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It's hard to believe that, despite all the positive crypto news this year, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is  in the red for 2025 (as of Dec. 29). President Donald Trump campaigned on pro-crypto policies and

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously put forth three laws of technology. I especially like his third law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Most retirees count on Social Security very heavily, and perhaps more than they should. In fact, over half of U.S. adults who are currently receiving, or who expect to receive Social Security

The new year is almost here, and investors are excited about the market's prospects in 2026. After three years of double-digit percentage gains, can the S&P 500 still notch another win? It's

Gold has increased in value by 72% in 2025, crushing major stock market indexes like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and the Nasdaq-100. It has even outperformed shares of artificial intelligence (AI)

Heading into 2026, crypto investors have an important decision to make: Should they go with recent winners in the crypto market, or stick to high-quality names that have established track records

Three decades ago, the proliferation of the internet began reshaping corporate America by opening new sales and marketing channels for businesses.

However, the internet also broke down information

With prices down by a whopping 62% since the start of the year, Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) has underperformed in 2025. And even though Donald Trump's election victory has led to meaningful regulatory

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is a cornerstone of the artificial intelligence trade, especially among retail investors. The stock has added 150% in 2025, and most Wall Street analysts expect

For more than a century, Wall Street has proven it's a bona fide wealth-creating machine. With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds to choose from, there's a good chance

United Parcel Services (NYSE: UPS) hasn't been a winner for investors in 2025. The stock also performed dismally in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

However, better days could lie ahead for the package

Choosing a filing age for Social Security is one of the most important retirement decisions you might make, right up there with figuring out what Medicare coverage to sign up for and managing

More than 50 million Americans regularly watch Newsmax (NYSE: NMAX) or read some of its publications. Thanks to a recently announced expansion into Europe and the Middle East, the number of people

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). It makes debt and equity investments in middle market companies (those with $100 million to $1 billion

The semiconductor industry is highly cyclical, with profits soaring in the up years and then slumping in the down years. Consequently, it makes sense to keep a close eye on the cycle, as nobody

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The growth trajectory of automation suggests that robotics stocks might be a hot opportunity. Grand View Research projects that the robotic process automation market will achieve a 43.9% compounded

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) was created in 2013 by two friends who felt the cryptocurrency industry was taking itself too seriously. They used the famous "Doge" meme as inspiration, and they even

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are two of the largest cloud computing companies in the world, and both have been seeing strong growth as a result of artificial

When most investors think about the "Magnificent Seven," they're typically thinking about growth -- not income. But the truth is that a few of these companies now generate so much cash that they can

As most people remember, the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an unprecedented lockdown and a substantial amount of government support to help people survive it. During the pandemic, a total of

It would be hard to find someone who isn't aware of artificial intelligence (AI) after it has gone mainstream over the past couple of years. However, I'm willing to bet that most people aren't aware

With a paltry dividend yield of 1.15%, the S&P 500 falls short in the income department, but investors can do better with international stocks.

Just look at the Vanguard International High Dividend

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has dominated the early stages of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, and this is thanks to the company's top-performing chips. These graphics processing units (GPUs) power