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Being married in retirement means having to coordinate certain decisions, one of which is filing for Social Security. You're allowed to sign up for benefits as early as age 62, albeit at a reduced

Pieris Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PIRS) is a micro-cap stock, but with big pharma now collaborating with the company, it may be time to consider an investment. In this Motley Fool Live segment from

Like most people, I have my days when retirement seems very far away. The truth, however, is that it often sneaks up on us faster than we realize. That's why saving for retirement by starting as

For small and medium-sized businesses, expanding internationally can be a difficult process. In this video clip from "The Rank" on Motley Fool Live, recorded on March 28, Fool.com contributor Jamie

What type of stock should you buy and hold until retirement? The company can be in any sector. It can be a growth stock or a value stock. But the company should have these two things: a track record

With its novel Tumor Treating Fields therapy that uses electrical pulses to treat cancer, Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) could offer new hope to patients and physicians. In this Motley Fool Live segment

On the surface, StoneMor (NYSE: STON) appears to be a sleepy cemetery business with little investment merit. But when you look under the hood, there's plenty for investors to get excited about.

For

Pet rocks. Eight-track tapes. Growth stocks. One of the three doesn't belong.

Sure, some might think that the time for investing in growth stocks is over with the huge sell-off in recent months. A

What's the most important thing an investor should do after buying a stock? Nothing.

The temptation, though, is to watch the stock like a hawk while continually fretting over whether or not you

If the stock market is known for anything, it's volatility. Over the past two years, the market has been shattering records. In recent weeks, though, stock prices have started to slide, with the

One of the features of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) that deserves a little more attention is that it can be stored in the brain. For the first time in history, a person's entire net worth can be condensed

Your eyes and wallet aren't deceiving you. The prices for the goods and services you buy on a regular basis have gone way up over the past year.

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor

When I first began buying stocks, I was admittedly nervous about it. I didn't want to rely on a strategy of only buying companies I'd heard of or those that were in the news a lot. Rather, I wanted

As per the most recent data, the average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers was $1,662.79. But there's huge variation in the checks that seniors receive. 

The current maximum

It's been a rough start to the new year for Wall Street and investors. Both the 125-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average and widely followed S&P 500 corrected more than 10% from their all-time

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Although it wasn't exactly a steep decline, Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock took a bit of a fall on Thursday. The retailing giant's shares declined to close the day 0.6% lower, while the S&P 500 index

In contrast to the broader stock market, on Thursday the stock of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) slumped. The company, a well-known operator of a cryptocurrency exchange, saw its stock price decline

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) had a forgettable Thursday, with its stock trading down slightly against the 0.4% rise of the S&P 500 index. Not for the first time, the social media giant's digital

Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY), a Canadian cannabis company, saw its shares drop 10.1% on Thursday. The stock, which closed at $7.25 on Wednesday, opened at $7.12 on Thursday and fell to $6.40 at one point

Shares of electric semitruck maker Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) are up 34% in the last month. That return would have been even higher, however, if it weren't for this week's move. As of Thursday's market

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Anand Chokkavelu mentions a couple of popular titles investors may want to skip before he recommends the following books:

Motley Fool host Alison Southwick and

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jim Gillies discusses:

Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and Motley Fool contributor Brian Stoffel examine cloud infrastructure company DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN)