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One of the trickiest decisions you might have to make in the course of gearing up for retirement is deciding when to claim Social Security. You can file for benefits as early as age 62. But you're

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been a winning investment over the last three years, but the stock's returns have stagnated recently. Even after a recent run-up, Tesla shares are down about 18% thus far in

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When building wealth through the stock market, one of the most straightforward strategies is buying excellent companies and holding them for the long haul. When looking for top-notch stocks, you

Today, I cover 5 beaten-down growth stocks to buy now that are attractive at these prices and lower for long-term investors. I used twelve specific criteria to sift through hundreds of growth

I never expected to say this, but shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) are starting to look like a good value, if not a downright bargain. Zoom is perhaps the poster child for the "work

One way to make life-changing wealth in the stock market is by investing in growth stocks. Growth stocks are excellent companies that increase revenue and earnings faster than their industry. These

Investors who rely on income from their portfolios have had to deal with a conundrum. For years, interest rates on bonds and other traditional fixed-income securities fell to historically low

Social Security can provide great supplemental income in retirement for some, but it's the primary source for many others. Among its beneficiaries, 12% of men and 15% of women rely on it for more

Claiming Social Security benefits is a major life milestone. You'll start getting income from the government to support you in retirement. But the choice you make about when to file for benefits

FAANG is the acronym given to Meta (formerly Facebook) (NASDAQ: META), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent of

Is the American economy in a recession right now? Some economists say yes, since there have been two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, a long-standing benchmark of a recession. Other

Fears about the health of the U.S. economy have led the S&P 500 index 13% lower so far in 2022. 

However, some stocks have tremendously outperformed the index. Up 24% year to date, health insurer

Warren Buffett is worth about $100 billion, and he built that wealth through investing. Understandably, many investors watch his every move and mimic his strategies.

Tracking Buffett's trades can be

One of the more unlikely entertainment industry stories to bubble up late in the summer season is the rebirth of MoviePass. The disruptive multiplex buffet subscription peaked with 3.2 million

Even with the stock market rally in recent weeks, the S&P 500 index has still dipped 13% so far this year. Yet the index offers investors a mere 1.5% dividend yield. Most investors will have a

Figs (NYSE: FIGS), the maker of high-end healthcare apparel, was one of last year's hottest IPOs. However, like many high-flying growth stocks that surged in 2021, Figs flew too close to the Sun and

The cryptocurrency market has been crashing after its massive run-up last year. Similar to the stock market, investor sentiment changed, and investors started to prefer stable, reliable companies

In July, analysts at Bank of America came out with a pretty somber forecast for the S&P 500 through the end of 2022. They revised their year-end target for the benchmark from 4,500 to 3,600 at the

This year has been challenging for investors, as persistent inflation has been the big story. With this uncertainty, the S&P 500 index got off to its worst start in 52 years.

The Federal Reserve is

It's not often that Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) are compared in the same industries, but both companies' recent pursuits in gaming could see them directly

It has been a tough year for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), to say the least. The company shed 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 and followed that performance by losing another 1 million

History shows that stocks perform better than any other asset class over time. While gold, oil, and housing may beat the market for short periods, over the past century equities handily trump all