An employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, is an employee benefit plan that gives workers shares in the company they work for. Employees receive the value of those shares when they retire or leave the company. There are thousands of ESOPs in the U.S., according to the National Center for Employee Ownership, which maintains a

The company’s flagship electric vehicle is setting records. Is there a new clubhouse leader in the electric vehicle industry? Lucid Group (LCID -1.09%) recently made an impressive headline. Its flagship vehicle, a premium all-electric sedan called the Lucid Air, set a new world record for the longest journey by an electric car on a single

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The market has been an incredible wealth-building machine over the past few decades, and the S&P 500 has delivered an annualized gain of 10.7% over the past 20 years. If you’ve been investing consistently in a carefully curated stock portfolio over a long period of time, you’ve likely benefited from these gains, and if you

Wall Street’s hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stock has gained 2,130% since 2023 began and now sports a truly history-making valuation premium. History has taught investors that being a long-term optimist is a smart decision. The analysts at Crestmont Research examined more than a century of rolling 20-year total returns, including dividends, for the benchmark S&P

Cryptocurrency investing is a wild ride. If you had bought one Bitcoin (BTC 1.21%) on Nov. 10, 2021, it would’ve cost you about $67,000. As of July 8, 2025, your investment would be worth $109,000 for an impressive 62% return — if you held on while the price dropped as low as $16,000 in 2022.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN -2.18%) has an exciting future. This year, the electric vehicle (EV) company achieved several consecutive quarters of positive gross margins. And early next year, management expects to begin production of three new vehicles, all priced under $50,000. That could attract tens of millions of new potential buyers to Rivian’s lineup. Despite the

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Annaly Capital Management (NLY -0.43%) has an enticing 14%+ dividend yield backed by a dividend that was just increased. Some on Wall Street believe that the safest dividends are those that have just been raised. But don’t let greed drive your decision-making; there’s more to know about Annaly than just the size of its dividend