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On Dec. 31, billionaire Warren Buffett hung up his work coat for the final time as Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) CEO (though he remains chairman of the board) and handed the baton to

You've probably seen articles touting the "ideal" amount to have saved for retirement. However, the truth is far more nuanced. Simply put, some people need more than others. Still, for many, the

Imagine how much more effective investors would be at managing their portfolios if they knew a recession was at hand before the government officially declares a recession. Their long-term profits

OpenAI launched its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) application in November 2022, and it attracted over 100 million users in just two months. This marked the beginning of the AI boom, but some

Billionaire Michael Burry is a former hedge fund manager best known for betting against the housing market ahead of the financial crisis in 2008. Those events were chronicled in the best-selling

Over the last three years, Wall Street's major stock indexes have blasted to several record-closing highs. While a laundry list of catalysts has fueled this optimism, it's the stock market's

The market had one of its inevitable dips when oil prices soared before the recent Iran war ceasefire. It's on its way back up, and the S&P 500 is roughly flat year to date. However, the ceasefire

When you first retire, the last thing you may want to do is work. After all, you just ended what was probably a long career. And now, it's time to reclaim your free time.

But at some point, you may

Gas prices have soared roughly 80% year to date. When transportation costs rise, so do the prices of most products. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell publicly acknowledged that the energy shock is

The market has been on a bit of a scary ride to start the year. It started to trend down in early February amid fears about the sustainability of spending on artificial intelligence (AI)

When I think of passive-income stocks, I picture businesses that are boring and slow. Utilities. REITs. Assets that offer investors appealing yields, but little else.

Mondelēz International (NASDAQ:

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced some monstrous news the other day. Anthropic, the makers of one of the leading generative artificial intelligence (AI)

I hate to state the obvious, but it has been a less-than-ideal start to the year for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock. As of April 9, the stock is down 22% year to date. The only "Magnificent Seven"

When you save for retirement, you have two big-picture options: taxable accounts and tax-advantaged accounts. However, within the tax-advantaged bucket, there are also two variations, pre-tax and

I'm going to turn 52 later this year, which means I've been investing for about 35 years. Over that time, I've owned savings bonds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). I trade stocks

The most obvious costs you face in retirement are day-to-day living expenses (food, gas, electricity, etc.). If you move when you retire, housing costs will be at the forefront. What may not jump

When geopolitical tremors rocked the stock market ahead of the Iran ceasefire, most investors pounded the sell button. But an artificial intelligence (AI) agent built on Anthropic's Claude models

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated April 13, 2026, Community Trust & Investment Company increased its stake in Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) by 122,541

Shares of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) rallied on Monday after the software giant highlighted its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings.

By the close of trading, Oracle's stock price was up over

On a day when President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to failed negotiations for a peace agreement, stocks surprisingly charged higher with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:

In an era where investors are addicted to chasing the next moonshot, the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) looms large as a symbol of humans reaching for the cosmos. But for smart investors

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the greatest stocks you could have bought at the start of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom in 2023. If you invested $10,000 into Palantir at

In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Jason Hall discuss:

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The geopolitical conflict in the Middle East has the world on edge and energy markets in disarray. And still, the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) remains near all-time highs, offering a historically

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) is an extremely undervalued bargain stock these days, at least according to one analyst tracking the company's fortunes. On Monday, he reiterated his bullish stance on the