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Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE: PSTH), the massive SPAC controlled by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, recently announced a complicated deal that involved taking a 10% stake in Universal

Though the IRS has been a little slow to process tax refunds this year, so far, the average filer who received money back on a 2020 tax return collected $2,827, according to the National Taxpayer

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) isn't the same company it was a decade ago, transitioning from a consumer electronics maker to an enterprise software and intellectual property play. It's also become a

Investors have given coronavirus vaccine stocks a lot of attention. But treatment makers, such as Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN), also make promising investments. In this Motley Fool Live

To say that AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) has been a great performer for its investors would be a major understatement. So far in 2021 alone, AMC is up by more than 2,500%. While the

For the past 15 months, Wall Street and investors have enjoyed a historic bounce-back rally. The benchmark S&P 500 has gained more than 90% since hitting its bear-market bottom on March 23, 2020.

Coronavirus vaccine stocks have soared over the past year. But it's not too late to start investing in this dynamic space. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on June 22, healthcare and cannabis

Warren Buffett is back to his winning ways. His beloved Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) lagged well behind the S&P 500 in 2020. However, it's a much better story so far this year with

Many investors dream of their stocks becoming 10-baggers -- soaring at least tenfold in value -- over several years. AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) has gone far past the realm of those dreams in a

If there's one lesson the stock market is always willing to teach, it's that patience pays off. Despite navigating its way through the Black Monday crash in 1987, the dot-com bubble, the Great

Should you claim Social Security at age 62? It happens to be the most popular age to sign up for benefits, namely because it's also the earliest age at which you can file.

But when you claim

Many investors rely on Wall Street to tell them whether a stock is a good investment. Even as discount brokers have made stock commissions a thing of the past, full-service brokerage companies still

Shares of data analytics company Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) were up 10.6% in June, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. There was no material news released by Alteryx this month

Shares of Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) soared 23.3% in June, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The software company saw its share price rise due to a strong fourth quarter

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has a flight cancellation problem.

As air travel demand has come roaring back in 2021, the low-fare airline giant has rapidly ramped up flight volumes. However, it has

Social Security benefits increase periodically due to Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs). COLAs are built into the program to help ensure benefits don't lose buying power as prices rise. 

In 2022

While streaming services saw a huge uptick in viewers during 2020, it seems not everyone is streaming video to their television sets. A new study from media and entertainment analyst Interpret found

Renowned venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously stated that "software is eating the world" back in 2011. Over the past decade, he has been proven right time and time again, as software and

The accelerating shift toward digital transactions over the past year was a boon for PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL). Its value more than doubled in 2020, and in the first half of 2021, its stock has

Shares of Castor Maritime (NASDAQ: CTRM) had that sinking feeling again in June, falling another 14.6% after getting torpedoed in May with a 39% decline.

That drop, though, actually came after

Earnings season is almost here. Companies operating on a calendar year wrapped up their second quarters last week, leaving accounting and finance teams to tie up the quarter's books and prepare

Just because a stock is one of the so-called "meme stocks" doesn't mean it's automatically a bad investment opportunity. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on June 25, The Motley Fool's chief

The global semiconductor shortage has weighed on auto production this year, constraining U.S. sales despite strong demand. However, while the shortage is widespread, it hasn't hit all automakers

Day traders, beware. There's an ever-growing mountain of evidence that even the most sophisticated professionals can't consistently outperform the market -- most of them don't even beat index fund

Many people these days are looking to Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Invest, for stock insights. Her company's tech-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have delivered impressive results