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Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) burst onto the scene last year as a big player in the artificial intelligence space, but its meteoric rise was short-lived. The stock has nearly been cut in half over the past

While major indexes and many growth stocks started 2026 sluggishly, investors have been finding their way back to value and dividend stocks. One beneficiary has been Altria (NYSE: MO), which is up

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe explain why they think A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) and Toast (NYSE: TOST) look like incredible stocks to buy right now while they're on

Many Americans are worried that Social Security benefits are going to disappear because the retirement trust fund is in trouble. This fear has some basis in reality because the trust fund is

It's rare to find a company that has a true monopoly on its industry.

It's even rarer when that company has no meaningful competition in any form ready to break into the market and claim some of it.

It's natural to be caught up in grief when a spouse, partner, or child passes away, which is why it's so important to understand what you'll need to do to collect Social Security Survivor benefits

Increased market turmoil is hitting the Magnificent Seven, with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) taking the hardest hit out of all of them. It has fallen 33.5% from its 52-week high. A general sell-off in

The U.S. stock market is off to a difficult start to 2026. Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have sent the price of oil soaring, which is creating economic instability and clouding

The once seemingly invincible "Magnificent Seven" stocks have not fared well this year. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF has fallen by more than 9%, underperforming the broader market. Investors

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are trading down by 10.2% so far in 2026, despite the company reporting a 65% year-over-year jump in revenue to $215.9 billion in fiscal 2026 (ending Jan. 25, 2026)

Volatility has returned to Wall Street. As of the closing bell on March 27, the stock market's most iconic index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), has officially entered

Higher oil prices are escalating inflationary pressures on already strained consumers. So you would think that most companies would ease up on price hikes and focus mainly on sales volumes to grow

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 175 basis points since 2024. During that time, the 10-year Treasury yield has stayed roughly unchanged.

Long-term yields don't necessarily line up with

Cloud computing stocks have been an interesting case this year. Although demand for cloud computing continues to surge, many of the stocks in this industry have sputtered.

One of the reasons is the

General Douglas MacArthur quoted from an old barracks song in his farewell address in 1951: "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." The adage could be aptly modified today for Warren

The retirement rules your parents or grandparents might have had in their minds as they saved for their futures may not work well for you. Times have changed, as has some thinking about how to

Last Wednesday was a great day to be a space investor. (Thursday and Friday, somewhat less so!)

Rumors that SpaceX would file its IPO prospectus, which turned out to be false, set space stocks on

Tech is a wreck. So far in 2026, the technology sector is the second-worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which ranks as the world's second-largest

The Nasdaq-100 index tracks the performance of the top 100 companies (by value) listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, excluding banks and other financial institutions. A whopping 60% of the index's

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares have fallen 20% from their high due in part to concerns about the company's plan to spend about $200 billion on capital expenditures this year. Also, recession fears

The hottest tech stocks of the times generally aren't on the buy list of value investors -- and this is because they often trade at lofty valuations. Excitement about the prospects of these players

Data is the fuel that keeps Wall Street's engine turning. Unfortunately for investors, the amount of data they need to digest can be overwhelming. Between earnings reports and economic data

Although the United States' offer of a peace plan to Iran was a hopeful sign that the conflict in the Middle East was heading toward a resolution, Iran's rejection of the plan, coupled with the

Although it's still officially in a bull market overall, the artificial intelligence (AI) investment sector may have something to say about that claim.

Many AI stocks are down more than 20% from

One of the hardest decisions you might make in your lifetime is pulling the plug on your career. It can be as especially difficult choice if you love what you do and generally like the idea of