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As of this writing, the S&P 500 index is at an all-time high, having risen 15.6% year to date, 36.6% over the past 12 months, and 57.4% over the past three years. Those are spectacular results, but

The prices of leading cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) routinely move 10% or more peak to trough in a given week. For investors, this level of volatility can be

With shares of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) soaring nearly 130% over the past 12 months, investors will be watching the social network's second-quarter earnings report closely. Can the tech company impress

Earnings season is about to kick off, and investors will find out a lot about how companies are shaping up for the post-pandemic environment. In that line of thought, I think Raytheon Technologies

Wall Street has left PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) stock out of the 2021 rally despite the business's strength through the pandemic. That narrative could shift in just a few days, though.

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Federal Realty (NYSE: FRT) shares are near their highest levels of the year, having gained a huge 38% in a little over six months. That's around twice the gain of the S&P 500 Index and 18 percentage

In May, financial technology company PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) impressed investors with robust first-quarter results, kicking the year off with a bang. Not only did the company's top and bottom lines

The Roth IRA (individual retirement account) is loaded with beautiful benefits that can make it a bit easier to fund a tax-free lifestyle later. Unfortunately, the road to success isn't always easy

The consumer goods space is brutally competitive. You pour your heart and soul into making a good product, charge a fair price, and watch sales flow in. But if you're too successful, you end up

Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) is an emerging industry. Offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) is now incredibly common among technology companies, but C3.ai (NYSE: AI) has blazed a new

There was a time in my life when investing in stocks scared the heck out of me. The idea of potentially losing money due to circumstances outside my control made me want to hoard cash in the bank

Two key reasons why Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been a killer investment over the past decade are ownership and scale. When the company owns its content (House of Cards, Stranger Things, etc.) and

The S&P 500 has reached record levels while delivering a mouthwatering 43% return since last July. As spectacular as this rally has been, it has priced out many investors who were late to the game.

Social Security benefits are a substantial source of income for many retirees. However, the average benefit amount is just over $1,500 per month, or around $18,000 per year, according to the Social

To make a lot of money in the stock market, it's key to focus on the small-cap section. What do I mean by "small-cap"? Historically, a small-cap stock was any company that had a market cap (share

Most investors know Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) as merely a technology company. Since it does not sell its semiconductors and infrastructure software directly to consumers, some investors may know

Each week on our Industry Focus: Financials show, longtime Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, and host Jason Moser each discuss a stock they're watching. In this clip, recorded on June 21, find

Shares of in vitro diagnostics company Accelerate Diagnostics (NASDAQ: AXDX) were up 6% in June, outpacing the S&P 500's 2% gain. The jump occurred after the company announced on June 8 that

A little over a decade ago, I made a very simple decision about my retirement investing. The choice I made has helped me stay on track toward accomplishing my goals, so I have complete faith I will

Last week, all three of the major U.S. indexes -- the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500, and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite -- closed at fresh all-time highs.

For some investors

With the second quarter now in the books, investors and analysts are turning their attention to bank earnings results, which will start to come out mid-July. Banks have spent much of the first half

Cathie Wood wants to launch a new Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). That's not surprising, considering that the ARK Invest founder has been a fan of the cryptocurrency for quite a

One of the best ways to gain wealth is to get in on the ground floor of something that goes on to become really big. Semiconductors back in the '70s, PC software in the 80s, and the internet in the

Following a period of historic stock market volatility, long-term investors have once again learned the value of being patient. Since the widely followed S&P 500 hit bottom during the coronavirus

Social Security may end up being your primary income source in retirement. Or, if you have a lot of money in savings, it may end up being a secondary income source, but a significant one