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Goldman Sachs analyst Joe Ritchie recently described General Electric (NYSE: GE) as a "top idea" and put a $16 price target on the stock. That was good news for investors who own those shares

Despite the pandemic waning, the cooking-at-home boom is far from over. McCormick (NYSE: MKC) recently announced strong second-quarter earnings results while lifting a few of its fiscal year

Social Security will be one of your most important income sources in retirement. Although these benefits replace only around 40% of pre-retirement earnings, they're valuable because they're

SentinelOne (NYSE: S) recently made history as the highest-valued cybersecurity IPO. The company priced its IPO at $35 per share, and its stock started trading at $46 a share on June 30.

Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner has often said: "Winners keep on winning." In other words, don't be afraid to buy a stock just because its share price has appreciated significantly -- those

Whether a cannabis company reports a profitable quarter or not can sometimes have a lot to do with nonoperating-related items. Impairment losses, fair-value gains, and income related to investments

Tell me if you would feel good about investing in a company that:

These are some of the core tenets of conscious capitalism. They are also characteristics of AppHarvest's (NASDAQ: APPH) long-term

Cathie Wood has recently become a household name for many stock pickers. Under her management, the Ark Innovation ETF has skyrocketed 181% over the last three years, crushing the 60% return of the

When many people think of investing in the stock market, they may picture Wall Street brokers making million-dollar trades, or day traders scrambling to complete dozens of transactions per day.

Hard seltzer changed the way breweries made money as brewing beer became secondary to flavored malt beverages.

They were, in fact, making so much of it to keep up with the demand that even the

GameStop (NYSE: GME) has become a viable turnaround candidate despite its meme stock status.

Just one year ago the video game retailer was looking more like it was heading toward bankruptcy than a

On June 1, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) merged with Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V, completing a deal as a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to bring

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) was one of the hottest tech IPOs of 2020. The online insurer priced its shares at $29 last July, but the stock opened at $50 and eventually hit an all-time high of $188 a share

When it comes to saving for retirement, you have choices. You could open a traditional IRA and enjoy a tax break on the money you put into that account. Or, you could open a Roth IRA and forgo an

Inflation has risen to its highest pace in nearly 30 years. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on June 21, Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and Industry Focus host Jason Moser discuss how

Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) recently achieved a major milestone in its quest to become the premier space tourism company, as it received Federal Aviation Administration approval to carry

The controversial approval of Aduhelm, an Alzheimer's disease drug from Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) pushed shares of the biotech stock through the roof in June. Around one in nine adults age 65 and older

The first half of 2021 was a strong one for the overall stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite benchmark indices producing total returns of 14.1%, 16.5%

GameStop (NYSE: GME) started the whole Reddit-fueled "meme stock" trend earlier this year when the video game store operator spiked by as much as 1,750% over a period of roughly two weeks in

Whether you are worried about a recession or just want investments you can safely hang on to for years, value stocks are great options to consider putting your money into. With modest valuations and

For the better part of the past 15 months, the stock market has been unstoppable. In fact, this is the strongest bounce-back rally in history following a bear-market bottom -- the benchmark S&P 500

For millions of seniors, Social Security benefits make the difference between enjoying a comfortable retirement and struggling to make ends meet.

Social Security benefits make up around one-third of

If you're shopping for a retailer that will deliver revenue and share performance to your portfolio, you may be thinking of Target (NYSE: TGT). The company has proven itself over time -- but it

Think back to one year ago. No one knew then whether any of the COVID-19 vaccines in development would actually work. Fortunately, several of them did.

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) (along with its partner

If this were a battle between meme stocks, it wouldn't be a close contest whatsoever based on year-to-date performance. Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL) has certainly been a big winner so far this