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Many people get Social Security benefits based on their own work history -- but not everyone.

Some people instead claim retirement checks based on a spouse's work record instead of their own. These

America has an abundance of low-cost natural gas. We have more gas than we can use, which is leading energy companies to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals to ship the excess

Investing is often a balance between risk and reward, growth and stability, future promise and proven results. Among the myriad of choices, growth stocks stand out for their potential to outperform

Best-selling author and former Motley Fool contributor Morgan Housel once sent out a tweet that I love. It says this: "A book called Shut Up and Wait. Every page is just this chart." The chart is

It's less than two months into the year, and the Nasdaq Composite is already up 6% while the S&P 500 is up 5.5%. It's an incredible follow-up to the Nasdaq's 43% gain in 2023 and the S&P 500's 24%

Anyone interested in locking down a short-term investment return approaching 30% would do well to plonk down some money on Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock.

That's if you believe one analyst who reduced

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) climbed last year, but one big uncertainty remained: Was this a temporary rebound or were we experiencing the early days of a new bull market? To confirm a bull market

 Last summer, Ben Kallo, an analyst at Baird, wasn't so optimistic about shares of QuantumScape (NYSE: QS), and he turned out to be right.

But now he believes the stock can reverse its recent

The stock market is red-hot. The S&P 500 crossed 5,000 for the first time ever; the Dow Jones Industrial Average is making new all-time highs regularly.

Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite, the most

Investment bank UBS recently adjusted its price target on midstream giant Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET). While it trimmed the target from $23 per unit to $22, it maintained its buy rating. That

It hasn't been a great start to the year for cannabis producer Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC), as its shares are already down 29% this year. The stock has struggled to win over investors in recent

Rising interest rates and other macro headwinds drove many investors away from hypergrowth stocks over the past two years. However, that sell-off also compressed many of those stocks' valuations to

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) remains one of the world's most respected companies. It owns more than 200 unique beverage brands, and a global footprint makes it one of the most successful beverage companies

The key to building a robust investment portfolio is to select stocks with attractive characteristics. If the selection process is done right, you'll end up with a bunch of growth stocks that can

Billionaire investor Chase Coleman is one of Wall Street's original whiz kids. When he was just 24 years old, he founded Tiger Global Management with starting capital from his former boss and

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been a big winner over the past year, with the stock gaining 85% since the start of 2023. The fintech has skillfully transformed its business in recent years

The artificial intelligence revolution has technology stocks on fire. And while there are certain comparisons being made to the dot-com bubble of the mid- to late 1990s, remember that that bubble

Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) -- an emerging leader in next-gen internet infrastructure, cybersecurity, and cloud-based app development tools -- remains on a solid growth trajectory. Despite a big slowdown

The maximum monthly Social Security benefit in 2023 would provide you with $4,873 per month in retirement benefits. If this sounds like a lot, that's because it's the benefit available only to some

Five years ago, IBM (NYSE: IBM) was little more than a fading memory for most people. The end of the mainframe computer era and the rise of cloud computing left the aging company behind. The revenue

The benefit of saving for retirement in a traditional IRA or 401(k), as opposed to a Roth account, is getting a tax break on your contributions. And you have the potential to exempt quite a bit of

Over the past year, there have been few better stocks to own than Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), as it's up 400% since the start of 2023. And year to date, it's already up nearly 50%.

Unfortunately, I

Income investors love Rithm Capital (NYSE: RITM). Shares of the investment management company currently pay a 9.8% dividend yield, and there's plenty of reason to believe this level of payout will

Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), recently revealed its latest stock transactions. One of its more notable purchases was shares of oil giant Chevron (NYSE:

Artificial intelligence (AI) came of age in 2023, and while the technology has been around in one form or another for decades, recent advances have captivated Wall Street and Main Street alike. As a