Social Security retirees receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their retirement benefits in most years. This is meant to help them maintain their buying power even as prices go up. Without these COLAs, retirees would be able to afford less and less each year since costs d
Can you become a millionaire by investing in Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) stock? Absolutely. Over the long term, shares have proven a terrific investment. And given the company's unique asset base, there's a good chance this performance will be repeated in the years to come.
The field of artificial intelligence is still in its early years, yet several businesses are already working on technology that can become the foundation for AI's future. These companies are developing quantum computing systems capable of processing mountains of data in seconds,
C3.ai (NYSE: AI) was a fairly popular artificial intelligence (AI) stock back in 2023 when the AI investment wave began. The two letters in the company's name and ticker symbol prominently tell any investor or client what it specializes in. As a result of the AI investment wave,
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With shares down a whopping 47% over the last five years, Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) has been dead money for long-term investors. The China-based e-commerce and technology conglomerate faces ongoing political uncertainty, market weakness, and competition from nimble rivals.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) never is short on big news. Most recently, the company wowed investors with details of its new Blackwell architecture and said the launch will happen later this year. And prior to this, Nvidia said it aimed to start shipping its H200 graphics processing unit
The internet has changed how people can work and earn money. And perhaps no other business exemplifies the rise of this so-called gig economy quite like Uber (NYSE: UBER) does. This tech-forward ride-hailing and delivery outfit has become a massive $138 billion business in 15 yea
Have you ever considered asking an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant like Google's Gemini or Microsoft's Copilot for help allocating your retirement portfolio? If so, you wouldn't be the first. You may already be using AI to allocate your retirement savings without k
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be an income investor's best friend. They provide much-needed diversification. And some of them generate solid and reliable income.
A growing number of crypto investors now think that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could hit a price of $1 million within the next few years. In addition to Cathie Wood of Ark Invest, who famously predicted a $1 million price in 2022, there's now Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) may not be the star of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution so far, but there's no doubt that the chipmaker is taking part in the surge.
Income-oriented investors tend to like midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs) for their high yields and increasing distributions. However, it isn't often that an MLP raises its distribution by 50% or more.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) had a rough 2022 as rising inflation weighed on earnings, so last year the company revamped its cost structure to turn things around. And now this year, the market giant is showing investors they still can count on it for major growth. In the latest earnings
Warren Buffett and his one-time partner Charlie Munger created something very special as they built Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) into a Wall Street icon. However, Munger passed away in late 2023, and Buffett is not a young man. It seems highly likely that there
In aiming to revolutionize cross-border payments by introducing a fast and secure blockchain-based alternative to cumbersome banking networks, Ripple's XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has become one of the most popular cryptocurrencies on the market today.
The last 15 months have been a fantastic time to own stocks. The last 15 years, if we're really being honest. In this most recent run, an artificial intelligence (AI) boom and soaring profits for technology companies have helped the stock market indexes break through to new highs