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There's technically no such thing as the "latest age" to claim Social Security. Once you turn 62, you can file for benefits at any time.

But there's no financial incentive to delay your filing past

Home improvement giants Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) recently reported weak sales and weak guidance. Many companies making the goods they sell are reporting similar weakness. Are

Up 20% from the lows, the S&P 500 is still down from its all-time high by about 10%. With so many reasons to worry that it could get worse before it gets better, what should investors do? Motley

For the past 22 years, national pollster Gallup has been conducting surveys to gauge how reliant retirees are on Social Security income to make ends meet. At no point in those 22 years has this

In the world of cryptocurrencies, which happens to be a 24/7 market, weekend price action can be rather enthralling to watch. With most markets off-limits to investors, traders who require action

There has been significant interest in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks lately.

Palantir (NYSE: PLTR), a leading software company, is getting enormous interest as investors look to invest in

Inflation, rising interest rates, and other macro headwinds deflated the valuations of many tech stocks over the past year as investors retreated toward more conservative investments. However, the

One e-commerce stock just blew through every Wall Street analyst target. It is now the second-best-performing stock on the market this year out of nearly 4,000 that have market caps of more than

One tech stock that has absolutely skyrocketed this year is The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD). Year to date, shares of the advertising technology company are up a 66%. This absolutely obliterates the S&P

Shares of electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) have been surging higher recently. Indeed, the stock has doubled year to date. Over the last 30 days alone, shares have risen 43%. You'd think with

Commercial real estate can be a particularly lucrative industry. It has created scores of millionaires and billionaires over the years. That's because while the demand for commercial real estate is

In this week's video, I cover everything you need to know about news related to Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) during the week of June 5. Today's video will focus on Nio's first-quarter earnings, Tesla's

It's true that it often makes sense to hold on to shares of great companies, particularly when they're executing well. Sure, investors who take this approach may have to endure quite a bit of

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Asit Sharma and Motley Fool host Dylan Lewis discuss:

Plus, Motley Fool employee Dana Corl and contributor Keith Speights talk about big pharma's focus on

Up 119% year to date, Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) is one of this year's best-performing stocks. Yet, many investors remain unfamiliar with the company and its business. So, let's dig in and see why

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) investors had a turbulent May. Shares of the cloud-based data platform specialist were on a roller coaster ride, mainly due to Wall Street's reaction to results for the

Seeing a rebound story in the works, the market has been flocking to Carnival (NYSE: CCL). The cruise company neared bankruptcy during the pandemic, but the stock has since rallied hard and is now

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) delivered an all-time earnings record for its Las Vegas resorts in Q1, despite a macro environment of high inflation, rising interest rates, and bank failures. Based on

Market researchers at PwC estimate that the greatest economic gains from artificial intelligence (AI) will take place in China and North America, and this could equate to over $10 trillion in

Funny things can happen when the market gets too worked up about something, and the emotional pendulum swings too far in one direction. Investors saw this work against them when a euphoric market in

In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers discusses:

The war on cash is evolving. Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser explains how the financial times keep changing and what it means

The past 15 months have been particularly tough for the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) industry. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS), pools of mortgages that when combined look and

In late May, Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) gave investors some good reasons to be excited about its business. While the e-commerce retailer is still seeing modest customer losses in the wake of

Although the stock market tends to go up over the long term, there are always down periods along the way, including the recent bear market that began in 2022. Luckily, brighter days should

A delayed Social Security claim can have a big payoff.

You can start getting retirement checks at 62. But if you put off your claim until at least full retirement age, you avoid getting hit with up