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The best investors learn from their mistakes and don't repeat them.

The best investors learn from their mistakes and don't repeat them.

Having the right stocks in your portfolio can mean the difference between a joyful retirement or a stressful one.

The next stock market crash is inevitable; here are three tips to prosper when it arrives.

You don't have to worry about inflation if you prepare your portfolio for its impact in advance.

WKBT May 23, 2021 7:02 AM newsfeedback@fool.com (Barbara Eisner Bayer) Posted: Updated: May 23, 2021 10:08 AM People dream of hitting a jackpot in order to have enough money to retire. But the odds of winning a lottery are about 1 in 258.9 million, so you have a more reasonable chance of being struck by lightning (with odds of only 1 in 12,000). Forget the lottery then…how about making a fortune in cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)? The media is full of stories about p...

As a retiree, you've earned the right to relax and have fun. Here are three stocks that will help you accomplish that goal.

Author Bio Barbara has written about personal finance and investing for over 24 years for E*Trade, SoFi, Discover Banking, HouseLogic, Schwab, Merrill Lynch, and many others. Shes the former Managing Editor of Mortgageloan.com and Credit-land.com, and has been with the Motley Fool since its early days. If youre just starting to invest, you may be feeling overwhelmed. There are thousands of stocks to choose from, and it may feel impossible to know which ones are best for ...

In my year 25, for example, consumer goods mainstay Estee Lauder went public at $26 per share – I could have afforded 10 or 20 shares even back in those lean days. If Id plonked down $520 (plus trading commissions – remember those?) for the latter amount and did my usual buy and hold, these days Id be sitting on over $23,163. Thats not bad at all for a few hundred bucks of a post-collegiate kids what-the-heck money. Many financial professionals caution that good investing isnt for the immat...

Heres the 411 on finding stocks that can yield 1,000% (or greater) returns.