Adam Levy
Contributing Writer at The Motley Fool (U.S.)
I help people make better decisions with their money. Contributing writer for @themotleyfool. Opinions here are my own.
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2 days ago |
fool.com | Adam Levy
Social Security is the cornerstone of many retirees' budgets. Indeed, 60% of retirees said their monthly checks are a major source of income for their household, and another 28% said it's a smaller source, according to the most recent iteration of an annual Gallup poll. Retirees looking to make the most of the government program have to weigh carefully when to claim Social Security.
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3 days ago |
fool.com | Adam Levy
During his 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised voters he wouldn't cut Social Security benefits for seniors in any way. He reiterated that in an interview in December after winning the election. "The people are going to get what they get," he said of Social Security beneficiaries. "And we're not raising ages or any of that stuff."Nearly 60 million American seniors rely on Social Security to make ends meet, representing a massive percentage of the electorate.
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3 days ago |
fool.com | Adam Levy
In case you missed it, tech stocks are rallying again. After hitting an all-time high in December, the Nasdaq Composite index fell in January as DeepSeek upended the artificial intelligence (AI) universe with breakthroughs in training and inference efficiency. By late February, many feared that some of the biggest names in tech could be hit hard by President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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3 days ago |
fool.com | Adam Levy
April was an extremely volatile month for stock investors. Even that might be an understatement. In about four trading days, the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.07%) fell 15% from its intraday high to its intraday low for the month. Two days later, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.00%) posted its second-biggest percentage-point increase in history, rising more than 12%. The S&P 500's increase of 9.5% was good enough for the third-highest since 1939.
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4 days ago |
fool.com | Adam Levy
Palantir (PLTR -1.49%) has rapidly ascended to become one of the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the world. After climbing 1,760% since the start of 2023, the company now has a market cap of around $280 billion as of this writing. That soaring stock price has been supported by improving financial results. The company is showing strong revenue growth and improved operating leverage as it scales. Only a handful of companies can boast bigger market caps than the AI darling today.
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