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This week, stablecoin legislation was approved by the United States Senate. The bill -- called the GENIUS Act -- still needs to go through the other side of Congress and on to the President's desk

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Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) price surged about 60% over the past 12 months and trades about 7% below its all-time high. That rally was driven by an inflow of cash into its spot price ETFs, which started

Quantum computing stocks skyrocketed in 2024, with names such as Quantum Computing and Rigetti Computing surging by more than 1,000%. Investors were eager to get in on what could become the next

Energy is vital to our modern society. We can't live without electricity (which is proven anytime there's a power outage). We also need gas to heat our homes and oil to fuel our cars.

Fossil fuels,

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Artificial intelligence (AI) may have many benefits, but it's also making it easier for hackers, online criminals, and other digital malefactors to threaten businesses, and those threats are getting

Cash flows across the energy sector tend to be more variable due to commodity price volatility. However, some energy stocks just print money because their business models have minimal direct

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has been one of the most vocal supporters of and investors in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and it's no secret in the investing world that Ark has a $2,600 price target on the stock

We're just a few months away from Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement. If you're already claiming checks, it could be the most important Social Security news you get

While investors chase quantum moonshots like Rigetti Computing -- up over 1,100% over the prior 12 months -- and IonQ -- up nearly 500% over the same period -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is quietly

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is shaking up its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and the industry as a whole. Earlier this month, it invested a total of $14.3 billion in Scale AI to take a 49%

In times of turmoil and uncertainty, investors often flock to consumer staples. That has occurred yet again in 2025. Altria Group (NYSE: MO) has posted a total return of 17% year to date, compared

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Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) rise over the past decade has been amazing to watch. After multiple drawdowns of more than 50% throughout its existence, the digital asset has repeatedly come roaring back to

Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) appears to be one of the benefactors of Tesla's recent stumble and fall. Lucid management noted an uptick in customers trading in their Teslas for a possibly less

If you had invested $1,000 in Amazon stock 10 years ago, that investment position would now be worth nearly $10,000. Meanwhile, a $1,000 investment in Nvidia a decade ago would now be worth more

We're nearly halfway through 2025, and what a ride it's been for the stock market. As of this writing, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Index are up 2%, up 1%, and down 1%,

There aren't many businesses that have rewarded shareholders as much as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has. The entertainment giant has seen its share price catapult 49,590% higher in the past two decades

It's hard to argue with dividend investing. Many assume dividends are mainly for retirees, and it's true that dividend income can be critically important when you're living on a fixed or semi-fixed

The stock market has been less predictable than usual lately. As I'm writing this on June 20, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index is up only 1.5% year to date. But this mellow return included a deep

Most of us would love to be a millionaire, and many of us think, often correctly, that if we want to have a comfortable retirement, we'd better be a millionaire by the time we retire. (For many

Artificial intelligence (AI) investing is still a major theme in the market. Although some AI hyperscalers have had success rolling out AI models, they aren't making a ton of money from it yet. As a

Newsmax (NYSE: NMAX) executed one of a wildest IPOs of 2025. The conservative media company went public at $10 on March 31, but it closed at $83.51 on its first day and nearly tripled to a record

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) trades for about $105,000 (as of June 19), yet credible analysts are mapping a route to its price surpassing $200,000 by the end of 2025. For reference, a 90% price gain to