ET Friday after having fallen by as much as 19.2% earlier in the session. It was the second consecutive day of declines

Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI) is about to answer some big questions for investors. The apparel specialist will announce its fiscal second-quarter results in just a few days, and expectations are low

As Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) prepares to launch its ad-supported tier, rumors have swirled that an acquisition could be in the company's future to make the transition easier. One company that analysts

With its shares down by more than 33% in the past 12 months, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has been hammered by the brutal bear market. Despite rising revenue and earnings over the last three

Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) plummeted 18.2% this week on several bits of news. First, shares fell earlier in the week when revised GDP figures were released, showing that the economy was slowing

It isn't exactly common for a company to declare a double-digit dividend raise. It's also rare when this comes from a business in a sector not generally known for doing so.

Yet that was the case in

Investors on Friday decided that they had found a bargain in shares of online arts and crafts marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) -- and they swooped in to snap them up, bidding the stock up by 8.1% as

When an asset is described as "hot" on Wall Street, it suggests that investors are buying it hand over fist. But nothing goes up or down in a straight line, so there is always an opportunity for

Somebody forgot to tell consumer staples company General Mills (NYSE: GIS) that there's a bear market. The stock is up more than 20% over the past year, defying the broader indexes. So what's the

Down 29% year to date, the Nasdaq Composite index is in a bear market, making now a potentially good time to bet on quality companies trading for cheap. Fresh off its much-anticipated 20-for-1 stock