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The First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ: RDVY) may not be as familiar to you as the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF or the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF. But in terms of

The State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (NYSEMKT:RWR) provides low-cost exposure to U.S. real estate, while the FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund (NYSEMKT:GQRE) delivers a higher

The market tends to broadly group stocks into two buckets: growth and value. Growth stocks are those that are growing faster than the market, while value stocks are those that are far cheaper than

The Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly a quarter of the world's maritime oil trade, has been closed since Feb. 28. That closure drove up crude oil prices and lifted many oil stocks, but

The U.S. economy is one of the greatest wealth creation machines in history. Over the past two centuries, it's experienced multiple evolutions along with regular recessions and even depressions. But

Space stocks are on many investors' minds these days, but going all-in on this sector right now comes with considerable risk, as most rocket stocks are volatile.

Still, two stocks that are no doubt

In the retail coffee market, Starbucks gets a lot of attention. Its brand recognition, gargantuan physical footprint, and more than five-decade operating history support its strong industry

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) made a big announcement the other day that flew under many investors' radars. Nvidia and Palantir said they formed a partnership to deploy sovereign

Apollo Global Management's (NYSE: APO) stock price is down about 15% in recent weeks. The decline is mainly tied to the annual reconstitution of the Russell indexes. Apollo, an alternative asset

Greg Abel has a tough act to follow in replacing investing legend Warren Buffett as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. But Abel has already shown, in just a few months on the job, that he is not afraid to

The U.S. military's most sensitive satellites have long ridden to orbit on a short list of trusted rockets. Now Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has forced its way into that conversation, earning a spot to

Few events are more exciting for investors than the quarterly filing of Form 13Fs with regulators. A 13F is a required filing for money managers overseeing at least $100 million in assets. Although

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) used to be a fantastic investment. Its shares jumped 368% during the five-year stretch leading up to their peak in June 2024. They have now come down 47% from that

The U.S. stock market has delivered sizable returns this year despite economic uncertainty created by the Iran conflict. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have

Renowned investor George Noble didn't mince words when it came to Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), saying that its initial public offering (IPO) was "built to separate retail investors

Micron Technology's (NASDAQ: MU) stock is up nearly 700% in the past year. The semiconductor company is currently benefiting from an unprecedented supply shortage in memory chips driven by demand

There are plenty of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to choose from these days, and many of them have very impressive returns. But if I had $500 to put toward just one AI stock right now, it

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) has reinvented itself from a smartphone company to a key player in physical AI -- AI that interacts with the physical world -- and the stock's 180% year-to-date surge through

Hyperscalers -- the giant AI companies now racing to build AI data centers as quickly as possible -- have been issuing reams of corporate debt over the past year to fund their efforts.

Morgan

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) stock has trended downward since the tech giant struck a deal with OpenAI last September. The $300 billion size of the deal led to a 36% one-day gain in the stock price

Although earnings season typically garners all the glory on Wall Street, monthly inflation reports have been outshining corporate earnings in recent months. In May, U.S. trailing 12-month (TTM) infl

The stock market has been a difficult beast to understand. While the market has been on a multiyear bull run, investors are on edge, as numerous warning signs have emerged that suggest it might be

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) was one of the most sought-after stocks on the planet last month. SpaceX launched the world's biggest initial public offering -- an operation that was

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is scheduled to release its fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter results (ended June 30) on July 29, and I think it could spark a recovery in the company's languishing stock, which is

Few stocks capture the AI infrastructure boom -- and its risks -- quite like CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV). The company rents out the high-end computing power that trains and runs AI models, and demand