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Shares of coffee-giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) are down about 30% from their all-time high, but the stock is still handily beating the market over the past 10 years -- returning 249% compared to

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock collapsed after its recent earnings report. 

The price plunged 25% in one session, capping off a year of unprecedented value destruction for the tech giant. The

A virtual server in the cloud is a commodity. There are countless cloud computing providers, and for the most part, a basic cloud server is the same everywhere. You get access to some number of

It was a rough fiscal fourth quarter for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Revenue rose 9% to $20.15 billion for the three months ending in September, woefully short of the 30% increase that analysts were

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock got absolutely crushed last week after disappointing investors with a tepid fourth-quarter outlook. Despite being down 18% since the report (and 45% this year), Amazon

A gold rush is a great time to be in the shovel business, and during 2020 and 2021, the financial markets were as frenzied as they've been at any other time in history. Naturally, then, it was also

Technology stocks have suffered steep declines in 2022, as rising inflation has slowed consumer spending. However, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has staved off the worst market declines, with its shares down

Electric vehicles have gone from a backwater industry to a full-blown revolution over the last few years. Spurred on by the huge growth of Tesla, companies have committed to investing tons of money

The big story around Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) this year was The Merge -- the moment when Ethereum transformed into a proof-of-stake blockchain with faster transaction processing speeds, huge new

Steadily growing passive income can be life-changing. Since it can help an investor cover bills without having to sell off stock holdings, this can ease the fear of running out of money in

Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) has treated its investors like dividend royalty over the years. The Canadian energy infrastructure giant has increased its payout for 27 straight years, growing it at a 10%

Software stocks have gotten crushed in 2022.

Sky-high valuations coming into the year, rising interest rates, and macroeconomic pressures have led to a collapse in share prices nearly across the

In late July, Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) launched a first-of-its-kind crypto retail experience in the middle of New York City. Then, in October, it followed that up with the launch of another Solana store

Investors have been punishing tech stocks as if they're all seeing significant plunges in business activity. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index has fallen more than 32% in 2022, and many

A whopping 97% of retired Americans say they've noticed inflation's effect on their expenses, according to a 2022 survey from The Motley Fool, and 85% of those respondents say that inflation is

Many companies have watched their share prices fall significantly as rises in inflation and interest rates have increasingly stunted consumer spending. As a result, the stock market has become a

The past year has been rough for crypto, with most investments seeing their prices plummet.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are both down nearly 70% from their peaks last year, for

This has been a rough year for investors. Since peaking about a year ago, the three major indexes, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite, find themselves in bear markets --

You'll need money outside of Social Security to make for a comfortable retirement. That's pretty much a given, unless you're somehow in line for a huge monthly benefit and expect to have very low

If this year's weakness in most banking stocks has you wary of buying them, you may want to dial back your worry. The economic turbulence admittedly translates into challenges for the business. But

It can be difficult to figure out which stocks are not only great long-term opportunities but also beginner-friendly and not excessively risky. In this video, Certified Financial Planner® Matt

The past year has been exceedingly difficult for companies in the mortgage industry. Mortgage originators have seen a collapse in volume as rising interest rates and home prices have made housing

It's really hard to beat the market. So much so that 85% of actively-managed mutual finds underperformed the benchmark S&P 500 index in 2021. However, that's changing in 2022. When the broad market

Virtual reality (VR) has become one of the biggest buzz phrases in the tech world. According to Grand View Research, the VR market was valued at $21.83 billion in 2021, and it's expected to grow at