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Better Cryptocurrency to Buy With $2,000 and Hold for 5 Years: XRP vs. Ethereum
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are two of the biggest cryptocurrencies, yet their focuses are very different.XRP aims to rapidly and accurately process money transfers around the world, potentially including the tokenzation of real-world assets into its transfer capabilities.Start Your...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
I'm Not Counting on Social Security COLAs to Carry Me Through Retirement. Here's What I'm Doing to Combat Inflation Instead
There's a reason Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. Without one, benefits would be practically guaranteed to lose buying power over time due to inflation.But while Social Security COLAs help avoid that scenario to some degree, they'v...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
3 Cloud and AI Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in February
The cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) markets, which are linked together in myriad ways, have both flourished over the past decade. More companies transferred their data from on-premises servers toward public cloud platforms, which are more secure, scalable, and accessible across a wide range o...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
The Best Stocks to Invest $50,000 in Right Now
The stock market looks bulletproof right now. Despite the barrage of headlines around the threats of tariffs from the Trump administration, the S&P 500 index is up 22% in the past year and 80% in the last five.The average price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) for the market is 30, which is close to an all-t...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
It's True: These 13 States Don't Tax Retirement Income
The Beatles struck a chord in more ways than one with their 1966 song "Taxman." Its lyrics included the lines:Let me tell you how it will be. There's one for you, nineteen for me. 'Cause I'm the taxman. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 bes...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
This Is the Average 401(k) Balance by Salary -- Plus 1 Nearly Effortless Way to Save More
Contributing to a 401(k) is one of the easiest and most effective ways to save for retirement.The 401(k) offers a contribution limit of $23,500 per year in 2025, compared to just $7,000 per year for IRAs. When you set up direct transfers from your paycheck straight to your 401(k), you can also set y...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
4 Stocks That Turned $1,000 Into $1 Million (or More)
Turning a small investment into a fortune is the ultimate dream for any investor. But it's exceedingly rare to find an investment that delivers outsize returns quickly that doesn't come with a few risks.It's not easy to turn $1,000 into a million bucks (or more), but these four retailers have done i...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Should You Buy the 3 Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks in the Dow Jones?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) may be the most elite club in the stock market.The vaunted index holds only 30 blue chip stocks, making it a great source if you're looking for reliable industry leaders that pay dividends. In fact, one time-tested investment strategy known as the D...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Stock-Split Watch: Is Oracle Next?
Stock splits have gained in popularity in recent years as the pace of the market's growth has risen, with many companies going this route in order to get per-share prices back to levels retail investors are comfortable with. Such a move doesn't alter a company's fundamentals. It simply reduces the p...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Prediction: 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Will Be Worth More Than Nvidia 3 Years From Now
Few companies have benefited from the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) as much as Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The chipmaker saw its stock price increase nearly eightfold from the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, through the end of 2024. It's briefly spent time as the most valua...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
EVgo Has 1 Big Problem to Solve
EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) is at the forefront of a burgeoning industry. That is a good thing in some ways, but also a bad thing in others. As investors try to assess the growth opportunity offered by EVgo's efforts to build out an electric vehicle (EV) charging network, it's important to keep the cost of ...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Should You Buy Ares Capital Stock While It's Below $26?
Ares Capital's (NASDAQ: ARCC) stock has increased only about 40% during the past 10 years. If we include its reinvested dividends, it's delivered a stunning total return of nearly 260%.Ares' stock is now trading near its all-time high, but it remains about $3 shy of Wall Street's top price target of...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Where Will Netflix Stock Be in 3 Years?
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been one of the biggest surprises on the stock market in recent years after investors had written off the stock in 2022 following two straight quarters of subscriber losses.However, since then, the company has revamped its business, and it's delivered enormous returns, as ...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
3 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy in February
The S&P 500 index is offering up a tiny little dividend yield of 1.2% right now. The average real estate investment trust (REIT) has a yield of 3.8%. All three of the REITs here beat that, with Rexford Industrial (NYSE: REXR) offering a fast-growing dividend and a 4.1% yield. Realty Income (NYSE: O)...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
3 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy in February
Top dividend stocks share one thing in common. They regularly increase their payments. That's evident by digging into the data. Over the last 50 years, dividend growers have significantly outperformed companies with no change to their dividend payment (10.2% average annual total return compared to 6...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Alphabet Shares Tumble on Cloud Revenue Shortfall. Is This a Buying Opportunity for the Stock?
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) share prices tumbled as much as 8.4% following its Q4 earnings report as the market came away disappointed with the tech giant's cloud computing revenue growth rate. Like a number of other large tech companies, Alphabet is also set to ramp up its artificial in...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Lyft Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
If you asked the professional analyst community about ride-sharing company Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), they'd collectively tell you that the stock has strong upside potential. As of this writing, the average price target from analysts is $18.69 per share, according to the 32 analysts tracked by TipRanks. T...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Where Will Dutch Bros Stock Be in 1 Year?
The market was getting iffy about Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) stock a few years ago when comparable sales (comps) were under pressure, but as it continues to demonstrate strong performance, with improving comps and pretty much everything else, it's come roaring back. Dutch Bros stock is up 134% over the...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
2 Top Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in February
Quantum computing stocks are attracting a lot of attention these days for one simple reason: These companies, if they reach their goals, could offer the world the next game-changing technology. As we've seen in the past -- from internet-related companies to artificial intelligence (AI) players -- th...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Could Buying PepsiCo Stock Today Set You Up for Life?
When searching for new stocks to invest in, dividend investors usually try to find a good compromise between income, income stability, and growth potential. There's no perfect investment that scores high on all three at once, so trade-offs have to be made. Right now, PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) looks like...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
