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For those hoping for relief on the mortgage rate front, Fed Chair Jerome Powell had some bad news earlier this week.

Powell, who had said in March that the central bank was still on track for three

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reached an intraday all-time high of $123.75 per share on April 12. The oil major has pulled back a little since then, but Exxon is still up big on the year and has more than

Once you know what it means, "annuity" can be a very beautiful word, conjuring visions of income being delivered to you regularly, very possibly for the rest of your life. Most of us would do well

When it comes to investing in the stock market, more risk does not always mean more reward. Indeed, the opposite is often true. The strongest businesses tend to be the least risky stocks to buy as

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has become one of the most profound success stories in stock market history. Since its March 1986 initial public offering, the stock has risen nearly 4,500-fold.

That growth

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) hit an all-time intraday low of just $8.26 per share on April 16, following an 8% slide on April 15. Many electric vehicle (EV) stocks sold off heavily in response

Down 63% from its initial public offering in 2021, Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD) is a shining example of why investors should usually wait to see a few quarters of earnings data from a newly public

Many retirees worry about having enough income to live comfortably -- or even cover their basic expenses. And it's easy to see why.

Recent data from Northwestern Mutual finds that the typical baby

With a current market cap (as of the afternoon of April 17) of $360 billion, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is the world's second most valuable cryptocurrency. It's behind only Bitcoin when it comes to

An analyst at Piper Sandler recently raised price targets for both ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and maintained an "overweight" rating on them. The new price targets imply a 22%

Investors in Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), South Korea's biggest e-commerce company, have had a challenging time over the last few years. The company went public on March 11, 2021, at $35 per share and

So far, the artificial intelligence (AI) boom has boosted hardware providers more than the software companies that buy their products. And with its shares up by an impressive 71% over the last year,

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) needs no introduction. The Warren Buffett-managed conglomerate has a stellar track record of growing value for its shareholders. It can make a great

Shares of veteran computer maker Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) have skyrocketed over the past year. Last April, the stock reached a 52-week low of $41.47. This April, shares hit a high of $136.16.

Is artificial intelligence (AI) all hype? After a lackluster few weeks for AI stocks, some investors are asking that question -- and getting nervous.

This week, three Motley Fool contributors

Most of the so-called Big Techs -- the largest publicly traded technology companies --- have split their common stock in recent years. In 2022, e-commerce titan Amazon and Google parent Alphabet

Social Security is in trouble. The program's trust funds will run out of money by 2033 unless changes are made, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That means steep benefit

Sports fans have been a happy bunch lately. The NCAA basketball tournaments and professional golf's Masters Tournament were all competitive and exciting. They also drew millions of television

One trillion dollars is a lot of money. In fact, it's so much money, it can be hard difficult to grasp.

If you took $1 trillion worth of $1 bills and stretched them end to end, they would extend

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is best known for his large stakes in companies like Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR), but there's one stock in the portfolio of

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) likely minted a lot of millionaires in its first five years as a publicly traded company. The cloud-based communications software provider went public at $15 in June 2016, and it

Even though the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have pulled back from their all-time highs, many stocks are still much higher than they were a year ago. But that is not the case for most of

The U.S. Consumer Price Index, or CPI, a metric used to gauge inflation, rose by 3.5% on a year-over-year basis in March. Since that was the third consecutive month when the CPI grew faster than

To hear Elon Musk tell it, Starlink -- the satellite internet business that SpaceX has been building for nearly a decade now -- is generating cash and well on its way to profitability. SpaceX's

Social Security can go a long way toward enjoying a comfortable retirement, especially if your savings are falling short. Nearly 60% of current retirees say their benefits are a major source of