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You get a choice of when to claim Social Security, with benefits available beginning at age 62, although your full retirement age will be much later than that.

The conventional wisdom is that

Social Security benefits are intended to supplement retirees' savings and help them cover their daily expenses once they retire. Because people live longer today than they once did and because

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) remains one of the great all-time crypto investments. If you had invested in Ethereum way back in 2015 when things were just getting started, you'd be up a head-spinning

Snowflake's (NYSE: SNOW) stock plunged 17% on May 25 after the cloud-based data warehousing company posted its latest earnings report. For the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on April 30

Retirement can be an exciting period of life. But the years leading up to it can be stressful.

In the course of your planning, you might start to worry about things like not having enough money, or

Most people begin thinking about retirement well before they reach it, and that's a good thing -- especially if those thoughts are about making sure their finances are in order. A solid financial

Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, made news when he added Capital One Financial to the company's portfolio. Buffett bought nearly 10 million shares; it was

Analysts seem to love utility giant NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE). Of the 15 analysts surveyed by Refinitiv in May, all but two rated the stock as a "buy" or "strong buy." The average 12-month price

Are you in a hurry to earn passive income and currently thinking about ultra-high-yield stocks? These three offer more than 10% at the moment.

These stocks' underlying businesses are eager to

Once you retire, your salary will stop, but most of your bills will keep on coming. That makes it pretty important to figure out how to keep your tax burden down in retirement to help ensure the

The search for PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) CEO has started, and the conclusion is of significant interest to investors. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian highlights what

There's arguably no bigger buzz phrase on Wall Street right now than "artificial intelligence." AI, as it's more commonly abbreviated, describes the use of software and systems that handle tasks

There aren't many people that can captivate the attention of new and tenured investors quite like Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. The company's annual shareholder

How much are space stocks worth?

A couple months ago I waded into the space industry weeds to answer this question, coming away with the firm conviction that if:

...then a price-to-sales ratio of

You may not think of age 62 as one of those milestone ages. But from a Social Security perspective, age 62 is huge. That's because it's the earliest age you can sign up for Social Security.

If

Have you ever been sitting at your desk and received an unsolicited email from a sales rep trying to schedule a meeting with you to demo their new widget? This happens to me several times per week.

Deere (NYSE: DE) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) are two excellent choices for investors looking for defensive dividend stocks. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian picks his

Block (NYSE: SQ) is trading at an inexpensive valuation and growing rapidly, a combination that is unsurprisingly attracting investors.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 25, 2023

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has added billions in deposits as other banks have lost billions. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian elaborates on how SoFi has achieved this impressive

What a difference a calendar year makes. Across 2022, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares lost nearly 30% of their value based on concerns that supply shortages would hamstring tech companies of all

Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape a huge portion of the global economy. The game-changing technology could disrupt countless industries while creating new ones along the way.

Many

Every long-term portfolio should feature a collection of blue-chip stocks, Wall Street's best companies. These stocks probably won't make you wealthy overnight, but they have a probability of

Here's a little wake-up call: The average monthly Social Security retirement benefit is just $1,833, as of March 2023. Over the course of a year, that amounts to about $22,000. That probably doesn't