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Major indexes have slipped into bear territory. And many leaders in their industries have fallen, too. Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK), the world's biggest cruise operator, is an example. But

Most investors would like to see their stock portfolio grow significantly, especially if they have quite a few years left until retirement. Moreover, savvy investors would search for such growth

In the recent market turbulence, some of the most popular stocks have been absolutely hammered, with shares down by 50%, 70%, or even 90% or more from their all-time highs in a few cases. With all

Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) has transformed its business over the past decade or so and is now just a regulated utility. Don't write this company off, however, because its generous 3.8% dividend yield

The past two years have been downright awful for mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs). First, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the mortgage-backed securities market to freeze, triggering a

Many investors -- myself included -- have only been active investors at a time when Treasury bonds and notes have been practically non-factors. For example, since 2000, the two-year Treasury rate

While software stocks were all the rage in 2020 and 2021, they fell by the wayside in 2022. It's not uncommon to see some software stocks down 80% or more from their all-time highs, which may scare

Analysts expect video game revenue to hit $235.7 billion in 2022 and rise 36% to $321.1 billion by 2026. As a result, it might not be a bad idea to add a gaming stock to your portfolio. While it

Are shares of Snapchat parent company Snap (NYSE: SNAP) cheap? On the one hand, the social media specialist's stock has been volatile this year, and its share price fell below its IPO level. Once

Ever since the breakup of DowDuPont in 2019, specialty chemicals maker Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW) has been a disappointment, generating a total return of less than 4% compared to the 24% gain by the Dow

With the three major indexes falling into a bear market, you may not be thinking about the next bull market. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq have each have lost at

Social Security has been around since 1935. Like most 87-year-olds, it has changed in some ways throughout the years.

You can pretty much bank on the federal program transforming even more in the

It's been a troubling year for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), as the streaming video pioneer shed a total of 1.2 million subscribers during the first six months of 2022. On its second-quarter earnings

There are lots of attributes that many of the best stocks have. Two especially stand near the top of the list: an attractive valuation and exceptional growth prospects.

It's not always easy to find

With the market in turmoil, investors are flocking to dividend-paying stocks in 2022. However, even companies that pay dividends haven't been exempt from some pain. Share prices of derivatives

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time. And when he bets on a company, it pays to find out why. As of June 2022, Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns

Income investors need to balance three competing goals. First, they need steady, reliable income. Second, they need safety, because capital preservation is of paramount importance to a retiree

Dividends are rare in the tech world, and rarer still are head-turning payout raises. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a happy exception. The software giant in late September announced that it will soon

Coffeehouse giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced on Sept. 1 that it hired Laxman Narasimhan to become its new CEO. He will take the helm next year from founder and three-time CEO of the chain,

The stock market has been hammered this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has now posted three consecutive quarterly losses, its longest losing streak since 2009, and the index currently sits

Investors have a habit of overcomplicating the process of constructing a portfolio. Sure, there are infinite potential worries about how any business might perform over the next quarter and what you

Are you looking for stocks that could put up big gains in a fairly short amount of time? If so, Wall Street analysts would like to talk to you about a few stocks they believe are deeply

Do you think the story on digital payments is already written? Not so fast. Though the conversion to digital money has made rapid headway against cold, hard cash in the last couple of decades, much

GameStop's (NYSE: GME) unprecedented rally last year, which was largely driven by a massive short squeeze, caused some investors to seek out other heavily shorted stocks to buy into in hopes of

Since taking the helm at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, Warren Buffett has steadily outperformed the overall stock market. Shares of his holding company are down sharply this