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With a new year almost upon us, plenty of people are revising their financial plans to navigate what awaits in 2026. New budgets. New goals. New strategies. All they need is new information

The automotive industry has been adapting to the shifting landscape as the Trump administration continues to remove support for electric vehicles (EVs), helping fuel a slowdown in EV demand during

At the end of this year, Warren Buffett is finally retiring after leading Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) for more than six decades. In that time, Berkshire Hathaway has been one of

Both the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEMKT:MGK) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:VOO) are passively managed Vanguard funds aimed at U.S. large-cap equity exposure, but their strategies

Ah, 1871. Those were different times, weren't they? The Second Industrial Revolution was gathering steam, the telegraph was all the rage in technology, and J.P. Morgan (the financier) was getting

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) is a different kind of real estate investment trust (REIT). Instead of holding properties such as shopping centers or apartments, the company specializes in data

Semiconductor company Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has enjoyed an incredible year, rising some 50% so far, even after a large pullback due to poorly received fourth-quarter results. This has investors

The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEMKT:VT) and the SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT:SPGM) both deliver broad global equity exposure, but VT covers nearly four times the

It's not like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to trail the overall market. However, with shares up 2% this year (as of Dec. 17), investors should ask what's going on. Amazon is dealing with competitive

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:VB) and iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:ISCB) both target diversified U.S. small-cap exposure, but differ in cost, trading scale, and portfolio

In 2015, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) had its fair share of detractors. Analysts said that it was overvalued, burning too much cash, and didn't have a unique advantage compared to its competitors.

If

In most cases, a falling stock reflects growing concern over the underlying company's future. And broadly speaking, the bigger the pullback is, the greater the worry. Sell-offs of 20% or more -- the

Currently, four companies have market caps above $3 trillion: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). By the end of next

The market is currently pivoting toward a risk-off approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and stocks in adjacent tech areas such as quantum computing. As a result, many quantum computing pure

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR), the maker of nuclear small modular reactors, is down more than 58% in the past six months, and the stock closed at a little over $17 a share on Dec 16. The stock initially

It's hard to believe today, but in 1999, Warren Buffett's reputation as one of the greatest investors in history was in serious doubt.

For years, he had sat out on the historic tech boom, warning

The cryptocurrency market has been roiled by volatility recently. While the Federal Reserve announced the interest rate cut investors had been hoping for and indicated that it will likely cut rates

It has been a remarkably eventful year for the crypto sector. Crypto prices rocketed higher after Donald Trump's presidential election victory in November 2024, largely due to the prospect of an

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been an exceptional stock pick over the past three years. In 2023, the stock rose 167%, in 2024 it was up 341%, and so far in 2025, it's up around 147%

Retirement doesn't necessarily mean what it used to. Very few people get the proverbial gold watch after decades of working for the same company, and almost no private sector workers have a

Barring an unexpected late-month collapse in the markets, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is going to finish this year with a return that's well above its historical average, yet again. As of Dec. 18,

The "Magnificent Seven" group of stocks is a commonly mentioned name attached to some of the biggest companies in the world. All seven are ranked inside the top 10 by market cap, making them

The dramatic rise in tech stocks over the last two years has made a lot of investors wealthier -- and that's something to celebrate! But when we're done patting ourselves on the back for a job well

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has had a lackluster 2025 compared to 2023 and 2024. In both of those years, the stock more than doubled, but in 2025, it's only up about 30%. That's still outperforming the

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are the minimum amount you must withdraw from certain retirement accounts when you hit age 73 (or age 75 if you were born in 1960 or later). They're the