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After about 3.5 years, the federal student loan repayment and interest pause is coming to an end. Interest is set to start accumulating on Sept. 1, and most federal student loan borrowers will have

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are generally not thought of as the most exciting businesses, and to be fair, they aren't. Consider Realty Income (NYSE: O), one of the largest and oldest

Streaming giant Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) is on fire. The company's shares delivered returns above 100% for a brief period not so long ago, although it has since given back some of these gains. Still

While Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up more than 60% for the year, it is still having trouble breaking through the $30,000 mark. Over the past 30 days, Bitcoin is actually down 9%, and some investors now

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) plans to cut or dramatically scale down its vaccine and infectious disease division. It won't be developing new medicines in the segment, and it's unclear whether it

The release of OpenAI's large language model-based chatbot ChatGPT late last fall brought artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to the public consciousness in a big way. However

These growth stocks have an interesting combination of secular and cyclical growth prospects. In other words, they can grow through expansions in their end markets (cyclical) and also grow as a

In Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) latest 13F filing, investors saw that Warren Buffett and his team remain a net seller of stocks. However, there was a very interesting addition to

Most companies pay a fixed quarterly dividend to give their investors visibility into their income. However, some companies have found that paying a fixed dividend doesn't work for their business

Toy company Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) has a portfolio full of top toy brands, including Hot Wheels, Thomas & Friends, Fisher-Price, and Barbie. Good brands give a company a moat, which billionaire

Back in 2016, Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP) (NYSE: BEPC) was an obscure, relatively unknown owner and operator of hydroelectric dams. While operating hydroelectric assets is a fine business

Cathie Wood is one of the most vocal technology bulls on Wall Street. She's the head of Ark Investment Management, which manages eight exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on different segments of

Credit card companies like Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are poised to benefit from the world moving away from cash and toward digital payments over the next several years. With a proven track record of

Purchasing promising growth stocks is a great way to build wealth, but you also need to be mindful of the risks rather than focusing solely on the benefits.

You should look for businesses with a

According to BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) represent 12.6% of equity assets in the United States. Investors are gravitating toward ETFs for their low fees and built-in

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has more than tripled in value in 2023, and investors who bought shares of the chipmaker at the end of last year are now sitting on massive gains of 237%. That huge price jump

Accelerating interest in the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a major spark for the stock market in 2023. While it's far from being the first hot tech trend to get investors revved

Investing in dividend growth stocks has proven to be a great long-term strategy for investors. The longer you hold on to a stock, the larger your payouts may end up being. Dividend Kings have that

Businesses can equally create value or destroy value for their shareholders. And handcrafted retail company Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) has done a bit of both lately. Perhaps this is why the stock isn't

Pinduoduo's (NASDAQ: PDD) stock surged 15% on Aug. 29 after the Chinese e-commerce company posted its second-quarter results. Its revenue rose 66% year over year to 52.28 billion yuan ($7.21

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights how Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is thriving from the surge in the popularity of AI.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Aug. 27, 2023. The

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may be paying much less for some of the world's most commonly prescribed drugs in the coming years. That's because Medicare is about to start

The booming popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) gave Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) a massive lift so far in 2023, with shares of the semiconductor giant trading up more than 240%, but this also means

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) shares might seem like a tempting bargain right now. The footwear specialist's stock price is down more than 51% so far in 2023, compared with a 17.4% spike in the S&P 500.