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This has been a challenging year all the way around for the investing community. Since notching their respective all-time highs between mid-November and the first week of January, the ageless Dow

Chaos has subsumed the housing market in 2022. Mortgage rates have shot up at a record pace, recently hitting an average of 7% across the United States. These rate increases have made it

Shares of AT&T (NYSE: T) leaped 14% this past week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Investors applauded the wireless leader's third-quarter growth metrics released on

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is raising subscription prices for the ad-free YouTube Premium experience. It's the first price bump in the service's four-year history, and it only applies

Investing in real estate can be a great path to create wealth while diversifying a portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other securities. But if you're thinking of using your 401(k) or IRA as the vehicle

Nobody likes to see their portfolio's value fall, but long-term investors know this truth about bear markets: If you're a net buyer of stocks, bear markets are the best times to buy. That's because

In this podcast, Motley Fool producer Ricky Mulvey caught up with Motley Fool analysts Matt Argersinger and Anthony Schiavone to discuss:

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If you're a Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) member, you're probably well aware that an annual membership costs $60 (or $120 for an executive membership). If you're a Costco shareholder, you may or

With inflation soaring and consumers spending less, the pandemic-inspired preference for cooking at home has persisted. That's good for packaged food companies. The $1.03 trillion U.S. packaged food

There have been a lot of down weeks for Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) this year, but this week was not one of them. The fintech climbed 11.7% for the week, from $6.50 per share at the market close last

You can spend a lifetime and still not know everything there is to know about investing -- not even close. Just look at Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He's 92 and has been

Shares of Janux Therapeutics (NASDAQ: JANX), which specializes in immunotherapies to treat cancer, rose 33.1% this week, according to data from S&P Global Intelligence. The stock closed at $13.07

Let's face it: finding the best investments for your portfolio in the current environment isn't easy. With so many companies trading at or near historic lows, it's important to separate the wheat

This is a great time to hunt for deals in the equity markets. Many quality stocks continue to fall, carried downward in part by the momentum of the broader market, and even among those that are

Shares of home furnishings website Wayfair (NYSE: W) are down 91% from their all-time high last year -- and some investors might be inclined to buy a stock down this much, thinking it must be cheap.

It's been a challenging year for stock market investors, with the S&P 500 down more than 23% year to date. But many well-known stocks are faring even worse and, as a result, look incredibly cheap

Down 80% year to date, Shopify's (NYSE: SHOP) decline has far outpaced that of the Nasdaq Composite index, which has "only" fallen 33% in the same period. The beleaguered e-commerce platform hasn't

There's a lot of debate happening now about whether the United States is heading toward a recession or whether we're already in one. And if some degree of downturn appears inevitable, how severe

Growing quick-service coffee chain Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) has fallen roughly 55% from its high. The stock came public in September of last year, near the height of the market before the painful

Shares of IBM (NYSE: IBM) rose 3% during after-hours trading on Wednesday following its third-quarter report. The tech giant's revenue rose 6% year over year (15% in constant currency terms) to

Everybody loves a bargain. And in the current bear market, there are plenty of stocks to buy at a discount.

We asked three Motley Fool contributors to identify dirt-cheap stocks to buy sooner rather

If you're like many Americans, not only do you have a Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) membership, but you've been shopping at the company's warehouses more as inflation has made it harder to stretch

For every stock buyer in a transaction, there's a seller who has a much different opinion about the stock. If there was agreement about its chances to beat the market, then it probably wouldn't be

The energy sector currently clocks in with the highest dividend yield in the S&P 500 at around 4%. That's more than double the index's current 1.8% yield. Many energy stocks offer even higher

The Dow Jones Index is made up of 30 of the largest and most dominant companies on the U.S. stock exchanges. However, none of them have had a positive year. So far, the best performer of 2022 is