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This Is Exactly How Much Americans Think They'll Need to Retire
How much money do you need for a comfortable retirement? Americans have agreed on a number. According to Northwestern Mutual's Planning & Progress Study for 2025, the magic number is $1.26 million. This is actually down $200,000 from the $1.46 million that Americans thought they'd need for their sen...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Meet the Critical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Stock Your S&P 500 ETF Doesn't Include (but Every Tech Portfolio Needs)
One of the most popular ways to invest in the stock market today is to buy a simple S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO), for example, added $117.4 billion in net new assets last year, shattering the previous single-year record for inflows into a single ETF of ...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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This Monster Dividend Growth Stock Is Up 86% in the Last Year
The tobacco sector had been left for dead by investors. Volume declines drove earnings ratios lower, while mandates for investing with an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) mindset kept many investors away from the stocks. No longer.Now, the category is making a comeback. Not because of cig...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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3 Semiconductor Stocks That Could Help Make You a Fortune
Many semiconductor stocks slumped this year as President Donald Trump's tariffs, the escalating trade wars, and fears of a recession cast dark clouds over the booming sector. However, that pullback has also been creating attractive buying opportunities for investors who expect the semiconductor mark...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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The Best Technology ETF to Invest $2,000 In Right Now
If investors want broad access to the stock market in their portfolios, they usually direct their attention to the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). The popular benchmark is a gauge to measure the performance of U.S. equities at large. And in the past decade, it has generated a total return of 213% (as of ...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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3 Ways Bitcoin Has Proved It Has Staying Power in 2025
Most cryptocurrencies haven't escaped unscathed from the market's chaos and economic disruptions of 2025 so far. But, at least up until now, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is holding together reasonably well.And that's just one of the ways that it is proving that it has staying power. Let's take a look at a ...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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3 Monster Stocks to Hold for the Next 5 Years
While investing in stocks is one of the best ways to make your money work for you, some stocks have the power to generate monster returns and create massive wealth for shareholders over time. They're often industry-leading companies with solid earnings power and a hunger for growth, all of which eve...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Enterprise Products Partners: Is It Time to Buy This Consistent Dividend Payer?
Consistency has been a trademark of Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) throughout its storied history. Through various energy and economic down cycles, the pipeline company serving the midstream market has been able to maintain its distribution and continually increase it. Last year marked the...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Should You Buy Carvana Stock Right Now?
Investors who bet on Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) stock back in 2023 are now reaping huge rewards. The online used car buying and financing marketplace went through a serious rough patch in 2022 that sent its shares down by 99% from their all-time highs. But for investors who held on, or who bought in when ...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Is the Trump Administration About to Cause AbbVie, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson Stocks to Crash?
Investors often view Pharmaceutical stocks as safe havens during periods of market turbulence. Stock market volatility or even economic downturns usually don't affect drugmakers' underlying businesses much, if at all. Physicians prescribe medications, and patients take them, regardless of the S&P 50...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Social Security's 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) May Surprise Retirees for This Reason
When the Social Security Administration announced this past October that retirees would be getting a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), many seniors were disappointed. And that was understandable. A 2.5% raise isn't particularly generous, especially in light of recent Social Security COLAs that ...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Is Cava Stock Your Ticket to Becoming a Millionaire?
Successful investing involves steady, consistent stock purchases over many years, letting the magic of compounding do its work. The S&P 500 has delivered an average annualized gain of 10.3% over the past 20 years, so even just investing in a simple index fund could help you achieve long-term wealth....The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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5 Growth Stocks to Buy in May and Go Away
Nearly every investor has heard the adage, "Sell in May and go away." The premise is that stock market returns are often lower between May and October than from November to April. Historically, there has been some support for this approach (although not so much in recent years).I have a different su...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures 11, causes fires in housing blocks, Ukraine says
KYIV, May 4 (Reuters) - A Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital injured at least 11 people, including two children, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for a real ceasefire lasting at least a month in the more than three-year-old war.Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Reuters
Sun, May 4
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This S&P 500 Stock Has a Tremendous 5.6% Yield and Pays Monthly Dividends
The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has a tiny dividend of 1.3% or so. It would be very difficult to live off the income collected from an S&P 500 index fund. What if you could get four times that income? That's what is on offer from S&P 500 component Realty Income (NYSE: O) today, given its 5.6% di...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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The S&P 500's First Four Months in 2025 Were Its Eighth-Worst Start in 50 Years. Here's What History Shows Stocks Could Do Next.
Beginnings are important. That's true whether we're talking about books, movies, or marriages. And it applies to stocks, too. How the stock market begins a given year can be telling about how it will finish it.As of April 30, 2025, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was off to its eighth-worst start in 5...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Got an extra $1,000 you're ready to put to work but don't know what to invest it in? It doesn't have to be difficult. Just borrow an idea or two from legendary stock picker Warren Buffett. Or more specifically, from Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio. After all, given...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
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Is Investing $50,000 Into This Top Vanguard Fund a Surefire Way to Get to $1 Million by Retirement?
Investing a large lump sum today into a diversified exchange-traded fund (ETF) and simply holding on to it can be a great way to grow your portfolio over the long term. Historically, stocks have risen in value, and the S&P 500 has averaged an annual return of around 10% per year.But can investing $5...The Motley Fool
Sun, May 4
