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Higher interest rates over the past couple of years, unsurprisingly, have impacted the housing market and any adjacent industries. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has been negatively affected by this. After

Nike (NYSE: NKE) stock plummeted to new lows following its latest earnings update. This iconic sportswear brand has suffered declining sales over the last year, which has sent the stock down 62%

In the fourth quarter of 2024, fast-food giant McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) raised its quarterly dividend from $1.67 per share to $1.77 per share. This is more consequential than just a 6% increase to its

In 2024, restaurant company Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) did something for the 21st year in a row: Sales went up at domestic restaurants that had been open for at least a year. To be more specific

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is one of the most closely watched stocks on Wall Street. Its CEO, Warren Buffett, is one of the most followed investors of the modern era.

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In 2025, tariff uncertainty has weighed heavily on the crypto market. Since February, when U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China were announced, cryptos across the board have taken a beating

Crude oil prices have slumped about 15% over the past year. That has pushed West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the primary U.S. oil price benchmark, below $70 a barrel. That decline will weigh on the

For the better part of the last two and a half years, the bulls have been running the show on Wall Street. Prior to the latest stock market correction, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average

Well, this was certainly unexpected.

For more than a decade, the U.S. Pentagon has been mulling the idea of replacing its fifth-generation stealth fighter jets, and its F-22 Raptor in particular

The stock market has had a shaky start to the year. The tech-centric Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) is down 7% year to date at the time of this writing. Highly valued growth stocks have been

Brian Niccol was the CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) from March 2018 through August 2024. And during his tenure, Chipotle stock was up nearly 800%. Having led such a performance for

Although I'm not retired yet, I'm trying to build a portfolio of reliable dividend stocks that I can count on to provide income when I do stop working. I have little to no interest in buying AGNC

I haven't added too many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to my portfolio -- yet. To put it mildly, some of the valuations in the megacap tech stocks have been difficult to justify, especially

Baskin-Robbins has nothing on Vanguard. The ice cream chain is famous for offering 31 flavors to ice cream lovers. Meanwhile, Vanguard's family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) features 90 choices

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has long been a battleground stock with very divided views about where the stock will go, and the trenches only seem to have gotten deeper in recent months.

CEO Elon Musk, no

Social Security is in trouble, warns U.S. Rep Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts). 

The ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee recently issued a press release describing the actions being

Several of my friends and family members own or have owned rental properties. It can be a great way to generate passive income. However, one common complaint that I've heard from them is that the

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) and Unity Software (NYSE: U) were both once high-growth tech stocks that lost their momentum and disappointed their investors. BlackBerry was once the world's top smartphone

Over the past year, a new subsector of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks started receiving intense investment interest. As a result, these companies saw parabolic rises in their stock price

The semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is quite the company, developing high-end graphics processing units (GPUs) that help power artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Many investors

You can be forgiven if you've never heard of Cava Group (NYSE: CAVA). As of the end of 2024, the company had just 367 restaurant locations and many of these had only recently been rebranded from the

There are a lot of things about Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) stock that an income-focused investor will find attractive. The big one is the roughly 6.8% yield that is backed by a growing distribution

Volatility has been the single most prominent theme investors have dealt with in 2025. At one point, the closely watched S&P 500 index fell 10% from its peak, reaching correction territory. The

With the broader market pulling back in recent weeks, it has created some better entry points for investors interested in owning some of the top technology stocks out there.

Let's look at four tech

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) is a money-losing start-up today, but there is huge promise ahead, and the next five years could see a massive change in corporate direction. That sea change could start at