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With 2021 coming to a close, investors may already be thinking about what it will take to hit their 2022 financial goals.

The long-term return of the S&P 500 is somewhere between 7% and 9%

Cloud computing is a large, fast-growing industry that's expected to grow at a rate of nearly 18% annually to reach $791 billion by 2028. With such a big market opportunity, there have been lots of

When it comes to stability, large-cap healthcare stocks have a lot to offer. People will always need medical care, and to get it, they'll need major healthcare companies to keep doing what they do

In many ways, 2021 has been a year like no other. The pandemic has dragged on, introducing frightening new variants, resulting in many false starts and stops for the underlying economy. Even as the

There are thousands of cryptocurrencies out there, but a select few have offered enough promise to make their way up the market-value charts. And one of these popular players is Cardano (CRYPTO:

After reporting third-quarter results on Dec. 2, DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) saw a massive 40% drop the following day. While Q3 results were solid, the guidance given by management for the fourth

Mark Twain is commonly credited with saying, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." His actual wording was slightly different, but the quote reflects the famous writer's perspective when

Elon Musk isn't a fan of the metaverse. He told satirical website The Babylon Bee last week that he's "currently unable to see a compelling metaverse situation." 

What does the Tesla and SpaceX CEO

There's little question that one of the standout themes of 2021 was the rise of the retail investor. Even though John and Jane Q. Public have been putting their money to work on Wall Street for more

There are now believed to be more than 8,000 cryptocurrencies in existence since digital assets that trade on the distributed ledger blockchain technology have gained traction in recent years. With

Stock market followers will recognize the acronym FAANG, although name changes make it somewhat dated. Facebook recently changed its name to Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB). The other companies are

Marriage makes life easier in some ways and more complicated in others. That's true for your retirement savings too. Being married means you have a partner to help you save for your future, but you

In just a few days we'll close the book on what's been another great year for the broad-market indexes. Through the holiday-shortened week, the benchmark S&P 500 had hit 68 record-closing highs for

Many people worry that once they retire, Social Security won't have the means of paying them the benefits they were hoping to get. That fear isn't exactly unfounded.

Earlier this year, the program's

Investors should be ready to pay a premium for quality stocks. That's not to say, however, that a quality stock is always going to be priced at a premium. Every now and then the market makes a

It's the last episode of Motley Fool Answers (but don't worry, we're just moving to Motley Fool Money every Tuesday). We'll reminisce on our biggest lessons learned over the last seven years and

On this episode of Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser sits down with Motley Fool contributor Dan Caplinger. Tune in as they discuss why regulators are taking a closer look at the buy now

In this last iteration of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods (don't worry-we're just moving to Motley Fool Money!), Motley Fool analysts Emily Flippen and Asit Sharma revisit their 2021 consumer goods

Spider-Man: No Way Home sets a few records with a $600 million opening weekend. Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser analyzes those stories and encourages investors to find ways to unplug from business

Motley Fool analyst Maria Gallagher analyzes some stock market news and shares why Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money is her investing discovery of 2021.

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Who made the most questionable comments? Why were Ford Motor (NYSE: F), Bath & Body Works (NYSE: BBWI), and Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) such surprising stocks in 2021? What makes the underlying

Today, the cryptocurrency market is (finally) moving in the right direction for investors. As of 1:30 p.m. EST, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA), and Polkadot (CRYPTO: DOT) all surged

InnovAge (NASDAQ: INNV) is one company that will be very glad to see 2021 consigned to the history books. On Monday, the company's stock fell by 11%, on the back of two recommendation downgrades

Monday was a very good day for stocks in general, but it was a standout day for healthcare diagnostics specialist Cue Health (NASDAQ: HLTH). In retrospect, the stock's nearly 22% leap wasn't

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) popped 10.6% on Monday as investors piled back into the electric vehicle (EV) company's shares. 

There doesn't appear to be any company-specific news that spurred