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The stock market is one of the best ways to generate wealth. When you invest your money in a stock, you become a part-owner of the company. You have executives and managers doing all the hard work

Down around 6% from its all-time high, the S&P 500 has been trading in about the same range for nine months. Tech stocks led the S&P 500 out of the pandemic bottom, and cyclical companies drove it

When it comes to AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), investors have been worrying about one thing: an eventual drop in sales of its blockbuster Humira. The immunosuppressive drug is used for various diseases

In this video, I will be talking about PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and why although the stock is down 45% year to date and 65% since its all-time high, the business itself might look a bit better. You can

It's hardly a secret that mortgage rates have been on a steady ascent since the start of the year. And over the past month, they've risen sharply.

For context, the average 30-year mortgage rate sat

Income investors are typically faced with a trade-off when picking dividend stocks. On the one hand, high-yield dividend stocks provide strong starting income at the cost of reduced future growth

The current environment has been downright awful for mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs). These companies have a dark cloud over their heads as the Federal Reserve takes actions to rein

You'll often hear that building savings for retirement is important since you can't plan to retire on Social Security alone. But some Americans may be falling glaringly short in that regard.

The

While major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether and popular meme coins like Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu tend to draw most of the headlines and the lion's share of trader attention, there are now

2022 has not been kind to growth stocks. The Russell 1000 Growth index is down 12.6% year to date, nearly doubling the 6.7% downtick in the S&P 500 index.

Many top-notch growth stocks took even

With interest rates still at historically low levels, finding yield in this environment is difficult, and often requires taking big risks. That said, not all decent dividend payers are risky; in

As fears of a decrease in consumer spending remain, analysts are continuing to issue downgrades or price target reductions for numerous semiconductor companies. Today's video focuses on another

One of the most common ways people took advantage of being at home so much during the pandemic was to adopt a pet. Pet ownership rose to 70% of U.S. households in 2020. That's up from 56% in 1988

You can sign up for Social Security at any time after you turn 62, but a lot of people have their 70th birthdays circled on their calendar as the time they're going to claim. It might seem strange

After outperforming for the last three years, technology stocks have had a big pullback in 2022 due to inescapable macroeconomic headwinds. In response to surging inflation, the Federal Reserve has

Media-streaming veteran Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) just rolled out a brand new feature. The content rating system has gained a new option, so now you can tell Netflix that you're really, really into a

Stock splits don't change a corporation's prospects. But the move often generates renewed interest from investors and makes shares of companies appear cheaper, even though their underlying value

Biotech stocks have put plenty of investors on the road to riches in recent years. We can look at the performance of big players like Amgen or Biogen that, respectively, have delivered triple-digit

When it comes to simple, well-run businesses, Waste Management (NYSE: WM) definitely fits the bill. In this video clip from "Ask Us Anything" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on March 25, Fool.com

No matter how you slice it, many stocks remain very expensive. However, the sell-off of growth stocks in recent months has resulted in more attractive valuations.

Some stocks, though, weren't priced

"Could" is perhaps the quintessential waffle word. You could find a rare ancient coin while digging in your garden. I could see a UFO if I look out my living room window. Neither outcome is very

If you're looking for something to do with your tax refund, you should consider investing. Depending on your current age, you can manage to turn a one-time investment into a respectable lump sum by

For nearly 126 years, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has been a closely followed index that investors have used to evaluate the health of the stock market. Initially comprised of

Your wallet is not playing tricks on you. Over the past year, the price we pay for the goods and services we regularly buy has risen at the fastest rate in 40 years.

In February, the U.S. Bureau of

It's a common misconception that Social Security is all you need to retire comfortably. For most people, those benefits won't translate to all that much buying power, especially these days, what