Recent retail earnings have showed just how big a toll rising inflation, a major concern for investors all year, is having on corporate profits. Target and Walmart both cited higher costs and inventory woes for the hits they took in the previous quarter -- which

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As rising costs crimp corporate profits and curb consumer demand, certain stocks have a track record of performing well during periods of faster inflation. Inflation is at generational highs. The April consumer price index jumped 8.3% from the prior year, about a 40-year high. A

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A woman rides an electric bike past a gas station as current gasoline prices continues to climb close to record setting territory in Encinitas, California, May 9, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters U.S. households are now spending the equivalent of $5,000 a year on gasoline, up from

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Motley Fool Moderna Just Made a $700,000 Mistake Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is having a terrific year, raking in profits and generating plenty of cash due to its COVID-19 vaccine. As its business grows and the company plans for a post-COVID future, it needs to make smart decisions

We hear a lot about how prepared (or ill-prepared) people are for retirement. But what’s life really like for people in retirement? A fascinating new survey from the Age Wave research and consulting firm and Edward Jones, a financial services company — “Longevity and the New Retirement” —

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