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The real estate market is hot right now with low interest rates driving strong demand and inventory shortages crippling supply. It's the perfect storm for soaring prices and first-time home buyers

With the stock market seemingly hitting new all-time highs on a regular basis, you might think there aren't any bargain stocks out there today. But the company I'm going to discuss below has

There's a reason so many seniors rush to file for Social Security at 62 -- it's the earliest age to sign up for benefits. If you're planning to go a similar route, you may be counting down the days

When a company splits its stock, it decreases the share price but increases the amount of shares in the market by the same ratio. Stock splits don't affect a company's valuation at all, as its

When the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020, few types of stocks were hit as hard as retail and hotel real estate. However, these two REIT (real estate investment trust) subsectors could end up

Investors don't want to buy a stock that's too expensive. But knowing what's overvalued or undervalued in the stock market is complicated. There are plenty of handy valuation metrics that people

Many of today's young workers have a remarkably cavalier attitude toward retirement savings. This may have something to do with the fact that, for them, retirement is still decades away. But that

What do the most successful investors do when their favorite stocks tank? If you're Cathie Wood, founder, and CEO of ARK Invest, you keep buying more.

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If an investment in a growth stock works out, you only need to allocate a small amount. If it doesn't, you would only want to have risked a small amount. If you're seeking growth, and have $2,000 of

In terms of the world's greatest investors, Warren Buffett deserves to be in a class of his own. Since taking over as CEO of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, he's

If you had bought shares of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) when it first went public and held those shares, you'd now be sitting on a gain of nearly 2,200%. The stock has more than quadrupled so far this

Time and again, patience has proven to be a winning strategy on Wall Street. Despite the broad-based S&P 500 losing 34% of its value in 33 calendar days during the first quarter of 2020, the

The larger your Social Security benefit, the more financial security you'll have as a retiree. While these benefits can't be your only source of support, they're an important one, and taking steps

Many seniors find that once retirement kicks in, healthcare becomes their greatest monthly expense, surpassing even housing. The good news is that people who sock money away in a health savings

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All the Industry Focus hosts come together to celebrate the 2,000th episode of the podcast. Topics include lessons learned from the podcast, the story that made the biggest impact on the hosts, most

"One of the biggest trends of the 2020s decade will likely be an unfortunate one: climate change," I wrote in an opening to a January 2020 article in which I chose three top climate change stocks to

Disney's (NYSE: DIS) decision to exclusively release to theaters its remaining 2021 movie slate wasn't just because cinema had sufficiently rebounded to support stand-alone feature films, but also

As a senior, you'll probably count on Social Security as an important source of your financial support. But you can't afford to rely on it too much or take too optimistic a view about just how much

Will the market crash, or won't it? It's a question many investors are asking themselves now that the market's hinting that it may not be as resilient as it has been since March of last year.

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Dividend stocks are a great way to start earning passive income. However, one minor inconvenience of most dividend stocks is that they only cut checks quarterly. Because of that, the dividend income

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced restrictions on JAK inhibitors that hurt AbbVie's (NYSE: ABBV) prospects for autoimmune disease drug Rinvoq. AbbVie stock sank more than 10%

Every weekend over the past few months I've been trying to single out three stocks that will lose to the market in the week ahead. My three stocks to avoid last week were all over the place --