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For more than a century, the stock market has sat atop the investment pedestal. Although the broad-based S&P 500 doesn't top bonds, gold, or housing every year, it's delivered the highest average

Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ: FLGT) ranks as one of the fastest-growing genetic testing companies around. But the company faces plenty of rivals. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on Nov. 10

In 2022, the average Social Security retirement benefit will be $1,657 per month. An annual retirement benefit of just $19,884 isn't particularly generous and doesn't come close to covering the

Most of us wish we had invested in -- or invested more in -- Bitcoin. The world's first cryptocurrency started out at around eight cents in 2010. And this year, it surpassed $60,000. Of course, it

Today's video focuses on Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang's excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) avatars, and how he believes the virtual robotics application will likely be the most

In case you haven't been paying attention to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for the last half-decade, it's been building a massive logistics network across the United States. And even while sales slowed for

Folks, I've got some good news and some "bad news," depending on your perspective.

On the bright side, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has enjoyed a historic bounce-back rally from its March

If you have access to a workplace 401(k), this account can help you save for retirement due to the generous tax breaks it offers. Your company may also provide you with matching contributions, which

Earlier this year, seniors on Social Security got some pretty good news. Next year, Social Security benefits will be eligible for a 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), leaving seniors with their

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) climbed 4% on Friday, as optimism for the chipmaker's data center opportunity and Omniverse initiatives continued to build among investors. 

Following the semiconduct

Shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) climbed 5% on Friday after U.S. health regulators took steps toward making COVID-19 booster vaccines available for more Americans. 

The U.S. Food and Drug

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was a popular stock on Friday, rising by nearly 2% against the slight dip in the S&P 500 index to finish at a new all-time high of over $160 per share. That move upward came on

The stock market had a strange day on Friday, as pockets of the market performed quite well while others took fairly large hits. More extreme measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic overseas have

Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN), one of the more talked-about meme stocks in the biotech sector, closed out this week on a high note. The company's shares flew more than 6% higher, on the back of generally

Will COVID-19 be finished in 2022? That would be nice. If the vaccines work and we develop "herd immunity," COVID will certainly recede in importance. It will be more like the flu, and many of us

Shares of Farfetch Limited (NYSE: FTCH) cratered early on Friday, and while they clawed back some of their losses, they never really recovered. The stock plunged as much as 19.7% in early trading

Shares of Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) and Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) climbed 17% and 4%, respectively, on Friday after a leading analyst highlighted the staggering growth potential of the

Shares of JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) were climbing for the second day in a row as analysts responded positively to the company's third-quarter earnings report yesterday, which sent the stock up 6%

Today, nearly all cryptocurrencies touched positive territory, a welcome move for a sector that has seen some rather bearish momentum materialize this week. In the alt coin space these gains were

News involving Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) was unusually quiet this week in the wake of a spike in interest in the electric vehicle (EV) sector after Rivian's initial public offering (IPO) last week. But

Shares of the cryptocurrency bank Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI) rose nearly 11% today for no specific reason. However, driving the move could be the rise of the broader crypto market and more

A mall giant and a nursing home REIT could benefit from more public spending, two Fools parse out residential iBuying, why UWM stock surged today, outer space commercial real estate, and don't sleep

This would be getting boring if it weren't so exciting. On Friday, for the seventh straight trading day in a row, shares of online gaming platform Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) churned once again

Shares of uranium mining company Energy Fuels (NYSEMKT: UUUU) crashed 8.4% through 3:15 p.m. ET Friday.

There wasn't any "new" news to explain Energy Fuels' drop today -- and that may be the

Still a front-line soldier in the war against the resurgent coronavirus, BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) was very much on investors' radar this week.

Comirnaty, the COVID vaccine it's developed with U.S