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A good rule of thumb for investors is to avoid putting money into the stock market that you might need within the next three years. Bear markets are frequent and occur without warning, after all

Stock market investors have generally had confidence that Washington politicians would manage to avoid sending the U.S. into default on its debt. Increasingly, though, that confidence seems to have

There are reasons to be wary of the stock market right now. Chief among them is the fact that the economy continues to be somewhat uncertain, making it difficult to predict how things will develop

It is not necessary to make a large investment to enter the stock market. If you have some extra cash after paying your bills, why not invest it and let your money compound over time? Growth stocks

Many people who don't invest make that choice because they don't see much point in making a financial sacrifice here and now. Their mindset is, that little bit of money invested now could never grow

Connected-fitness company Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) has been attempting to turn itself around since the beginning of 2022. The company made the near-fatal error of assuming that pandemic-era demand for

According to Yahoo! Finance, entertainment stocks collectively lost $500 billion in 2022. Indeed, 2023 has continued to pile pressure on companies such as Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Netflix (NASDAQ:

The hype surrounding AI, thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT, has likely been one of the main factors beyond Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock's 33% gain this year. The company has jumped on the bandwagon in

Got $1,500 to put away so it can grow for the future? Sure, you can put it in a savings account and get a decent interest rate, at least until rates start falling again.

Since we know that stocks

You don't need much cash to invest in the best stocks. Even $100, when used to buy and hold a high-quality stock for many years, can multiply many times over in that time.

There are many stocks

Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR), an online marketplace for gig economy workers, went public on June 13, 2019 at $21 per share. Its stock started trading at $26, ended its first day at $39.90, and

In a recent interview on CNBC, Elon Musk, Tesla founder, CEO, and billionaire entrepreneur, said he invested $50 million into OpenAI and is ultimately the reason that the company exists.

If you

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) show up on nearly every list of leaders in artificial intelligence (AI). And rightly so.

The conventional wisdom is

Early last year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) revealed something that many investors already knew: password sharing was rampant on its platform. The company had previously encouraged account sharing as a

It's been tough to be an investor of late. Stocks are dishing out plenty of drama (and volatility) this year, making it uncomfortable to stick with them.

If your time frame truly is "forever,"

Bad companies can survive when times are good, even if their business models fundamentally don't work. Easy access to capital can keep the lights on, and profits are always just a few years away.

With more than 19,000 locations, there's no question that Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is one of the largest retail businesses in the country. Its focus on providing customers with low-cost merchandise

Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) posted its latest earnings report on May 22. For the first quarter of fiscal 2024 (ended on April 30), the cloud-based video conferencing company's revenue

Many investors dream of discovering a growth stock capable of doubling or even tripling their money over the long term. If this is your goal, focus on small, fast-growing businesses with strong

GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) listed on the stock market in 2014 priced at $24 per share. It promptly surged to a high of $93.85 before gradually sinking 95% over the last nine years to trade at just over $4