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The cryptocurrency market was on fire Monday morning, and the value of some meme coins and tokens related to NFT projects were on a tear. 

The Bored Ape Yacht Club-related ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE) was

Cryptocurrency values surged higher on Sunday and the move continued well into Monday. As with most big crypto moves, there weren't any real fundamental changes, but there may be just a little less

Much ado has been made of the recent collapse of Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA), as well as the liquidity crunch that's ongoing at centralized crypto lender Celsius (CRYPTO: CEL). The sell-off we've seen take

A little more than six months ago, the entire cryptocurrency space had a market capitalization of around $2.8 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap. This valuation has aggressively dropped about 67%

As the cryptocurrency market bounces off of this weekend's lows, investors are asking a very pertinent question: is this a dead cat bounce, or a sustainable rally off what could be the lows? 

For

The stock market does not go in a single direction; it vacillates between rising and falling in unpredictable ways. That's an important fact investors need to remember when Wall Street slides into a

In this video, I will be talking about Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) recent spending activities, more specifically sports media rights. Apple has reached agreements with MLB and MLS but could have its eyes

It's perhaps too soon to call today's rebound in the crypto world sustainable. Indeed, this weekend brought yet another plunge to major cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum 

Today's video focuses on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), and Block (NYSE: SQ) and the different solutions each company provides to the crypto market. As cryptocurrencies go down,

To call today's housing market a tricky one would be a huge understatement. These days, the real estate market is sorely lacking in inventory, and that's giving sellers a huge upper hand.

Not only

The stock market's decline in 2022 hasn't been a walk in the park for investors, but the good news is that there are plenty of dividend stocks on sale that you can now add to your portfolio at a

Stock splits are all the rage in 2022. Amazon just completed its first split in more than a decade; Tesla plans a 3-for-1 split later this year. And Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:

My "three stocks to avoid" column last week was a dud. The three stocks I thought were going to move lower for the week -- Oracle, Beyond Air, and Blink Charging -- finished up 1%, up 5%, and flat

Telehealth and consumer products company Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) is down more than 80% from its high since going public as a former special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) stock.

Stocks falling

With the markets in a volatile mood -- a common occurrence in a rate-tightening cycle -- it makes sense to hunker down and focus on buying stocks with strong long-term growth prospects. There are

Top pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly's (NYSE: LLY) diabetes division achieved a key milestone with the approval of Mounjaro in May for type 2 diabetes. But not to be outdone, the company's

Stock splits are getting a lot of attention this summer: Amazon just completed its 20-for-1 split, Alphabet's 20-for-1 action is coming up fast, Shopify approved a 10-for-1 split, and Tesla's board

It seems like every hot stock on the market is doing a split these days. 

In the last two years, well-known stocks including Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Tesla, and Shopify have all announced stock

Most investors have heard of FAANG, an acronym that represents Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Alphabet (formerly Google) (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL). Some of the

Most investors don't know every single detail about a stock, but they typically have learned at least a few significant factors affecting the company. For instance, investors in Shopify (NYSE: SHOP)

Building products and systems company Johnson Controls' (NYSE: JCI) stock is down a whopping 42% so far in 2022. While it's never a good thing to see such a decline in such a short time, the drop is

Warren Buffet is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest investors of all time. His investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A), (NYSE: BRK.B), has returned an incredible 3,600,000%

Last year, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) hiked its quarterly dividend by a huge amount, increasing it 100% to $0.70 per share. On the second-quarter 2021 earnings call, CEO James Gorman explained the