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After a delayed start due to the Great Recession, millennials are getting married and moving out in greater numbers than ever before. These younger consumers currently make up roughly 38% of all

Legendary investor Peter Lynch is one of the most successful and quotable investing icons out there. One of his most often cited tidbits is "Sometimes, the best stock to buy is one you already own."

The major credit card issuers -- those that loan the money for credit card purchases -- had a difficult year in 2020. The primary reasons were the pandemic and the resulting recession, which caused

GameStop (NYSE: GME) has been rising in value again, but investors should resist the temptation to hop on the bandwagon. The business is a risky investment, and although you can earn a profit if you

I accumulated most of my position in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), the world's largest e-commerce and cloud platform company by revenue, roughly five years ago for an average purchase price of $630. It's

Growth investors love companies that show stronger-than-average top-line growth and operate in large and growing markets. The infrastructure-as-a-service company, Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) fits those

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) was one of the beneficiaries of the accelerating digital transformation trend as businesses dealt with the impacts of the coronavirus. The stock was up an astounding 244% last

Millions of seniors rely on their Social Security benefits to cover their senior living costs, so hearing that those benefits may be withheld is reason enough to get scared. It's this very fear

We recently got a look at the moves Warren Buffett and the rest of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) investment team made in the fourth quarter of 2020. While the conglomerate reduced

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer a simple and powerful way to buy baskets of stocks. And they come in lots of flavors. Investors can easily find an ETF that aligns with their risk tolerance.

Some

Three COVID-19 vaccines have now been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vaccines developed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) have been available for months

If investors have learned anything about the stock market over the past year, it's that patience pays.

Over the past 71 years, there have been 38 corrections of at least 10% in the broad-based S&P

Insurance technology company Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) announced fourth-quarter earnings this week that were better than expected. Gross earned premium increased 92%, in-force premium (a measure of the

Despite the strides that have been made to make stock market investing accessible to all, women are still not participating at the same levels as men. The majority of research shows that women shy

There's no question that quite a few popular Robinhood stocks are ridiculously overvalued. If Wall Street analysts are right, at least three of them could plunge close to 70% or more from their

Fulgent Genetics (NASDAQ: FLGT) stock absolutely skyrocketed throughout January and early February. But after shares rose more than 250%, Fulgent's momentum seemed to fizzle out. That fizzle is

What goes up can come down. That's what SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ: SDC) shareholders have seen firsthand so far this year. Shares of the oral-care company jumped more than 25% year to date by late

Reddit users have helped make Sundial Growers (NASDAQ: SNDL) a red-hot pot stock in 2021. Shares of the Canadian cannabis producer are trading up by almost 170% year to date. And at one point

Vaccine supply was short in the early weeks of distribution in the U.S. But efforts by the Biden administration and vaccine makers Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) are producing

The biggest challenge for vaccine makers right now is handling new coronavirus strains. In this Motley Fool Live video, recorded on Feb. 26, healthcare and cannabis bureau chief Corinne Cardina and

Coronavirus vaccine stocks haven't all shared the same fortunes. In this Motley Fool Live video recorded on Feb. 26, 2021, healthcare and cannabis bureau chief Corinne Cardina and Fool.com

Vaxart's (NASDAQ: VXRT) shares plunged 58% in one trading session after one point in a clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate disappointed investors. In this Motley Fool Live video

Despite the stock market's record-breaking volatility in 2020, investors have been treated well since the bear-market bottom on March 23, 2020. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has nearly doubled

When you're new to investing, the idea of getting started can be scary and overwhelming. But the very act of opening a brokerage account or retirement plan is a step in the right direction. From

You often hear that you need a lofty amount of money for retirement so that you don't outlive your assets -- like $1 million dollars. But that is a big number, and saving for it might seem hard.