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The next Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, that comes down the pike could be a big one. This year, seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase 5.9% as a result of

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), along with the general cryptocurrency market, probably isn't making investors think of an early retirement right now. The crypto giant has lost more than 60% this year. Amid

It can be a lot of fun buying stocks trading in the single digits. While there are a lot of bad companies down in the cheap seats, sometimes you can find some amazing bargains. Our roundtable has

The Federal Reserve's plans to aggressively hike interest rates this year in an effort to curb soaring inflation has slammed stocks, with the S&P 500 falling 18% this year. High-growth tech stocks

Personal savings rates in America rocketed higher at the start of the pandemic. The combination of government stimulus checks, the inability to go out or travel, and economic uncertainty led to

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) owns 400 million shares of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), which gives it a 9.2% stake in the beverage company. Coca-Cola now accounts for 7.9%

Investors looking to add to their fintech holdings may want to look at Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) and Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST). In this clip from "The Future of Fintech" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on June

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has gotten some attention in the marketplace in recent months. It is one of the few companies to wholeheartedly embrace fintech while operating a traditional bank

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) is one of the most divisive cryptocurrencies on the market. On the one hand, it delivered a once-in-a-lifetime return of 43,800,000% in 2021, which would've turned the price

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) said that the latest season of Stranger Things surpassed a significant milestone, attracting more than 1.1 billion hours of viewership. 

It's yet more evidence of Netflix's

Unfortunately, "set and forget" isn't a strategy you can use with many stocks. Too many things can change over the years that can make a once-attractive stock an albatross on your portfolio.

There

For more than a decade, NASA has been building a new mega-rocket, the Space Launch System or SLS, a $2 billion-plus, bright-orange rocket ship that can carry 70 tons of cargo to orbit. It's also the

Warren Buffett has lived through 26 periods where the S&P 500 was in a bear market. Eleven of them came after he first invested in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965.

The

Investing in the stock market isn't always easy, especially during a downturn. If your portfolio has been hit hard in recent months, throwing more money into the market can be daunting.

Choosing the

Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) big day is right around the corner. I'm talking about Prime Day, the two-day shopping event that generates billions of dollars in revenue -- and brings in new subscribers to

It's hard to watch the value of your portfolio decline in a bear market. The pain is so acute right now that dividend-paying stocks tied to businesses with reliable cash flows have a hard time

For as long as most of us can remember, Warren Buffett has been widely acknowledged as one of the best investors around. In times like these, it's easy to see why. The global economy has thrown

If you are a retiree relying on Social Security benefits, you are probably aware that the amount of money you get can change from year to year. Specifically, in most but not all years, seniors get a

Are you planning to retire in 2023? If so, you may be getting increasingly excited by the week. Or are you growing increasingly anxious? That's understandable, too.

The reality is that retirement is

During a shortened week of holiday trading, shares of energy and health supplement drink company Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) were up 17.7%. It was a good start to the month of July after an

The S&P 500 index dropped more than 20% in the first half of 2022, but Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock did even worse. Tesla shareholders saw their holdings down 36.3% in 2022 through June 30, according

Seniors who are entitled to Social Security retirement benefits can claim their first check between the ages of 62 and 70. The decision about exactly when to get benefits within this range is an

Not much has changed of late -- stocks have continued to get pounded in the wake of high inflation, the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, and global economic impacts from the war in Ukraine

Inflation and transportation costs are taking a toll on stocks, and the issues may persist. Retail behemoths Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are leaning on new arrangements with

The stock market has endured its worst first-half performance in 52 years. While it has been a brutal period for investors, there are some benefits to a big decline. One of those is that dividend