The energy sector is coming off a more turbulent year. Oil and gas prices were down while interest rates rose. As a result, most energy stocks slumped in 2023.
Going without health insurance at any age can be a dangerous thing. This especially holds true in retirement. That's because health problems have a tendency to arise with age. And without health coverage, you risk wiping out your nest egg to pay your expenses.
Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) has some big questions to answer for investors in late February when it posts its 2023 fourth-quarter results and issues its outlook for 2024. The company's growth hit a wall through most of last year, and Wall Street reacted harshly to that
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Many investors assume that dividend stocks are merely average investments. But over the last half-century, dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 have crushed the average stock's performance in that broad market index (9.2% average annualized return versus 7.7% for an S&P
Over the past four years, volatility has ruled the roost on Wall Street. The 127-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-powered Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have traded off bear and bull markets in suc
With the stock market recently hitting new all-time highs, there are many stocks I'm worried about being richly valued. While they might eventually grow into those valuations, I'm looking for stocks that are still reasonably priced that could benefit from a multiple expansion.
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In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe discuss why Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE: REXR), EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), and Realty Income (NYSE: O) are worth owning and why, historically speaking, they're definitely buys right now.
If you had invested $10,000 in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) 40 years ago, your investment would be worth $4.42 million today. Those massive gains were driven by Buffett's big bets on companies like Coca-Cola, Bank of America, American Express, a
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) might not be a household name, but the computing hardware stock has been one of the biggest winners thus far in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
Investors looking for the next winning stock should look at historical winners. This could result in identifying unique insights that have helped contribute to a company's success, which can be applied when searching for businesses to buy.
Social Security benefits are protected from inflation by annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). But some retired workers feel shortchanged by the 3.2% COLA in 2024. That figure is paltry when compared to the 8.7% boost in 2023 and the 5.9% COLA in 2022, and the rampant inflat
Most people love the idea of buying an outstanding stock and holding it forever -- one great decision that builds wealth for you for decades without any additional action needed. But the reality is that finding individual stocks capable of such hands-free maintenance is extremely
Last year was a fantastic one for the market with the S&P 500 jumping 24% after dropping by double digits in 2022. A lot of businesses benefited from the ongoing rally.
Shares in Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) declined 10.1% in January, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The down move in January follows a double-digit gain in December. The volatility in its share price reflects the market's sentiment toward interest rate-sensit
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