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Technology stocks have been hit hard in 2022, and Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) is no exception. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index has fallen about 13.7% year to date, but Atlassian stock is down

Prologis (NYSE: PLD) continues to benefit from robust demand for warehouse space worldwide. Persistent supply chain issues have companies changing their inventory management practices, which is one

Veru (NASDAQ: VERU) is a bit of an oddball in biotech. It's developing medicines for breast cancer and treatment-resistant prostate cancer, but it's also trialing a therapy for severe COVID-19, not

Statistically, April is the best month for stocks, averaging a 1.5% gain from 1980 to 2018. However, I'm less interested in how a stock performs over a month or a single year. Businesses don't

Senior-citizen advocacy group The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) has estimated that Social Security benefits could increase by 8.9% in January of next year. On the surface, that may sound

Apartment real estate investment trust (REIT) UDR (NYSE: UDR) has a broadly diversified portfolio, unlike more focused peers such as Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS). Diversification is a good

There's nothing inherently wrong with investing in U.S. banks, but you would be remiss if you didn't also consider some names from north of the border too. One that stands out is Toronto-Dominion

If you're interested in investing in real estate, there are different sectors you can look at. Industrial real estate is huge right now, for example, due to an uptick in digital sales fueled by the

The Roku Channel (TRC) has grown into the most significant part of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) over the last several years. But many investors have failed to notice TRC becoming Roku's most crucial source

A recent study from financial company T. Rowe Price concludes that more than 40% of private-sector workers don't have access to a workplace retirement plan. If you're in that group, you may get

When it comes to powering airplanes in the future, there are some intriguing options being developed. In this video clip from "The High Energy Show" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on April 5

The Nasdaq Composite is down about 14% year to date, with the value of many top growth stocks being slashed in half. As with any market correction, there are going to be big winners emerging from

As a group, real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been under pressure since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Americans largely stayed at home in an effort to flatten the infection

AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) CEO Adam Aron tweeted out an announcement last week that the long-awaited acceptance of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), and other cryptocurrencies at

It continues to be a hot real estate market, with far more buyers than homes available for sale. Those that are for sale are getting snapped up quickly, too. According to a recent report from the

The last five years have been very good for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD). Case in point: An investment of $10,000 in AMD made in April 2017 would now be worth $75,600.

That said, 2022 has

If there's one lesson to be learned from the recent volatility in the stock market, it's the importance of focusing on the long term. While the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index is down about 13.9%

As earnings season continues to unfold, one important report to watch next week is Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL). Investors will look to the world's most valuable publicly traded company's fiscal

Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) and Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) both disrupted mature markets with their streamlined apps. Airbnb challenged hotels by letting people rent out their own properties, while

Elon Musk's attempt to take Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) private with a $43 billion buyout offer was predictably met with resistance by the social media platform's board of directors.

Rather than offer up a

The EV battery recycling industry today is still in its infancy. However, in this segment of "Backstage Pass" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on April 5, Fool contributors Jason Hall, Tyler Crowe, and

If you invest in risk assets like stocks, you're bound to face drawdowns. After all, they're merely the price you pay in exchange for the chance of higher returns. But knowledge of this fact alone

Cybersecurity has developed into a necessary expense for nearly all businesses in operation these days. Having a business network inappropriately accessed by outsiders or allowing customers'

When you buy your first investment property, one important decision you need to make is whether to hire a property manager to find tenants and run the day-to-day operations, or to self-manage your

When it comes to filing for Social Security, you get a choice. You can sign up as early as age 62 or delay your filing until the age of 70. In fact, you technically don't even have to sign up at 70