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In many communities across the U.S., there's a lot of construction activity going on. Some of it is directed at commercial properties for companies looking to bolster their domestic operations. Some

NVE Corporation (NASDAQ: NVEC) stock, a nanotech company manufacturing electron-based "spintronic" sensors, soared 14.7% through 10:20 a.m. ET this morning after reporting earnings for its fiscal Q3

In this podcast, Motley Fool retirement expert Robert Brokamp discusses the pros, cons, and trade-offs of various retirement-account withdrawal strategies with Christine Benz, director of personal

Companies that do boring things like deliver packages or provide telecom services rarely dominate the daily headlines, but they can quietly compound wealth while flashier artificial intelligence

During the past year, Japan's stock market has outperformed the S&P 500 index and the rest of the world. That's right: Japan's Nikkei 225 index is up 38.6% since January 2025. During that timeframe

The energy industry is undergoing a multi-decade-long transition to lower-carbon energy. As a result, companies focused on investing in clean energy should thrive in the decades ahead.

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Building projects are arduous, expensive affairs, and the last thing that any contractor wants is to finish a building only to have it fail soon after completion. Having the right kind of protection

Investors looking for growth stocks have to come to grips with valuation. Buying stock in a fast-growing business is fine, but paying too much for even a great company can turn it into a bad

Fluor (NYSE: FLR) has dramatically improved its business. That's good news, but there are still important aspects of the engineering and construction company's operations you need to understand

When a 2.8% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) was announced in October, there were a lot of unhappy people. In fact, a survey from The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan group for

A good way to put your money to work is to invest in some high-yielding dividend stocks. They can generate some extra cash for you that you can reinvest into stocks or simply help with your

Dividend growth is central to the dividend-focused investor. The big problem is inflation, which erodes the value of the dollar over time. If your dividend payments don't grow, you are effectively

Every stock can be like the proverbial glass of water that's either half-empty or half-full, depending on how you look at it. United Parcel Services (NYSE: UPS) is no exception.

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Shares of Iamgold (NYSE: IAG) popped on Tuesday after the gold producer announced preliminary operating results for the fourth quarter and a bullish forecast for the coming year.

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Above-average dividend yields go a long way toward explaining income investors' enthusiasm for the real estate sector. For example, the MSCI US IMI Real Estate 25/50 Index yields 3.72%, or more

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) stock, one of a handful of start-up companies attempting to jump-start rare-earth oxide mining and rare-earth magnet manufacturing in the United States, soared 10%

AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) stock tumbled 4.7% through 10:50 a.m. ET Tuesday, and it's not hard to figure out why ... although AV isn't making it easy, and you do have to do a little digging:

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UPS (NYSE: UPS) stock presents investors with a classic investment conundrum. What do you do with a stock that looks positioned for long-term growth, but faces near-term risk? Here's why that's the

In theory, Social Security's regular cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) offset the impact of inflation on retirees' benefits. In reality, however, it never seems to quite work out this way for the

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) and iShares MSCI ACWI ex US ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) both offer broad non-U.S. equity exposure, but VXUS is significantly cheaper, holds far more

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock is deeply unloved on Wall Street. The share price is down 53% from its 2022 highs, and the dividend yield is a well-above-market 6.1%. Yet the stock has risen

The iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SLVP) and abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF (NYSEMKT:PPLT) differ sharply in structure, volatility, and recent returns, with SLVP

The iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEMKT:URTH) and SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF (NYSEMKT:SPDW) differ most in cost, yield, regional exposure, and top holdings concentration, with SPDW

Both the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:ISCB) and the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:SPSM) aim to give investors access to U.S. small-cap stocks, but they