I have been watching and writing about the markets for longer than I care to remember. One reason I continue to do so is that each year is different. There is always something to learn. And 2025 has ...

Just a few stocks drive all the returns of the equity market while the vast majority matter little. Indeed, most of them just detract from gains produced by the leaders. This isn’t about the ...

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A lot happened in 2025. While it may be difficult to list every major event of the year, hopefully we'll at least be able to remember the lessons learned from them. Specifically, the investing lessons ...

Will third-quarter 2024 stock market volatility register as a mere blip on investment growth charts? Or will it be remembered as an inflection point? Only time will tell who’s right: bears heralding ...

The slang phrase “meme stock” refers to a stock that attains viral attention on social media platforms, but predominately Reddit. Reddit users decide on a specific security and band together to pump ...

Yet, share markets typically move higher, as has been the case in 2025. This year, the ASX 200 is up 9%, the S&P 500 has risen 18% while the Nasdaq Composite has climbed 23% (all quoted are total ...

Since SVB Financial's (OTC: SIVB.Q) Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by the FDIC on March 10, most bank stocks have fallen. Many have fallen by double digits. There's a lot of opportunity to profit ...

Amid growing pressure in the commercial real estate industry, co-working firm WeWork Inc. (ticker: WE) released a warning in early August about a potential bankruptcy. Its shares sank 38% to 13 cents ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investing, markets and Berkshire Hathaway. One significant benefit of looking at past large stock declines is that ...

In autumn 2022, the financial news was miserable. By Oct. 14 of last year, $10,000 invested in Morningstar US Market Index when the year began would have dwindled to $7,506. That represented the ninth ...

I "discovered" three dividend growth stocks in my wife's IRA that we bought on 09/09/09, long before I became a dividend growth investor. The discovery felt a bit like traveling back in time with my ...