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A new year can be the perfect time to reassess spending habits and set new financial goals. But that task becomes a little challenging if equity and crypto prices are falling all around you. Bitcoin

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), the contract chipmaking juggernaut better known as TSMC, recently hit a new record high after the company posted its fourth-quarter earnings

It's showtime at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The world's leading premium streaming service reports fresh financials shortly after the closing bell on Thursday, and there's always a lot riding on the

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) owned the discrete graphics card market in 2021, and its efforts to boost supply didn't give rival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) even an inch in this lucrative space.

The semiconductor market continues to work at full capacity to deal with the current chip shortage problem. Today's video focuses on ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) and its recent earnings released on

Dividends are a great reason to own real estate investment trusts (REITs). For many, they're the main reason.  That steady flow of quarterly (and in some cases, monthly) cash can help bolster

Last year was a good one, overall, for the market. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) ultimately logged a 27% gain in 2021, leading most stocks higher with it.

A handful of surprising names didn't latch

The Chinese e-commerce giant and internet conglomerate Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) had a troubled 2021, as it made headlines for various reasons and its shares tumbled by more than 40%. 

The stock is

The best investing theses are simple. A simple thesis can come from identifying a company serving one or two basic needs for customers with predictable product demand. Examples of these include

Leverage can be both a good and a bad thing. In the Jan. 5 episode of "The Crypto Show" on Backstage Pass, Fool.com editor Eric Bleeker and contributor Chris MacDonald discuss how leverage could

What goes up generally must come down, and that's certainly been the case with cryptocurrency over the past two months. Crypto prices have been on a downhill slide after reaching all-time highs last

The technology-centric Nasdaq 100 index delivered a strong return of 26% in 2021, following big gains of 47% in 2020 and 37% in 2019. But it has opened 2022 on the back foot, with a 7% year-to-date

The IRS recently announced that the 2022 tax season will open on Jan. 24. That's an improvement from last year, when the IRS didn't begin accepting tax returns until February.

Of course, filers

As the world becomes more digitally connected, enterprises are increasingly depending on data to deliver value. In turn, data-guru companies Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE:

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (NYSE: TSM) surged 6% higher two days after the company announced its Q4 earnings. As the world's largest semiconductor foundry, it has become one of the world's largest

The value of cryptocurrencies has exploded over the past two years with big names like Bitcoin and Ethereum doing well, and altcoins like Solana and Dogecoin returning many multiples for investors

After going public in April 2021, Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has been on a roller coaster ride. The stock immediately lost 30% of its value in less than two months. Then, after surging 46% over the

Mastercard's (NYSE: MA) long streak of outperforming the S&P 500 came to an end last year. Shares of the mega-cap payments processor rose just 0.7% in 2021, which significantly lagged the S&P 500's

Most people will probably need to save somewhere between $1 million and $2 million to retire comfortably. That sounds like a tall order, especially for those earning a modest salary. But with the

Before the last few months of 2021, the words "cheap tech stocks" may have sounded odd. But a massive sell-off in the tech sector has made many strong businesses much more affordable. It's easy to

Last year, Shiba Inu transitioned from just another token built on Ethereum to one of the most recognized names in the cryptocurrency industry. Its strong supporter base rallied behind it -- and

What could knock Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) off their lofty perches? There are a number of threats, of course. I'd rank a prolonged shift to a "risk-off" market as the most

Video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) had quite a year in 2021. The company experienced some unique market action and applied an industrial-strength broom to its leadership team.

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While you might not like what I'm about to say, it's the truth: A stock market crash or steep correction may be brewing.

Since the beginning of 1950, the benchmark S&P 500 has undergone 38

Well-chosen growth stocks can help you earn a fortune in the stock market. The key is to identify powerful long-term trends -- and the companies best positioned to profit from them.

To help you do