The Star Wars license was the first of its kind for Lego. Now, it has become a blueprint for the company's other brand deals.

Nihon Global's proposal at Toyo Suisan is a lesson on shareholder activism in Japan.

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams on Friday said that the U.S. central bank needed independence from the White House in order to get inflation back to its 2% target.

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The first-quarter earnings season has reached a crescendo. Among companies that reported recently are a handful of dividend-paying businesses that offer dividend yields above 4% at recent prices.

Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) stock has been a top performer thanks to runaway sales of its diabetes-turned-weight-management treatment.

I'm not an income investor. However, you could call me a future income investor. In other words, I like stocks that hold the potential to deliver exceptional total returns and could bolster my income when I retire years from now.

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have a surprising number of things in common. They both rank among the wealthiest people in the world, of course. Each man has given significantly to charity. Both play bridge (often against each other). Buffett and Gates also read a lot.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has crushed the broader market handsomely over the past five years with eye-popping gains of more than 1,800% -- which is significantly higher than the S&P 500 index's gains of 71% -- and a big reason behind the chip giant's terrific surge is its d

Since I'm an investor in my early 40s, many people are surprised to see a relatively high concentration of real estate investment trusts, or REITs, in my portfolio. After all, many think of REITs as boring income investments.

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has been a monster dividend stock in recent years. A few years ago, the oil company launched the industry's first fixed-plus-variable dividend framework. It aimed to pay a fixed base dividend each quarter and up to 50% of its excess free cash flow in vari

Growth stocks are your best bet to increase the value of your investment portfolio over the long term. By buying and holding on to a group of promising growth stocks, you can easily compound your investments over time and enjoy a comfortable retirement. The key is to select the r

History shows that during bull markets, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) miners almost always outperform the cryptocurrency itself. Yet over the past few months, Bitcoin miners have been hit particularly hard as investors poured into spot Bitcoin ETFs as a means of Bitcoin exposure via the

If you're someone who's worried that Social Security won't be around to pay you benefits during retirement, you're not alone. Many people fear that the program's financial woes will affect their future finances for the worse.

Putting your money to work on Wall Street requires patience and perspective. Since this decade began, all three major stock indexes have vacillated between bear and bull markets in successive years, with these swings most pronounced in the growth stock-powered Nasdaq Composite (N

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian evaluates Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) stock and updates his buy recommendation.

Investors often categorize companies into different buckets, like growth stocks versus dividend stocks, or large-cap companies versus small-cap companies. And while there are major differences between companies that don't pay dividends and those that do, there's an equally stark

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe explain why investors should avoid SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) and consider buying Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) or Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) instead.

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Tobacco giant Altria (NYSE: MO) provides investors with a mouthwatering dividend yield of 9%. It's a far higher rate than the S&P 500 average, which yields just 1.4%. But the danger with Altria is that its payout ratio is high, and its long-term future is questionable given t

Bank stocks come in all shapes and sizes. But which one offers the most long-term upside right now? It's a bank stock most investors have never heard of: Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU).

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews PayPal's (NASDAQ: PYPL) latest quarterly earnings results and answers whether the stock is still a buy.

Few companies can polarize bulls and bears faster than Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Shares are up more than 1,100% in the last five years, which is certainly in the bulls' favor. But bears question the high valuation and worry about the unpredictability of CEO Elon Musk.

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is the most popular benchmark for the U.S. stock market. The index includes 500 large-cap companies, currently defined as companies worth at least $18 billion, and it covers about 80% of domestic equities by market capitalization. To be considere