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Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its annual Prime Day event will be held on July 12 and 13, the seventh consecutive year the e-commerce giant has run the sales extravaganza.

Last year it sold an

Stocks are sort of like plants: Different plants grow best in different seasons. Likewise, different types of stocks perform better in different "seasons" of the market.

We're in a largely barren

Your odds of making $10,000 by snagging a lottery ticket are slim. The same is true with going to the nearest casino.

But earning that amount of money without having to work for it isn't a futile

Among the several electric vehicle (EV) start-ups that took the markets by storm last year, Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) was the most hyped EV stock, with its initial public offering (IPO) turning out to

This has been an especially challenging year for investors of all stripes. The benchmark S&P 500 index has fallen 19% from the peak it set in January. The Nasdaq Composite, which contains more

This has been one of the roughest starts to a year for investors in decades. On a year-to-date basis, through Thursday, June 23, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, broad-based S&P 500, and

Many experts would argue that the hardest aspect of investing is selecting the right stocks. I don't believe that to be true. Great businesses are all around us, but the real challenge is in

For nearly six decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been a money machine for his shareholders. Since taking the helm as CEO in 1965, he's created more than

Millions of seniors today collect Social Security, and for many, those benefits serve as their sole or primary income source. Unfortunately, it's those same people who tend to wind up cash-strapped

Even when matched against the encouraging gains of fellow cryptocurrencies, ApeCoin (CRYPTO: APE) was a chest-pounding success this weekend; as of late Sunday afternoon, the token had gained over

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Investing is tough enough in normal times. When volatility spikes, inflation is high, and the economic future looks incredibly uncertain, investing becomes substantially more difficult for most of

The market has hit a rough patch this year, with the S&P 500 down by about 20% in 2022. However, even when challenges arise, certain stocks do well. One such stock is Kroger (NYSE: KR), which has

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is busy these days. Even as a recent decision could effectively hand the electronic cigarette market to British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) by banning chief

Creating passive income, even at the most basic level, should be a part of every investor's portfolio goals. Dividend stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and bonds are what a lot of investors

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index is officially in a bear market after dropping 26% year to date, but some investors are on the hunt for bargains that could spike in value once more optimism

Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) is an elite dividend stock. The utility has grown its dividend for 48 straight years, the best growth streak of any utility in the S&P 500. That has it well into

Aside from the Great Recession, the last major housing crash was in the 1930s and 1940s during World War II. Crashes are far less common than many think, but the recent scar of the Great Recession

The technology-focused Nasdaq 100 index has spent the majority of 2022 trading in bear market territory, but it has staged a convincing rebound over the past week and a half with a 9.7% gain from

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) posted its third-quarter earnings results on June 23. The IT services giant's revenue rose 22% year over year (27% in local currency terms) to $16.2 billion, which beat