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The mortgage industry has been going through an incredibly difficult stretch. Last year was absolutely awful as the Federal Reserve began to rapidly hike the federal funds rate to combat high

Investing in value stocks is well-known as a great way to earn dividend income with relatively low volatility. But you might be surprised at the long-term share price growth potential some value

The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a severe downturn. As a result, stocks of technology's basic building blocks are down significantly. Since the start of 2022, semiconductor stocks are

Everyone in Washington, D.C., knows that something needs to be done to preserve Social Security. Without action, the federal program's trust funds will run out of money as early as 2033. The

Although the rebound in the crypto market might have cooled in February,  the new year got off to a hot start for just about every type of crypto, including metaverse and AI tokens. The task now is

What will the stock market do next? That's the question every investor would love to be able to answer correctly. Unfortunately, there's no way to know what stocks will do. Or is there?

Many

For over a year now, growth stocks have been under a lot of pressure. Since peaking in late 2021, the Nasdaq Composite has fallen around 27%, and many of its components have fared much worse.

For

It's no secret there is some uncertainty about the economy at the moment, with surging inflation and rising interest rates pressuring consumer spending and forcing companies to manage costs more

Bear markets stink. They're painful to endure and can crush the spirits of even the most upbeat investors. Thankfully, bear markets have one saving grace: They end.

With the Nasdaq Composite, S&P

Choosing the best stocks to invest in during a bear market isn't easy. While we've seen a nice bump in growth stocks thus far this year, we're also nearing valuation levels we haven't seen in some

The current rising-interest-rate, elevated-inflation-rate market environment has many investors wary of growth stocks. but even in these uncertain times, it's good practice to not put all your eggs

Not many professional investors manage to beat the market on a regular basis. In fact, more than half of large-cap equity funds underperformed the S&P 500 through the first half of 2022, and a

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, global governments and central banks kicked into gear with economic stimulus to protect consumers and businesses from the impacts of the virus and social

There hasn't been much opportunity for gains in growth stocks over the last year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broader S&P 500 index were both pushed into bear territory, bringing

No matter how well or poorly the stock market is performing, you can always count on a next-big-thing investment creating a buzz on Wall Street. In 2023, that next-big-thing investment is artificial

Much of the general public sees Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as an e-commerce behemoth and little more. After all, it owns 38% of the U.S. market, with Walmart a distant second at just 6%. As investors

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) represent two very different ways to invest in the cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) market. Salesforce, the largest

The large digital consumer bank Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY), which specializes in auto lending, has seen its annual dividend yield climb from around 2% prior to the pandemic to now approaching 4%

The past 14 months have been challenging for investors. Following a year with minimal pullbacks in 2021, last year featured a bear market for all three major U.S. stock indexes.

But amid this

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) stock has been under pressure since the company went public in November 2021. Part of that pressure isn't even Rivian's fault. After surging to a peak market cap of

Many people find themselves tethered geographically to a job during their working years. The upside of being retired is not having to worry about proximity to an office. And that might give you the

Virtual reality (VR) has shown up in a number of devices and iterations since the early 1990s. However, recent advances in the technology have only just made it possible for VR to fulfill the