After a troubling start to the year, the market has bounced back remarkably. Some companies in particular have benefited tremendously from the renewed sense of optimism. As of May 27, this growth stock has soared 41% in the past seven weeks. At the same time, the Nasdaq Composite index has climbed 25%. There are undoubtedly…
While many investors succeed with a simple two-fund portfolio giving them ownership of a lot of stocks — perhaps just the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) and Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ: BND) — I’ve taken a more nuanced approach. My strategy involves three distinct portfolios, each designed with specific goals: aggressive growth,…
The majority of Americans know they’ll need to rely on their retirement savings as an income source when they hit their senior years. In fact, according to Fidelity, 61% of people currently working and planning for retirement believe that their savings will be one of their biggest income streams. That’s up from 50% of today’s…
Some stock picks make sense because the shares are unreasonably cheap. In other cases, you may want to grab a few shares of a skyrocketing stock while it’s hot. Either way, I insist on investing in fantastic companies with promising long-term business prospects. On that note, two stocks currently strike me as particularly great investment…
Quantum computing has caught the imagination of investors pushing the value of companies like IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) into the stratosphere. But is this a sustainable business or a bubble? *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of May 22, 2025. The video was published on May 28, 2025. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst…
Quantum computing has caught the imagination of investors pushing the value of companies like IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) into the stratosphere. But is this a sustainable business or a bubble? *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of May 22, 2025. The video was published on May 28, 2025. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst…
After a volatile start to the year, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has come roaring back. It’s up 8% just in the past month, slowly approaching its peak. But not all businesses are benefiting from renewed bullish fever on Wall Street. As of May 23, one well-known consumer discretionary stock is trading a gut-wrenching 66%…
With Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, now having recently surpassed $111,000, few investors have done better than MicroStrategy‘s co-founder Michael Saylor. Saylor made a big bet on Bitcoin in 2020, investing most of the company’s remaining capital in Bitcoin, and has been rewarded ever since. MicroStrategy (now doing business as Strategy) stock is…
With Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, now having recently surpassed $111,000, few investors have done better than MicroStrategy‘s co-founder Michael Saylor. Saylor made a big bet on Bitcoin in 2020, investing most of the company’s remaining capital in Bitcoin, and has been rewarded ever since. MicroStrategy (now doing business as Strategy) stock is…
TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX), the retail conglomerate that owns TJ Maxx and Marshall’s, didn’t wow the market with its most recent quarterly performance. In mid-May it published first-quarter of its fiscal 2026 results that disappointed investors, who traded out of the company’s stock mainly due to weaker-than-expected guidance. Somewhat counter-intuitively, however, a clutch of analysts…