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Many Americans who are approaching retirement age understand the financial advantages of waiting to claim Social Security. The only way to achieve the maximum retirement benefit is to hold off until

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the world's most valuable public company since 2011 when it had a market capitalization of just under $340 billion. Fast forward to today, and Apple's market cap is

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Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner shares his investing lessons from 2023 and a stock he's excited

Income investors love high dividend yields. Unfortunately, those yields often come with unacceptable trade-offs in the form of significant risk and/or low overall growth prospects. That's not always

After Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) soared by more than 150% last year, investors are now looking far and wide for cryptocurrencies that might be able to outperform Bitcoin in 2024. One intriguing candidate

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) stock has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut on Nov. 27, 2020. The developer of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose

There are many ways to start earning passive income in 2024. Investing in real estate or buying dividend stocks is a great way to begin.

One super easy way to start collecting passive income each

Dividend stocks offer investors a phenomenal way to reduce the overall volatility of a portfolio. The regular payouts those shares provide can help offset stock price declines, and studies have

The stock market is pushing toward a new all-time high, but some stocks have been left behind in the recent market rally.

But fortunes could be turning for PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) investors. It has

After a brutal crypto winter in 2022, the resurgence that swept through the crypto asset class in 2023 was more than refreshing. With signs that a bull market might be looming ahead, 2024 is shaping

As a certified B corporation, The Vita Coco Company (NASDAQ: COCO) and its suite of better-for-you beverages aim to succeed not only for its shareholders but for the sake of all stakeholders

The S&P 500 is within 0.5% of its all-time high as of this writing after very strongly closing out the last three months of 2023. So finding stocks that just went on sale is a challenging task --

When China's e-commerce outfit Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) went public back in 2014, investors were understandably stoked. The market was looking for the next Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), which had performed

It's no secret that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) had one of the strongest years of any stock in the market in 2023. With many companies ramping up their purchases of its class-leading graphics processing

Despite the stock market's rally over the last year, there are still promising companies that trade at massive discounts compared to previous highs. With the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution

Artificial intelligence (AI) dominated the stock market narrative in 2023, and there's no reason to think that won't be the case again in 2024.

There are still shortages of the AI chips and

One nice thing about Social Security is that filers get a choice when it comes to signing up. Once you turn 62, you can claim Social Security at any age. However, you're not entitled to your

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Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks are plentiful in the market. While there may not be many "pure plays" available, several companies have AI solutions that are deeply integrated, making them great

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman oversees Pershing Square Capital Management (OTC: PSHZ.F). Currently $14 billion in size, the fund has generated a 28% annualized return over the past five

The hardest part of long-term investing and earning 10x or 100x returns is waiting. There are companies that generate those returns, but for a stock to 10x it first needs to double, then triple

Why does long-term investing rule? Because it makes seemingly lofty goals very doable. Suppose you wanted to invest $3,000 and double it. That's very hard to do in a year or two because stocks are

The right investments can supercharge your portfolio, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a fantastic option for many people.

An ETF is a basket of securities bundled together into a single

One of the most notable changes in the tech landscape over the past year was the advent of generative AI. Sure, artificial intelligence (AI) has been around in some form or fashion for decades

Turning 50 is a big deal. And if your 50th birthday is arriving this year, there's hopefully going to be some sort of celebration in the works.

But 50 is actually an important age in the context of