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You know how retirement readiness works: The longer you save and invest, the better chance you have at retiring with a fat savings balance. Conversely, in the years just before retirement, it's

Peacock and Universal Studios recently signed a deal to license Universal films to the streaming service no more than four months after their theatrical release starting next year. The deal between

Top video game companies have been busy acquiring other game studios lately to bolster their pipelines and add talented game developers to their ranks. But Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) went a

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) could have a big winner with Breyanzi, the chimeric antigen T cell (CAR-T) therapy that it gained with the acquisition of Celgene. However, the current king of

Last year, the pandemic lit a fire under many tech stocks which benefited from stay-at-home trends. Many e-commerce, cloud, gaming, online education, and remote work companies all flourished with

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) became one of the more notable comeback stories of the last few years. The chip stock bounced back as CEO Lisa Su orchestrated a comeback and built a technical

Some decisions like buying a home or investing in a stock shouldn't be taken lightly. But how do you know when you have enough information to make a good choice? In this video from Motley Fool Live

The real estate market in the United States is hot right now. Home values are up nearly 15% over the past year, and mortgage rates remain near all-time lows. However, real estate disruptor Redfin

In early July, the largest ransomware attack ever shut down up to 1,500 businesses worldwide. At the same time, Russian hackers allegedly tried to infiltrate the Republican National Committee.

iBuying, or the practice of a company directly purchasing homes from sellers and then selling them to buyers themselves, is widely thought of as a massive market opportunity. But which real estate

There were plenty of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the first half of 2021, as M&A in the sector rebounded following a slowdown in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. And while M&A this

Warren Buffett believes that individual investors are better off investing in low-cost index funds to mirror the market and ensure long-term profits than trying to pick stocks on their own. Fund

If you are trying to figure out what a cryptocurrency is -- or why it's even remotely valuable -- rest easy: You aren't alone. While cutting-edge technologists have been pounding on the table for

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Global (NYSE: DIDI) has had an eventful public debut -- its shares have fallen by 20% just days after it completed its initial public offering. The stock plunged

Shares of the highly popular biotech stock ChemoCentryx (NASDAQ: CCXI) ticked up a few notches after a Wall Street analyst upgraded the stock to buy. Stifel analyst Dae Gon Ha thinks a recent

The cryptocurrency market has been explosive this year, as more and more investors have rushed to get a piece of it. If you're thinking of putting money into cryptocurrency, you may specifically

For more than a decade, growth stocks have outperformed on Wall Street. The combination of historically low lending rates and ongoing quantitative easing measures from the nation's central bank have

In a recent episode of The Rank on Fool Live, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and chief growth officer Anand Chokkavelu ranked 10 of the most popular meme stocks in the market. While many

The announcement last month that pet insurance company Trupanion (NASDAQ: TRUP) was appointing 30-year animal health industry veteran Simon Wheeler as its first executive vice president of

The stock market is one of the few places where there is less demand when prices get cheaper. That's because investors often fear that if prices are dropping, they will just fall more. That's a

A recent flurry of cyberattacks has both the private sector and the U.S. government on edge, and for good reason. Many of these attacks involve ransomware, a type of malicious software designed to

Social Security can be claimed between 62 and 70. There are pros and cons to filing for benefits at different ages, so it can be difficult to figure out what's best. In fact, my colleagues and I

Cathie Wood and her ARK Investment Management firm focus on areas of disruptive innovation. And few sectors have the potential to be more disruptive than genomics, where recent advancements are set

Robinhood Markets, the commission-free stock trading and investing service, has been front and center in headlines in recent years -- for both good and bad reasons. While the app has helped

For more than 15 months, investors have enjoyed a historic bounce-back rally from the coronavirus crash. Through the previous weekend, the widely followed S&P 500 had gained 95% since hitting its