Author name: Judith Berg

Soundhound AI‘s (SOUN -5.50%) shares skyrocketed as much as 883% last year. However, the artificial intelligence (AI) stock is now down roughly 55% from its peak in late December. You can blame part of this decline on the Federal Reserve. Investors were spooked when the Fed signaled there could be fewer interest rate cuts than

Microsoft (MSFT -1.90%) stock has gone nowhere over the last year and is currently hovering around a six-month low. The company has done an excellent job monetizing artificial intelligence (AI), but the reported efficiency improvements in AI models like DeepSeek have cast a spotlight on AI spending and sparked worry. Out of the 30 components

“Boring” is a word that frequently comes to mind when people think about doing their taxes. But if you’re a retiree living off a fixed income, tax time can also be stressful. You probably don’t have an employer withholding money for taxes upfront, so you may actually owe the government. And the IRS might be

Whenever I buy a stock, I intend to hold it for three to five years and then analyze whether it’s worth holding for even longer. Over a time frame of that length, business results should take over as the key factor for stock performance rather than short-term market sentiment. However, there are a few stocks

Bitcoin‘s (BTC -1.02%) price soared nearly 290% over the past two years. That rally was driven by the approvals of its first spot-price ETFs last January, its halving (which reduces its mining rewards) last April, expectations for lower interest rates, and the Trump administration’s crypto-friendly policies. The world’s top cryptocurrency also gained traction among institutional