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If we're talking about great investors, three names that immediately come to mind are Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman, and Michael Burry.

Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE:

The conventional wisdom is that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) could be mounting a serious threat to Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) dominance in search. Microsoft integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT

Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR) was a high-growth company when it hit public markets, but the reality now is that growth is slowing, particularly in the key subscription area. Travis Hoium digs into the

Last year was tough for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 28% from its high and the S&P 500 index declined 20%. Losses may have been deep and broad but history has shown that the

Are you thinking about beginning to invest in the stock market but don't have a lot of extra money to get started? I have some great news. In recent years, discount stock brokerages chased each

Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) sank 74% last year after two billion-dollar goodwill impairment charges were linked to an acquisition -- and concerns about the company's path to profitability. A

There's no sugarcoating that the past 14 months have challenged investors' convictions in a way we haven't seen in more than a decade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) delivered strong results in its fourth-quarter earnings report.

The retail giant posted strong top-line growth due to inflation and a solid increase in traffic as consumers look

The bear market afflicting the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) over the past year was felt by many investors. 2023 may signal the beginning of a turnaround of this volatile period, but there's

As much as we'd like the stock market to only move higher, history shows that stock market corrections are a normal, and relatively common, part of the investing cycle.

Since the beginning of 1950

There's a reason so many workers today are worried about Social Security disappearing on them. The program is facing a serious financial shortfall. And if lawmakers don't take steps to address it

The jury is still out on whether the stock market rally to kick off 2023 is the start of the next bull market, or just a false start. No bother, though, as a handful of tech names have already

PJ Vogt is the host of podcast Crypto Island. You may have also heard him on Reply All or This American Life. Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey caught up with him to discuss:

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Shares of La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB) rose 14% over the past week, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the furniture maker delivered revenue and earnings that were

Philosophy professor C. Thi Nguyen is here to deepen our understanding of games and raise a few flags about the gamification of everyday life.

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You might have noticed the global economy facing some challenges lately, with inflation and other factors holding down markets around the world. But, as the saying goes, every crisis also presents

Adobe's (NASDAQ: ADBE) stock price fell over 7% on Friday after reports appeared that regulators might block its acquisition of Figma in the upcoming month. Is that all there was to the price drop,

The way that companies return capital to shareholders is through dividends and share repurchases. For banks, it boils down to looking at how much excess capital they have above their regulatory

With the possibility of a recession still on the table in the next year, it would be wise for investors to pick quality dividend stocks. These resilient companies all have at least one factor in

Shares of American Tower (NYSE: AMT) have gotten shellacked over the past year. The data infrastructure-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) is down about 30% from its peak last year. 

While

Most readers are probably aware that the home improvement industry has long been dominated by two businesses. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW), both household names by now, possess

Lucid's (NASDAQ: LCID) fourth-quarter earnings results were nothing short of a disaster. The company is burning cash like crazy but the worst news is that customers are canceling reservations for

Perhaps no other topic has been on every investor's mind more in the last year than inflation. Based on the widely followed Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation is at levels we haven't seen in

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up 14% year to date, outperforming the 4% return of the S&P 500 index. There are good reasons Apple stock is leading the market higher in 2023. iPhone demand has

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