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At the end of each month, I transfer any remaining balance in my checking account above my minimum cushion into my brokerage account. I ended March with more than $1,000 in excess cash, which I've

According to Gallup, a record number of Americans are moving abroad or want to. A surprising poll found that about 1 in 5 say they'd like to move permanently to another country, including 17% of

There's a growing amount of political and economic uncertainty in 2026. The ongoing conflict in Iran is only the latest factor to affect the stock market. It's exacerbating stubborn inflation, while

These days, the marijuana industry is no one's idea of a high-growth sector loaded with potential. One of its signature stocks, Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY), is a case in point; the company is

Until recently, Wall Street's major stock indexes had been flying high. The iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and technology-propelled

Got the RMD blues? That is to say, is the never-ending merry-go-round of annual taxable required minimum distributions from your IRA getting you down? It wouldn't be surprising if it were

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall explains the biggest reason (out of many) he fully intends to own Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) permanently.

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Over the last few months, investors have seen numerous tech stocks take a beating. This has occurred amid high valuations and uncertainty as to where the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will

When OpenAI commercially released ChatGPT in late 2022, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was primarily seen as a graphics chip designer marketing its products toward computer gaming and secondarily as a chip

Toast (NYSE: TOST) is at the intersection of three hard-hit sectors thus far in 2026: software, payments, and restaurants. The S&P North American Technology Software Index was down nearly 25% in the

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor who served as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) from 1965 to the end of 2025, built his holding company's equity portfolio through one simple

The problem with paying attention to forecasts is that most of them will turn out to be wrong. But there's a huge difference between being a little bit wrong and being very, very wrong.

Last week

Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) was the best-performing stock within the Russell 1000 Index in the first quarter, with its share price surging 194%. The company benefited from a shortage in the NAND (flash)

The investment prognosticators on social media keep talking about what to do when the current market rotation hits your tech portfolio. Sell the giants, they say. Pile into industrials. Find

Last year was another fantastic one for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, extending a rally that began in early 2023 (shortly after OpenAI's ChatGPT launch in late 2022 set off an AI race)

When it comes to investing in the stock market, maybe there's no smarter approach than to keep things simple. With this framework in mind, selecting an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P

The S&P 500's magnificent increase over the past few years is due, in part, to the Magnificent Seven. These are seven tech or tech-related stocks that have been hitting it out of the park when it

Over the last century, no asset class has been able to hold a candle to the annualized returns that stocks have brought to the table. Nevertheless, Wall Street still endures its fair share of

2025 was the year of air taxi hype. In 2026, the shine is coming off this disruptive new industry and prior investor favorite. Stocks like Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) are down 62% from all-time

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) delivered triple-digit returns in 2023, 2024, and 2025, but its momentum has stalled in 2026. The stock has dropped 30% from its record high as investors have

Cryptocurrency prices have dropped significantly in the past six months. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) closed March 30 at roughly $66,700, more than 45% down from its October high. Growing risk-off

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) just dropped a bombshell that is sending waves through the stock market, especially in the memory chip sector.

Before Alphabet's announcement, the assumption

It shouldn't really come as a surprise that healthcare might be one of your biggest expenses in retirement. But you may be shocked at how expensive it is to get covered by Medicare.

In 2026, a

Last week, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google unveiled TurboQuant, an algorithm that marked a significant advancement in artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers said the algorithm

The world is discovering what happens when the oceans are not free for global commerce. It has been less than a month since the Strait of Hormuz was closed, and it is already causing disruptions